National Capital Neurosurgery

I was in ER, he billed my insurance company for a 30-74 minute encounter and I never saw him face to face. He supposedly conferred with an ER physician about the CT scan of my head for 30-74 minutes? I called his office and his billing service and Suburban hospital to get proof of the amount of time he spent and of the encounter and never received any calls back or assistance in finding proof of service.

I'm so grateful and blessed to have been introduced to Dr. Rhee by a close colleague of his, who is a friend of mine (small world). My first impression of Dr. Rhee and his staff was amazing from the initial call to scheduling an appointment to day of surgery and beyond. Dr. Rhee, is a very caring doctor. I cannot express how important this to me. I never in my life experienced so much pain before seeing Dr. Rhee. He took the time to listen to me, about all the pain and discomfort I was having. I never felt like my appointment was being rush. His was focus on the need of making me feel better and regaining some type of normalcy in life without living in pain. I left his office feeling confident that I was making the right decision to have back surgery. Dr. Rhee performed two successful surgeries on me October 2020 and June 2021. During, my hospital stay not only did Dr. Rhee visit me, his whole medical team supported him too. If you're looking for a neurosurgeon look no further.

Quite personable, bright, knowledgeable and confidence building. Felt much mentally better after our meeting than before- somehow that made my malady less foreboding. An aside- spinal issues suck - tell your kids/grandkids to do exercises that aid in preventiong back problems

Awful awful . He just started yelling at me in his office hallway. He said I was talking about him behind his back. Seriously give me a break.

Words cannot express how wonderful these folks are. Dr. Rhee is simply amazing!!! they took a complicated procedure and made it very easy for me. They have dramatically increase the quality of my life. I am so thankful for/to these medical professionals. I can’t rate them high enough!

Traumatic. He called me up-himself, yelled at me! I felt verbally attacked. We'd communicated thru his receptionist prior. I had consulted him 5 years before when I chose among several surgeons At that visit, he told me another doctor I had consulted, had trained him "was the Best." So I went to the other [older] doctor. I thought I would do a 5 yr followup visit with Dr L as he is younger can follow me in the future years when my current doc retires. It's now 5 years post surgery, when I asked the scheduler if she'd simply ask Dr Levine if the contrast with the MRI was necessary the next thing I know is he phones me, yelling:"You're the Patient; I'm the doctor! You don't get to dictate how I treat you! you get the contrast or I won't' see you!"I was flabbergasted, tried to say, I think we've miscommunicated. He interrupted,Loudly over my voice: "I offered you surgery, You chose to go somewhere else." I said,"You TOLD ME the other person was better!" I concluded, " I don't want You!"

Dr. Rhee saved my life! Compassionate, kind and caring are not often words used to describe a medical specialist. They are THE perfect ones to describe Dr. Rhee. I had a challenging and uncommon issue in the thoracic region of the spine. From our first consult to our last post-op meeting, he answered my and my family's questions, even the ones I deemed "kinda silly". He and his team at Holy Cross provided excellent care performed with the highest level of professionalism and pure skill. I will be forever greatful for my new lease on life. Thank you, Dr. Rhee!

I had an appointment for chronic back pain and brought a full file with MRI's, X-rays, and treatment notes. I explained I'd had severe back pain for more than a year and a half and was hoping he could help me find out why, and advised I would not take opiates but would entertain any other treatment. He was 40 minutes late for my appointment, spent 5 minutes with me, said everything looked great, and suggested I see a chiropractor, and that it was probably muscular or skeletal pain, and to give it time to heal. Mind you, I've had this pain for over a year and a half. I had to hold back tears, I felt so disregarded. I thought neurosurgeons were supposed to have some kind of education or ability to determine the root cause of pain... Instead, I am even less likely to trust any doctor moving forward. I have seen a pain management specialist before who actually took the time to look close at my MRI, and found annular tearing, which he even pointed out on the MRI.

Dr Rhee is extremely skilled and patient and kind. He has energy beyond belief and patience - I know I have been a challenge for him and he has been right at my side I have yet to meet another surgeon in particular with the warmth and caring of Dr. Rhee If there were 6 stars, he would get them

He's friendly, informative, and a commensurate professional within his field. Dr. Rhee has both performed, consulted, and referred me on a number of ailments from an s1-L5 fusion, to addressing spinal stenosis concerns, to planning and preparing for both future victories and challenges alike. I cannot speak highly enough about not only Dr. Rhee's technical prowess, but his sincerity, integrity, and care for his patients. I've seldom if ever encountered a general practitioner, let alone surgeon of his caliber who puts his patients first, second, and third. We are grateful and thankful to have Dr. Rhee looking over us!

Dr. Rhee took great care of my dad.

Dr. Rhee is extremely kind, gentle and above all, knowledgeable. I'm very impressed with his approach. I trust him implicitly.

I found Dr. Rhee to be a very good listener, more than willing to run through my list of questions for him. Post surgery he accepted my suggestions for better communication. My surgery itself went extremely well. Dr. Rhee inspired confidence in him and my own in me. As another reviewer mentioned I did have one appt changed and one post-op visit missed as Dr. Rhee had emergency surgery. He is on call for trauma surgery. While this can be annoying, I also admire him for taking on these cases which save lives.

Craniotomy. He saved my life. I could not recommend him more.

Amazing doctor. He explained in detail the procedure before and after. Pain is gone and I can move my foot. Thank you Dr Rhee.

i had back surgery with Dr. Levine because of whatever he did I had to have another surgery to fix my problem. He has a terrible bed side manner. I would not recommend him to anyone. Not even an animal.

At my first appointment it was evident that I needed surgery but he did not push me to get it done. I was allowed to pick the time that was best for me. Even before the surgery we discussed optimizing my physical health by eliminating medical issues that might impede recovery. He was very thorough, using spine models to explain details. I had a 3-level ACDF in December with excellent results. He recommended Physical Therapy which has been very beneficial. Excellent surgeon, highly recommend.

You are in great care with Dr. Rhee.

Dr. Rhee performed two operations on my back and I could not be happier with the results. He is both caring and competent, and, each visit, makes me feel as if his entire practice is dedicated to me. He is passionate about patient care. I walked the same day of my minimally invasive spinal fusion surgery. A friend who also had spinal fusion surgery, by a surgeon using conventional methods, took weeks to even stand and he can barely move 8 weeks later. Dr. Rhee has my fervent gratitude.

Dr. Rhee, you are an amazing neurosurgeon AND an amazing, compassionate man -Although professionally and academically brilliant, you never loss sight of a patient that was thrust into an unexpected unknown phenomena. Your patience was unmatched, answering a multitude of questions then and throughout! You are a doctor that has taken to heart, the medical oath – although, this oath was already inherent in you as a person. Thank you for restoring quality of life for me/my family. You are a 10+!