Joel S. Solomon, M.D., Ph.D.

John Seccord 

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4 months ago

I am about a month post op for a tendon flexor repair in zone 1 on my right dominant middle finger. This is not my first tendon repair as I work and play with my hands a lot. Regretfully the way things happened, the ER took an xray (which doesn't really show much for tendons) when the incident happened and said I that I probably wouldn't need surgery, waited a couple of weeks to see if anything improved, It didn't. All this happened around thanksgiving/christmas time so it was hard to get in for the surgery and it didn't hel... read more

Scott Frank 

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2 years ago

I had long thoracic nerve paralysis on my right side for over a year and a half. It wouldn't heal on it's own and every single doctor I saw before Solomon told me there was nothing that could be done. One neurologist from UW Medicine told me I needed a very invasive surgery (scapulothoracic fusion) in any hope of my condition getting better. I was getting very depressed because I couldn't properly lift my arm over my head and had thought I exhausted all possible options. It's when I met Dr. Solomon that I began to have a gli... read more

Erica 

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4 years ago

I’ve never been so discriminated by a care team as I was with Soloman and the Upper Extremity Ortho team. They wrote me off without imaging and Soloman told me I needed “therapy” instead. Then refused to allow me a second opinion within OHSU as a whole. And had their admins belittle me when I tried to schedule. Cut to present where I have a physical diagnosis.It wasn’t therapy I needed- it was an ultrasound and MRI. Thanks Doc.