Paul F Williams MD

I’ve seen Dr W for 3 separate problems over the last 10 years (broken collarbone, total hip replacement, wrenched shoulder), and have had nothing but excellent care and results.
My hip replacement was a huge success. Post surgery at Swedish Hospital, they kept asking me my pain level 1 – 10, and I said, ‘at worse, «1 maybe’. 2 ½ years later, I continue pain free and very mobile. I have total confidence in him, and recommend him without reservation.
I very much value Dr Williams’ expertise, then and now.

I am incredibly displeased with my experience at this office and will most definitely not return. I had been having knee pains and visited my primary doctor. She suspected a torn meniscus, and told me I needed to go to physical therapy before she could refer me to a surgeon. After 6 weeks of PT and no results (except the pain getting worse… a whole different story) I was finally referred to dr. williams. It took me over 3 weeks to finally got an appointment with him.
After I got referred to dr. williams, I went in for an exam and xray. Nothing showed up on the xray, he also suspected a meniscus tear, and I scheduled an MRI for later in the day. It took about 10 days to receive the results of the MRI. I was out of the town for work (I let them know FAR in advance that I travel and it is not easy for me to be in seattle during the week in terms of treatment) when the results came in and they told me I had to come in for a follow-​up. I again explained my work predicament and that dr. williams had assured me they could tell me the results over the phone. The nurse told me the results– that I did NOT have a meniscus tear (after treating it for 6 weeks) but I had a cyst in my knee. I was told the only thing I could do for it was take Advil and stay off it as much as possible and it would disappear. I asked the nurse a slew of questions, because at this point I could barely walk and hearing a diagnosis of ‘take advil’ wasn’t really cutting it for me. She asured me she would call back with answers the next day. I never heard back from her. I called back 2 more times and sent her questions via Swedish’s My Chart online and still have not heard back. I contacted my primary doctor who said I needed to make an appointment with him.
Unsurprisingly, advil is not fixing the cyst in my knee and I’m now in the search for a new doctor. A few quick google searches confirms that there are various treatment options for my cyst, and advil isn’t going to somehow cure it… I could not be more displeased with my experience and would not recommend this office to anyone.

Dr. Williams was recommended to me by my physician. I had a very bad pain in my hip and could barely walk. I made an appointment, but on the morning of the appointment, the highway was blocked. The cars were parking on the highway instead of moving. I called the doctor’s office and they rescheduled me for later on the same day since Dr. Williams was going on vacation. I would have had to wait two weeks before he could see me. After I arrived at the rescheduled time, I had to wait over an hour before I was seen by the doctor. He did a minor examination and told me I need a cortisone shot. He then gave me injection of sort to numb the area. I told him that I am very sensitive and it takes usually longer time to numb me. He didn’t wait too much longer and proceeded to give me the cortisone injection. It was a excruciating pain to the point that I broke in sweat and almost pass out on the table. The doctor and his assistant just smiled and said it will be fine soon. I laid at the table for about 15 minutes before I got down and dressed. During the approximately 20 minutes after the procedure, nobody checked on me to see how I feel. Nobody offered me a glass of water, nothing. I just dressed and left the office. No pain and I could drive without any problem. After about two and half hours I got severe pain in the hip. I didn’t know if that was a normal reaction to the procedure since nobody informed me about any possible future pain. I called the doctor’s office. Their phones were down and I could not reach anybody. I took Ibuprofen and applied ice to the painful hip area. The pain did not go really away and the night was one I will remember for some time. I called the doctor’s office the next morning and left a detailed message for Dr. Williams assistant on a voice mail. About four hours later someone from the office called. She told me that in some cases that should be expected and that the pain should go away in a day or two. She suggested I get some Ibuprofen and put ice on it. She was right, the pain did go away on the third day.
I grew up in a communistic country with a very poor medical services. This experience in Dr. Williams office reminded me of the days while I was living under the communistic régime.