Allan H. Friedman, MD - DUKE CANCER CENTER BRAIN TUMOR CLINIC

The absolute best, I went through three Nuerologist and two Nuerosurgeons, all of which had no clue about the mass my brain was harboring. I finally had enough and wanted answers and found Dr. Friedman, within five minutes of him being in the room I had all the answers I had been looking for for a year. He told me everything I needed to know and took the time to understand my position and me as a young man with a big problem. He’s polite, straight to the point, and one of the smartest men I’ve ever had the pleasure of meeting. I elected surgery as my course of action, to which he removed a mass about the size of an adult thumb out of my right temporal lobe. Leaving me with zero deficits. He’s the best Surgeon and doctor I’ve ever had and I would 10/10 recommend him to absolutely anyone. He gave me my life back and for that I’ll forever be grateful; a real life superhero. The Brain Tumor Center at Duke is one of the best in the world and I speak from experience. He’s the best there is plain and simple. Good luck to anyone here reading this, it’s a long road but it gets better. He’s the man with the plan.

This doctor is the best brain surgeon around. After having an unexplained seizure in the 37th week of pregnancy (healthy baby was delivered safely), I underwent multiple head CTs, MRIs and MR Spectroscopies and each one indicated a different diagnosis. After a couple more seizures, I was referred to Dr. Friedman who picked up the original head CT done the night of the first seizure and said "This is a brain tumor". However, since there had been multiple conflicting diagnoses he said he would have to perform a brain biopsy to prove his theory (this was not fun), and he was correct. He personally followed up to give me the final diagnosis of brain tumor, he personally scheduled the surgery, and he personally performed both surgeries (biopsy and craniotomy). He was also readily available to the ER staff 10 days after the craniotomy when I developed a blood clot. Overall excellent physician and highly recommended!

I have heard amazing things about the doctor. If you can get past the office staff, you will probably find yourself in the hands of a good doctor. His office staff, probably are chipping away at his reputation, unfortunately.