Dr. Michael Ian Vender, MD

Bought and paid for IME pos definitely take a witness with you. Says whatever he’s paid to!!!

Doctor Vendor performed Trigger Finger and Carpel tunnel. He did an excellent job on both. Always looking help to with problems you have!

Dr. Vender, Without giving explicit details. Dr Vender was recommended by my GP for a trigger finger release: “the simplest procedure we do”. After multiple follow up visits, Physical therapy and an additional injection. My hand has never been in worse shape. It is painful where it never was before. I have lost almost all mobility in that finger. Dr Venders comment was “I wish I could do something for you”. He is without a doubt the most inept doctor I have ever seen. He may have been a good surgeon at one time. You would think that he would at least care about his patients but he does not. It seems he is all about the money. He should retire.

First stated confidently I had nerve or ligament damage after about 30 minutes of 20lb sledgehammer use at work. Then pressure from ins company he switched to giving me a steroid shot in just one wrist, and said "I don't care about the other hand". Which is what the ins company wanted since I had an old injury in the rt wrist 8 years previously. I had fully recovered from the earlier injury years ago. While giving me a steroid shot to just the rt wrist to shoo me out the door, a nurse walks in and kicks the Drs chair when he had the needle in my wrist. Later when he did a surgery to just the rt wrist I went back after a few days because of a lot of oozing from the stitches. They gave me some antibiotics and a release to full duty, with 9 stitches in my palm just a few days old! When it came time for stitches to be removed, I had to help the young nurse remove them as her hands were shaking badly from 2 large strong cups of coffee which were her first ever. A lot of turnover the year and a half I went here. The surgery left that dominant hand with less grip strength than my non-dominant hand and did nothing for continued symptoms in both my hands and going up both my arms. Pain, zaps of pain like electric shocks in hands down into fingers, tingling at times. Weak, numb, painful aches in forearms going up towards shoulders with any use like driving and such. I asked if he wanted me to mark up my hands and arms with a sharpie where the symptoms were to help him get things solved. He said NO. For my next and what ended up being my last visit I did it anyway also providing pictures of my marked up hands and arms. He was not happy. Told me he was sorry, and told me I was welcome to go somewhere else. He would NOT refer me to anyone else. After going here I was getting increased info that Dr Vender is an "Insurance Dr." In going to other Drs I learned the causes of the problems were up in the neck instead. This took anpthet year and a half. His official statement was that my condition was to the rt hand only and were resolved by what he did. Nothing could be further from the truth. His statement made it difficult to get other Drs to look any further, wasting lots of time that went out almost 3 years once I got away from just hand and arm Drs. This wasted lots and lots of time, at considerable expense to me. I would not refer anyone to Dr Vender or Hand to Shoulder Associates.

DO NOT GO HERE, HORRIBLE DOCTOR, OFFICE STAFF IS EVEN WORST. LOOK ELSEWHERE, THEY ARE IDIOTS.

I have worked with Dr. Vendor in the past. This time he surgically fused one of my fingers. His work is incredible. He has tremendous patience and is professional and caring in his approach to his patients, The staff and office environment are very welcoming to the patients and very caring.

he wasnt any help i went doctor vendor an is a tool for insurance company i went for a recommendation for my injury for a second opinion an i show his best interest isnt for his patient but his pockets very unhappy believe this doctor should be report to the medical board for breaking his commitment of being a doctor an is basically frauding to obtain money faster and to save money for insurance company or works comp so the patient dont receive the right treatment just because they want to save money id say hes a corrupt an need to be check out or treat his patients better

Dr. Vender treated my mother and the care was excellent. He didn't mince words and may have seemed abrupt, but I consider him succinct. He was kind to my mother and she had an excellent outcome. I can't ask for more.

DR Vender is probably the best surgeon I have ever had the pleasure to meet. He takes his time with you, does not make you rush, and explains things in a way that anyone can understand. He is the best!

Dr. Vender is absolutely one of the best doctors I have ever seen. When I went to him, a very well rated dr had set my wrist wrong and casted me incorrectly. He took the time to figure out what my problem was and corrected everything that he could. I went in with 0% use of my hand and left with so much more. His staff, Maria, Ellen, Nicole, Alicia at the front desk are wonderful. Linda in Surgerical is fantastic and his nursing staff, all of them are wonderfully nice and caring people. Don't understand the negative reviews, but trust me when I say, I know what a bad doctor is and he is not one of them. You are in good "hands" with all of the doctors in that office.

I saw Dr. Vender 3 times. I had only a short wait in the waiting room and in the exam room. The nurses and staff were all friendly, efficient, and professional. Dr. Vender listened carefully and patiently to my concerns and questions. When he responded he spoke in plain English, rather than doctor-speak. He took his time and made certain that he had answered my questions and given me honest answers about possible treatments.

This is not a good doctor. They don't care about the patient and only the money. Had another doctor who did the same test, and that doctor had a positive result and when I checked that doctors rating, it was good. This Dr. Vender's specialist found a negative result after manipulating the test. I wouldn't trust my health with him or any company that refers him

I was sent to Dr. Vender by Northwest Community ER after lacerating a finger & shattering the bone at the end of that finger. Dr. Vender's option? Using only a motion & no words, his only option is to remove the end of my finger. And he calls himself a hand surgeon? I ended up with Dr. Papierski, surgery to put a bone graft in my finger, and now have about 90% use of it. I have to STRONGLY agree with the negative comments here. I have many doctors for several medical conditions, but in my life I have never had someone as poor as Dr. Vender.

I had an excellent experience with Dr. Vender. He did a great job explaining my problem and options for treatment.

Getting the appointment was easy and fast but the waiting was long with no communication. When we got in the office, they told us that Dr Vendor will see him. Checked the rating was not good compare to other doctors but we had to wait because my son has a very bad burn in his band. We had to ask about the waiting time many times, even though I told them that I have limited time from work. The doctor didn't really care about waiting nor the condition of my son's hand.After I spoke with him about the waiting, he asked me to leave. He is very unprofessional.We went to another doctor rated well with vitasI don't recommend him at all as there are many other doctors that has a good rating with vitals and much better than him, respectful, more accurate in diagnoses.

I was not pleased to get 5 minutes of time after waiting almost an hour. I got the feeling he spent more time on choosing his tie than diagnosing my problem

I'm glad I kept my appointment with this doctor even after seeing the reviews here. I came to Dr. Vender for a second opinion (actually the third hand/wrist doctor I saw for this problem) and he was just as thorough as the previous high rated doctor I saw (Dr. Paul Lamberti), but in different ways and he came to the same conclusions. He was willing to listen to everything i had to say and expressed genuine concern. BUT he also wondered why out of three doctors, I was given an oral steroid known to not work well, given the option of surgery, but not given a steroid shot that can ease the pain and help rule out surgery in my case if it gets better. So, he figured out something the others did not and he was in NO WAY pushy. He told me he was fine if I were to let him or Dr. Lamberti handle it from here. I had about a 30 minute wait time, and that's not uncommon, my parents went to Rush Ortho for appojntments after surgeries and their average wait time was 2 hours! I went to the location in Chicago on Adams, which is a good place to go, because if you need some rehab too, they do it there and he can oversee it.

After waiting an 1 1/2 hours after being in the emergency room the night before. I got about 3 minutes of his time. I had x-rays the night before but was told new x-rays of the same part were needed. I walked out with a bill for over $500 and then was sent to his therapy. I can not believe this is a "top doc". Maybe someone was stuffing the ballot box

I don't know about the other 3 reviewers... as far as I am concerned, Dr. Vender has a great bedside manner, very professional and the overall experience was excellent.

I was sent by my company. They must have a deal with this guy. Thankfully, I can now go to my own doctor. There is a reason why this gut is off the top doc list since 2003.