Kim Neurosurgery Miriam Kim, MD Dr. Kim is cruel and heartless Golden Valley, Minnesota
I had a bad experience with Kim Neurosurgery, 5500 Wayzata Blvd, Golden Valley, MN 55416 7635428888. I went to Dr. Miriam Y. Kim because I needed surgery to fix a herniated lumbar disk. She seemed nice enough when I was trying to decide which surgeon to use. At that time she seemed to be genuinely concerned for my welfare. Later, however, when things weren't going so well, her demeanor changed. She was no longer the compassionate caregiver she appeared to be when I was deciding which surgeon to use. Suddenly, she seemed to want to have nothing to do with me; like I had the plague or something. I actually had to threaten malpractice to get her to see me again, despite the fact that I was doing much worse.
I suffered a significant deterioration and became disabled from extreme back pain in the same area my surgery was done. And now my spine is all hunched over like an old lady (I'm 52) and she told me there is nothing she can do. The worst part is I asked her for a simple referral so I could go to Mayo and be evaluated there. She refused to give me this simple referral even though all it takes is a one phone call, and she doesn't even have to make it herself. All she has to do is direct her secretary to make the call. I don't think it's fair that anyone should have that much power to condemn me to a life in bed. Maybe she's just trying to hide a botched operation? It looks bad on the statistics after all. I wouldn't recommend anyone use Dr. Kim, or Kim Neurosurgery, for anything. She is heartless, cruel, and drunk on power.
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Gaylene
United States of AmericaGrateful
#2General Comment
Thu, October 27, 2011
I would like to rate Doctor Kim with a 10.
In 2004 I woke and could not move. It took me several minutes to roll over to get out of bed. I could not sit nor stand. My husband took me to urgent care in St. Paul and they said Here take a muscle relaxer, you have just pulled a muscle. I cried so hard I know my back and this was no pulled muscle. I saw my doctor and my blood pressure was 190 over xx. My primary doctor ordered a MRI. I was told the next day to see a Neurosurgeon. I was referred to Dr. Kim. I remember sitting in the examining room scared that she too would tell me there was nothing wrong. My husband and I heard her in the hallway gasp oh my. She came in and showed us the MRI. She said it was the worst herniated disk she had ever seen. It was C3,4 disk had crushed my spinal cord. She rolled her chair over to me, put her hand on my leg and said If you sneeze, cough the wrong way, or hit a bump too hard you will be a quadriplegic. My husband started to cry with fear. I got an emergency operation. I went home the next morning. She indeed had given me back to my family. It was a miracle.
In 2008, I again blew a disk. Same pain so I knew what it was. I knew because of the skill and compassion Dr. Kim had that I would go to her again. I had an MRI done saw Dr. Kim again and she performed surgery again....this time it was C4,5. She fused the disks. I have plate and a few screws but I was back on my feet in a week, playing with my grand kids like nothing had ever happened. Another miracle.
Oct 11, of this year, I again had a herniated disk. C7/T1. She again operated on me. I am sitting in my home writing this because of the skillful hands of Dr. Kim.
Now I ask you, Is this a doctor you would be afraid to see? Not me or my family. We were treated wonderfully not only by Dr. Kim but by her staff. They were courteous and compassionate beyond compare. This is a Dr. that not once, not twice, but three times saved me from a fate that could have been far worse. She gave me back to my family and there is no greater gift than that.
Dr Kim is our MIRACLE worker.....Thank you Dr. Kim
Gaylene Bissonette and family :)