Dr. James Michael Osborn, MD

It has been 15 years since I had surgery on my back. Anterior and posterior. I suffered for several years. Dr. Osborne gave me my life back! I have been pain free since the surgery. He and his staff were very helpful! I went from NC to see him. I would have gone across the country…

Letting this Doctor operate on me was biggest mistake of my life. He convinced me to get a neck surgery I did not need. And the back surgery he did was a disaster from beginning to end. He changed my quality of life forever. I will never be without a caregiver for the rest of my life. He’s all about making as much money as he can, not the patient. This man should not be doing surgery. Please, please do not make the same mistake I did.

Due to my employer based insurance paying 100% of my surgery cost to be done at Emory in Atlanta, (A well reputable place with great doctors) I did not have it done by Dr. Osborn. But that doesn’t mean Dr. Osborn isn’t just as great a Doctor only in Chattanooga. I can’t speak for any first hand experience with Dr. Osborn’s surgical skills for he’s never operated on me. But I will say he is the first doctor in my few years of problems to tell me I have significant cord compression, not “mild”. He was the first to offer me lasting treatment. He was the first to name what I have (cervical myelopathy). He was the first to hand me literature on my diagnosis, surgery he was offering, and possible outcomes. The in a rush careless attitude That other reviewers mentioned is nothing of my experience. He took his time explaining and answering my questions on both my visits. His nurse Jessica was quick to return phone calls and emails and set appointments. My limited experience with Doctor Osborn… was great. And my girlfriend knows somebody who Dr. Osborn did a 10 level fusion for. That person says he was the first doctor to offer to help her and did great at it.

Hi Dr Osborn so do you remember me. That mom of two you left in a mess and paid my lawyer off so you wouldn’t be sued. Well 13 years later and since you wouldn’t see me for my yearly check up to see if the bone was healing and no more broken rods I thought maybe you like to know these rods are holding but every spine doctor that has looked at my back can’t believe what they see and said they’ve never seen a case like it! Hope you continue to enjoy your luxury life after my husband I had to drain his 401-K just pay our part of the medical bills but you claim I owe you’d you $143 more so that’s why you wouldn’t see for my yearly check. Must be nice to pay off lawyers and go on about your careeer covering things up. It’s ok because God brings to light everything done in darkness and your the one who will have to answer to him. Oh and did you ever find the other half of my rod that you said disappeared form your walk from the operating room to my room in hospital? Just wondering. I do hope… you no longer let your patients sit in the ICU with no adequate pain relief. No one should ever have to go through what I went through under your care and pray no one else has.

He always takes his time in the room with you and answers all your questions. He also looks out for his patients in the hospital he put you is ICU the first night .

I had a car accident where I was it from behind. Dr. Osborne stated that my neck injury was a PRE-EXISTING condition. He is not a good source for back up if you have to sue someone for a car accident. He will not help your case! Beware of this. Excellent surgeon, but will not help with your lawsuit.

Dr Osborne performed a posterior cervical fusion on me. It was NOT a success and he just wanted me to go away. At the time he performed the surgery at Erlanger Hospital in Chatanooga TN. I knew something was wrong that my neck was crooked and my balance/equilibrium was off and still is. I just found out this past year that the surgery created scoliosis in my neck. I have no respect for this man and do not consider him an expert. He operated from C2 to T3. I woke up in intensive care with no orders for pain medication. The agony was unbearable. After surgery he never once looked at my neck. He never listened to my concerns. He does not need to be doing cervical posterior surgery. I will never forget that he absolutely crippled my body. This was in 2009. I cannot forget as I live daily with the permanent damage that was done. I wonder now if I ever really needed such an extensive surgery. He made close to a hundred thousand dollars if not more paid out by my blue cross insurance. Quite… a motive to perform surgery. At least this has become my opinion.

I went to him for severe pain shooting down my arm, migraine headaches, dragging my leg, severe weakness in my hand (often referred to as claw hand) and neck pain, all resulting from an accident 5 yrs prior. He was honest about the pros and cons of surgery and was always available to me and family following surgery.

I am not satisfied with him, his manner, and he messed me up

He can appear distant at first, but I honestly think he's just shy. My mother has been seeing him for her neck and back for over a year and he has become much more comfortable with us. He saved my mother from being paralyzed due to issues in her neck, and performed back surgery on her recently.