Dr. Damian Terry Horner, DO

Terrible Doctor !

I've had several PCP's. Most of which saw me for less than 5 minutes for something relatively serious. Dr. Horner spends much more than 5 minutes with me, breaks down the medical world mumbo jumbo into plain english so people can understand it better. I have multiple DVT's in my legs and I'm only 35. He has ordered every battery of tests known to man, and referred me to a super nice Hematologist Dr. Sedov at the Warren Cancer Center. Between them both they keep searching for answers as to why I am clotting. I feel completely comfortable with Dr. Horner. I am not a med seeker, actually one of my first sentences out of my mouth was I don't want narcotics unless it is absolutely necessary. I'd rather take the max dose of Tylenol than pop a lortab. That is just me though. Some people need it, but not me. I will admit that he is for the most part a general medicine doctor, I'm not sure other than family stuff if he has any specialties. I do know his office does refer a lot of patients to… specialists, and to me that is fine. I know that he doesn't feel comfortable with somethings and lets somebody else take a look. Which in my eyes is a good thing. If you don't know something, let an expert take a look. Overall I really enjoy Dr. Horner. He is by far one of the nicest, most compassionate and empathetic doctors in the area. He is very flexible with scheduling and I have missed a few appointments and he never batted an eye, I was just rescheduled and usually for that week. He is my #1 recommendation when asked if I know any PCP's that are taking new patients!

It seemed like a nice enough place, but they scheduled me out 2 months away when I was desperate to get referred from them to some specialists. When my alarm for the date and time was accidentally set for am instead of pm and I missed my appointment, they told me I was never allowed to reschedule with them because missing an appointment amounts to unforgivable sin. They are unhelpful, unapologetic, and stick to that policy even if you really need help.

He saved my life

As another individual has stated, Dr. Horner clearly cherry-picks patients who do not need complex medical attention. I was referred to him by an area physical therapist, and upon recieving my records he made me wait for a week and a half before declaring he would not take me as a patient. I assured his staff I was not looking for medication (just wanted to be able to keep going to the PT for an old back injury) and was more than happy to discuss with him, have my other doctors call him, have the referring physical therapist speak to him, etc. Nope. According to his staff he gets "burned out" (!!!!!) treating patients with pain issues and is not willing to take any more on. I was shocked, my old doctor was shocked, the physical therapist was shocked, and two co-workers who use him as their primary care physicians were shocked. Unprofessional lack of explanation and communication along with clear desire to cherry-pick the least complicated cases possible undermine my estimation of his… skill and professionalism. Glad to have discovered what a bad patient/physician match this would have been before I got involved with his practice.

I can't believe the audacity of some doctors. I do not recommend Doctor Horner in Warren, pa. He took one look at my list of symptoms.. didn't even read it and then refused me as a new patient. When he left I heard him tell the nurse... "I don't want to take these kinds of people." I went to him and pleaded with him to change his mind. Told him not to get overwhelmed by symptoms, just start small with me and help me work the problems out and he said no.. then he blamed my husband and said he was too aggressive. My husband had only voiced his concern that the past couple doctors didn't really want to take the time to listen to me. He did get an angry tone about it once, but he was not aggressive. But he sure told the doctor off after the doctor refused me as a patient. I can't even get a primary care doctor to take me on. This is unreal. And every specialist and er doctor tells me to get a primary care. I'm going to keep doing what I am. Keep moving... just keep moving and keep eating… healthy. I'm waiting on my Snap fitness membership and I'll start small. I'm in shock and the tears just won't stop for a while i'm sure. It's hard to comprehend how a doctor can just stop caring for human beings.

Dr. Horner made sure to take the appropriate time to get to know me and what was going on with my situation. He was very open to how I felt and what I wanted to do for a solution.

He is always patient and very thorough.. Very friendly and listens to what you have to say. He always asks do you have any questions and never makes you feel like you are just another patient.