Wonderful surgeon. He was calm and clear with what needed to be done.
Posted Date : 17/12/2019
He operated on my lower spine and repaired what other doctors had just fed me pills for. Removed spinal blockage and gave me an 80% reduction in pain and a new lease on this old fella's life. The staff and hospital where awesome!
Posted Date : 08/10/2019
He took over for my Doctor who retired and made me feel great about an aneurysm he had to coil and put a stent in front because it was on a curve. I enjoy talking to him and hearing his opinion first is always on the for front if i should ever get another one. I still have to see him yearly for tests and i am really glad he is my doctor.
Posted Date : 20/08/2019
Very good doctor. And I am very glad I had him as my doctor for my surgery. When you have surgery it nice to feel reassured and comfortable.
Posted Date : 01/09/2018
He is currently treating my husband. He's is fantastic. So thankful he is my husbands neurosurgeon.
Posted Date : 16/01/2018
Anonymous
as I am in the nursing profession ,I was able to eliminate doctors that other nursing staff recommended don’t use.doctor Chow was excellent,i had a noticeable improvement almost immediately.i would recommend him to anyone,
Anonymous
Dr. Chow is an amazing Dr. I went to the U of A a few years ago with a blocked VP shunt. I am not originally from Alberta so Dr. Chow did not know the full history of my shunt that was installed at birth. I had not had a shunt replacement in over 20 years so I was really nervous about not being treated by childhood Dr. He was very soft spoken but blunt to the fact that if I did not get the surgery I would die. It took awhile to get the surgery (a couple of days) but I put my life in his hands and the results were amazing. I now have a programmable VP shunt which could mean a lot less surgeries in the future. During the follow up visit I asked lots of questions and Dr. Chow took the time to answer every single one. He explained to me that I had to wait a couple of days to have the surgery because there were other patients who had more serious conditions and being an adult, kids are first on the priority list…makes complete sense. I really hope that if I ever have to get a shunt replacement again, Dr. Chow is available to do it.
Anonymous
Amazing. Dr. Chow has care for me for 10 years, monitoring a spinal cord issue. He’ not surgery happy at all … if it can wait, he lets it wait. He has explained the exact situation and I feel like I know everything I need to know to make a decision with Dr. Chow.
Anonymous
My meeting with Dr. Michael Chow followed a referral from a generic walk-in clinic in Fort Saskatchewan. A routine MRI of my spine to assess arthritis had revealed an uncommon intramedular spinal cord tumour. Surgery was scheduled within months, pre- and post-op MRI’s showed improvement. The surgical focus spanned T-7 to T-10, involving laminectomy and resection of tumour within the spinal cord. Six months later I’m upright but with marked changes in my lower limb strength, proprioperception & coordination, all a result of nerve damage associated with the surgery..Overall I had an excellent experience through my surgery and aftercare at the U of A Hospital. Had the inadvertent diagnosis and surgery occurred so promptly, I might be much worse off. Also, Michael Chow is very thoughtful but somewhat reserved and soft-spoken. If you take the time to educate yourself about your condition, formulate a few good questions and pose them directly, I believe you might well be satisfied with the answers, as I was.
Anonymous
Suggested I aquasize to relieve my pain. Terrible bedside manner!