Davis, Russell C DPM

Dr. Davis and his surgery on two huge bunions on my big toes have literally changed my life. For years I had been thinking about having them looked at and removed, but the timing was never right. Finally the pain got to be so bad I could not find any shoes to wear for trade shows, which I attend regularly. I went to see Dr. Davis, who did surgery on both feet in 2012. Now I can walk in decent shoes without foot pain, I can do my downward dog without foot pain. Bonus points because Dr. Davis has a great sense of humor, is down to earth, and takes his work seriously. If you have feet issues, go see Dr. Davis, he is the best!

I went to Dr. Davis because I was told he was the best on dealing with hammer toes. WRONG! After discussing with him on what to expect and how long the recovery would be I went ahead with surgery. 10÷7÷13, that was the beginning of the end for me. After surgery I had 2 pins sticking out of my toes, he never told me about that, and they stayed in for 3 weeks. Once pulled them out he kept ‘tapeing’ my 2 toes down. Not sure why he was doing this I finnally asked when would I be going to PT and that’s when he lost it with me. This is a quote, «Pt, what’s next a malpractice suit». I asked for my PT slip and never returned. It turns out he fussed my toe joints and they will never bend again! He is the worst dr. ever. He also was late for appointments and his office staff would have to come up with excuses. One time I wait close to an hour, silly me, and then was told he wouldn’t be in because of some surgery. Not a well run office either.

I would never go see Dr. Davis again.
As another reviewer has said, he is amicable and charming in initial meetings. He diagnosed my foot pain as a stress fracture, and gave me an air cast. After two sets of x-​rays, no stress fracture was revealed and my toes and half my foot were numb, I was ready for an MRI, and to see a neurologist to make sure nothing was broken, and to assess any nerve damage before I did any more damage to my foot. I had to go through my primary care physician to get an appointment with a neurologist, and during my final appointment with Dr. Davis, he was rude, combative, condescending, and actually made me cry. I had been in extreme pain for one month, dragging an air cast around for no reason, and he berated me for looking up foot numbness on the internet, and wouldn’t listen to me at all. He was loathe to order an MRI of my foot or hook me up with a neurologist (which I had already done) using cost as the reason. I am lucky to have excellent insurance, and there was no reason to assume otherwise. When I returned home from the appointment, there was a message from his office on my machine that I thought might be an apology, but was just them telling me that I needed to make a follow up appointment. No Thank you.
I don’t believe that Dr. Davis would ever have spoken to a man the way he spoke to me, which is absolutely infuriating.
The MRI revealed no stress fracture, and the neurologist was able to accurately diagnose my pain, give me a prognosis and estimate of recovery time, and a treatment and pain management plan that was specific and realistic.
If you have foot pain, I would recommend an orthopedist, or internist: I would not recommend Dr. Davis.

Dr. Davis performed a minor surgery on my little toe, and I developed a staph infection in that toe. Staph infections are not uncommon, but the problem was that
I called Dr. Davis repeatedly over a period of two weeks to tell him that I was experiencing considerable pain and he refused to acknowledge that something might be wrong. My own internist had me take an X-​ray and I was immediately put on a course of antibiotics. I subsequently lost that toe and have experienced immense pain every day since Dr. Davis’ procedure. Thank goodness my internist had me get an X-​ray or I might have lost an entire foot.

Absolutely agree about the billing. No response, over-​billing, double billing.

After several attempts, the doc gave up on treating my plantar wart. Very frustrating! also, extremely difficult to deal with their billing dept, no one answers or returns phone calls, continue to just mail the bills.