Patient Stories

In early July 2018, you would find me in an automotive shop working nine to five, and on the weekends you would find me pursuing my passion of riding/racing motocross. I was a healthy and relatively happy 21-year-old that had a great weekly routine going, focusing on balancing my life between work/s...

At age 12, I was diagnosed with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) in Boston. JRA has taken quite a toll on me ever since. I moved to NYC in '82, and worked as a journalist/TV producer until I had to retire on disability in 2001.
My hip started hurting in early 1992. When I was told by my rh...

It is summer 2017 and I got up on water skis for the first time in over 15 years. Why can I do this now, when for almost two decades I have been on the sidelines?
I have Dr. Levine to thank for improving my mobility and quality of life since he fused my right ankle and heel in March 2016. Thi...

I was referred to Dr. David Levine by Dr. Michael Gross, a Rheumatologist located in Fair Lawn, NJ., for chronic foot pain. Dr. Levine, Lisa, Jadira, Gertrude, the office staff as well as his surgical team were very professional and compassionate during the entire process.
I recently had my ...

Most days I walk for a few miles on the beach and stop mid-way to empty the sand out of my sneakers. When the left foot is bare I smile every time thinking about the last surgery and how it has completely changed my foot. The actual surgery is just the beginning and really the most painless. Followi...

I had an accident and broke a toe. This was the first time in my life I had ever broken anything!
Dr. Levine and his team were able to see me the same day as my accident, and booked me into the OR the next day to put a metal pin put into my foot. Dr. Levine was kind, thoughtful, patient, and ...

On May 31st, I tore my Achilles' tendon. I opted for surgery and I decided to go to my local hospital- Lawrence Hospital- to do the surgery. WHAT A MISTAKE THAT WAS! After 4 months of recovering and physical therapy I realized that something was still going on with my leg. After x-rays and an MRI I ...

In October of 2014, I had surgery on the bunion on my left foot. Dr. Levine did an amazing job in the surgery and the recovery, while not exactly a walk in the park, was as easy as it could have been under the circumstances. A good friend had surgery on the same foot for the same thing at a differen...

Pre-surgery, I was a very active female who worked out regularly.
I had a trimalleolar fracture with a torn sydismosis tendon. Dislocated. It was very bad. Dr. Levine and his PA Lisa were phenomenal. My surgeries were seamless. I felt like I had the best doctors, because I did. Everyone at HS...

In the middle of my Senior year of high school I broke my ankle suddenly in an accident on the subway. Being mobile and active is my life and I was terrified I was going to lose that part of myself. Beyond that, I was terrified that I would not be able to dance at prom or walk at graduation. After m...