Stephanie Ilene Hochman, DPM

Dr. Hochman ruined my life in 1998. I had the misfortune of seeing her when she was fresh out of podiatry school. I had a plantars wart on the ball of my right foot, and I wanted it removed. It was not hurting, I just didn't want it there. Dr. Hochman thought the best way to remove it would be to shrink the wart instead of surgically removing it. She used a substance called Sotra Decal to remove the wart which is primarily used on vericose veins. While using this substance she hit a nerve in my foot and I felt a weird tingly sensation. Her advice was to take advil and it should go away in a day a two. Not only did the sensation not go away, I could no longer wear my shoes comfortably. Her practice then decided to do an MRI on my foot and it showed I had a neuroma, which I most likely had anyway before Dr. Hochman hit the nerve in my foot and caused that tingly sensation. They decided to surgically remove my neouroma. At that point I was desperate so I had it done. I made a big mistake. I should have sued Dr. Hochman before having this neuroma surgey. All it did was leave a thick wad of scar tissue in my foot which I still have to this day 14 years later. Dr. Hochman's injection 14 years ago which hit the nerve in my foot caused neuritis amongst a neuroma I already had. The neuroma was not even bothering me. I just came in there to get a wart removed and she hit a nerve in my foot and my life has never been the same. Many surgeries and painful injections later, I am still living with this scar tissue in my foot, and it was Dr. Hochman's initial sotra decal injection when she hit the nerve in the ball of my right foot that set off a series of chain reactions to which I have never recovered from. I hope Dr, Hochman has learned from this error in her last 14 years of practice, and has not caused other patients the same suffering she caused me. I reccomend staying as far away from Dr. Stephanie Hochman, DPM as possible

Dr Hochman was great. She diagnosed my problem within minutes and was very skillful in handing my situation. Very personable. The office was also terrific! They got me in immediately and saw me in a few hours! Very attentive and nice staff. I found a great podiatrist on the UES!