William Klapheke, MD

I have recently relocated to Southern Kentucky after living in the northeast most of my life. Recently I had a surgery at TJ Samson. I have a complex medical history and had considered transfer to a “bigger” hospital. Dr. K saw me before surgery. He told me exactly what he planned to do. Then he did something no one else had offered to do. He offered to help me transfer. He said “I can do your operation here and keep it easy for you and your family but I want you to do what is best for you.” I felt so much confidence at that point. I had my surgery. My family was at my bedside for the 5 days I was there. I can’t say enough good things about Dr K.

I am bruised from my chin to my chest and don’t have any pain medication to control the pain! He wrote a prescription for medication that I already take for a car wreck and surgeries I’ve had in the past. Since it was the same medication.. dosage and all, then it was pretty much null and void. Pharmacy explained the to him. I called the patient advocate there at the hospital and they haven’t returned my call yet. The house supervisor told me that they couldn’t make him prescribe medication either! No one should have surgery and be sent home with a prescription that can’t be filled and be in this much pain. To top it off.. he wouldn’t speak to me after the surgery. I don’t even know how my surgery went.. I won’t ever have another surgery done at TJ Sampson hospital or have Dr. William P Klapheke do any kind of surgery on me or my family members. A doctor is supposed to be caring and keep their patients comfortable so they can go through the healing process. I wouldn’t recommend this… surgeon or hospital to anyone.

I'm 32 years old, I've seen more then 20 different general surgeons.. That last comment about him play no attention to it.. Just had an appointment with him today. He's the strong headed type , he was super nice and friendly. Before he did my test, he wanted to get my medical records from a old Doctor. To make sure he don't miss that they already fixed.. Which saids a lot on his part.... He answered all my questions, wasn't in a rush.. Took his time... I'm guessing the person that commented the negative one, was looking for pain or something he didn't want to do...

Dr Klapheke was very helpful. i had been in pain for some time and when others had told me i had to come up with $500 before they would even think about doing my surgery dr k said he would be glad to help. glasgow is lucky to have him