Daniel Aschenbrener DO: Orthopedic Surgery

I had a horrible experience with this Dr. Aschenbrener and his office. I saw Dr. Aschenbrener because I had a Complex Multiple Ligament Knee Injury. Dr. Aschenbrener advice/opinion was to start physical therapy, wait 6 weeks for following up, and walk on it as much as I can. A couple days after my appointment, my leg began to have a large red area that was warm to the touch, and radiated intense pain. It was actually worse pain than my knee pain. I called Dr. Aschenbrener’s office to ask what if I should worry about it and what I should do. Nobody answered so I ended up leaving a voicemail. I did not receive a phone call back for TWO full days. I was not able to answer the phone when his assistant called me back, but her advice was to ice my leg and elevate it. That is it! By this time I had already gone to the ER because of the advice I received from a friend that is a doctor. In the ER they found that I had a blood clot in my leg from the knee injury that was causing all this pain. Blood clots are very dangerous and I had to be put on blood thinners. Had I waited for his office to call back and did what his assistant advice was, I would have ended up in a very dangerous condition. I ended up calling his assistant back to let her know that I had gone to the ER and found out I had a blood clot, I did not hear back from her for another day and a half. By this time I already found A more qualified doctor that I felt a lot more comfortable with. If you do end up seeing Dr. Aschenbrener do yourself a favor and get a second opinion. All I will say about this is that I met with 3 other doctors and all 3 that took my situation a lot more serious and disagreed with Dr. Aschenbrener assessment and opinion for treatment.

Dr Aschenbrener approach and methods left me to get a second opinion of his diagnosis of my daughter’s ACL injury. I know now that he failed to do the Lachman’s test correctly and his lack of empathy for patients’ concerns is disconcerting. Seems like he just wants to maximize how many patients he can see rather than address their concerns.

Not only did I entrust my knee replacement (4 weeks today) to Dr Aschenbrener, I entrusted my 23 yr old son to him as well. Great Doctor.