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A patient came to see me with terrible shoulder pain, which I suspected was caused by an acute rotator cuff tear. As any good orthopedic surgeon would, I ordered an MRI. My radiology tech, however, was not permitted by Medicare to perform the study.
Now, my patient needed to secure an appointment for an MRI across town. Then, after the MRI, she needed to schedule another appointment with me so I could review the images and discuss a treatment plan.
This process took several days and multiple appointments when it should have only taken one appointment and a few hours to come up with an effective treatment plan. This kind of run-around is not an isolated incident, but an incident I suspect many of my fellow clinicians can relate to.
I’ve been in the trenches of the U.S. healthcare system for over 25 years, and in those 25 years, the system has devolved into a nightmare,” said orthopedic surgeon Alejandro Badia, MD, FACS, OrthoNOW’s founder and chief medical officer.

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Emmanuel Stewart (Stewarty17)

20:55 15 Feb 23

From scheduling, travel, consultation, surgery, to post surgery and much more was very easy and simple especially being... an international patient. Dr. Badia, his team and the team at the surgical center made me feel like at home. I’m very grateful for them and I will recommend for all hand and upper extremities problems.read more

Dayana Apaid Villedrouin

17:00 17 Nov 22

I had a bicycle accident which led me to Jackson Memorial Main in Miami Florida where I was operated on the arm fir two... broken bones. The surgery was unsuccessful the bones reopened so I came to Dr Badia to my rescue where he performed a secondary surgery. Between the customer care from the whole staff and the doctors show of concern and expertise they really are the best chiropractor for me in miami. They have done surgeries on friends, my mom, elderly friends and everyone has only great things to say.read more

Joe Montas

14:36 31 Oct 22

A year after surgery visited Dr. Badia for follow up. X-ray and consultation showed all in order. Personally a feel my... wrist and hand stronger. Happy I visited Alejandro and got my surgery in his hand shoulder center!!read more

Charles Jamieson

13:29 20 Oct 22

After waiting years in Canada for treatment that never arrived, finally decided to get the elbow fixed with a procedure... (FDA approved in the US) not available anywhere else. Super hi-tech and I feel better already. There were 3 visiting surgeons from Germany and Spain during my operation to learn the methodology. My surgeon said no interest from Canada. 🤦read more

Ahmed Bosh

20:03 19 Aug 22

Dr. Badia is fantastic! He is excellent with his patients and takes as much time as necessary with you to answer all of... your questions and to get to know you. To him, you're not simply a number! He genuinely cares about his patients! His clinic's staff is very friendly and easygoing, and the overall experience during my time there was excellent. As an observer in his program, I not only learned a lot about what it takes to be a wonderful doctor, but I also learned a few things that I will put into practice in the future. If you are searching for a top-notch hand or shoulder surgeon, Dr. Badia is the man for the job!read more

Jsilan

21:48 18 Aug 22

Dr Badia is simply the best in what he does. He is very passionate about patients care and education. No where I have... seen that, so much of time and effort is put to create such an awareness amongst the patients. His knowledge and skills are in abundance..Walk into his library and you will see tons of books and international papers that he has published and yet he still looks forward to learn on new products and techniques. No wonder he is a World Renowned Hand Surgeon.read more

Tara Wood

18:02 08 Aug 22

My husband was a workman’s comp patient and was first sent to a different orthopedic.. We were not happy with that... doctor and switched to Dr. Badia. We are so happy he did. Dr. Badia not only took his time answering our ton of questions, he was most importantly an amazing surgeon. We highly recommend him and his entire staff!read more

alexander barro

00:10 22 Jun 22

The nurses were very attentive so was the doctor any problems I've had have been minimal and I do recommend the doctor... for his service and my hand thank youread more

Debbie Loudermilk

06:02 15 Jun 22

If I could give Dr. Badia and his staff a 10, I would! I can not say enough good things about Dr. Badia, his staff, and... the facilities that I was treated in. I am 54 years old and for the past 4 and 1/2 years I HAD horrible post traumatic Left wrist arthritis. I underwent multiple cortisone injections, 4 different surgeries by 3 different hand surgeons, and countless hours of physical and occupational therapy. Between the immobility and debilitating pain, my life was slowly slipping through my hands. I researched the internet and truly felt in my heart that I needed a total wrist replacement, however, all but 1 of the 6 doctors told me "no, you need to fuse your wrist". I was devastated! The 1 surgeon that said she could do it was not very positive about doing it and guaranteed me a 100% chance of a complication and did not know if I would regain any more movement from my wrist.It was by divine intervention that I decided to surf the web one more time and I found Dr. Badia! I preceded with a tele health referral as I live in northeast Georgia. When he said that I needed a total wrist replacement and that he could do it, my jaw hit the floor! From that point on, everything moved quickly and very easily, at least from their end. My surgery was 4 weeks ago today. My operative note read that I had -30 degrees flexion in my wrist, (negative 30 degrees). Yesterday in therapy, my therapist measured me at 22 degrees!! That is a whole 52 degrees!! I am ecstatic! My pain level is so much lower than it was and it only hurts when I have overdone my therapy or swimming. If you are reading this and you have wrist problems, look no further! You owe it to yourself to at least do a referral. I did not even realize how truly bad it was until I began to recover. I am very quickly regaining my life back! Thank you Dr. Badia and staff, you have been a complete game changer!read more

JMichael Burdine

16:08 15 May 22

I was told my rotator cuff repair was going to take 9-12 months to heal from surgery, limited range of motion and a... likelihood of residual pain for 1-2 years by two sports medicine Drs in Houston. Dr Badia repaired mine and I had full range of motion in 6-9 weeks and near 100% pain free in 3-4 months, 95 % pain free 6 weeks after surgery. Needed zero pain meds post-op from expert regional anesthesia and fantastic surgical repair. I am 65 and back to martial arts, swimming an hour a day and lifting weights. I am a year out and can't tell I had surgery. Best results I could ever expect. Being a physician my compliments don't come frequently but I highly recommend Dr Badia !! Outstanding results, outstanding Dr.read more

Felix I Rodriguez (Félix I)

12:34 30 Mar 22

I have been a long time a patient of Dr. Alejandro Badia. I consider him the best in the world if you have any problem... with your hands or shoulders. He has treated my daughter, my wife and myself with different illnesses related to those extremities. We could not have been in better hands. He has always been available to us no matter the circumstances, day or night. I consider him to have the most qualified, courteous and most professional staff working for him. I wish this Government would take in consideration the suggestions offered by Dr. Badia in his book to solve the present healthcare crisis that we are confronting in our nation today.read more

Richard Pagano

17:23 21 Mar 22

Amazing!Dr Badia and staff are at the top off their field of expertise. Best surgical experience I ever had. In... addition I must give a special thank you to my anesthesiologist he listened to my concerns and brought through the surgery beautifully.Thank you all much appreciation.read more

Cristian Falconi

18:42 14 Feb 22

Last year I suffer a horrible accident where I had 4 of my fingers severed from both of my hands, after going through... medical procedure I was told I had to get my 4 fingers amputated after looking for help Dr Badia was the only one to give me a chance to save my hands.He not only gave me hope, his knowledge about the situation and the correct procedure for me to follow calm me and I understand at that point that I had a second chance, after several surgeries and months of rehabilitation not only physical but emotional to cause I got to admit all the staff was involved with my rehabilitation everyone helped me in some way for me to get better, the therapy and all the staff make my recovery faster.It's been a year since my accident and all I can say is that thanks to Dr. Badia knowledge and expertise today I have a chance to live a normal live.read more

Bessie Bickham

15:58 24 Jan 22

I was referred to Dr Badia by my co-worker who also had a trigger finger. Dr Badia performed surgery on me with great... success. He told me that I would feel results immediately which I did. The staff is amazing, very professional and friendly. With a number of females working in a office sometimes you get attitudes but not one visit did I experience any negative energy from anyone. Dr Badia is the best. He was very informative and he knows his craft extremely well. In addition to him being an exceptional great doctor he’s good on the eyes, even with these mask on. I highly recommend him to anyone.read more

David Brown

16:00 03 Jan 22

I'm very grateful for Nadia hand and shoulder. They did a great job repair my torn looking in my wrist and reset my... bones Dr Nadia took his time and explain everything concerning the injury to procedure and the recovery that was awesome to me after what I've went through with the previous doctors. The rehab department was awesome as well very nice people I felt like family I look forward each week to visiting them because of the beautiful personalities that operating at office overall I give the staff five stars it would truly a blessed experience that made me feel comfortable and welcome thank you to everyone played a part in my healing God blessread more

Gavin Russell

19:34 16 Dec 21

I came from the Bahamas with excruciating elbow pain. Consulted with Dr. Badia and set up the procedure. Which was done... very quickly. Today 48 hours later I have only a little tenderness at the surgical site but the pain I came with is 95% gone. Dr Badia and his team are amazing. Would recommend to anyone.read more

Mochi

16:18 13 Dec 21

It might be hard to campare with others since this was my first broken bone, but I let me point out how professional... and helpful this guys are. My clavicle was in pieces after falling of my road bike on a race, one month later I have full movement and not pain at all. Dr Badia and his team are great, thank you guys.read more

Daniel Diaz

14:14 06 Dec 21

My hands really were in the best hands! Really amazing team. After 5 months having an injured wrist that hindered most... of its movement, I was seen at OrthoNow first and they determined my scaphoid injury was surgical. Dr. Badia was able to take me in the same day. Now im able to have back most of its mobility! It was truly an amazing work.read more

Luis Camejo

16:23 21 Oct 21

One of my employees suffered an injury at work and I was able to get an appointment immediately with Dr.Badia. I was... told at an urgent care that it was surgical but Dr.Badia took care of it with an MP block cast and he will be back to work in 2 weeks!read more

tori jett

15:41 14 Oct 21

Dr. Badia is amazing and so attentive to his patients. I’m a division 1 golfer and he’s the reason I’ll be making a... full recovery soon! His staff is very professional and makes everything very easy.read more

Roxie Romney

16:01 07 Oct 21

Hello I would just like to share what it is I have experience here with Dr. Bhatia’s facility and would like to... emphasize the fact that this is an incredible facility for the injury I had which was a rotator cuff tear. From the time that I actually arrived with the injury I was put in the capable hands at their facility then when I had the shoulder surgery it was a huge success for me, I also received the bedded attention with care and support that was equally as incredible……I can’t speak enough about the therapy facility as well which is also located at the same location at Dr. Badia’s Office…….They have my full respect and appreciation for their outstanding work and service as I am living proof of what I experience hand benefited from and will not hesitate to refer anyone to them cheersread more

Jordan Knight

12:56 04 Oct 21

Simply incredible, I was in awe of how organized and structured the whole clinic is. Dr. Badia gave me another chance... at playing my favorite sport, by repairing my shoulder, and for that I am forever grateful.read more

Catalina De Armas

14:39 26 Aug 21

Best doctor ever . They took care of my daughters elbow fracture and assisted us in finding a follow up appointment in... México. The treatment for international patients was VIP. We felt heard and guided throughout the process. The team communicated efficiently and made the process very simple .read more

Jamee Wilson

19:01 15 Jul 21

We brought our 17 year old son to Dr. Badia for a hand injury suffered playing baseball. From the moment we walked in... to the office, everyone was kind and attentive. He ended up needing surgery and the entire process was extremely smooth and again, everyone we came in contact with was amazing. The office and surgery center are in the same building so it is very convenient. We had been to other doctors for this same injury several years ago and the injury kept getting misdiagnosed so it was great that Dr. Badia diagnosed the problem and took care it so my son doesn’t have to deal with it anymore.read more

Willy G.

15:19 12 Jul 21

I had a really severe thumb break into 3 PCs. My Finger was in the shape of a Z. I remembered OthroNow and went to Dr... Badia. Was best decision I could make, had surgery next day and was successful. My thumb looks great and doing great. Their staff is amazing from full service of urgent care, to his doctor office staff, surgery center, and their therapy staff is amazing. I would highly recommend them especially for full service from beginning to end.read more

Lia L

18:00 25 Jan 21

Not good for pediatric patients . Long wait time, so had a lot of ppl waiting. Would not let me wait on chaira... outside of xray room but rather in the outside waiting room even though my child was only 10. Don’t take pediatric patients if you can’t properly accommodate one guardian.read more

Maria Santos

01:45 06 Nov 20

I am really satisfy with my hand surgery that was done by Dr. Alejandro Badia, and I want to thanks all the... professional personal and staff that always are very kind. I highly recommended!read more

Najlaa Bayram

03:45 02 Nov 20

Dr. Badia is an outstanding Dr and surgeon. I first sought his expertise, in late 2013, after a misdiagnosis and a... botched surgery by another Dr that left me with unbearable pain and unable to move my right hand for months.After doing some research online, looking for some excellent hand surgeons, a lot of articles came up praising Dr. Badia's expertise and competence. I sent him an email explaining what happened, how the pain started and asked for his opinion. To my surprise,I received a thorough response the same day with detailed information.I right then decided to drive 4hours to go see him; I must say it was the best decision I made. From the 1st visit, Dr. Badia performed surgery to fix the initial issue and later did another surgery to correct the botched one; I couldn't be happier with the results.Earlier this year, I slipped and injured my left wrist. I made another trip to Miami and once again Dr. Badia came to the rescue. He did surgery on my left wrist after the conservative treatment didn't fully help and at the same time did a cubital nerve release on my right elbow that instantly stopped the pain I've been having.I HIGHLY recommend Dr. Badia; he's a true expert and an outstanding surgeon. His staff is very kind, professional, friendly and truly cares.read more

danadenni

21:18 17 Oct 20

My husband and I contacted Dr Badia for my hand issues. I had researched approximately five hand specialists in... Florida and one in New York city before I found Dr Badia about an hour away from us.My husband and I went to Doral, Florida and the minute I met Dr Badia I knew he was going to do my surgery.He has personality plus !!! and loves what he does. He is kind, patient and listens to his patients. He respects your hands !Dr Badia was highly recommended and I am so glad that we found him. He did the surgery on my hand and with a bit of rehab it healed better than I expected and my pain was gone !Dr Badias office personnel are wonderful ! It is quite obvious that they love working there with him and that they love their jobs. My husband and I have never experienced an office with so many helpful and caring people.We both recommend Dr Badia. We still drive to his office for anything to do with hand issues and he takes care of whatever it is. We both trust our hands ONLY to him ! He is a gem.read more

Yohann Dessureault

02:25 01 Oct 20

I first contacted Dr. Badia's clinic after I injured my hamate bone. I needed a surgery and someone in my family that... knew Dr. Badia convinced me that he was one of the best if not the best hand surgeon in the world. I am a high level Baseball player so I needed treatments in order to get back on the field as soon as possible. I have been able to book an appointment the next week which was great. I'm Canadian which made it tougher with my insurance company, but Dr. Badia's team has been really helpful with that, they sent numerous emails and even made some calls with the company to make sure I would not have any fees related to the consultation and surgery. The surgery went really well, without any complication and I don't think it would have been as quick and easy with anyone else than Dr. Badia and his team. I would definitively recomand Badia Hand to Shoulder Center to anyone in the need of treatments.read more

David Carvallo

15:29 31 Aug 20

I injured my shoulder right as we entered into a lockdown due to a pandemic. It was next to impossible to get anyone to... see me and assess my injury. Dr. Badia and his team, following carefully laid out safety protocols, were able to bring me in, have x-rays, MRI and thorough review of the findings all in ONE visit!!! I was given an interim treatment plan to bridge the gap as surgeries were restricted due to COVID-19. As soon as surgeries resumed, I was scheduled for my procedure. To say that both Dr. Badia and his team are amazing is an understatement.They helped me handle a difficult insurance approval process to ensure I had the best surgeon treating me and my procedure at The Surgery Center at Doral and communication with my PCP and Cardiologist was excellent.Everyone made me feel very safe and confident that I was in the best possible setting where I wouldn’t be exposed to needless risk in a traditional hospital. The results of my surgery so far have been amazing. I’ve had next to no pain post-op and my recovery is coming along at lightning speed thanks Dr. B’s amazing talent and the dream team he has at OrthoNow where I have been undergoing physical therapy. I couldn’t say enough good things about him and the team. His expertise and dedication to providing the best possible care using cutting edge technology make for patient centered care and well being vs. insurance driven red tape so often seen today. Highly recommend Dr. Badia!read more

Ruth Rheaume

22:34 11 Aug 20

I went to Dr. Badia with a bad infection in my nail. He is so good at what he does and took care of me with such... concern. Gigi is the sweetest, cutest thing ever, who also made sure that I was comfortable and helped so I would not be nervous. The whole staff makes you feel like family. Thank you everyone from the bottom of my heart and I would recommend Dr. Badia's expertise and his office to anyone. So, if you have an injury or a problem, please go see him.read more

Mark Ferry

20:51 05 Aug 20

Tele-med conference with Dr. Badia and staff regarding "golfer's elbow"

Richard Chung

11:49 23 Jul 20

Staff was very welcoming and accommodating.. Dr. B. was very professional and caring.He seems to be a driving... innovator and in improving the lives of patients in the South Florida area.read more

julio hernandez

17:05 15 Jul 20

Dr Badia is the best orthopedic surgeon in Miami hands down. I need surgery because of a multiple fracture in my left... forearm. Went to other doctors (UM, mount Sinai) and they didn’t promise me I would recover 100% of my injuries and told me I would not be able to do sports again.Dr Badia did tell me I would heal 100% and it’s true. I did a much simpler surgery and fixed me in no time.Would recommend to anyone. Two thumbs upread more

Deb Duro

17:19 07 Jul 20

Wonderful practice very welcoming staff and amazing service with top notch technology. I was a patient and I am a... colleague of Dr Badia and had the best treatment for my hand injury got diagnosed in the spot with a 3D Ultrason super modern technology and treated at the same moment. Really superb experience being a physician I absolutely recommended Dr Badia Hand and Shoulder Center at OrthoNOW!read more

Leonard Wolfson

19:42 04 Nov 19

Excellent visit. I injured my finger yesterday and was seen today by Dr. Badia. The staff was friendly and very... efficient and the doctor spent more than enough time explaining what was going on and explaining my options. Truly a great experience.read more

Luisa Alfonso

16:25 06 Sep 19

The Dr and staff are professional and friendly. I’m happy I came here and I received the attention and answers I... needed. I had injured my hand and I left the office feeling better. Thank you all for everything!!!read more

Robledo Aybar

16:30 09 Aug 19

Due to a fall, I fractured my wrist in late Nov. 2018. Dr Badia and his team helped me overcome this issue and today... I’m working, and back on my bike and running. The best service and experience!read more

Ellen Westbrook

23:08 29 Jul 19

Staff displayed professionalism and caring. Dr. Badia was as enthusiastic as I was about this surgery to improve the... function of my hand. The surgical day process was smooth; I was kept informed every step of the way. I felt comfortable and safe.read more

victor mendelsohn

02:37 30 May 19

From the first call I made to Dr. Badia‘s office I was impressed by the professionalism of the person who answered the... phone. When I arrived at the office for my appointment I was once again greeted in a professional manner. This professionalism radiated through all of the team. I hadn’t seen Dr. Badia for over 10 years and he greeted me as if we’ve been in contact with each other for years.read more

Alexander Aguiar

18:19 24 Apr 19

From my first visit the staff as well as the Dr. Badia have been exceptionally professional and caring. I had an injury... to my pinky finger, the required a placement of a rod in order to align. The surgery went well and was scheduled right away. The office staff has been amazing with scheduling and confirming appointments. Overall I am very happy with the care i received as well as the results. My finger healed and my range of motion has also gotten much better. Thank you Dr. Badiaread more

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