[lyn0802]

Does anyone kow of a good Doctor in the Cleveland area??? There was none listed on the listing of doctors on the permanent thread of doctors above....if no one knows of one in the cleveland area what tyoe of doctor would i be looking for, vascular or neurologist, so far i have been shuffeled between neurosurgery, neurology and vascular and all have pointed their fingers at each other not knowing what is wrong

[Jomar]

I haven't heard or read any of these names before but they came up on my search -
http://www.vitals.com/disorders/oh-c...ome-13354.html

http://my.clevelandclinic.org/disord..._syndrome.aspx

[lyn0802]

I have talked to the Cleveland Clinic and they do not take my insurance....I spoke to University Hospital and they gave me the name of Dr. John Shaffer saying he specializes in "upper extremities" with a "special interest in TOS", but when I googled him it said he was an orthopedic surgeon....is this a good place to start? I have an orthopedic seurgeon who took care of tendon and bursa issues already in that arm?

[Jomar]

Well if he has "special interest in TOS" he might be good , or then again it could be only partial knowledge - it's hard to tell sometimes until you meet and talk w/ them.

[brmr19]

Originally Posted by lyn0802

Does anyone kow of a good Doctor in the Cleveland area??? There was none listed on the listing of doctors on the permanent thread of doctors above....if no one knows of one in the cleveland area what tyoe of doctor would i be looking for, vascular or neurologist, so far i have been shuffeled between neurosurgery, neurology and vascular and all have pointed their fingers at each other not knowing what is wrong

Dr Daniel Clair is a vascular doctor at the Cleveland Clinic. He recently did my surgery for aertial TOS. I first seen Dr. Kim who diagnosed me in the vascular department.

[Scaredsilly]

Brmr how do you feel post op

[brmr19]

Originally Posted by Scaredsilly

Brmr how do you feel post op

Still having a lot of symptoms. Before surgery, I could not do anything because I always felt like I was going to pass out. The compression on the subclavian artery was stopping the flow completely in the vertebral artery. He said after the surgery that he was surprised by the amount of compression that I had and that he removed a lot of scar tissue.