Hi @mikween, I have not heard of the Institute for Advanced Reconstruction but they sound impressive from their website. I also did a search of them on Google Scholar which is a good place to search for research, medical and educational info - you can also filter the results by latest year, and more. I was surprised how much information showed up. John

Hi @mikween and John @johnbishop I also like to search on Vitals and LifeScripts for doctor reviews by patients. I find using the three of them gives a fairly good representation of the doctor.
Jen

That's even better!
http://www.vitals.com/
http://www.lifescript.com/

Thanks Jen!

@johnbishop

Thanks for the links. It's always a little scary for me to walk into a doctor's office cold.

Jim

@sandytoes14, I use those sites also but they are not always reliable I have found. I picked out an orthopedic doctor who was very well rated when I had a knee replacement a few years back and that knee bothers me terribly. I discovered last year that the knee he used is a 30 year old knee! Let's face it, there have been many improvements since then but apparently he knows that knee and sticks with it. When I went back to him he did nothing for me.
Also, I think you need to make sure some of the reviews are recent. I put a 5 star review on Vitals of my PCP a few years back but since then he has changed, I believe he is burned out. I wonder if I can get rid of that review somehow now. It is definitely no longer accurate.
JK