[Jomar]

Smileymichelle,
I placed a copy of your post on the main area of the TOS forum, so more members will see it and reply
- here is the link to it-
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread156590.html.

[ladylaura418]

Dr. Donohue at MGH Boston has been great thus far. He met with me for an hour and a half for my consultation, and he has been very responsive over the phone as well. Dr. Donohue is a cardiothoracic surgeon but has told me that he does not want to do surgery before ruling out all other options. As a single 24 yo working to pay back extreme college loans, I appreciate that he does not want to do surgery yet, if at all.

Catherine Wee, an OT at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, was also fabulous. I saw her for several appts, but my condition continued to worsen. She is down to earth and compassionate. When I had been referred to other doctors around the Boston area, she called me after a couple months just to check in - I really like her, but I'm just not in a place where PT is helpful.

[nicinboston]

Originally Posted by ladylaura418

Dr. Donohue at MGH Boston has been great thus far. He met with me for an hour and a half for my consultation, and he has been very responsive over the phone as well. Dr. Donohue is a cardiothoracic surgeon but has told me that he does not want to do surgery before ruling out all other options. As a single 24 yo working to pay back extreme college loans, I appreciate that he does not want to do surgery yet, if at all.

Catherine Wee, an OT at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, was also fabulous. I saw her for several appts, but my condition continued to worsen. She is down to earth and compassionate. When I had been referred to other doctors around the Boston area, she called me after a couple months just to check in - I really like her, but I'm just not in a place where PT is helpful.

Hi LadyLaura,
I am a patient of Dr. Donohue as well - he was the one who finally did the right imaging and confirmed I have compression in my thoracic outlet. He recommended a scalene Botox injection for me but we're still working on getting insurance to approve. I too have been really impressed with Dr. Donohue's approach - he seems genuinely interested in helping deal with this condition and was really thorough in our consultation. Best of luck to you!

[Scaredsilly]

I have read this entire thread and may have missed it accidentely but I saw one doctor listed that someone recommended for a VTOS/ATOS surgeon in New York.

Id think since New York has such a high population and is very well known for their good doctors that im not sure why I am having such a difficult time finding a fantastic doctor her In NEw YORK. Anyone recommend any? Thank you !!

[Jomar]

Many of the state by state listings were compliled in 2006, a few have been updated when new info was mentioned, but not many.

There really should be some new Drs and surgeons coming along - we hope!

Please add to this list if you do find some good ones.

[irisheyesmilin]

Originally Posted by Scaredsilly

I have read this entire thread and may have missed it accidentely but I saw one doctor listed that someone recommended for a VTOS/ATOS surgeon in New York.

Id think since New York has such a high population and is very well known for their good doctors that im not sure why I am having such a difficult time finding a fantastic doctor her In NEw YORK. Anyone recommend any? Thank you !!

If you google best docs for thoracic outlet syndrome surgeons it will bring up NYU with several docs.

irisheyesmilin

[jkl626]

Originally Posted by irisheyesmilin

If you google best docs for thoracic outlet syndrome surgeons it will bring up NYU with several docs.

irisheyesmilin

If you look at Parbies thread : My TOS Search on the East Coast-She saw several Dr's in NY but did not find a good one in the City. It is pretty hard to beleive but they are spread out all over the country.