Southern California Orthopedic Institute

Irene Lee

Dr. Gettleman is great. I am able to communicate with he and his staff online. They check in with me after my surgery to see how I’m doing. Communication is easy and I see my bills and payments online too.

Linda Gam

Dr. Getelman is extremely knowledgeable and talented and has a great bedside manner. I trust him completely! The staff is friendly and helpful.

Carolyn Wallace

I saw Dr Castaneda for follow up after emergency ankle surgery in Indiana. She is very professional and took time to explain my injury and after care. I highly recommend her

Sydney Socquet

It’s really unfortunate that all the different departments of this SCOI building are under one review entry, because the quality really depends on which part of the whole institute you are dealing with. I saw Dr. Getelman a few years ago for a shoulder injury, and he was great! Saw me, diagnosed me, got me into physical therapy in no time and I was like new in just a few weeks. The physical therapy department are all great. I’m currently seeing Dr. Bahk and his PA Neil for a knee injury and surgery, and they have been utterly fantastic; honestly the best medical team I’ve ever interacted with. They answer all my questions kindly and fully, and Dr. Bahk always gives me options for my care and treatment so I don’t feel pressured into any one kind of solution, but rather the one that fits my needs and goals the best. I just have always felt very taken care of in my experience with Dr. Bahk and Neil. I’ve also seen Dr. Spelts for a clearance for surgery check-up, and he was wonderful, too. I’m horrified reading all these very negative reviews about the staffers. Granted these reviews are mostly from a year ago, but as of my coming to the office since February of this year (2020), I have felt adequately taken care of by them. Not especially over-the-top pampered or babied by them, but I’ve felt they’ve called me in and taken down my information professionally and in a timely manner. I will say as far as scheduling an MRI, I do agree with the other reviews on this. It’s very frustrating to try and schedule an MRI at this office. Phones ringing off the hook, calls not returned for over a week; it set me back a couple of weeks in trying to get care for my injury, which I’m fortunate enough to afford that kind of patience and time, but I can definitely understand how competing athletes and employees need to be on a tight track with their medical care to get back to their activities and jobs. The good news is though, that even if a SCOI doctor orders an MRI, you don’t necessarily have to get it from this office. You can get it elsewhere and bring your MRI to your doctor. But once you do have an MRI appointment at this location, the MRI team taking care of you does so efficiently and professionally. So I would like to break down my rating because it’s unfair that the whole building is under one umbrella rating: MRI scheduling: 1 star MRI team: 3.5 stars Orthopedic office staff: 3.5 stars Physical Therapy: 4 stars Dr. Getelman: 5 stars Dr. Spelts: 5 stars Dr. Bahk: 5 stars Neil Yasuda (PA): 5 stars