Dr. Eid? Pros and Cons

[GoodWood]

Thanks for the very informative answer! One follow up question - I live in Rhode Island, so not a HUGE trip to NYC but it sounds like I’d want to rent a room for a few days afterwards. Do you know if he does any initial consults by phone or video call? I’m guessing yes in this day and age.

I know there are men here who flew in for their surgery, stayed a couple days then went home. I’ll think their initial consult was a video visit and their pre operative cardiac clearance was done with their local docs. I think they had an office visit with Dr Eid the day before surgery. Then went home on day 3.

But one of those guys will chime in. I’m sure a phone call to his office staff can get you that info as well.

[Duke16]

The guy is the best. Worked on me October 2018. I live in south Florida and would go to him should I require further assistance. I had an easy recovery and a PERFECT RESULT. I have not required any assistance since the surgery. Should I need anything in the future I will jump back on the plane and go see him. Don’t hesitate over a plane ride. As I remember he did surgery on a Saudi prince right before my surgery. Enough said!

[Martin25]

You can about read my not so great experience with Eid if you like(I had a very difficult recovery and an IMPERFECT result, which Eid was dismissive of):

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=25672&p=254223#p254223

[ElbowRoom]

From my reading the only con of using Dr. Eid is price, he's more expensive than other surgeons. That's probably just a function of his location in NYC being a very expensive area for everything.

Is he a LOT more expensive, or just at the upper limit of average ($30k or so as I understand)?

He is the most expensive cash price implanter I've seen, but not by a massive amount. I'd imagine Clavell or Hakky would be about $5k less

$8k more vs a Hakky in-office procedure out-of-pocket, costs are about the same between the two if you have it done in a hospital.