Patient Stories

On October 20th, I was playing in a modified soccer game for my middle school. After cutting between two defenders, I saw a teammate of mine making a run, and I decided to play a through ball. While I was kicking the ball, a defender kicked the back of my leg, forcing my foot to become stuck in the ...

Hi everyone, here’s my story. Three years ago this past January, I fell down 2 stairs missing the last one and my heel hit my stone floor in the foyer and shattered. After going to a local hospital, I was recommended to see Dr. Levine, a lifesaver. At the time I was 64 years old and working as a r...

I believe the best way for me to start off is to say, right off the bat, being treated by Dr. Levine has been, by far, the single best thing that has happened to me since I sustained my injury, a re-rupture of my peroneal tendons. If you’re looking at surgery and your choice is between being treat...

On October 10, 2000, I was locked out of my brownstone and unsuccessfully tried to climb through my fire escape to get into my apartment. I fell 5 stories breaking most of my bones. It was a pure miracle that I even survived. There were no internal injures; however my feet, legs, hip and arm sustain...

My son, Jayson, fell three stories to the bottom of an elevator shaft when he was 13. Considered lucky to have survived, he sustained broken ribs, a collapsed lung; his worst injuries were fractured calcaneus (heel) in both feet. A nationally ranked fencer, Jayson was heartbroken that this accident ...

I currently attend the Brunswick School. I have been a New York City state wrestler for the past 5 years. In 2013, during a wrestling match, I jammed my toe and broke it. I needed surgery and a pin put in my toe. Dr. Levine came highly recommended to us and got me back to the game of life. I am now ...

I broke my ankle and tore a ligament skiing in late February and had surgery to insert a pin and stabilize the bone so the ligament could heal properly. I was referred to Dr. Levine by a friend of a friend and as soon as I met him I knew he fully understood I wanted to be "back in the game" as soon ...

I was first at HSS 6 years ago for a spinal surgery with Dr. Girardi. Since then, I decided that I will not have orthopedic surgery anywhere else in the world. I traveled from Greece in 2018 and had a total knee replacement with Dr. Alejandro Gonzalez Della Valle and I am scheduled March 17th, 2020 ...

I got hit by a car in Winter 2018 that resulted in a bone fracture in my left foot and a Lisfranc injury. I was a marathon runner and when I was told the diagnosis I wasn't sure I would be able to run again. Dr. Levine told me it is a serious injury but that he would do all he could to help me get b...

It was a beautiful spring day and I was riding my bicycle on Miami Beach. I had been enjoying my ride for about 30 minutes when I started to pass a group of people walking to the beach. They were busy chatting away and could not see what I could see...another bike rider coming right at me and not sl...