I recently went in to see Dr Panek with hip pain. I thought I was dealing with a strained groin muscle but it turned out that I was in great need of a hip replacement. Dr Panek was so understanding when giving me this unexpected news. He answered all my questions and has a wonderful bedside manner. I am a few weeks in to my recovery and all is going awesome. He did a wonderful job and I am healing nicely. I unfortunately need a second hip replacement and totally trust him to handle this.