SSM Health Dean Medical Group: Thomas Faull, DO - Pain Management in Madison, Wisconsin

“Dr. Faull is an arrogant, rude, and condescending doctor. My Dr. retired and I was transferred to Dr. Fault. First visit, he was undoing my long term controlled care from my older Dr. because he didn't approve of the meds I've been on for a decade. He wouldn't listen to anything I had to say. It put my MS into chaos. He tortured me for 5 years. He disregarded my neurologist when she tried to explain to him what his actions were doing to my body. I was seeing his PA monthly, as he wouldn't see me personally. When the PA, told me to make an appt with him about my issues, he would have his receptionist call a couple days before and ask what the nature of my appt would be. Then he would ultimately cancel the appt. He did this several time. Even his PA would apologize. Just a coward of a man. I finally switched providers and found another pain Dr. I've been with him 2 years now and I'm back on track. The clinic I go to now has inherited a lot of Dr. Faull patients that he did the same thing too. I won't repeat what those Dr's say about Dr. Faull but they knew exactly what he is about and what he was doing. I'm a very hard case and he didn't want to deal with me. That was obvious. He should've just said that instead of torturing me to leave. He's just a very rude man. I have nothing good to say about him. He shouldn't be working in this area of medicine period.”

— Kimberly Spillers

“Dr Faull is an exceptional doctor. Where other doctors were perfectly willing to just leave me in horrific pain in both knees, barely able to walk and sinking rapidly into despair, Dr Faull proposed a plan. Nerve blocks to see if they help and if they do then do a nerve ablation. Now I will be the first to admit that I am afraid of needles and unknown procedures, always envisioning a painful experience. Now some very busy specialists of his caliber have little to no patience when it comes to such nervous Nellie patient's. Dr. Faull was most compassionate and gracious. He knew I was ready to jump off that table and run. His two lovely assistants who helped with the procedure were equally compassionate. Those young professionals learned that skill set from someone and I'm going to guess it was Dr. faull. What an amazing team. The nerve blocks gave me sweet relief for a couple of weeks from a devastating pain. I now look forward to the ablations and a longer period of pain relief from this pain. Dr. Faull is the Best of the Best. I am ever grateful to him for his expertise.”

— Paula K Starr

“I've seen Dr. Faull several times and have a good sense of his skills. Nearly all my experiences have been negative. Treating my spinal issues, he injected an epidural, which failed. He next proposed the very same injection, which SSM rejected because he had done it before with poor results. I most recently saw Dr. Faull for a morphine injection, first calling attention to my MyChart records, which lists morphine as a problem for me. Furthermore he failed to assure me that a new lower dosage of morphine would not cause the same problem as I had experienced the first time. Finally, he ignored or failed to read my Med list to see that I take ambien at bedtime. Morphine reacts negatively with Ambien - taking both drugs can be a dangerous combination. Dr. Faull must not have checked my med list. To sum up, in my case, Dr.Faull ignored both my medical history as well as his own treatment records, and he is unfamiliar with the research literature on dangerous drug Interactions. Dr. Faull can be rude. When I flinched and said Ouch during an injection, he told me the problem was my attitude! I'm moving on to a new doctor.”

— Martin Nystrand

“Caring, compassionate, knowledgeable, thorough are all qualities of Dr. Thomas Faull that I have experienced first hand. He is always thorough and compassionate with me. I never leave an appointment with him with a single question, or with any of my concerns unanswered. He looks for solutions and doesn't offer BS. He's simply one of the best physicians that I have ever had, bar none. I highly recommend Dr. Faull for finding answers and solutions to pain issues.”

— Tim Melka