5 /5 Cari Page: I had shoulder surgery (bicep tenodesis) with Dr. Heffernan just over two years ago. Im a nurse who injured her shoulder at work and I had two tears-the bicep tear and a labral tear. The pain, which had been continuous for over a year by the time surgery was done, was directly where the labral tear was, but Dr. Heffernan felt that the pain was originating from the shoulder and didnt feel that a labral repair was needed, particularly since it would limit my range of motion. I agreed and trusted his expertise. Im so glad I did! Two years out and I havent had pain since the repair healed and my ROM is perfect. It took awhile to recover, but it was totally worth it, no more pain!
Besides his judgement being on point, Dr. Heffernan has good bedside manners, particularly for a surgeon, haha. I deal with doctors on the regular and many have horrible bedside manners. Not so with this doc. Granted, he didnt seem to find me as amusing as I do (lol) but thats fine.
Only issue I ever had was with the nurse who put in my IV for the surgery having an attitude problem when I asked her not to put the IV in my hand (I have a long history of failed IVs in my hands, I have a bazillion valves in there apparently) but everyone else was amazing. Highly recommend Puget Sound Ortho and will definitely go back if I ever have more problems.
