[alaska49]

I just got a letter from schwartzmans office and it said he is retiring, I had appt. with him in 2015 but he gave his practice to another doctor who was trained by him so iam hoping he is as good as schwartzman I know he has trained some great doctors a I have met a few through my travels. I just thank schwartzman for all his help wit RSD and all the research he has done with treatments.

[daniella]

I know he has helped people so don't mean this as rude but there is something very wrong with having a 2 year waitlist to me and now the people who have been waiting to see him for a year or two are not going to be seen by him because he is retiring. If I had been waiting that long and was told now I would not be seen by him I would be so upset. Out of curiosity when did they say he is retiring?
I hope you get relief from his replacement of course.

[AZ-Di]

I'm so sorry for your situation. I asked my pain mgt. Dr. today about the Ketamine injections and your Dr. Schwartzman is the only one SHE is aware of. I tried to ask for you but sorry, no help so I hope his replacement will indeed pick up where Schwartzman left off for your sake.
Thinking about you, I know your pain, please keep your spirits up and keep the hope!

[Jimking]

There are several doctors all over the world who do ketamine injections. My belief is many do because of Dr. Schwartzman's treatment and research. I'd like to know why he is retiring. Could be health issues.

[alaska49]

My letter says he will be retiring in late june. I know there are going to be alot of disapointed RSD patients who have been waiting for so long. I wasnt seeing him for ketamine as Iam already doing that I just wanted to see if he any other ideas especially now that I am dealing with sarcoid also so when one flare so does the other. The doctor taking over is Dr Enrique AradillasI guess he did his schooling whith schwartzman then went to penn state and then came back and was working with schwartzman. I was just hoping for another opinion just incase he had better ideas so am hoping this other dr will be good. A few years ago I went to cleveland clinic for a flare and one of the residents had been trained by schwartzman and he was really good.

[tos8]

I got my letter 2 weeks ago that he was retiring in late june. I honestly wish they would have let there paitents know sooner, other wise i would have tried other options by now. Ive been on the waiting list for 2yrs now and have an appt for 2015. I dont know what to do because nobody around my area does IVIG or ketamine, so im looking at surrounding states to see if i can find anybody sooner then 2 more years. Somebody told me theres somebody in DC but I cannot remember, and honestly im not looking for somebody thats very conservative. Dr S and a few others decided to push some boundries to help RSD paitents.