Dr. Anthony F Guanciale

Dr. Guanciale has done four surgeries on my back. He also diagnosed me with a very rare neurological disease 25 years ago, when I had been referred to ten other doctors over two months for it. Everyone had a different diagnosis! But Dr. Guanciale diagnosed me at my first appointment! When I needed back surgery years later, it was a no-brainer to go to him. Exceptional surgeon, very intelligent, maybe sometimes moody LOL, but Dr G is a wizard in the OR! I will always go to him for spinal surgeries!

Stop sending in your assistants to treat patients when the appointment is with a doctor. We are patients and not criminals to be treated this way.

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Terrible bedside manner. Very condescending. Made me feel like I was wasting his time or something. Staff was nice though.

Let me be clear, the hospital stay was awful and most of the staff were insanely rude and mistreated me more than you want to know. However, Dr. Guanciale changed my life with this spinal fusion S1-T12. I could barely walk before. Pain scale was beyond a 10 and I took 12 pills a day! Now, a year post op, I am in NO PAIN whatsoever and I couldn’t be more grateful. Something really needs to change with their patient care at the hospital. There was no reason to sit in my pee for 6 hours. No reason to be yelled at because the nurse was “too busy”. And when I say I can’t eat because every time I move, my whole torso clenches up in spasms, help me eat. I didn’t eat for a week because moving was so painful. When I asked a nurse assistant for help, she said, “You can raise a spoon to your mouth”, and walked out of the room. They went through my stomach and my back for this surgery and only gave me Tylenol for pain because my blood pressure was so low 70/40 and I lost half my blood. At one point, they tried to give me morphine on several occasions, ignoring my chart had that listed as an allergy because it makes my heart stop. The only good thing about getting nothing but Tylenol is that I was lucid enough to tell them no to morphine. They get away with mistreatment because of Covid keeping visitors out. My five stars go to the doctor. Not the hospital or nurses. I’m so happy that I have no pain and I would recommend him for the purpose of surgery. Not the hospital. Not his bedside manner. But his ability to do GREAT work in the operating room, which I feel is most important above all else. Thank you!!! Let me be clear, the hospital stay was awful and most of the staff were insanely rude and mistreated me more than you want to know. However, Dr. Guanciale changed my life with this spinal fusion S1-T12. I could barely walk before. Pain … More

Dr. Guanciale is an amazing doctor. I had herniated a disc - my quality of life had deteriorated to not being able to sleep, think clearly - the pain was my everyday life. Dr. Guanciale changed my life - pain was gone immediately and once recovered from surgery - have been back to a normal active life - playing golf and volleyball again. Highly recommend him to all my friends with back issues. Dr. Guanciale is an amazing doctor. I had herniated a disc - my quality of life had deteriorated to not being able to sleep, think clearly - the pain was my everyday life. Dr. Guanciale changed my life - pain was gone immediately and once … More

Best doctor and surgeon I have met and he is an amazing person. He did my surgery in 2019.His bedside manner is the best as well. He explains and takes him time to make sure you understand everything he is planning on doing.

Explained everything thoroughly. Great outcome

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Dr. Guanciale is hands down the best! My son (20 years old) had to have spinal fusion and herniated discs removed. Dr. Guanciale was very thorough during each office visit prior to his surgery, and was such a calming presence the day of his surgery. He put all my worries to rest and was very supportive post surgery. He answered our phone calls personally, and made sure we didn’t have any lingering questions before we ended each phone call. (One call was VERY early in the morning, too!) I would not hesitate to go back to Dr. Guanciale in the future, and have recommended him to several people! He truly is the BEST!!

Heart patients beware. Had to use crutches to go to my 1 yr follow up visit. He ignored my failed surgery symptoms to tell me about his work. When asked for help to walk he did not answer and walked out of room like a spoiled child. He has signed my death cert. The stress and depression of his life altering surgery has intensified my heart failure. Over 2 yrs later, still unable to walk without walker. He made his money. I got a death sentence. I should have read the negative comments before allowing him near me. Run away fast.

Did unnecessary surgery on my spine. Terrible bedside manner. Post op was a disaster and his staff was totally incompetent!

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Dr. Guanciale gave me my life back! I was having severe pain from a disc injury, with no relief from physical therapy or pain medication. After seeing several other doctors, Dr. Guanciale diagnosed my problem and explained all options to me with pros and cons of each. He was patient, he listened to me, and he heard my goals for my lifestyle I wanted to live. I ended up opting for surgery because I was very young and wanted to solve my issue and start a family. 3 months after the surgery I felt like my old self! I would do it again in a heartbeat, and I now am expecting my second child. I am so grateful that I found Dr. Guanciale. Dr. Guanciale gave me my life back! I was having severe pain from a disc injury, with no relief from physical therapy or pain medication. After seeing several other doctors, Dr. Guanciale diagnosed my problem and explained all options to me … More

Terrible bedside manner. He is rude and a jerk

He did unnecessary spinal surgery. His bedside manner is abhorrent and his staff is incompetent. Thank god mayfield clinic could somewhat fix what he did to me.

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Dr.Guanciale did a multilevel lower spine fusion on me. I never got any better, pain is still there the same. Almost a year has gone by. He personally blames me now for still being in pain because the surgery wasn't what he expected, "surgery was too much for him to handle" he actually said to me. Yes it's true he avoids eye contact and can be overly rude as well as his staff too. He's always 1-2 hours late for your scheduled appointment which shows he doesn't respect his patients, avoid Dr G.

This Doctor kept me waiting over an hour..I stood there with my hand out to shake his hand when meeting he did not even acknowledge me. I will NEVER go back

My initial appointment with Dr. Guanciale was incredibly horrible. He was VERY arrogant and wanted to blame all my issues on smoking, even the reddish/blond patch that I have in my mustache was according to him, stains from smoking (NOT!!) I've had that since way before I smoked. He made very little eye contact with me during our appointment, and wanted to look at the limp I had from hip surgery, which I wasn't there for. And, surprisingly, had someone there selling shoe lifts for $15.00.

This Doctor did a cervical fusion without reviewing the MRI he ordered. I told him about hand swelling and he told me to eat less salt. One month after the fusion I was diagnosed with RA which explained all of my symptoms. Needless surgery and horrible Doctor.

In my opinion the best spine surgeon ever! He was my surgeon for lumbar spine surgery in 2014. Best decision I ever made. If i ever need a spine surgeon again for any reason he will be my choice.

Excellent job on my back relating to herniated disc surgery - no more pain! He also followed up with a recommendation to a physical therapy program to build up strength to maintain a pain free state. His staff was most efficient in all aspects of scheduling the procedure. Very pleased with my outcome

My daughter had stress fractures in her back that would not heal. She was in constant pain until he fixed it.

In September 2015 I had Dr Guanciale for L4-L5 L5-S1 360 spinal fusion surgery(as well as some other smaller things that went along with it). I had severe pain in lower back/upper buttocks with numbness down my leg. I have to say Dr Guanciale is a wonderful surgeon. I have zero of the symptoms I had prior to my surgery. I won't candy coat it and tell you that it's a breeze, it's not. I don't usually write reviews but felt the need because Dr Guanciale gave me my life back.