Sheldon S Lin, MD

I saw Doctor Lin after I fell off a a ladder and broke the first 3 metatarsal bones in my foot and my arch collapsed as well. My foot was healing very deformed. Doctor Lin did a 3 1/2 hour surgery and fixed my foot. I can walk again thanks to Doctor Lin. He checks me every 6 weeks now to make sure the bones are healing well. Doctor Lin saved my life. He is a great doctor !

Dr. Sheldon S. Lin is the worst physician that I have ever met. I went into the hospital for a torn Achilles tendon. I had to leave Overlook hospital because they were not going to feed me because Dr. Lin di not leave clear instructions to the hospital staff. After getting some food, I made the mistake of going back to Overlook. After the surgery, my ankle became infected and the wound became full of puss. I had to be readmitted to take care of this infection. Once Dr. Lin saw that I had diabetes, he was only interested is selling me very expensive diabetic shoes. When I told him that I was not interested in his shoes, he would no longer treat me. Aside from the ethical lapses, I think that Sheldon Lin should just go back and be a shoe salesman. He is less than worthless as a physician.

Dr. Lin is an outstanding orthopedic surgeon. In addition he is kind, caring, witty, and brilliant. Dr. Lin operated on my broken Charcot foot, saved my foot from possible amputation, got me walking with an excellent result. He has been following my progress every 3 months for 2 years I look forward to each visit.

Dr. Lin is truly a great surgeon. I went to see him recently, and it was an amazing experience. Unlike others, he took the time out to show me what was wrong with my ankle, and even though I did not see it at first, he sat with me until I understood it. Even today, the follow ups are outstanding, as he genuinely cares about my well-being. Dr. Lin is a must-see doctor, and you are missing out if you don't visit him.

Dr. Lin should have his medical license revoked. He sent me for an MRI last week and I've been informed that he is unavailable to to read the scan results nor can his PA. The receptionist told me my only choice was to wait until he returns in yet ANOTHER week. WHAT IF MY FOOT IS BROKEN and I'm hurting myself with every passing day by NOT having it in a cast?! I don't understand how a doctor can leave his patient wondering for two weeks what is wrong with them. I understand that doctor's take vacations and are not always in the office but that doesn't excuse the fact that I have results waiting for me in an office that won't provide them and won't provide an alternate doctor or PA to read the results and with every passing day my pain gets worse and I can't be told the cause of it because the office refuses to release the scan results. This is after I had to wait at the office an hour for my appointment for the doctor to get there in the morning in which he barely spoke to me and rushed… out of the room. I strongly suggest that you don't waste your time on such poor medical care

I had a previous history with ankle injuries, which I told Dr. Lin. I also brought a recent X-Ray. I also told Dr. Lin what previous treatment I had received. WITHOUT LOOKING AT MY X-RAY AND WITHOUT EXAMINING MY ANKLE, Dr. Lin prescribed the SAME course of treatment. This is a lazy approach to diagnosis. To his credit, he gave me painless injections for treatment, but, when these did not work, he recommended surgery - again, without looking at a single X-Ray, or having his own taken. It is my experience (considerable) that most ortho. surgeons have their own X-Rays taken before recommended treatment or surgery. Lazy, lazy, lazy. And gave me no explanation as to why I needed surgery or what it would entail. Spent very little time with me. Have seen another ortho. surgeon since then, who had X-Rays taken, looked at them with me and explained the problems with my ankle, and explained options available to me. He spent a great deal of time, and asked me what I thought of the… options and the timing of the treatment plan. This is what I expect of a professional. Dr. Lin, you have been heartily recommended to me as a fine surgeon, but you need to get you A-Game on for bedside manner and patient diagnosis.

Dr Lin's billing department is sub-standard, incompetent with no attention to detail. After tens of thousands of dollars were paid by insurance for my father's surgery and follow up care, the billing department referred one last small invoice ($195) to a relentless and aggressive collection agency. They had not even billed it once to the insurance or the patient!!!!!

I had been to a different MD for injury sustained in auto accident. Initial x-ray @ hospital , before seeing 1st MD was for ankle only. Though my foot kept getting worse with each visit to 1st MD he never even ordered weight bearing x-ray. Seemed to guess his way through diagnosis, then referred me to Podiatrist for orthotic because he didn't see anything he could do for me. Instead of Podiatrst, I sought second opinion w/Dr. Lin and WHAT A DIFFERENCE! from staff to treatment... which only further confirmed what a mistake i made w/1st MD. After months of worsening condition, I'm now on road to recovery and optimistic I will eventually be able to manage pain.