Dr. David C Suominen, MD

Dr. Suominen has taken care of my mother for years. He is very compassionate and caring. He takes the time to explain procedures and makes her feel comfortable.

Be very afraid. Dr. Suominen was supposed to do carotid stenting on my husband. When I asked my sweet husband if we should insist on going to a bigger hospital, Dr. Suominen convinced us that he had done carotid stentings and that he is good at it. My husband said “let’s do it here he seems confident enough” and signed a consent. I play that moment in my head day in and day out and torture myself why I didn’t listen to my gut, why went along with it. During carotid stenting, Dr. Suominen dislodged a clot into my husband’s brain causing a stroke! He failed to use the standard protective measure which would have been simple to apply and which would have greatly reduced the risk of a stroke. What Dr. Suominen did was pure negligence as he failed to take basic steps to prevent a tragic outcome. We were never told he wasn’t going to use a filter, we we never given a chance to decide, it wasn’t in the consent form either. A real doctor would’ve known his and hospital’s limitations, a real… doctor would’ve transported a patient to a bigger hospital with the neurology and stroke departments standing by should something happen, a real doctor would’ve thought about his patient and not a paycheck. He knew small town hospital had no resources, yet decided to stent without protection anyway, and quietly at that. My smart educated husband, whose brain used to be like a computer, had become a shell of him real self. Our finances are crushed, his company is suffering as he was one of the best at his job, his clients are suffering, his siblings are heart broken, I am grieving and don’t want to live any more, I feel such guilt I can’t breathe. Had I insisted on moving him to the biggest Dallas hospital, my wonderful sweet husband would’ve been saved. That’s what one incompetent cocky doctor can do to so many lives.