Steven I Grindel, MD

I was referred to this jerk by my primary care physician at Froedtert. I was already receiving PT and still experiencing severe shoulder pain. He did Xrays and injected cortisone from behind my shoulder. He seemed more interested in entertaining his entourage of students with his skillful use of the ultrasound than in my injection. I was told to continue therapy. I gained no releif from neither the PT nor the injection. Hence I requested an MRI. After Dr. Grindel`s initial diagnosis of no rotator cuff tears, limited arthritis, and frozen shoulder I was now diagnosed with 2 partial tears and bone spurs requiring not 1 but 2 surgeries which because of his schedule I was encourage to book that day. I had already spent almost 2 thousand dollars and 3 months with no results and was looking at at a pair of surgeries. Thank God for a second opinion. Dr McCarty started all over and injected the cortisone properly, I played golf 3 days later. Stay away from this smug, arrogant cutter. You at least owe yourself another opinion.

Dr. Grindel is the only MD who has ever brought up the subject of money, never saw anything like it before. I had a broken wrist, needed surgery to fix. He did a great job, but I had no insurance and he stood there in front of his team, put his hands on his hips and said, "Well I want to get paid!" I was shocked that a doctor would say this since I was employed as a nurse and made my payments. During my rehab he had me visiting his office once a week for several weeks in which he spent a few minutes going over my xray that day, then charge me $600. I was healing fine and ready to go back to work, when he told me that he may have to "go back in" because he thought my wrist wasn't healing properly. I was having no problems whatsoever so I declined any further surgery. I then heard him give the exact same speech to the patient in the exam room next to me. I did not have any further surgery as was his suggestion and after 7 years I haven't had any problems with my wrist, it's fine. I would not recommend this doctor.

This doctor doesnt care or listen. He wont even consider he there still a problem after surgery. Cocky bad attitude!!!!!!!!!!!

Dr is smug , questions were pointed toward discrediting patient. He would ask questions rapid fire and not give you a chance to answer before moving on to the next. He actually answered some questions himself.EXTREMLY RUDE, lacked credibility!!

I wasn't sure what to expect regarding my recovery from rotator cuff surgery. The results were amazing and I am returning to 100% recovery. I could not be more satisfied with the outcome of the procedure. Dr. Grindel is an outstanding surgeon and his staff is excellent as well.

This moron spent most of his time examining my left arm. I had rt shoulder repalacement surgery. After placing my arm in an awkward position he pushed with brute forceon it and said my left shoulder has a torn rotator cuff. There's nothing wrong with that shoulder. This was an IME form workers comp. what an idiot. Then he questioned everything about my doctor inclulding why he hasn't released me for work. I am recovering from rotator cuff and shoulder replacement surgeries. 2 surgeries in one equals twice the recovery time and it's only been 4 months. I know he will say what the ins co wants so bring on the lawyers.

Dr. Grindel did a shoulder surgery on me in August, 2011. I am now just finishing up my physical therapy and about to be released from his care. Before the surgery, I was suffering from a painful complication caused from a prior surgical mistake(by another doctor), and Dr. Gridel saved me from a life of being handicapped. I now have about 85% functionality and 95% range of motion in that arm/shoulder. I am VERY happy I found Dr. Grindel and would highly recommend him to anyone. He is very confident in his approach and knew exactly how to fix my problem. I found him to be very kind and compassionate, as well.

As an MD myself, I researched "shoulder experts" thoroughly before choosing Dr. Grindel, & was completely pleased with both the surgery & the result. Highly recommended!

I have read recent reviews of this doctor and cannot believe what I am seeing.Has he changed to be a good and caring doctor? I certainly hope so.He was the worst doctor I have ever seen.

This man should not be practicing. He is only interested in the payment.

Would recommend Dr Grindel to anyone needing arm or shoulder surgery. He helped me considerably with an off work accident that involved numerous surgeries to repair damage and just recently repaired my torn rotator cuff. His staff and surgical team are comprehensive and extremely professional without being cold and uncaring.R. Welniak

I saw Dr. Grindel today for a 2nd opinion. I had a shoulder surgery from another orthopedic surgeon. My surgery was in December, 2010 and now it is 4 months later. By now, I should have full range motion in my shoulder, however, I have had a complication. I have what is called a frozen shoulder. My overall experience today with Dr. Grindel has been outstanding!! Dr. Grindel was very, very knowledgeable about my situation, he has a very caring and compassionate bedside manner. He LISTENED to every word I said, all of my concerns and the pain that I am still having. I very much liked the process that I underwent. I first talked to a doctor/intern for him to get allllll of my details. The intern did a very thorough assessment and even took measurement of not only my range of motion, but also my strength and lack of strength in various movements. I then saw Dr. Grindel. He didn't rush me, he never made me feel like I was wasting his time. He had a lengthy discussion with me as to what he feels is going on with my condidtion and made his recommendations. I would very highly, highly recommend him to ANYONE that has any shoulder problem. I feel very comfortable with the course of action that he has recommended for me. Before today, I had never met him and I am very glad that I now am under his care!!

Dr. Grindel saw me when many other providers would not see me for a second opinion. He was very diligent and thorough and explained my problem clearly. I've got my life back thanks to Dr. Grindel.

Dr. Grindel has always treated me with the utmost respect and caring. explaings things throughly in terms you can understand.I had him as my surgeon in kenosha, and i've followed him to milwaukee. kenosha lost a great dr. we are so greatful he is still in a reasonable distance for us. i'm shocked to read the other reviews. i have never experinced any of the things they have said.

Dr. Grindel is a total jerk. He treated me as if I were a fly on the wall. He was nasty and insulting. He called other doctors who had made a diagnosis guilty of malpractice.He refused to fill out follow up paperwork for Workman;s Comp.I have never met a person as arrogant and cruel as he is.

This guy is a major sell out to any insurance company offering a check to him. After completing a brief exam and quick look at my MRI films he concluded there was no injury to me and that I should just exercise and lose weight to heal my shoulder. I'm still fighting with workcomp for them to pay for more treatment after his conclusion theres nothing wrong with me. Stay away from this quack !!!!

The three other comments below have it exactly right. He had a very arrogant attitude, he asked a few general questions, looked at my x-rays and then wrote up a generic, bias report. His findings supported the position of the people paying him, and completely contradicted four other doctors' opinions. It's so obvious what this guy is about, he is so predictable, so greasy, yet somehow he still carries credibility. I heard some doctors have to resort to making a living this way because they can't cut it as a surgeon. As I stated above, I had brought in a large manilla envelope full of x-rays for him to review, at the very end he pulled them out, looked at them one at a time and then launched them on the bed and said "you can put those away now, I'm done". and walked out of the room.

Dr. Grindel doesn't care about patient best interest. He is driven by what is best for him and his wallet. His bedside manner is terrible. His standard of care is weak. Save yourself the headache and go to someone better.

dr. grindel is a egotistical jerk. he does not listen to the patient and passes judgement on them. everything that i told him during my lengthy visit with him, he turned it around and documented the exact opposite. i don't know for sure if he is just a quack or a total sell out to the highest bidder. if you are involved in a car accident and the other insurance company wants you to see a docotr, refuse to go to this one. he obviously is getting a big payoff from the other insurance company. he documented range of motion degrees in the shoulder without even measuring. he is just guessing and lying to the isnurance company to pad his own pocket. i feel badly for anyone getting treatment from this doctor.

Dr. Grindel presents medical judgements based on others findings without confirmation for a workers comp insurance company called CorVel Corp.