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Raymond J. Gardocki MD, BS

Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

About Raymond J. Gardocki

Areas of Expertise

  • Adult Degenerative Spine Conditions
  • Cervical, Thoracic and Lumbar Spine Surgery
  • Endoscopic Spine Surgery
  • Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
  • Orthopaedics
  • Outpatient Spine Surgery
  • Spine

Conditions and Treatments

Languages

  • English
  • Spanish

Education

  • Bachelor of Science - University of Southern California, 1993
  • Doctor of Medicine - University of Southern California, 1997
  • Residency - University of Southern California Medical Center, 2002
  • Fellowship - Los Angeles County / University of Southern California Medical Center, 2003

Board Certifications

  • Orthopaedic Surgery - American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, 2007

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Patient Comments

Patient Comments are gathered from the Press Ganey Patient Experience Survey and displayed in full. Patients are not identified in order to respect patient privacy.
Not a good bedside manner Especially knowing people come to him most likely in pain - with a lot of concerns. Sometimes matter of fact just doesn't cut it in today's world
August 14, 2025
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The doctor was extremely rude. As soon as he came into the room he seemed very aggressive. As I spoke about my issues, he continued to huff and puff like my symptoms and concerns were of no concern to him. The Dr also rolled his eyes at me multiple times. He did not give me clear instructions of the activities he needed me to perform in order for him test my mobility, then had an attitude with me because I did not understand. He was very unprofessional and made me feel like my condition and symptoms were of no importance. I will not be rescheduling with him again.
August 12, 2025
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Dr godocki was thorough answered ALL my questions and daughters questions. Was not rushed and was very honest with my upcoming procedure.
August 8, 2025
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Good
July 29, 2025
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Dr. Gardocki explained my X-rays and was very thorough on my path forward.
May 8, 2025
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Dr Raymond Gardocki was extremely polite, thorough, concerned, informational and genuine. He made understanding of a complex problem at a very basic, fun, witty with correlation/examples level. Highly recommend him
April 28, 2025
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Very informative & explained everything in a manner I could understand
April 7, 2025
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Good
March 20, 2025
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Very terse, seems like bad attitude, seems confrontational. But very open on his advise.
March 5, 2025
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