Dr. Nathan Ross Ehmer, DO

Had a ruptured Achilles tendon. had surgery by Dr. Nathan Ehmer, DO and all went well that day. Aftercare was nightmare. Nathan saw i was infected, and he chose to not treat it. Not even a course of antibiotics. ended up getting another surgery and years of pain. The repair was not good anyway as the surgean that repaired my leg the second time showed me plastic what was like heavy fishing line that had been poking out of the skin of my leg. BTW he is very insulting, here is a quote "you would normally never be allowed in here, but i need the Hospital Memorial in Santa Rosa) to perform surgeries, so i take on Obama care patients like you." I will never go back to this doctor ever.

Wife saw him for a broken radius, but didn't have waterproof casting. He said that we can look for something online and bring it in and he will put it on. I researched for 2 hours to find cast material that doesn't need to be covered in the shower or pool. Paid $41+$9 for 2 day shipping for exactly that. A cast she can shower in, go in the pool, etc.... No plastic bag, no plastic cast sleeve protector. At her appt, this so called doctor refused to use it as he wasn't familiar with it. He shouldn't have told us to find something online and buy it if he wasn't going to use it, especially since there are hundreds of different materials out there, there is no way to be familiar with them all.

In my experience, surgeons are usually very gruff and ghoulish. You will not find that true of Dr. Ehmer. He is a great person, and puts you at ease immediately.

I was trawling on business in the Bay Area when my left (cadaver) knee transplant failed. I went to the Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, to escape the insanity of a San Francisco ER and confirmed the joint was shot. I spoke with an excellent ER physician and learned of a very progressive surgeon doing some exciting things with knee replacements. The fact that I am only 46 creates many challenges for getting a total knee replacement that will have to last the rest of my life. I started doing research and calling friends who were surgeons in orthopedics and received resounding endorsements for Dr. Nathan Ehmer who happened to be working in the Santa Rosa area. The ER doctor called Dr. Ehmer early on a Saturday morning about my case and Dr. Ehmer's assistant Jasmine (who is also terrific) moved his schedule around so they could see me ASAP Monday morning. Dr. Ehmer was very kind and worked through my history and it was quickly decided the joint was toast and it needed to be… replaced. I was facing down a critical timeline at work and literally only had an immediate 6 week window I could be working from the couch. Dr. Ehmer offered me two options, one was he was willing to move his schedule around and do a traditional knee replacement in 3 days or the other was an exciting (somewhat) new procedure where a CT Scan is used to build a plastic model of the knee and a computer generates cutting guides which lock onto the old joint and help the surgeon with alignment, cutting, placement and time under for the patient. This new procedure seemed obviously the best option and I checked with several friends who are Ortho Surgeons and they all said it was the way to go, so wait the extra time if practical. I explained my dilemma to Dr Ehmer and he offered me a solution. He booked me for his next possible opening then personally telephoned the company that made the cutting blocks and asked them if they could rush the cutting guides for my case. He called me the next day and said they could get me the blocks in about two weeks so we decided to wait. In less than 2 weeks I got a call from Dr. Ehmer's office that the blocks were in and I was scheduled for surgery in 2 days. I am now 4 days post-op and feeling great. I need to get my right knee done this year as it is just as bad as my old left knee and I am going to fly back to Santa Rosa, likely from Africa, to have Dr. Ehmer do the procedure. I can't express how pleased I am with Dr. Ehmer and his team and I would encourage anyone needing an Ortho surgeon to find your way to Santa Rosa and see Dr. Ehmer. The travel is irrelevant when you are talking about removing a joint from your body and replacing it with pieces of metal and expecting it to last you the rest of your life.

I'm lucky to have had Dr. Ehmer for my orthopedic surgeon. It's obvious that he really cares about his patients, and he has excellent surgical skills.

Dr. Ehmer is compassionate and wonderful. Very professional.