Michael E Hebrard, MD

A really caring and intuitive doctor. Super academic credentials, as good as it gets. After knee replacement surgery I spent three months in his onsite PT department. Knowledgeable, caring and really informative PT staff. I can’t say enough good things about this office and Dr. Hebrard.

If you love long waits and appointments every 3 months while they only drug you to ease the pain then this is definitely the place to come. If you’d love for someone to actually help you with your problem then you might want to go somewhere else.
Staff is usually lost on patients files, they’re rude and never ready or on time. If I’m paying to see a physician for my back problem the least I expect him to do his job right.
It’s been over 6 months now and everything is the same: get an appointment, show up, «get checked» by Dr. Hebrad, getting more medicines and ok I’ll see you in 3 months. The worst thing is that on the next appointment they ask how you feel if it’s obvious they haven’t done anything at all.
So if you want to waste your money or give away for free come here, I’m sure they take it!

Terrible patient relations from office staff and management. Dr Hebrard is wonderful.

+ Unlike other workers comp doctors that I have seen, Dr. Hebrard actually examined me in a holistic manner.
+ Unlike other workers comp doctors that I have seen, he took me seriously and didn’t discount my pain.
— average 2 hour wait
— poor communication of reports to workers comp company
— gave me a questionable fibromyalgia diagnosis

As with the others, the wait time was crazy long. Once in the exam room, I overheard him having a long, jolly conversation with what turned out to be reps from a medical supply company. On the plus side, Hebrard was really GREAT to refer me to a body worker who helped me heal from a worker’s comp injury – worth at least one star. However, later he tried to scare me into buying a new, very expensive analgesic that was not covered by insurance. His description of what would happen if I continued with the analgesic I was already taking turned out to be one of the main side effects of the one he was prescribing! It later came out in the news that the manufacturers of this medication were terribly aggressive in trying to get doctors to prescribe it – wining, dining, vacationing, etc. I imagine the delightful, jocular conversation he was having while I waited for an hour could have been with reps from this manufacturer. When I told him I wasn’t going to get the new medication, he then refused to prescribe a tool that the body worker had suggested I use. Although he referred me to a wonderful body worker, other aspects of his practice seemed unsavory.

Background:
I was referred to Dr Hebrard regarding my spinal disc protrusion in my sciatic nerve. I have had this condition for about 7 years. I had seen a neurosurgeon prior and he fully recommended microdiscectomy as all other treatments have failed. I have tried chiropractic, physical threapy, and spinal epidural injections. The intent of the visit was to see if I really needed surgery or not.
My experience:
I showed up to my appointment early. This office environment is exceptionallly open and very busy. Patient confidence is not a factor in the office and appears to be easily lost. I was not seen until am hour after my appointment. The exam room was not professional, had poor lighting, and not asetically pleasing. While the exam he performed was in depth, I do not think it was required. He stated he reviewed my file, but never actually had it with him or even looked at the previous MRI reports showing a huge disc bulge. He liked to use a lot of mdecial words that were not needed In the end he recommended therapy because it is his business.
Reflections:
1 Office very open and not confidential
2 Appointment not kept on time
3 Did not agree with his treatment plan, in fact wrong per other doctor visits.
4 He strongly likes to push physical treatment (primary revenue for his business) when not the right path forward.

First, I agree with the other reviewer, that the wait time in the waiting room and once inside his little office (with exam table), was ridiculous at least on one occasion. I think I was kept waiting over two hours, which was nuts, and I thought they had forgotten I was even there. When he finally showed up, he made no apology to me, but acted friendly as ever, and got to the problem at hand with my shoulder analysis. He comes across as a real nice guy, but he also seems a bit odd somehow too.
I think I deserved an apology for the crazy wait time, and I really should have just walked out of there. Other than that, he was upbeat and did his best to explain how my shoulder works and how it could have been injured, and so on. I was put on physical therapy treatment for about two months there, which went ok, but then when I saw him again, I was told that it may be a torn rotator cuff, which didn’t seem to improve much with the PT, so then he sent me for a 2^nd opinion and an MRI. It turned out not to be a torn cuff, so I had to wonder if I really needed all that PT I went through. It got better over a short time after that, and I have not been back to see him. This office is shared with the PT gym/​clinic, a foot doctor (whom I also saw first, and he is pretty good, actually) and an acupuncturist as well. The waiting room is like a crowded zoo with mostly low income postal workers whom are sent there (I am not one myself), so be forewarned. Better yet, Don’t go there at all!

Went to see Michael Hebrard (Physical Medicine) with acute symptoms. After a brief interview, I was misdiagnosed for months (despite my suggesting the CORRECT diagnosis at our initial meeting). This caused me so much unnecessary suffering. No relief until two other physicians corrected diagnosis, and almost immediately provided appropriate treatment.
But, If for some reason you do go to see him — expect absurdly long waits.