Dr. Scott Eric Raub, DO

I am a retired healthcare professional and have seen many of the Vail Ortho docs over the years. All are experts and I would not go elsewhere. Dr. Raub was thorough, interactive, and I trust his expertise and care plans.

I was unimpressed w Dr Raub. I am in the field, and very reluctant to criticize. While his professional expertise, skill and competence may be good (I don't know, all I was there for was an exam and radiographs), his empathy towards me as a patient was sorely lacking. As a pain specialist he showed absolutely zero interest in my pain or what he could do to help me until we figure out the exact location or cause of my back pain. While I understand this pragmatic, objective approach, a doctor should also be a healer and comforter. I felt like I was an inconvenience to him. No patient should ever leave a doctors office feeling this way.

Since he is a DO who has supposedly been holistically trained, I was expecting a somewhat holistic approach to my care. Nothing could have been further from the truth. He was interested in only one thing: putting a label on the body part that I presented with (probable disc herniation in my back). He was visibly annoyed by my questions. He had no interest whatsoever in how this problem would impact my life, or more importantly, how I landed there in the first place. I tried to give him an impression of issues that had led up to the injury and he was completely uninterested. He GLARED at my husband for the apparent offense of his existence in the exam room with me. Seriously, go somewhere else if you want someone to care.