Dr. Donato Russo, MD

Dr Russo is amazing doctor with so much experience he is the best ever! Found a good doctor is hard but found an excellent doctor is a blessing, ?????? thank you for take care of me ti auguro sempre tanta buona fortuna

**PLEASE AVOID HIM AT ALL COST** The Only reason why I give 1 star, is because I couldn't give less. He has no compassion, he does NOT care about his patients. It has taken me 2 yrs to comment on my horrible experience with this Dr. However people should hear about how he practices & this cannot go unsaid. I have to recognize the staff, they have always been great. Dr. Russo delivered my son 17yrs ago and I stood with his practice until 2 yrs ago. He 1st treated me, then Midwife Nancy Dotti who was excellent, Dr. Jullie Messemer equally wonderful, and one other female doctor, who as well as the other 2, are no longer w/ the practice. Leaving Dr. Donato Russo. 2 years ago, I made an appointment with him for my annual exam. He questioned me about my mentral, since he already knew I struggled with long & painful cycles. He suggested I go for a procedure called a cyroablation. In which I first needed a biopsy. He said this would help me. So I trusted his judgment, since nothing I've… ever tried has ever helped. I had 2 previous IUD, mirena & para guard, that both turned out to be so painful, I had to remove within a year of having them. I later became pregnant on the nuva-ring. So after my third child, I had no choice other then sealing my tubes in order to not become pregnant by the age of 25. So when Dr. Russo suggested this procedure, I started asking some of my girlfriends who had this procedure done by other Drs, and they said it was the best thing they did, that it didn't hurt. Great. When the day came for this procedure, I was not ready to experience what had occurred. The nurse walking me to the room at his office, turned to me and said, "please know, this is going to hurt." I wasnt expecting that, but I'd rather be warned. As he began the process, he stated I would feel cramping, then began to proceed. Moments later, I not only felt cramping, I felt pain, pain that I almost past out from. The nurse was trying to comfort me, talking me through it. Dr. Russo starts asking me why am I screaming. I was telling him it hurt, he said this isnt supposed to hurt and continued to try to make conversation with me, undermining how badly in pain I was in. I wanted it to stop, I was screaming and crying and he continued with the procedure and yelling at me saying, " there's no need for yelling and crying ". this went on, I felt so hopeless, violated, he didnt take my words that I was in pain seriously, he didnt care it wasnt about me, it was about him and he knew better than me, and I should not be in that much pain, but I was. As I walked out of that office feeling totally violated, feeling as if I was leaving a back alley Dr., I pulled myself into my husband car and I began to breakdown. I was left scared and broken. I couldn't even work for the remainder of that week. I would just begin to breakdown. I started getting panic attacks. I sunk into such a bad depression. It took months of therapy to pull myself together. I NEVER went back. I couldn't even bring myself to leave a negative review until now because these old wounds have been reopened. I eventually found a new Dr. Several months later. Explained what had occurred. One who cared enough to see what is going on. He suggested a hysteroscopy to see what was going on. After 1.5 years of wanting to avoid this because I was left with deep scars, I finally went through with it. Well, I was never a candidate for the cyroablation in the first place nor for the 2 IUD i previously had and were removed due to the pain because of the scar tissue I had from my 1st child, almost 20yrs ago, who was a c-section. How can a Dr. Who's had my file for over 15yrs never are to actually see what's going on and if I'm truly a candidate for a procedure? Ok, let's make this simple. How can a Dr. continue to perform a procedure on a patient who is continually screaming and crying that she is in pain and wants it to stop, then continues to speak over me telling me it doesnt hurt, then proceeds? This is not OK. He should NEVER treat Anyone how he treated me.

I felt less of a woman and more like an animal. He was so abrupt, rough, inconsiderate of how uncomfortable I was and how much pain I was in

After waiting over an hour to see this so called "Doctor", my exam was super fast, and when I had questions on a type of birth control, he told me to ask the nurse. Then when I had a question about fibroids, he told me I don't have them so I should not worry. Rude, not well read at all, and terrible bedside manner. Plus, the office is rather filthy.

Dr. Russo was overall unprofessional and rude. Would not recommend to anyone seeking professional and courteous health provider

I have never felt so rushed before in my life! Maybe because the Dr. had 10 appts the smae time as mine. The office is very dirty, too! The patients seemed to be all teen mothers gabbing on their cell phone the whole time in the waiting room. I felt every rushed on my visit and he did not listen to any of my questuions about endometrosis. Just told me to see a specialist. Would not go back nor recommend.

I was a patient of Dr. Russo for 12 years but i am not going back to his office anymore. He is a caring Doctor but not very kowledgeable. And his staff is the rudest possible. THey dont work with you on anything,if you have questions regarding billing, good luck! the girl in that department wont even talk to you in a professional manner, never mind, try to help you with your issue. After 12 years i got tires of being mistreated. There are other doctors out there. dont use this one!