John H. Makari, MD

Dr. Makari and Dr Berando are amazing and we could not be happier

Dr. Makari performed our son's surgery for T-Torsion. He was polite and explained things thoroughly regarding the surgery itself. However, he dropped a sharp tool on our son during the surgery and punctured him deep in an area that wasn't being worked on. We know accidents happen, but our son struggles with pain from that accident and still deals with soreness and has a lack of mobility in that area. Additionally, on our son's 30-Day Post Operation Appt, we were told to meet with Ultrasound Unit before the appt with Dr.Makari. While in Ultrasound, we were questioning the tech as to why they were scanning his kidneys and not the Post-Op areas. Dr. Makari had ordered an Ultrasound of our sons kidneys bc he was curious if our 17 year old sons surgery he'd had when he was 6 months old held up good. This curiosity had nothing to do with our sons surgery or 30-day post-op appt. We were furious! $1200 for Dr. Makari's Ultrasound that was unnecessary. We disputed, and called Children's Hospital. They agreed to look into it, and told us Dr. Makari wouldn't budge on removing the Ultrasound of curiosity for $1000 that had zero to do with why we were there, and without our parental consent or knowledge. I would NEVER recommend this Dr. Makari to touch your child. He offered no discount or compensation for negligently injuring our child either. I hope this review might be helpful for other parents in making an informed decision.