Dr. Scott L Blumenthal, MD

He badly botched my disc replacement. He is not a good doctor.

He is a bad doctor and a bad person. He maimed me when all I had was pain and now I am dealing with the consequences. Save yourselves. Go to any other doctor in Texas, literally.

If I could leave a negative review I would. My daughter has degenerative disc disease and has had prior back surgery to have two bulging discs repaired. After moving down to Dallas she started experiencing pain and Blumenthal was recommended to us. His front office staff and assistant were great to work with and after meeting with them, getting x-rays and MRI done we met Blumenthal for our consultation on treatment options. He seemed annoyed from the minute he walked in. Without referencing any of her images or exam data he declared "everything is normal" and that if my daughter was his child he would tell her just to toughen up. Basically within the first 5 minutes he had my daughter in tears. He then got up to leave but of course we tried to ask follow on questions to understand what was happening. This only annoyed him further and he quickly ended the conversation and walked out. Two weeks later we got a second opinion and using the same image data our new doctor, Dr.… Hotchkiss, identified two very clear bulging discs. This misdiagnosis could have led to further injury or complications had we not sought out a second opinion. Blumenthal may be just fine as a surgeon but I will not call him a doctor as he does not have the required care and compassion you would expect from a true professional. We have filed a complaint with the Texas Medical Review Board and it may be worth a look there to see if he has other complaints prior to working with him. I wish we would have.

I had a disc replacement surgery one morning, was up and walking the same day, and by the end of the week was pretty much back to my normal activities. I stressed over this surgery and put it off for years, and now I wish that I hadn't. I would recommend disc replacement to anyone who had back pain like I did.

I'd take my family, my children and myself to Dr. Blumenthal in a heartbeat.

I now live in pain everyday due to the ADR surgery performed by this man. My life if forever changed and not for the better.

Dr Blumenthal is a life saver. My back problem was so debilitating that I couldn't live a normal life. After the Artificial Disc replacement surgery I have my life back. I cannot say enough positive words about Dr Blumenthal and all the employees at the Texas Back Institute. I have an will recommend this doctor to ANYONE with disc problems.