Dr. Paul Steven Fleser, MD

I work with Dr Fleser and he is the best surgeon I have worked with in my 25 year career.

Dr.fleser performed a carotid endarterectomy on my mother,just yesterday.staff called me and updated me often.very nice,answered all my questions and were just as concerned as I was .because of the covid pandemic we didn't meet but,spoke on phone sounded really sweet and genuine .thank you for giving me my mother for a while longer.much appreciation !

My mother is 78 years old and has a broken femur. Her Ortho Doctor sent her to Middle Tennessee Vascular to have an ultrasound. We got there around 10 AM. Checked in, and at 11:30 I went to the front desk and asked how much longer. She then informed me that we were being worked in but would be next. Nothing was mentioned about that when we walked in. And speaking of walking in, two receptionists were behind the desk and saw me trying to get in the door with a person in a wheelchair and never got up to assist with the door. Finally at about 12, they took us back to a room. The Ultrasound Technician was very polite. Did the ultrasound and informed us that she did have 3 blood clots and would need to see the doctor. So, we waited and waited again, and after about 45 minutes, I stuck my head out the door and the tech said "oh, I was just coming to tell you the doctor just got here and is looking over the info and will be in soon. After another 30 minutes, he finally comes in,… tells us absolutely nothing. No info to take back to the nursing home for the nurses, no medication change, no treatment at all for the blood clots. My elderly mother, with a broken femur and rheumatoid arthritis, sat in their office for 4 hours for him to waltz in for about 5 minutes and tell her nothing, other than confirm there was a blood clot and said we would need to contact the doctor that put her on blood thinners originally to make any changes to her medicine. If that was the case, not sure why they didn't just tell us up front we needed to go see another doctor. Again, realize they were "working us in" as they said, but it would have been nice to have been told that when we walked in, especially to an empty waiting room. Not a positive experience and I definitely would not recommend anyone to go here.

Dr. Fleser used an angioplasty balloon to install back-to-back stents in my left leg. There is now very good blood flow to my lower leg. The previous doctor I went to (in small town U.S.A.) attempted the same procedure, but was totally unsuccessful. He is supposedly a very good heart surgeon (maybe way out of his area of expertise). Dr. Fleser will continue to oversee my vascular system for as long as I'm alive. I have a great deal of confidence in his abilities as a Vascular Surgeon, from my very own experiences.

You will never find a better surgeon then Dr. Fleser and his bedside manner is to awesome....