Patient Stories

I was delivered by ambulance to Columbia Presbyterian following a car accident. They called Dr. Levine at HSS to take a look at my foot, which was broken, had a twisted toe-to-heel and bones sticking out all over. Dr. Levine performed several surgeries reconstructing my ankle and foot and oversaw my...

Pain free and on the move!
Talonavicular fusion (December, 2014)
I thought that the level of service from Dr. Levine and the hospital are exceptional.
The level of service from Dr. Levine and the hospital staff was exceptional. Dr. Levine was the surgeon for me! He is profession...

On March 3, 2012, two games into the biggest season of my career at Cornell and after a 10 point performance in the first game, I broke my 5th metatarsal. Athletes spend their whole life training to reach a certain level of performance. I spent my whole life training to play college lacrosse with th...

"I don't usually suggest surgery on the first date, but...." These were the words which started me on a three-year journey with Dr. Levine. I was having trouble running, walking and had pain with every step. In one short visit, he told me I had something called cavo-varus foot deformity, which usual...

I was climbing up the front steps of my house, my arms full of groceries, when the shoe on my right foot snagged the threshold. Down I went. Groceries flew everywhere, my cell phone slid into the dining room and my glasses shot down the hall. I had never known such pain. Eventually, I realized that ...

I was previously being treated by a local specialty group for over a year and never felt that I was in the best hands. They decided that I should have surgery on my foot by their surgeon who had never performed the procedure before. A friend suggested HSS and I went to see Dr. Levine. I immediately ...

Back on 4th of July weekend I was riding motocross at a track in North Carolina. I over rotated the bike mid-air and lost control and crashed having the bike land on my right foot. I knew as soon as I crashed it was going to be a long healing process and it was going to be little while until I could...

In September 2021 I celebrated my 40th birthday with a small group of close friends in Scottsdale, AZ. On the second day there, I caught the edge of a cement walkway with my right foot and fell. It hurt like hell but I thought it was a bad sprain because I could walk on it. Surely you can’t WALK o...

I broke three metatarsals in my left foot during my high school football season and Dr. Levine got me back in time for lacrosse in the spring. Thanks to the treatment at HSS, my foot feels better than ever and I had one of my best high school lacrosse seasons. Thanks HSS!

I have been meaning to write this for years to express my gratitude and appreciation for the care I received from Dr. David Levine and his staff at HSS.
My whole life I have been very active and truly enjoy the outdoors. Any chance I get I try to spend doing something active outside, especial...