Stephen Saris, MD

Emily Berroa-Teixeira

I had a telehealth consultation this morning with Dr. Saris after an ER visit to B&W hospital for an emergency neurosurg eval. regarding long-standing cervical injuries. To begin, it took less then 24 hours from my ER discharge to the time Michelle from the office contacted me to set my follow- up appointment. I was scheduled within 72 hours. When you are having spinal disc/cord concerns, this rapid response from a medical team is paramount. Dr. Saris was easy to talk to and explained things in a way I could relate to and understand. I felt that he understood me as a younger(ish) disabled person and all of the fears and concerns that come along with that. I appreciated the time I was given in order to explain and share my experience. Dr. Saris alleviated my worst fears and brought things in to perspective for me.

Mike

Dr Saris in contracted by insurance companies to perform IME’s. He gets paid a lot of money to make up false reports about your health. One would think a doctor would not be able to lie about your injury but he can. I have read several of his IME reports and they are all standardized. He changes a few things in them like your name and date but everything else states according to medical journals your injury is soft tissue and your injury has healed. My favorite is you failed the Waddell test, which is basically is way of saying you are lying about your injuries. I have consulted several attorneys and they all know who he is and that he falsifies his reports. Apparently when you quote a medical journal or give your personal medical opinion it’s not considered lying. Saris told me I was not injured and I can go back to work. 3 weeks after his IME I was having back surgery in Boston to fix “my healed back injury.” I guess money is more important than his integrity.

John Bryan

This doctor is a complete fraud. Just had an IME from him at Sturdy Memorial Hospital in Attleboro. He works for the insurance companies and has no interest in patient injuries and ongoing difficulties. He boasts a bragging resume and trys to sell himself throughout the Country doing IME'S. My exam lasted less than 15 minutes and he concluded my injuries were healed. Never let me finish paperwork and lied throughout report. He will not listen to one word you say and his mind is made up before exam in favor of employer insurance. I will be filing multiple reports against this doctor for his failure to properly write a truthful report that does not lie so he can continue to be employed by their sole interest against the working class. Shameful he is allowed to do this to people. You do not want any involvement with this doctor. He is bad news!!!

Zud Pataillion

Forty years ago, I fell from a ladder which resulted in cervical and lumbar fusions; five years after that, a procedure called a cervical foraminotomy. With the help of a lot of medication and more intestinal fortitude than I knew I had, I managed to continue working through it all until I retired four years ago. I recently started experiencing cervical spasms of a very violent nature, I lost control of my car, climbed the curb and nearly hit a group of kids and it was happening often. I was scared, went to my primary care doctor who sent me to Dr. Saris who proved to be the rudest man I’ve ever met. While reviewing my MRI, he contradicted what I was told in the past. While I cannot fault him for that, it was confusing and I was not allowed to ask a single question or make a single comment; Dr. Saris would repeatedly wave his index finger right in my face, make “shushing” noises and say “let me talk” (no one has done that to me since an ill-tempered nun in the fifth grade!!). Afterward, without my being able to say a word, he said that the pain I was complaining about was due to the fact that I’m “pushing 70”. Annoying as the age comment was, it was the first part of that statement that made me lose my temper. Dr. Saris would have to be a telepath to know what pain I was experiencing because I never even got to say a single word about why I was there in the first place. I left with far more questions than I entered with and I still have no idea what is causing these violent spasms which caused me to lose control of my car and come close to plowing through a group of kids. Now I’m afraid to drive anywhere. If you’re suffering from any chronic pain and have new symptoms (and if you’re over 40), I STRONGLY advise you to GO ELSEWHERE!!!!