Dr. Peter James Lennarson

Herniated disk in lumbar spine, with great pain and nerves were damaged. Lost major muscle and tone in right leg. Need walking stick to get around before surgery. Pushed my surgery up to nearest date, and was fully healed of pain and walking impairment immediately.

it a long over due review but, peter saved my life from a brain tumor in Omaha, ne. I miss having him here. do any of you know a doctor, that will run down the hall of his clinic after hours, even tho the nurse said he had gone home, just to see that your okay and actually and honestly care? peter does!! He has a lot of good quality's that many doctors don't have or have forgotten. Thank-You peter for saving my life in 2010. Steve Jones

I saw Dr. Lennarson as my back was deemed critical and pain was excruciating at times. He was very good at listening to me and hearing what I said. He did not rush into surgery, we did conservative cortisone shots in the spine with short lived results. With a mantra of “let pain be your guide” I finally agreed to minimally invasive surgery to try to alleviate severe leg pain after another disc herniation at L3. There are still two more herniations with no pain, leave them alone! The surgery was quickly schedule and Dr. Lennarson and his staff were EXCELLENT. I am healing well, all leg pain gone. Still slow moving in the morning. At 61, there are things I have to give up, no more flips on the trampoline with grandchildren! Patient, quick to respond to all questions and very explicit with future possibilities with my back, I would STRONGLY RECOMMEND DR. Lennarson and his staff!

Shortley after Sept 11th 2001 while deployed I had a mobility bin that we use to hall cargo on aircraft basically fall on me while trying to load it. That resulted in some ruptured disc and a small spinal fracture. My 1st Surgery was performed over seas and while I felt better it didn't take long the pain to return. A second injury threatened my career in the sense that it really left me immobilized. After fighting a medical review board overseas I knew my career was probably over. Dr. Lennarson who was at the time Major Lennarson literally saved my career and quality of life. Since then he has consulted with me on issues my wife was having with her spine and made some awesome recomendations for us to see one of his collegues. He did so out of the kindness if his heart. In my opinion he is the best Neurosurgin in the world because he gave me an oppurtunity to continue serving my nation. I'm almost 14 years post surgery and have to say my back is still in good shape thanks to this Doc… V/R Ken Sciberras

I was in a severe car accident and had been misdiagnosed for over a year. when i finally found out what was wrong, i learned that it was a very, very rare disease and few doctors even know about it. I had seen a few doctors before him and scheduled an appointment with him to see if at some point i'd have to have surgery since his staff had told me he had a couple other patients with my spinal cord disease. During the entire appointment he made me feel like i was an idiot and that i was wasting his time. He said he would order an mri in a few months to see if anything had changed..not caring about my quality of life, pain or anything. He wasnt concerned at all. After i had the mri a few months after my appointment with him, i called to ask if he had gone over it so i could know my results..i called multiple times and every time the nurses had told me he would review the results and give me a call. I got tired of waiting for him and know the drill so i went to Kaiser and had them give… me a copy of my report..i already had a disk with the images from a week prior right after the mri. On the report, it says the drs who had already reviewed it, and this gem of a dr had already reviewed it and never even called me back to let me know. This is ridiculous! Its now almost 2 weeks after mri and i still have yet to hear from him. Even worse that on my mri things have changed and grown and he doesnt have the respect to call me and let me know. Unacceptable! Would never, ever recommend him to anyone and i cant wait to find a different doctor who actual cares about me!

Had severe sciatica for a year. Was referred to Dr. Lennarson who performed microscopic disc surgery. In one hour I woke up pain free and have been so (for that disc) for 2 1/2 years . . . even playing golf. A new disc problem arose (another herniated disc). Dr. Lennarson recommended no surgery as there was no acute, ongoing pain. let's wait to see if it resolves itself. I thought this was impressive since he is a surgeon. He's tops in my book.

Dr. Lennarson fused my L3, l4, & L5. He did an excellent job. He was a very attentive surgeon and the follow-up was very helpful. His aide, Jed, was also very, very helpful. I have called with questions and Jed has always answered them for me immediately or asked Dr. Lennarson and called me back with the answers. I was very apprehensive before surgery but Dr. Lennarson was very reassuring and knowledgable and very helpful. I would go to Dr. Lennarson again in a minute. My son also went to Dr. Lennarson, who then performed surgery on his back. What a difference! My son had several problems with his back, one of which was a broken bone that had settled in my son's back and had to be dug out. Dr/ Lennarson practically rebuilt part of his back and he has been pain free since the surgery - 3+ yrs. now. Excellent surgeon!

I made two visits to Dr. Lennarson's office. The first time I waited over an hour but when he finally came in he had looked at my records and MRIs. he was very encouraging about surgical correction of my lower back pain, not involving fusion. He told us about a new procedure he could try but first he wanted to pinpoint the source of my pain trough a nerve block which should be scheduled through the pain management clinic. When I arrived on the day of the scheduled appointment, I was embarrassed to try to correct the nurses when they said I was going to have a steroid shot,The shot was effective but only for two weeks. I called back for another appointment with Dr Lennarson. After waiting six weeks for the appointment, I arrived ahead of time thinking if he was busy, maybe being early might help to get me in. This time I waited 2 hours. Like a previous patient mentioned, after an hour-and-one-half, a nurse practitioner came in, for reasons unknown. She had not read any of my… records, and offered no new information. She finally left saying she would get the Dr. This time when he came in, he was over two hours late and I was just getting ready to walk! I was disappointed that he now had no solution other than fusion that may or not. He said I was not a candidate for what he had recommended the first time but gave no explanation.

After an hour+ of waiting in the waiting room the secretary went and got the nurse and then I waited another 30 min in the room. The PA came in and reviewed scans then went to get the Dr. and 30 min later came back to tell me what he said and told me that he didn't have time to see me due to a new patient needing his time. By then I had waited 2.5 hrs and was told he didn't have time to see me after I had waited 6 weeks to get an appt.??? The first appt. I waited over 2 hrs to see him but at least I got to see him. I understand how busy he is but if they don't have room for new patients then please respect my time enough to say so. The Dr. was very knowledgable and I'm sure a good surgeon but patients deserve to be treated with more respect than that. The front desk was VERY helpful and appreciated.

Very pleased, he was very kind and understanding and to the point with they procedure that he was going to do. Excellent staff at the med center.