Vascular Surgeons of Central New York

I’ve had more doctors and surgeons than I can count. Dr. Khan and his team are by far the most incompetent people I’ve ever come across. I needed surgery for Thoracic Outlet Syndrome and blockages from DVT’s. I’m 31 years old, 5’6 115lbs and have late stage Lyme along with a lot of other diseases caused by Lyme. One of them is Vasculitis and I have a problem with my right lung as a result. This is well documented in my records and I told all of them what problems it causes. I also have a severe clotting disorder which they were all made aware of and told specifically by my hematologist that the only way I could be off eliquis for two days before surgery was if they started me back on that or another blood thinner right out of surgery and continued it. They were also supposed to put me in a pressurized room because my immune system is so weak that for the last four years I’ve got an infection after every surgery I’ve had. I’ve had three ports removed from infection because of it and a fourth placed that’s likely infected now because of this surgery. While I was in the hospital post op they didn’t put me in the pressurized room, they refused to give me a blood thinner and then I got a clot the size of a quarter in my drain that would have been a PE had the drain not sucked it out of my lung. Before that my sats plummeted and I couldn’t breath because of the insane amount of morphine they were giving me. When I told them that and asked them to stop giving it to me one of Khan’s PA’s insisted I was just in so much pain (even though I kept saying I wasn’t in that much pain I was sick from the morphine) that I needed more morphine and tried to order an even higher dose that luckily the pharmacy refused to fill because it was too dangerous. At the same time my Mom asked for a blood thinner for the millionth time and explained why again and this same PA yelled at her saying I was Dr. Khan’s patient and if I got a bleed it would be on Dr. Khan. Unfortunately I could hardly talk and was so out of it that I couldn’t point out the extremely obvious which is that Khan isn’t a hematologist and if he went against my hema’s orders and I got a clot that led to a PE, stroke, aneurysm, or blockage it would be on him. The clot in my drain came after that exchange. When I was stable enough to go home days later they pulled my drain and I had a full lung collapse. My BP and heart rate tanked again, I started shaking- freezing cold, and told them I couldn’t really breath. Their response was you’re in pain and it’s really cold in here. 4 medical professionals in there- no one realized I was going into shock. Continued to get harder to breath and my abdomen and back hurt pretty bad so they decided to order an X-ray but told me I was probably fine and to try to eat something. So I got a couple bites of food down. An hour later X-ray finally came in. X-ray tech looked at it and ran out of the room. Same PA who told me I was fine and to eat came in to tell me my entire lung collapsed. They rushed me down to get a chest tube but they couldn’t sedate me because I had eaten. I felt everything when they had to cut my chest open and shove this long tube through the area where they had just taken part of my rib and cut a bunch of stuff off my muscles, veins, and nerves. They did a CT as a guide before they placed the chest tube. It showed my entire right lung was in my lower abdomen crushing all my organs, my heart was “much smaller” and I had emphysema in a vein in my neck. I was nearly dead. While the thoracic team was rushing to get the images and place the tube right there with half my body still in the CT Khan comes in and says, “No big deal you stress too much.” And walked out. Last week I went in for the infection and he sent me to a lab for a culture draw from my port. After trying 3 labs I was told by the lab tech that it’s illegal for any lab to draw from a port. Called Khan today to get a culture draw and they offered a CT instead. To diagnose infection. Stay away from these people. Danger to their patients doesn’t even begin to cover it.

very short wait...great staff...professional and courteous and engaged with my case. Dr. Blackwood Stuart was great! He worked his way through the issue and set me up with the appropriate care. I have faith in this practice. Thanks again.

Short wait, pleasant receptionist. Only saw a PA this time. She was very nice, helpfull and caring. Emily was very pleasant to deal with. Had a good visit!

Wonderful caring staff. Very experienced physicians

Waited an hour and a half for my appointment. Could not get anyone to come to the window to ask them what was going on. After changing my work schedule for the appointment, driving to the ghetto, paying for parking - they have no respect for their patients. I left. Will not go back to them. If they can't manage their office, I certainly will not let them operate on me