I experienced harm from this Physician.

In late December 2019, David Lieberman performed an upper eyelid surgery for me, resulting in several significant and persistent harms. Among them are the following:

1. Left-sided A-frame deformity. This is a defect which results from the surgeon's removing too much central eyelid fat above the eye. Please Google this so you can see images of what this surgical mistake looks like. It is my understanding from experts that an experienced, highly-skilled surgeon who is upholding his Hipppocratic oath should never create this problem. For the record, it is my opinion that David Lieberman is both experienced and highly skilled.

2. Left-sided incomplete eyelid closure. David Lieberman removed so much eyelid skin on my left side that my eyelid no longer closes completely, causing myriad problems with the lubrication of the eye that should naturally occur during blinking and sleeping. A consulting physician has told me that I have "moderate ocular surface disease" as a result -- a potentially serious impediment to my long-term ocular health, carrying risk of ocular erosions.

3. Left-sided ocular infection with a rare, non-human bacterium, Corynebacterium bovis. Immediately following surgery, I experienced shooting pains in both corners of the left eye, and behind it as well. These persisted over time, becoming gradually worse. Nine months after surgery, Corynebacterium bovis was cultured from this eye at the Stanford Lab. If you take a moment to look up human ocular infection with Corynebacterium bovis, you will see that this infection is phenomenally rare. There are a handful of cases documented in the literature worldwide, period. It is difficult to treat and prone to antibiotic resistance. I have currently been on Doxycycline for over one month to treat this infection, with treatment continuing.

Any surgeon observing proper hygiene protocol would be extremely unlikely to cause this infection in a patient. Granted, mistakes can occur. But this pathogen is so rare, the odds of being infected with it are infinitesimally small, one in many, many millions. Given this fact, it is appropriate to ask, in my opinion, how David Lieberman's instruments or gloves or hypodermic needle could possibly have become contaminated.

Again, I am relating these events with as much restraint as I can gather in one place when I tell you that an experienced, highly capable surgeon upholding his Hippocratic oath is not likely to harm a patient in this way. And it is my considered opinion that David Lieberman is both experienced and highly capable.

I will report back here if I or my family should suffer any retaliation, online or otherwise, as a result of this truthful review.