Dr. Michael Stoffman, MD, University at Buffalo Neurosurgery

"Dr. Stoffman and his staff are excellent, knowledgeable, and very nice! It was clear to me that Dr. Stoffman wants to help his patient get the answers they need. I have a lot of medical issues so I've seen a lot of doctors. If you have a doctor that is both knowledgeable AND nice, that's a great doctor. I felt that he was listening to my concerns and is doing his best to address them. That's really all you can ask for from a doctor. If I do end up needing a surgical resolution to my health problem, I wouldn't hesitate to have him as my surgeon."

"I see all these reviews that say how rude Dr. Stoffman is. I also see reviews saying he is a miracle man. My experience is he doesn't sugar coat things and his honesty was very comforting. I am looking forward to my path towards healing with him. I feel like I will be in good hands."

"I saw Dr stoffman a few months ago and I was 5 minutes late (which I realize was my fault) he was at the front and started lecturing me about being late and I was putting his whole day behind. So we were in the exam room and he had the door opened and he was looking at my cat scan. A patient walked by and he went running out to talk to him (they were leaving) and came back in and said what were we talking about? That happened twice. After my appointment he still lectured me about being late. He is the most arrogant and rude doctor I’ve ever met. I don’t usually hold my tongue but I did. And he’s lucky I did."

"I must say I was not thrilled being told by Dr. Stoffman at my first appointment that only surgery had the potential to improve my quality of life. I told him and his assistant I needed some time to think about it and that I had just begun a new job at a machine shop. Which seemed to perplex him, considering the nature of the work and the extent of my injury. After a week I could no longer perform my my job. Scheduled surgery soon there after. I remember the morning in pre-surgery he came and saw me he didn't have much to say except, " after surgery you're going to have to embrace the pain. " I can tell you now that Dr. Stoffman is a man of few words, but will tell you what is needed and tell you anything you would like to know for the asking. For 3 weeks after a two disk and two vertebrae fusion and the removal of a cyst on my spinal cord I thought that having this surgery was one of the biggest mistakes of my life. Here I sit 4 months after surgery and I can tell you this about Dr. Stoffman and his surgical skill, not only having surgery was was a good choice but the gift of having Dr. Stoffman perform my surgery is a incomparable a gift of the likes people only dream of having. Something else of note is he used a zip skin enclosure, which is a non-invasive skin closure device that minimizes scarring. I know not everyone has had or will have the experience I had with Dr Stoffman. I'd like to take this time to say thank you Dr Stoffman, you mad my life more tolerable . . . And yes, I embraced the pain as you recommended."

"I can’t say enough about Dr.Stoffman and his staff. I had microdiscectomy and he gave me back my life. He was polite and kind , understanding compassionate. The day of surgery he could not have been more gentle. I was scared to death and he and his nurses at Niagara Falls Memorial made sure I was cam and they were so. So very kind. 6 months later I feel wonderful and out of pain and back to my life! All because of the wonderful doctor. I highly recommend this group and especially Dr. Stoffman. If I ever have pain again in my back he’s the only one I would call."