Salvador Portugal, D.O. - NYU Langone Orthopedic Center

"Don't waste your time seeing this doctor. He won't take the time to check you properly, let alone follow up after your visit. He doesn't care."

"I was born again the day I knew Dr Portugal, I wanted died cause of the pain in my back and any medications help, the procedure he made in my spinal column save me, thank God because I found him, someone referred me and it was the best decision I made. He is very knowledgeable, polite, excellent professional, it was on December 2017 and until now 12/2024 I feel good, I come back to live, thanks I've never forgotten what you did for me."

"Fancy new NYU orthopedic center with complete lack of professionalism. I was scheduled for a in-person visit (2 months wait) and on the day of the appointment I was told I need to reschedule because dr Portugal call in sick. That's fine, it happens to all of us. The secretary scheduled me for the next day, first thing in the morning 8:30am appointment. While I was on a subway, 20 minutes before the appointment she tried to call me and I only heard her saying that the doctor has called in sick again. Then when I got out of the subway I saw she rescheduled me for a video visit at the same time, which I didn't agree to. The only reason I waited this long for a visit is that he looks at me in person to discuss the issue. Since I was already by the center, I went up to talk to someone. Of course there was nothing they could do and offered to go with video call or reschedule for another distant date. I don't mind he was sick or whatever. But the level of nonchalant attitude with which this has been taken care of me is beyond me. I took a day off and travelled for one hour to hear that I can do a video call with him. Why would I want to do that when I need a doctor to physically look at my injury? So I cannot even tell what sort of doctor he is but for the reasons stated above I do not recommend dr Portugal for his lack of respect for his patients and I do not recommend this whole orthopedic center for its disorganization."