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Run down of issues with my Dr. Perry L. Savage Sr. / OrthoAlabama Spine & Sports (1801 Gadsden Hwy, Birmingham, AL - near Trussville) 9/14/2019 $300 (CASH) exam:

- Appointment at 3pm, I sat in the waiting room 2 hours until I saw him. Walked out of the place near 6pm.
-Waiting area does not offer patient customer privacy (or security). A crude half wall / chinese screen curtain separates patients from the sign in area where 4+ patients at one time give their personal details. Customers can be heard giving personal health details (HIPAA) in the general waiting area adjacent to this section.
- I presented images of my own head (CT / MRI / X-RAY) (PRINTED OUT & ON DVD), clearly showing the issues (head trauma) which were not acknowledged by this 50 year professional, who graduated from The University Of Alabama School Of Medicine in 1968. I showed many of these images to Doctor Savage on the computer in the exam room and was told they were normal and showed no problems / injuries. I paid this man $300 for his experienced opinion.
-Savage told me & noted in my chart my images were too low of quality to make a determination on any injury being present. In new findings in 2026 (SEE VIDEO), an analysis of those same pictures not only spotted fractured bone (in the C1 atlas of my neck) but contradicted Savages claim, I was told: "THE IMAGE IS A HIGH-RESOLUTION BONE ALGORITHM SLICE, WHICH IS APPROPRIATE FOR EVALUATIING OSSEOUS (BONE) INTEGRITY". Savage also told me several inch diameter infection surrounding the injury in other MRI images were normal, containing no injury.
-Physician Assistant Ben Jeter P.A.-C. sat in during this exam. He entered the room and never introduced himself. Dr. Savage never introduced him to me as well (not professional).
-When Savage wasn't looking at my CT, X-Ray and MRI images on the exam room PC, Jeter thumbed through the images. I showed the doctor a few of the frames containing my 3 inch diameter basilar skull damage and was told no injury appeared there even as I sat struggling to hold my head up on my shoulders after waiting 2 hours to see him.
-In another video I talked about a 2023 civil court case in which Doctor Julian Patrick Druhan was sued (after a patient died) along with Birmingham Radiological Group (3 of their MD's previously failed to note injuries in CT, X-Ray & MRI). OrthoAlabama may have a partnership or special working relationship with them. After the original MD's & hospitals refused to correct the errors of their doctors on my scans, when I took the images to subsequent providers, I noticed initially receptive attitudes immediately changed & turned cold after they did research on the origin of my scans.
-Jeter silently observed my exam. When I left, this man told me someone in their office would call me about a UAB neurosurgery referral in a few days time (Why was I referred to a neurologist if the doctor said I had no injury?).
Transcript
00:00For all the details on what happened to me regarding my injury, we're pushing 100 hours plus of video now.
00:07YouTube channel My Medical Nightmare.
00:09Alright, so my issues with Dr. Perry L. Savage Sr. in Ortho, Alabama, Spine and Sports.
00:17September 14th, 2019, visit location 1801 Gadsden, Highway Birmingham, Alabama, 35235.
00:26Just a few feet from the Trustful City Limits line.
00:32$300 cash visit.
00:35Appointment at 3 p.m.
00:37I sat in the waiting room two hours until I saw him.
00:41Walked out of the place near 6 p.m.
00:44Their waiting area does not offer patient-customer privacy or security.
00:50A crude half-wall Chinese screen curtain separates patients from the sign-in area where four or more patients at
01:01one time give their personal details.
01:03Customers can be heard giving personal health information, which is a concern of HIPAA, H-I-P-A-A.
01:10In the general waiting area adjacent to this, in the visit with Savage, I presented images of my own head
01:19and neck,
01:20clearly showing the issues, which included several-inch diameter head trauma.
01:26Curiously not acknowledged by this 50-year surgeon and professional who graduated from the University of Alabama School of Medicine
01:35in 1968,
01:37probably has seen almost every type of injury that is humanly possible.
01:44So one thing Savage told me was that the medical imagery that I showed him to assess my injury was
01:52not good enough.
01:54He wrote this in my chart.
01:56You can see it here.
01:57He says I just showed him a few slides of CT copied on paper.
02:02This is not accurate.
02:04I had a DVD-ROM disc that Dr. Savage put into his computer in the examination room.
02:12We both looked through imagery.
02:15I pointed to the same area in these pictures where anomalies have been noted.
02:21And again, he told me with a straight face that those were not injuries.
02:26My pictures looked normal.
02:28And I'll show some new findings as of April 2026.
02:34Interestingly, the same CT scans that I shared with him that he said weren't good enough have been newly assessed
02:42to be a high-resolution bone algorithm slice appropriate for evaluating osseous bone integrity.
02:51I had a chance to put this imagery in front of some new experts and compare this new information to
03:00the few lines of text Savage wrote in my chart.
03:06All right.
03:06So the area we're looking at, an axial view of the craniovertebral junction, specifically focusing on the base of the
03:15skull in the first cervical vertebrae, C1, the atlas.
03:18Primary findings.
03:20Within the highlighted red region, patient's left side image right, there's a significant disruption in the cortical continuity of the
03:29C1 lateral mass and posterior arch.
03:34This appearance may suggest a common unit fracture where the bone breaks into several fragments.
03:41The bone in this area appears irregular and displaced when compared to the contralateral side that's the patient's right.
03:50These findings could reflect an acute traumatic injury to the atlas, such as a Jefferson-type burst fracture or a
04:00complex lateral mass fracture.
04:02In continuing examination details comparison, when comparing the highlighted region to the opposite side of the image, the normal ring
04:12-like structure of the C1 vertebrae is lost.
04:15The contralateral patient's right side shows a more continuous and expected cortical outline.
04:23Anatomical deviation.
04:24The fragments in the red box appear to be shifted, which could indicate instability at the craniovertebral junction.
04:33The findings are highly consistent with an acute fracture of the C1 vertebrae, atlas, on the patient's left side.
04:43Because injuries to the upper cervical spine carry a high risk of instability and potential neurological complications,
04:52this requires immediate evaluation by a neurosurgeon or orthopedic spine specialist and usually necessitates stabilization, such as a cervical collar,
05:06until fully cleared.
05:08I mentioned in the other video where, after challenging the Birmingham Radiological Group, Ascension, and UAB doctors,
05:16I was retaliated against in the future healthcare providers that I went to, when they looked into my case,
05:25some protest was made from one of the earlier providers, and all of a sudden I found doors were being
05:33closed to me
05:35in my quest for diagnosis and treatment of this injury, which I was repeatedly told did not exist.
05:42To OrthoAlabama and Dr. Perry Savage, they apparently had a working relationship or partnership
05:51with the Birmingham Radiological Group doctors, UAB, St. Vincent's, and Ascension.
05:58In the chart note where Savage claims he cannot explain my pain, but refers me on to their partners,
06:06University of Alabama, Birmingham, UAB.
06:08I did another video where OrthoAlabama and their doctor Malampati were the subject of a civil lawsuit
06:18in which Birmingham Radiological Group, Dr. Julian Patrick Druhan, was blamed for contributing to a patient's death.
06:29Days before, that individual had some medical imagery done
06:34and was accused of not spotting deep vein thrombosis, which may have been a causative factor in that patient's death.
06:43Physician Assistant Ben Jeter, PAC, sat in during this exam.
06:49He entered the room and never introduced himself.
06:52Dr. Savage also never introduced him to me as well, and this is not professional.
06:59When Savage was not looking at my CT, X-ray, and MRI images, Jeter thumbed through my files.
07:07Mr. Jeter silently observed,
07:11When I left, this man told me someone in their office would call me about a UAB neurosurgery referral in
07:20a few days' time.
07:22Why was I referred to a neurologist if the doctor claimed I had no injury?
07:28This phone call never took place.
07:31After one week, I had to call OrthoAlabama myself and found the appointment had indeed been made.
07:40Again, I was not informed.
07:42And what's more, I was put on a three-month waiting list for the referral to UAB.
07:48Dr. Mina Lubos, I was called by UAB and told I would have to wait an additional month
07:56because they were moving to Gardendale.
07:59At this point, I told UAB to forget it, and I canceled.
08:03I tried to contact OrthoAlabama and Dr. Savage later.
08:08When I found out the true extent of my injuries,
08:12I told an office representative I did not believe I received fair service for my money.
08:20I invited Dr. Savage to call me and discuss this.
08:24A telephone call was recorded.
08:25You can hear it in my videos.
08:28The OrthoAlabama receptionists play the usual out-of-office games,
08:34despite the fact I got a call from the office manager just a few minutes before.
08:39That call that I was promised then and there was not returned either.
08:43I was referred to Dr. Savage in OrthoAlabama from a previous visit at AFC American Family Care,
08:52$175 cash, located off of Parkway East near Roebuck.
08:59American Family Care would not back me up on getting this write-off of a medical exam corrected.
09:06I later learned AFC is corrupt and not a reputable practice,
09:10and anyone who takes business from them is immediately suspect.
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