"Eight other doctors, affiliated with four other teaching hospitals in New York City, diagnosed my problem as stemming from a herniated disk compressing the nerve at the L5/S1 level. Why is it significant that Dr. Waldman made his diagnosis on Tuesday, April 9th? Because two surgeons, one specializing in neurosurgery and the second in minimally invasive spine surgery, were originally scheduled to operate on my back that day."

"Dr. Khormaee is an excellent doctor, perhaps tied with an earlier internist of mine who was known to the large medical community as "The Emperor" because of his diagnostic and referral capabilities."