Matt Abbas El-Kadi, MD, PhD

After several months of dealing with increasing back, hip, and leg pain I came to see Dr. El Kadi. He and his Assistant Erin quickly identified the problem, Spinal Stenosis and herniated disc in lower lumbar. Dr El Kadi scheduled surgery for 3/23/22 and moved it up because of a cancellation to 3/10/22. Waking up in recovery I immediately noticed the back , hip and leg pain was almost completely gone. After that the nursing staff took over and gave me some of the best post operative care I ever received. I am so grateful for how compassionate and professional they performed their duties, working tirelessly on long shifts. All the nurses treated me wonderful but I have to mention Katie, Deni, and Nancy in particular. Thank you all from the bottom of my heart.

At 41, I had a two-level ACDF procedure completed by Dr. El-Kadi in January of 2022. I had numbness in both hands and significant pain in my shoulder, forearm, and hand. Immediately following surgery, all the pain from the compressed nerve was gone. In the six weeks since surgery, I only have minor numbness that has become less and less noticeble as time goes on. I am extremely grateful for the care that Dr. El-Kadi and his staff have provided!!

Dr, El-Kadi is above and beyond any rating scale. He is the BEST. I am blessed to have him and UPMC is blessed to have him. I first saw him and had surgery in 2006 and am thankful that I am once again able to have his care.