Dr. Daniel Alves, MD

Dr has left me abandoned. He implanted a spinal cord stimulator in my body. It never has worked and he refuses to see me so I call that abandonment. Never ever heard of a Dr doing this to a patient. Especially when all I'm asking for is a follow up to see why the stim isn't working and the Medtronic Pain Stim Reps won't call me back. Would never in good conscience recommend Dr Alves or Medtronic

Would give zero stars if I could. He implanted a spinal cord stimulator which hasn't worked since it was implanted. It doesn't even come close to hitting the spots that need stimulation. The frustration is he blew me off at the last appointment and won't give me the time of day. I had an appointment with Dr Alves two weeks ago and he said he'd see me after the Medtronic rep saw me. After she tried to program it to hit the correct spots, he blew me off and won't see me. #LeftHighAndDry Pretty poor after surgery care I'd say. I will be filing a complaint with the State of California Medical Licensing board. Two other Doctors from Workers Comp that have seen the incision scars were less than impressed with the surgery, but that part was not a shock because Dr Alves said it was not his best work, due to some difficulty getting the stimulator and leads implanted. I am questioning his decision to use #Medtronic branded stimulators as it appears that #StJude stimulators are far superior… product. My wife has a St Jude Stim implanted and hers works well and the customer service from the Doctor and the St Jude Reps are second to none! I can't in good conscience recommend #DrDanielAlves, Universal Pain Management or Medtronic. I need an answer as to whether a revision surgery would correct the problem or if the dang thing just needs to be removed from my body as it is #Useless