Donald C. Sheridan, M.D.

Unless you don't mind having surgery when there are other options go see him. He's a PUSHER
Nov 3rd, 2022

I think that he was a very good hand surgeon years ago. Something has changed with both him and his staff. After I got the message from Ortho AZ that he was no longer affiliated with him ( was a bit strange that the letter did not come from him) I tracked him down to  working at HonorHealth. He never sent any information where he can be contacted. I am having problems with the hand he operated on and wanted to see him. I cannot get anyone  to answer the phone. I have left several messages.  Maybe he is no longer working?? I do not  know.
May 8th, 2022

Let me start by saying I saw Dr. Sheridan at ortho Arizona and I love the staff at Ortho Arizona. I love all the other doctors at Ortho Arizona. I personally just do not like Dr. Sheridan. Being someone that deals with chronic pain all the time I deal with a lot of different doctors and personally I have never met a doctor so narcissistic, rude and disrespectful. I have a cyst in my wrist and I needed that removed to eliminate some of the neuropathy that I feel around my wrist bones. Dr. Sheridan told me straight to my face that my case was too complicated and he would not see me as a patient. The truth of the matter is, it was not complicated. He deals with major league, baseball players, and their injuries... He simply did not want to deal with me because I am a peon among his clientele. I don't come from fame and money, therefore to him I was no one. He is exactly what's wrong with the medical industry, picking and choosing who he wants to see and doesn't want to see based off of status in the community. I Left in tears because I was extremely angry at his behavior, and how unprofessional he was. Do your research, but read between the lines. if you don't want to feel like you are insignificant and don't matter, then choose a different doctor. I was really happy to see that he is no longer at Ortho Arizona because he definitely made the office look bad when everybody else is amazing.
Dec 31st, 2022

I would not recommend this doctor at all. In my experience with him pre-and post he often acted Indignant to the point of raising his voice. During many of my appointments including the first time he acted irritated and put out because I was scheduling my surgery 5 months ahead. Since it is an elective surgery I wanted to let my employer know well in advance  that I would be gone 3 months so they'd have plenty of time to find a replacement for me. When I tried to explain this to doctor Sheridan he sarcastically insisted he didn't know what he'd be doing in five months and said he wouldn't do it. I tried to explain to him that his scheduler had told me he was scheduled over at the hospital on that specific day. But he would not budge. He told me to return the month before the date I had wanted for another Preop appointment. Since he was delaying my surgery, I had to schedule a Preop appointment closer to the date he wanted. costing another copay. I had to put everything on hold till three weeks before my surgical date. I informed my job of my dilemma with the surgeon. They were very understanding, thank goodness. I work in a medical field and I understand that some surgeons tend to be a little eccentric so I dismissed his scheduling preferences as part of having his stressful job. But this kind of behavior only got worse after surgery when I displayed excessive pain. We did not know at the time that I had nerve damage. He was not understanding of my pain after surgery and discontinued my medication five weeks post CMC surgery regardless of the fact I still had numb fingers and one stop pain from the nerve damage caused by that surgery. He ordered a EMG test on my surgical hand but continued to insist it was carpal tunnel related ( which I had never had before)I understand that during surgery there are risks and sometimes issues come up and collateral damage can occur. This should have been addressed and we could have moved forward. I had told him a few weeks before that I was still numb he had acted aloof  and disinterested and nadeno comment.  Not wanting to rock the boat I told myself  it must be normal. I still had a some time to heal and few weeks before returning to work.  When I addressed it again a few weeks later at another appointment he asked me how long that had been going on. He acted as if I had never mentioned it before. I was confused and it showed in my voice. I told him. "since the after surgery."Instead of us reviewing my options, he chose to defend himself and verbally argue that he had not gone near my medial nerve. He insisted that most likely it was carpal tunnel which I had never had prior. I could see that his irritation was growing. He then point-blank asked me where my medial nerve was on my hand. At this point with his voice raising and accusatory he was again making me nervous. I decided not to push his buttons any further. I simply told him "I am not a surgeon, I couldn't tell you exactly where that is but I suppose it's in my wrist" I was thrown off by his verbal attack and unprofessional behavior. He offered to send me for an EMG test for nerve damage which came out positive for nerve damage, not carpal tunnel. His office had said they would call me with the results but the results were given to me by the Doctor who did the test that day. The office never called.  I never went for a follow up. I was so angry he had left me in pain for the next two months after my surgery. I understand the whole opioid issue but he actually gave me no alternatives either no way to deal with the pain. I had to do it on my own. Clearly Dr. Sheridan was not able to deal.  My paperwork had been messed up four times by his office so my disability checks were not timely.  I felt bad for a staff. I imagine he lost many. Every time I went they had new people. I was afraid he would mess up my paperwork if he knew I was transferring my care to another doctor. I had run out of FMLA time and PTO.  I called the office to have my paperwork signed to let me return to work. I didn't need to go in and I didn't want to see him. He signed it after that I did a transfer of care. I ended up getting injections in my wrist. After nine months I still don't have feeling in four of my fingers tips.
Jul 9th, 2022

My experience with Dr. Sheridan. He is extremely knowledgeable, will show you the x-rays(s) and will explain to you in terms you can understand what is going on. If other x-rays need to be done, he will explain why. If it comes tothe point where you will need surgery, he will explain your surgery options. He gives you his opinion of what he thinks is the best option. Obviously it is your choice on what surgery you feel will be best. He gives you time to think it over and if you want to meet again to bring in anyone to talk  about any concerns, answer any questions about surgery, and or post op. I would not trust anyone else to operate on my wrist. When I had my appointments after surgery he always compared x-rays he took and showed you how the progress is going or concerns. It has been almost a year since my surgery. I am all healed and my surgery was a success.
Jul 7th, 2022