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.
00:09Toward the end of December 2025, it was announced on the Ortho Alabama Spine and Sports Facebook page
00:18that Dr. Perry L. Savage Sr. would be retiring.
00:24And it reads here, after more than 50 years of serving patients in Birmingham, Dr. Savage is retiring from the
00:33practice at the end of the year.
00:36Savage began his career in 1974 and founded Ortho Alabama Spine and Sports on July 1st, 1987.
00:44I'll go into my issues on my Perry Savage and Ortho Alabama visit in just a moment.
00:49Hopefully in Savage's retirement, when he's not spending all that money he took from people, he can take a look
00:57at this issue again.
00:58And yeah, my observation, they were running way more patients through this practice than they were able to see.
01:07Again, I was given an appointment at 3 p.m.
01:10My exam ended and I walked out close to 6 p.m.
01:14So they're overbooked already.
01:15What's really needed in healthcare in America today is more emphasis on quality of service to patients and less focus
01:25on revenue generation
01:27because this comes at the expense of attention to care of the patients.
01:33All right, so my issues with Dr. Perry L. Savage Sr. in Ortho Alabama Spine and Sports.
01:41September 14th, 2019 visit location 1801 Gas in Highway Birmingham, Alabama 35235, just a few feet from the Trustful City
01:54Limits line.
01:56$300 cash visit.
01:59Appointment at 3 p.m.
02:01I sat in the waiting room two hours until I saw him.
02:04Walked out of the place near 6 p.m.
02:08Their waiting area does not offer patient-customer privacy or security.
02:14A crude half-wall Chinese screen curtain separates patients from the sign-in area where four or more patients at
02:24one time give their personal details.
02:27Customers can be heard giving personal health information, which is a concern of HIPAA.
02:34In the general waiting area adjacent to this, in the visit with Savage, I presented images of my own head
02:43and neck,
02:44clearly showing the issues, which included several-inch diameter head trauma.
02:49Curiously not acknowledged by this 50-year surgeon and professional who graduated from the University of Alabama School of Medicine
02:59in 1968,
03:01probably has seen almost every type of injury that is humanly possible.
03:07So one thing Savage told me was that the medical imagery that I showed him to assess my injury was
03:16not good enough.
03:18He wrote this in my chart.
03:20You can see it here.
03:21He says I just showed him a few slides of CT copied on paper.
03:26This is not accurate.
03:28I had a DVD-ROM disc that Dr. Savage put into his computer in the examination room.
03:35We both looked through imagery.
03:39I pointed to the same area in these pictures where anomalies have been noted.
03:45And again, he told me with a straight face that those were not injuries.
03:50My pictures looked normal.
03:52And I'll show some new findings as of April 2026.
03:57Interestingly, the same CT scans that I shared with him that he said weren't good enough
04:04have been newly assessed to be a high-resolution bone algorithm slice appropriate for evaluating osseous bone integrity.
04:15I had a chance to put this imagery in front of some new experts
04:21and compare this new information to the few lines of text Savage wrote in my chart.
04:29All right, so the area we're looking at, an axial view of the craniovertebral junction,
04:36specifically focusing on the base of the skull and the first cervical vertebrae, C1, the atlas.
04:42Primary findings.
04:44Within the highlighted red region, patient's left side image right,
04:48there's a significant disruption in the cortical continuity of the C1 lateral mass and posterior arch.
04:57This appearance may suggest a common unit fracture where the bone breaks into several fragments.
05:05The bone in this area appears irregular and displaced when compared to the contralateral side that's the patient's right.
05:14These findings could reflect an acute traumatic injury to the atlas,
05:20such as a Jefferson-type burst fracture or a complex lateral mass fracture.
05:26And continuing examination details comparison.
05:29When comparing the highlighted region to the opposite side of the image,
05:35the normal ring-like structure of the C1 vertebrae is lost.
05:39The contralateral patient's right side shows a more continuous and expected cortical outline.
05:46Anatomical deviation.
05:48The fragments in the red box appear to be shifted, which could indicate instability at the craniovertebral junction.
05:57The findings are highly consistent with an acute fracture of the C1 vertebra atlas on the patient's left side.
06:06Because injuries to the upper cervical spine carry a high risk of instability and potential neurological complications,
06:16this requires immediate evaluation by a neurosurgeon or orthopedic spine specialist,
06:24and usually necessitates stabilization, such as a cervical collar, until fully cleared.
06:31I mentioned in the other video where, after challenging the Birmingham Radiological Group, Ascension, and UAB doctors,
06:40I was retaliated against.
06:43In the future, healthcare providers that I went to, when they looked into my case,
06:49some protest was made from one of the earlier providers,
06:54and all of a sudden I found doors were being closed to me in my quest for diagnosis and treatment
07:01of this injury,
07:02which I was repeatedly told did not exist.
07:06Two, Ortho Alabama and Dr. Perry Savage,
07:10they apparently had a working relationship or partnership with the Birmingham Radiological Group doctors,
07:19UAB, St. Vincent's, and Ascension.
07:22In the chart note where Savage claims he cannot explain my pain,
07:26but refers me on to their partners, University of Alabama, Birmingham, UAB.
07:32I did another video where Ortho Alabama and their Dr. Malampati were the subject of a civil lawsuit
07:41in which Birmingham Radiological Group Dr. Julian Patrick Druhan
07:47was blamed for contributing to a patient's death.
07:52Days before, that individual had some medical imagery done
07:58and was accused of not spotting deep vein thrombosis,
08:03which may have been a causative factor in that patient's death.
08:07Physician Assistant Ben Jeter, PAC, sat in during this exam.
08:13He entered the room and never introduced himself.
08:16Dr. Savage also never introduced him to me as well,
08:21and this is not professional.
08:23When Savage was not looking at my CT x-ray and MRI images,
08:28Jeter thumbed through my files.
08:31Mr. Jeter silently observed.
08:34When I left, this man told me someone in their office
08:39would call me about a UAB neurosurgery referral in a few days' time.
08:45Why was I referred to a neurologist if the doctor claimed I had no injury?
08:52This phone call never took place.
08:54After one week, I had to call OrthoAlabama myself
09:00and found the appointment had indeed been made.
09:04Again, I was not informed.
09:06And what's more, I was put on a three-month waiting list
09:08for the referral to UAB.
09:12Dr. Mina Lubos, I was called by UAB and told
09:17I would have to wait an additional month
09:20because they were moving to Gardendale.
09:23At this point, I told UAB to forget it, and I canceled.
09:27I tried to contact OrthoAlabama and Dr. Savage later.
09:32When I found out the true extent of my injuries,
09:36I told an office representative I did not believe I received fair service for my money.
09:43I invited Dr. Savage to call me and discuss this.
09:48A telephone call was recorded.
09:49You can hear it in my videos.
09:52The OrthoAlabama receptionists play the usual out-of-office games,
09:57despite the fact I got a call from the office manager just a few minutes before.
10:03That call that I was promised then and there was not returned either.
10:07I was referred to Dr. Savage in OrthoAlabama from a previous visit at AFC American Family Care,
10:16$175 cash, located off of Parkway East near Roebuck.
10:23American Family Care would not back me up on getting this write-off of a medical exam corrected.
10:30I later learned AFC is corrupt and not a reputable practice,
10:34and anyone who takes business from them is immediately suspect.
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