Matt Ahmadi, DPM

I wish would have done better research before going to this doctor. Foot surgery with him turned out to be a first rate disaster. My slightly hammered toes ended up crooked and more hammered. And the bonding of joints have left once flexible hammer toes, fused and painful.
To start with, this «doctor» put my pinky with the nail pointing out. I asked about that. He answered, «that’s the way toes were supposed to be.» I would have loved my pinky toe nail facing up, just like the one on my other foot… just like the ones in the photos in his office.
My big toe is not centered correctly and now has a weird numb area. The outside of the toe angles up, so it twists to the inside. It gets callused due the poor fit in EVERY shoe. He then shortened the second toe (next to big one) for beauty sake. Now it is a short toe with a huge fat spot where the joint was. (Skinny at both ends) It looks odd. The one next to it, now crooks from the middle up, causing the nail to dig into the fat toe.
The one next to the end didn’t remain unscathed. Not only does it have a very big permanent arch, there is a twist and the entire toe points out, toward pinky.
I chose him because his claim is, he cares about the beauty of the foot. Don’t even think it. I can’t wear sandals. I can’t even wear closed toes heels now. (Both, I could do before this surgery.) I can wear only flat sneakers now until I can find a better doctor to repair ALL 5 toes on that foot.
Amazing that I went in with straight, matching, all nails facing up, and correctly spaced toes and came out with this disaster. I asked him to use pins but he insisted they would heal properly. I probably should have sued for malpractice due to the effect it has had on walking and pain still. Thank god I didn’t have both feet done.
Stich removal was done with no pain relief. As I cringed and cried out, he remarked to my husband that I was unable to handle pain.
I would have posted a photo, but I am too embarrassed of my foot. Honestly, I laugh as I write this, but my foot is seriously «f”-ed up!

The receptionist is a very nice person. I recently had foot surgery with Dr Ahmadi. He did nothing to prepare me for the grueling recovery that I have been going through. I don’t have a lot of experience in surgery as I am such a healthy person and this seemed like a minor surgery to me, so I was quite surprised that I had to spend days in significant pain without the ability to walk. Finally I was able to walk with the aid of two crutches, though I still needed the wheelchair for any significant distance. Dr. Ahmadi did not give me any hint that the recovery would be so gruelling. Finally, 2 weeks after surgery he told me that it would probably be 3 months and physical therapy to fully recover. The worst part was when my stitches were removed. I had been on antibiotics an had been cleaning the site regularly per his instructions, but my foot was incredibly inflamed, swollen, and red. I asked for topical pain relief. His answer was in a quite haughty tone that he did not have any topical. I was quite surprised at this as he routinely does surgery in his office and it would be humane and expected that he would provide for his patient’s comfort. However, he repeated that he simply did not have any and proceeded to remove my sutures in a way that was excruciating. At one point he was pulling on the wrong end of the suture so that the knot was pulling against my swollen skin. My cries of pain finally stopped him so that he realized he was pulling from the wrong end. After all this, he just left in a gruff manner. As it happens, I saw my primary care physician directly after getting the stitches out and I relayed my experience with Dr Ahmadi to her. She was also surprised that Dr Ahmadi did not provide topical pain relief as she could see how inflamed my foot was. I am a nice person that is grateful for the years of sacrifice people have undergone to become doctors but there has got to be better podiatrists than this in the area.
I just researched his license as another reviewer said he had a problem with it. This turns out to be true. Dr Ahmadi’s license is on probation. This is easily verified on