Bashner Brian C MD

Dr. Bashner is a fantastic orthopedic surgeon! I’ve just finished with the second of two total hip replacements using the services of Dr. Bashner. He is a total perfectionist. He is always going out of his way to ensure the quality outcome of the procedure. He truly cares about your injury and he wants to help you either to prevent another one in the future or to minimize the impact of a future event for the patient’s betterment. I would recommend him to all of my family and friends. Dr Bashner is going to be my first call for any orthopedic injury of my children, as well.

Before you allow some stranger to put you to sleep and remove your entire knee, you really need to have trust that he can accomplish YOUR goals – walk well again, without pain.
Dr. Bashner gets 10 stars for his work and another for his sense of humor. He is a perfectionist! Thank God he is young because my husband’s other knee needs to be replaced in the near future. Dr. Bashner is honest, up front, and genuinely cares, not only about his work on your body but about your overall well being. Gil’s knee is going through the process of physical therapy but he is well on his way to complete recovery.
The girls who work with him in his office are also some of the nicest, most reliable and caring group you could meet. Excellence is a word that describes his entire practice and we are all blessed to have such high quality doctors and staff available right here in our community.

My 11 year old daughter was complaining about her knee so I contacted my insurance and I was given his number as a doctor under our network. This would mean that my visit copay should only be $ 60.00. But since we reached our family deductible, my copay was $ 0.00. So my husband picked her up at school early and took her. When he checked her in the front lady, very rude and not professional, told him that the copay is $ 180.00, and when he asked to verify again w the insurance she told him no.
At home I called the insurance myself and I was correct! So I called the doc office and the manager, very rude as well, told me that they have the right to charge me that amount!!! I could not believe it!!! So if they want to charge you $ 1000.00, is their right!!! LOL
Where did they learn costumer service ???

I saw Dr. Bashner several years ago for a torn meniscus, which was very painful. He performed arthroscopic surgery on my knee and I have a full recovery. Dr. Bashner is a surgeon, not a psychologist, and he is straight forward. My weight was an issue to my knee recovery, but if he did not tell me that, he would be remiss as weight management is something only I can control to take excess strain off of my knee. He was never rude, in fact, I perceived he might have been a little uncomfortable having to address my weight as a part of my recovery. I always found Dr. Bashner to be polite and very effective in his medical care and I am grateful to have him as my orthopedist. Last year, I had an accident and completely dislocated my elbow and broke my arm. Dr. Bashner set my dislocated elbow and treated my fractures, and I have now have full use of my arm with no pain. He is a highly skilled orthopedist and I highly recommend him.

Dr. Bashner is an excellent orthopedic Doctor. He was willing to treat me after I returned from the east coast where I broke my tibia. Several other doctors weren’t willing because they didn’t do the operation. His care was outstanding, enabling me to make a relatively quick recovery. He was very honest about the process, which I appreciated. I’d recommend him to anyone who needs an extremely competent surgeon.

I had seen several Orthopedic surgeons for debilitating chronic pain in the groin that had seriously impacted my mobility and active lifestyle. The only remedy that the surgeons could prescribe was hip replacement based on my history of Labrum issues. I finally went to Doctor Bashner, who suggested I go in a different direction and see a General Surgeon on what he initially diagnosed as hernia related. I was skeptical, but agreed to see a local General Surgeon. The local GP could not find anything related to a hernia. After that, I went back to Doctor Bashner, who, after a few tests in his office, pointed me to a specialist in Santa Monica. That specialist eventually pointed me to a General Surgeon that understood my symptoms and recommended Sports Hernia surgery. Something the local GPs don’t know about. I’m now happy to say that the surgery worked and I am now pain free. If it was not for Doctor Bashner, I would probably still be in pain today. I appreciate his willingness to think outside his own specialty and to have diagnosed the real problem. If you have unexplained groin pain and need a Orthopedic Surgeon that is willing to think outside the box and point you in the right direction, Doctor Bashner is the one.

My wife is a patient of Dr. Bashner and has been treated by him for two separate fractures. He has always been professional and treated my wife with dignity and respect. I am a chiropractor and will send my patients to him for orthopedic issues with no hesitation. Dr. Seth Goldstein

If you want your prognosis sugar coated or can’t handle the bare facts, find another doctor. If you want a highly skilled surgeon who tells it straight, sometimes painfully, see Dr. Bashner. Yes, his bedside manner is a bit rough and he can be abrupt, but wouldn’t you rather have all the facts so you can develop a plan and have a procedure with a successful outcome? He is best managed with a bit of humor, push back and with questions. He is a very good doctor.

If I could give Dr Bashner a half or no stars I would. He’s rude, abrupt and so disrespectful to his patients and staff. He has the worst bedside manner of any doctor I’ve ever met. I took my mom there to talk about getting her hip replaced and he refused to do anything on her. Instead spent the whole time telling her she’s fat (shes 5’9 and weighs 165) and he wouldn’t do surgery until she lost weight. Then looks at me and says «Well you’re no help to your mom… look at you!» referring to MY weight. I immediately took my mom out of there and never went back. I really don’t know how he has patients. STAY AWAY!