This is for any of you in the Tampa Florida area who are considering Dr. Daniel Stein at the Stein Medical Institute for Liposuction, Vaser, or any other procedure. I will now summarize my entire experience, from my first consultation until this last visit on December 01, where Dr. Stein was condescending and insulting, leaving me in tears as I walked out of the office once again.
My first procedure was in May 2006. I had a brief meeting with Dr. Stein where he pointed out the trouble areas that would be “vasered” and assured me excellent results. I had my procedure with a doctor the next day who was unprofessional and in subsequent weeks actually called my house to see if I was interested in purchasing a travel package or attending a seminar. Putting aside her telemarketing skills, this procedure yielded negative results along with a very hard, protruding lump above my belly-button that caused additional severe pain and swelling for several months.
I was told to come into the office three times a week to have Wellbox treatments, and despite this only leading to more pain and swelling, I continued with the treatments under Dr. Stein’s advice. Keep in mind I live 45 miles away. Every time I walk into the office I feel as though I am entering a Wellbox sales convention. After almost three months of painful Wellbox treatments, Dr. Stein agreed that the lump was not getting better and agreed to do a revision on the area while working on my flanks, which is a procedure I had scheduled for late August.
I have been called several wrong names, every nurse is given the wrong chart, and my photos have even been found in the wrong chart. This is unacceptable – this is private information and I cannot be reassured that my personal info or photos have not been seen by eyes other than Dr. Stein or the nurses. I was also reprimanded by one of the nurses because she saw me looking through my own medical records and photos. She snapped “excuse me” and snatched it out of my hand. This is my information and I have a right to look at it.
My follow-up visit on 12/01 was the last straw for me. I was placed with Dr. Bruemmer, who called me by another patient’s name, had the wrong folder, and wasn’t even up to date on what I had done. I had to guide her through my notes and photos and every question I asked her yielded an “I don’t know” answer.
After standing in the hallway listening to Dr. Stein make jokes and talk about personal things for about 15 minutes, I received a condescending attitude from Dr. Stein and he would not let me explain what the problems were without interrupting me, providing me with elementary metaphors, and raising his voice at me. Dr. Stein acted like he was doing me a favor by sitting with me for three minutes, saying that he was taking the time out to talk to me when he didn’t have to. May I also add that Dr. Stein called me by the wrong name during this conversation?
Dr. Stein further insulted me by suggesting that perhaps I am just not happy with the procedure because of some other issues I might be dealing with. Dr. Stein is not a psychiatrist this is out of his boundaries! Dr. Stein also said that (paraphrased) “I don’t hear these complaints from any other patients. Everyone else is satisfied, if I heard more of these complaints I would listen, but I don’t.” So because other patients are happy, it doesn’t matter if I am? My money is as good as theirs. He does not care about his patients whatsoever.
This Dr. Stein apparently read the same manual every cosmetic and/or plastic surgeon studied in relation to "handling" displeased patients. I was particularly struck by his suggesting that your displeasure stems from some "other" issues in your life.
They ALL use the same lines. The arrogance!
Thanks for posting your complaint and openly naming this doctor and warning others.
I only stumbled upon your complaint after doing a search on Dr. Stein after seeing one of those reprehensible ads for penis enlargement pills, which he endorses. What kind of a doctor would do that? I think there should be a prohibition on medical practitioners acting as salespeople or retailers. Given the exorbitant prices we Americans pay for medical services, our practitioners should be held to the highest ethical standards. As much as the AMA grouses about the cost of Malpractice suits, there wouldn't be so many if there wasn't so much malpractice.
Why would you go back if you were unsatisfied with results? There are other real doctors out there...On the other hand, if you're so cheap as to make commercials for penis pills, then you're probably not a good doctor. ### happens.
i also just read about this guy because i saw an ad for "extenze" and "dr. stein" was in it. i originally sought to find the "stein medical institute" which he claims to have founded, and i was on that website for about 5 seconds before i came to this complaint forum. it is what i expected... a reprehensible ### who is out to make a quick buck. in the boner commercial they keep saying "that certain part of the male body" instead of PENIS. but what turned me onto this was that even dr. stein says "certain part of the male body" in this commercial. not even a doctor can say penis! so now i intend to read up on this, because i can't help but think he's in the same pool as kevin trudeau from "weight loss cure" and all that crap.
I too saw that "extenze" ad on TV and thought I'd check out the medical doctor and his stein medical institute "Stein Medical Institute" to see if there was a web site.
Once I came across the web site, one thing which really sends up red flags about Dr. Stein of the Stein Medical Institute" is that he doesn't list where his MD degree is from. Secondly, Florida is known for butcher doctors being allowed to practice there. Third, since when does a medical doctor, not say the word "penis" instead of "that certain part of the male being increased in size?" That should make every one run from this QUACK!
One thing mentioned in his bio on the stein medical institute web site is something about a Russian doctor. Interesting when Dr. Stein doesn't say where he received his medical degree. Makes one wonder if Dr. Stein didn't just buy his degree. There was a big scandal on that on "60 Minutes" where you could buy a degree on a street corner in Russia, complete with transcripts.
He could be operating as a naturopathy (which is not a medical doctor) in Florida and is fairly easy to get licensed.
I had some botox done by him without any issue... however, I had scheduled an appointment to get the vaster done and had my "preop" with Dr. Bruemmer..a very old woman who, similarly to the story reaccounted above, had NO idea who I was or what I was doing. She actually seemed so frail and senile and indicated that it might be her who worked on me, that I immediately cancelled. Scary..very very scary.
I actually came across this after seeing an 'ExtenZe' commercial; I'm trying to find a picture of "Stein Medical Institute", which is shown in the commercial.
Have you seen it?! It looks so fake! It looks like a cardboard box.
His c.v is on his website under "our founder", may be fun to research its legitimacy.
The guy does late-night commercials for big dick pills. do you really need to know any thing else? I wouldn't let that fruit pass me a butter knife let alone get near me with a friggin scapel. You gotta pay attention and do you damn homework on these dicktards.
They don't say "penis" because they can't. that crap they pedal obviously does not do anything. So when it doesn't work, they can just say "we never said it would make your penis bigger, maybe we were talking about your big toe."
You got to be a ### who deserves what you get if you fall for such ###.
Seriously, go read the staff bio page. Really read their bio's its all people who just kinda stumbled in. I enjoyed the "Surgey Technology" Hello... Surg Tech... sponge please? A carrer in Information Technology helps with minimal invasive surgery?
I also think he is a sleez. He makes promises he cant fulfill. His prices are outrageous and he is too touchy, feely for me. Disgusting!
I wish there was some way to get the public more aware of the scam this guy is pulling. I know of several people who ended up in the hospital because of him. Also one might ask the question as to why his staff all quits at one time. Evidently this happens every year. Hmm makes you wonder. I know someone who worked for him a couple of years ago and told me things that made my toes curl. How can he still keep his liscense?
That tv infomercial is on right now so i had to see if he really existed first, then look for other postings on him and the product Extenze. It's amazing that everyone they talked to on the street said they were using this stuff... NOT. what a bunch of fakers. They never directly mention 'penis' as the male part that will be affected nor do they say Extenze will actually, definitely, do anything at all for you except cost you cash. The only way something like this will work is if it has ingredients that are currently under prescription only. None of those herbal products ever do more than give you an upset stomach.
I've tried Enzite, Kong and its 3 variants, Growth drops, Rhino51, and a few other waist of time products, all of these were free or cost was reasonable to try.
The only things i have ever used that have worked are the big 3.. cialis, viagra (not so good) and levitra, with the latter having the best results. But because of the costs for these and needing a prescription, it's not feasible to use regularly, daily, though if you did your 'performance and labedo' would certainly be far more aggressive.
I see that Extenze is the same basic thing as Enzite, the stuff that makes BOB and that bimbo so happy. Enzite has been banned in several states, including Florida, and is now being pushed in other states. I am sure that the stuff these 'businessmen' are pushing will also but not before -milking- millions from those who want more.. confidence.
The personality of this dr stein struck me as being ill say anything for a buck, even promote a placebo product. He's an old fu*ker who is just pocketing your cash.
Even though I have never tried this Extenze, my advise on this product is DONT DO IT.
I am 45, and may be in early states of prostate issues, but my labedo is still up there.. :-) the big 3 are a great way to boost ones time in the fun zone, but this stuff.. NO
I was going to have a consultation with him and then found out through a friend that he is NOT a cosmetic surgeon, he is a gynacologist! From what I have heard now, I wouldnt even go to him for that.
People do your research!
I've been under Dr Steins care for years. He's wonderful, and my certain male part has grown. Everyone tells me about my enormous ego.
Please excuse the crayon. They won't let us have anything sharp.
Dr. Stein has pioneered a new medical technique - speaking through his ###.
When he talks about Extenze, he's clearly and unequivocally saying it makes you larger. But if you look at his website, it doesn't say anything about it:
http://www.steinmed.com/Hormones/ForMen/ExtenZe/tabid/220/Default.aspx
What a schmuck.
Just to comment to everyone talking about Extenze and their penis enlargement claims, here’s the deal. There’s no such thing as penis enlargement. The closest thing you can get to that, is by surgery, and even then, the odds of you actually gaining any size, is anywhere between zero and zero. You can do reconstructive surgery there, but the odds of you gaining length or girth is non-existent, if anything, you’ll lose size.
There is a pill out there that does help, so long as you keep taking it and don’t stop. It’s an over the counter medication, and its Enzyte. Now, it doesn’t actually make your penis larger, it just increases blood flow, therefore engorging your penis with more blood than it would typically get, and giving you maybe a 10% increase in size, but typically you’ll see something closer to a 5% increase. The thing is, you have to take it for at least a week or 2 before you start seeing results, and you need to continue taking it every day to make sure you maintain your increase. Sure you can skip a day or 2 and not have to start over, but you just need to keep taking it. It sort of does the same thing as a penis pump, just increases the blood flow, without having to lug around a pump everywhere you go, and having to pump it up before having sex.
If you’re looking for better performance in bed, then just take some cialis to get you hard and keep you that way, and a small amount of anti-depressant to help you last longer. That’s really the only thing medically proven by the FDA to give you better performance in bed.
Just look at Stein in those extenze commercials. He just looks like a complete ###. No self respecting doctor would endorse a product like that, because they really don’t do anything for you. At least with Enzyte, they make fun of themselves, and don’t make any huge claims. I think they even say that you have to keep taking it to have any results, and that it’s not proven by the FDA or anything.
Just an FYI for anyone actually thinking about using these penis enlargement pills. I’ve tried 3, Enzyte, Extenze (before I saw the Stein endorsement) and something else in a blue bottle that was OTC, and absolutely nothing happened with extenze, and the other 2 just gave me a small amount of extra girth, but it wasn’t enough for me to keep taking it more than the month supply they came in. All three of them did give me a lil bit of ball pain after climaxing, which I have a feeling was due to the amount of blood. Plus they all kind of gave me cold sweats after a little while, and my heart rate jumped so high that it looked like I was running on a treadmill for a good 15-20 minutes.
Just stick to some Cialis or Levitra or Viagra, with a small amount of anti-depressant and you’ll be able to do wonders for your bedroom performance. Just ask any real doctor, and they’ll tell you that combination will do wonders.
A couple weeks ago I had a consultation with Dr Stein,He is the most egocentric Person I've ever met. When I asked him if he was certify by the American Society of plastic Surgeons, he ignored me and change the topic. I went to the ASPS and his name wasn't even mention. Also the pictures that he uses to advertise d the VASER are not even his. They belong to Dr Millard. and Hoyos. but he claims there are his.
Dont even waste your time or money with this doctor.
Dr. Stein is a quack, the before and after pictures are NOT before or after anything. You will notice the only thing "after" means is the so called patients who raise their arms to make their love handles disappear.
But more then that he peddles EXTENZ male enhancement pills! The pills DO NOT WORK, So not only is he a quack he is also a snake oil seller!
I had a consultation with Dr Stein and it seemed all he wanted to do was fix all my areas even though some didnt need fixing so he could charge me 4500.00 per body part! And then he was very pushy and wanted me to sign up without thinking about it. The only thing he is good at is evasion. Oh and if I am not happy with that body part he is willing to fix it for 2500.00 What a worm! Sure I am going to give him 18,000.00, NOT!
People dont waste you time and money.
I researched Dr. Stein after seeing an ad in the back of Motortrend Magazine and the first thing I noticed before I discovered this forum was the photo for the ad belonged to a different Dr. Stein that does joint replacement in Chicago. Then I googled "The Intamacy Foundation" and came up with the correct QUACK! I wonder if the other doc knows his likeness has been Hi-Jacked for Penis enlargement pills. Run for the EXITS people, this is a bad dude!
Dr. Stein doesn't even know his mother's occupation. His website claimed she was a "sculptorist", which is irrelevant to everything he does, and "sculptorist" is not even a word in any language. Shouldn't the son of an "artist and a sculptorist" know that the word is "sculptor?" And shouldn't the person who took the quote, the person who wrote the copy for the web designer, the site admin, and EVERYONE else in the company know that!?!?!? Don't go near any "doctor" who uses infomercials, ever, even if the nice pictures of the Stein Medical Institute feature six beautiful, empty parking spaces. What a joke. Looks like seriously borderline medicine, with a fair mixture of outright quackery.
Stein's educational history http://ww2.doh.state.fl.us/irm00Profiling/ProfileEDUC.asp?LicId=18712&ProfNBR=1501
Education and Training
Institution Name WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY
Dates of Attendance 7/7/1968-7/1/1972
Graduation Date 7/1/1972
Degree Title MD
Other Health Related Degrees
This practitioner does not hold any additional health related degrees.
Professional and Postgraduate Training
This practitioner has completed the following graduate medical education:
Program Name WM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL
Program Type INTERNSHIP
Specialty Area TY - TRANSITIONAL YEAR
Other Specialty Area
City ROYAL OAK
State or Country MICHIGAN
Dates Attended From 07/01/1972
Dates Attended To 06/30/1973
Program Name UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA HOSPITAL
Program Type RESIDENCY
Specialty Area OBG - OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY
Other Specialty Area
City BIRMINGHAM
State or Country ALABAMA
Dates Attended From 07/01/1973
Dates Attended To 06/30/1975
***************************************************************************************************************
look at his history of discipline!
This practitioner has indicated the following criminal offenses:
Description of Offense DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Date 9/22/1996
State or Jurisdiction COLORADO
Under Appeal No
Status Not Corroborated
Date Of Corroboration
Description of Offense DUI-ADJUDICATION WITHHELD
Date 11/16/1998
State or Jurisdiction HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FL
Under Appeal No
Status Not Corroborated
Date Of Corroboration
Description of Offense POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA-ADJUDICATION WITHHELD
Date 11/16/1998
State or Jurisdiction HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FL
Under Appeal No
Status Not Corroborated
Date Of Corroboration
Final Disciplinary Actions (Within last 10 years)
For instructions on how to order copies of final disciplinary actions, please click here.
This information is self reported by the practitioner:
Final disciplinary action taken by a specialty board within the previous 10 years:
This practitioner has indicated that he/she has NOT had any final disciplinary action taken against him/her within the previous 10 years by a specialty board.
Final disciplinary action taken by a licensing agency within the previous 10 years:
This practitioner has indicated that he/she has had final disciplinary action taken against him/her within the previous 10 years by a licensing agency.
Taken By NEW YORK STATE BOARD OF PROF. MEDICAL CONDUCT
Date 1/21/2008
Description of Disciplinary Action FINE AND REPRIMAND
Under Appeal NO
Disciplinary action taken by a health maintenance organization, pre-paid health clinic, nursing home, hospital or ambulatory surgical center within the previous 10 years:
This practitioner has indicated that he/she has NOT had any final disciplinary action taken against him/her within the previous 10 years by a health maintenance organization, pre-paid health clinic, nursing home, hospital or ambulatory surgical center.
Resigned from or had any medical staff privileges restricted or revoked within the previous 10 years by a health maintenance organization, pre-paid health clinic, nursing home, hospital or ambulatory surgical center:
This practitioner has indicated that he/she has NEVER been asked to or allowed to resign from or had any medical staff privileges restricted or revoked within the previous 10 years by a health maintenance organization, pre-paid health clinic, nursing home, hospital or ambulatory surgical center.
Liability Claims Exceeding $100, 000.00 (Within last 10 years).
Settlement of a claim may occur for a variety of reasons that do not necessarily reflect negatively on the professional competence or conduct of the physician. A payment settlement of a medical malpractice action or claim should not be construed as creating a presumption that medical malpractice has occurred.
Additional claims information may have been reported to the Department of Financial Services. To check their web site, please click here.
The following liability actions have been reported as required under section 456.049, F. S., within the previous 10 years:
Incident Date 11/20/1992
County OUT OF STATE
Judicial Case
Settlement Date 3/11/1996
Amount $360, 000.00
Policy Amount
http://www.drmurraysfranchise.com/products/dr-murray’s-rejuve-body-cream.php
Look at Stein's endorsement for this other "doctor's" product.
If Stein is a doctor, he got passed through school by idiots. In this endorsement, he talks about "patient antidotes" about this product. Hello, "doctor"--could you mean ANECDOTES? And he "whole heartily" recommends the product. WHole HEARTEDLY is the phrase.
This guy is a terrible joke. I strongly doubt he has a degree to practice ANY medicine.
If you are considering using his services, I strongly urge you to pause and check any lawsuits against him. I suspect he is some quack or medico without a license.
He is very scary
The reason they never actually say "penis" in the Extenze commercials is for "plausible deniability" when they get complaints or get sued. They are purposefully and explicitly avoiding saying "penis" because these pills don't do anything. As Rick stated, they just give you dangerously high blood pressure.
If you're not braindead you can pretty much figure this out within the first few minutes of watching these unbelievably fraudulent commercials. They never say "penis" because then they would be making a specific medical claim, and because their product doesn't work and they know it doesn't work they use this obfuscation to avoid lawsuits. Because of the Bush administration and the lax oversight of these sorts of quasi-medical claims by the FDA, they can avoid getting busted. Also, most people trying to use these pills to get a bigger penis will likely avoid suing because they wouldn't want to embarass themselves by going to court to explain that they wanted their penis to be bigger but the pills didn't work and the commercial lied. It will take a change of administration and a wholesale cleanout of the FDA to get these products regulated and force the manufacturers to back up their claims with real studies that are based on scientific fact and have been peer reviewed. Once that happens you won't see these idiotic infomercials any more because there is no such thing as a penis enlargment pill.
Enzyte already got sued over their snake oil. I'm surprised Extenze is still being advertised and this Dr. Stein ### isn't in prison already.
You can't get thinner with a pill (unless it's methamphetamine, but then you'll have other problems) and you can't get a bigger penis with a pill. That's total fraud. Your penis is what it is. It's what nature gave you at birth. If you think you're inadequate in bed or want better performance, become a better lover by improving your communications skills and find a partner that will love you unconditionally and vice versa.
Sorry to have to break this to you, but PENIS ENLARGMENT PILLS DON'T WORK. THEY DON'T EXIST.
Disciplined by the Florida department of Health
http://ww2.doh.state.fl.us/imageappnet/repository/paudze55o4mdhz45sb5kpxnu/paudze55o4mdhz45sb5kpxnu.pdf
http://ww2.doh.state.fl.us/FinalOrderNet/folistbrowse.aspx?LicId=18712&ProCde=1501
http://ww2.doh.state.fl.us/IRM00PRAES/PRASINDI.ASP?LicId=18712&ProfNBR=1501
Dr. Stein is a veterinarian! THE HORROR!
HE's still a schmuck, but it says he went to Wayne State University. He has a women's health clinic.
"Dr. Stein" is just another in a long line of quacks that have disgraced the medical profession since the beginning of time. How anyone could allow such a quack to actually use a knife on them after seeing his penis enlarger placebo commercials, complete with fake testimonials, is beyond comprehension. It shows just how gullible humans continue to be in our continuing evolution.
There's a never-ending stream of Jew doctors from New York fleeing to Florida to practice their quackery after being disgraced elsewhere.
Ever notice the bimbo in the placebo commercial that blinks too much? I can even see her blinking by my peripheral vision when not even looking directly at the TV.
And I want everyone to notice that on the extenze website, they ask for your credit card information on an INSECURE PAGE! Unbelievable in the day and age of identity theft and other issues. This quack will try to grab your bucks any way he possible can at every opportunity! And you idiots down there in Florida allow him to use a scalpel on you?
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There's a never-ending stream of Jew doctors from New York fleeing to Florida to practice their quackery after being disgraced elsewhere.
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I didn't think anyone could ever stoop lower than the dick doc.
I was wrong.
After just seeing this commercial for "Extenze" on TV for the millionth time (no joke) and I decided to look up this Dr. Stein and his medical institute. Hey, my laptop is on my sofa so I didn't even have to get up to check out this suspected King of Quack. No disrespect to ducks. Well what do you know, my suspicions were correct AND his website sucks. Does anyone really believe this stuff works, or is this company and others like it just a front for something? How do they all stay in business, have Nascar race teams...etc? Race car teams are expensive. Even a sponsorship is expensive. Oh yeah, so are commercials. Enough about that.
But what confuses and astounds me way more than this, is fake outrage. Perfect example is the poster named Ken. Angel, another poster said "There's a never-ending stream of Jew doctors from New York fleeing to Florida to practice their quackery after being disgraced elsewhere." To which Ken replied "I didn't think anyone could ever stoop lower than the dick doc. I was wrong." What offended you, Ken? The doctor ripping people off or the poster (Angel) calling it like they see it? What exactly about Angels post made you think that no one could go lower than the dick doc. Perhaps Angel works in the medical field or is an informed individual and knows what they said to be true. Who are you to say they are stooping lower than the dick doc? If I were to say that Catholic pedophile priests are being moved around and protected by the church (which is a fact) would THAT offend you? Just remember, if you can't disprove what is being stated, then you're either ill-informed or wrong. I believe with you, it's the latter.
Ken, if this offended you because you're a Jew, then get over yourself, religious suffering in 21st century America is just plain silly and laughable.
If you're not a Jew, then you just suffer from a severe case of fake outrage. There are far worse things being said in the world and on this board. Hey, just when you thought someone couldn't stoop lower than the dick doc, someone on this board did...then, someone stooped lower than them! Yep, yours truly.
As for Dr. Stein, if he can make money off of penis obsessed idiots, more power to him... Just think of it as a form of financial passive eugenics. Maybe if they spend all their money on penis enhancement pills it will leave them less money to spend on gas and clog up the freeway fast lane in their SUV's while on their cell phones constantly talking to their wives/girlfriends to make sure they're not cheating on them with some well endowed dude. Life is simple if you have a big penis.
When are they gonna come out with extenze for the other male body part, the brain?
J.O.
It's funny how in the Extenze commercial, Dr. Stein states that he "has personally researched the formula and it truly does work". HA. Maybe he went from toothpick penis to pencil dick.
Dr. Stein reminds me a lot of the late Dr. Brinkley, who made millions in the 30s and 40s as the "Goat Gland Doctor". He transplanted goat testicles into men to improve their virility. Read about him here. http://airchecks.yourtopsource.com/brinkley.htm
Anyone who is thinking about going to Stein med should ask why he has lost his license to practice medicine in several states. And why did he leave california.
It's useful that this quack is selling dick pills because it should warn anyone with a half-brain to avoid him. But I'm afraid that Mencken was right: God intends for the botched to ascend to heaven. Most lipo is ###, but it is a magnet for suckers. In a sense, the guys who want larger dicks and the women who want lipo are a great match.
I saw the Extenze commercial on TV as well. Actually, I've probably seen it 15+ and it's annoying as hell. I already know, and I've researched that penis enlargement by pill is completely impossible. Anyway, I've already determined that everybody on that commercial is stupid, illogical and paid off by the manufacturers and the pharmacy industries so I figured, "well, let's research this medical institute and see what it's about."
I had a pretty cynical approach to it, because if a "doctor" says it works on that "certain part", something is not right. Well anyway, I saw that the first website was the institute website...
...and the following two were from the Complaints Board. Needless to say, I couldn't help but laugh out loud. Not at your problems of course, but at the fact that my cynical approach was basically justified and expected.
Anyway, why don't you people sue? Ever heard of malpractice?
Any of who were stupid enough to fall for Extenze, or have a surgery done with the Stein Medical Institute, are beyond illogical and need medical help yourself and probably got what you deserved anyway.