Dr. William James Grist, MD

My husband had active HPV in his throat, and he could only talk very softly. We chose Dr. Grist to do the surgery because he had removed a tumor from a Braves baseball legend, so we assumed we had the best surgeon. Unfortunately after the surgery, my husband could barely whisper. Dr. Grist said that he could operate again, but that it would not make it any better. So we researched top specialists from the Papaloma Foundation and consequently traveled to a hospital in Chicago, went to Johns Hopkins, and Vanderbilt University Hospital. Dr. Ossoff was at Vanderbilt and operates on just about every famous country western singer that you can think of. Dr. Ossoff was amazing, and with 2 surgeries my husband's voice is perfect. Dr. Ossoff uses an extremely tiny lazer. The other thing that we learned is that Dr. Grist operated on both sides of my husband's vocal cord during the same operation, and that is the main reason why the Emory surgery was a disaster. When I called Dr Grist to explain… what we learned, he was extremely defensive. We were not looking for a law suit and had no intention of pursuing a law suit, but I suppose that every doctor has this on his/her mind all the time. Dr Grist is a very fine man, but he simply botched my husband's surgery. Thank goodness we found Dr. Ossoff at Vanderbilt!!!

I have been a patient with Dr Grist for 8 yrs. the best caring Dr in the whole world. He is caring and answers question honest and so you understand. He is caring. Emory needs more Drs like Dr Grist. He never once put a time frame on my life. He just cared so much Thank you Dr Grist for all you did for me

Dr Grist did my neck surgery . He is an exceptional person and an excellent doctor. I feel very close to him because he saved my life. Theres none better.

Dr. Grist did my all 4 of my dad's surgeries. And he and his team is awesome, very caring an takes time ti listen..

I would highly recommend Dr. Grist for any neck and throat concerns you may have. He is a Doctor you can trust.