Dr. Avi Kumar, MD

This guy is a butcher. Stay away from him. He ruined my life- paralyzed my left shoulder in a botched shoulder replacement surgery . Terrible doctor and person

Dr. Kumar performed a shoulder replacement on me in July 2021. During the procedure he managed to SEVERELY damage a nerve called Brachial Plexus, rendering my left arm completely paralyzed. It has been over two years of hell as I needed two surgeries on my left hand to try to correct stiffness and two more operations on the shoulder as it was internally infected. He has ruined my life , as I can no longer-rake in activities I enjoyed (golf, swimming) and my ability to perform every day tasks are hard if not impossible with one arm (dressing, showering, shave, cut a piece of meat and so on) The most frustrating part of this experience was his ATTITUDE. He never would explain what went wrong. All my questions were me with ‘guarded “ answers. He made sure he never took any responsibility. I have had many surgeons and neurologists , at the Mayo Clinic as well as locals that the surgery was done without due caution. I urge anyone reading this to REconsider your choice of surgeons if you… are planning to go under the knife with this guy. He belongs in a BUTCHER shop, not in an operating room