My One Medical PCP recommended Dr. Nsouli to me and I am SO happy with the care I've received to…read moredate. I was able to get into the office within reasonable windows after calling, feel that he's more than addressed my concerns, and can BREATHE again. Out of not one, but TWO nostrils. I can smell things I haven't smelled in years and I swear things even taste better. I've had allergies as long as I can remember--evidently I had a pretty dramatic attack as a toddler that landed me in the ER, but mostly it just means I'm constantly sniffly and my eyes water at the drop of a hat. My last DC allergist (Dr. Fishman) also came highly recommended but essentially did testing on me, decided that I wasn't about to go into anaphylactic shock anytime soon and should just suck it up. Which, irritation at his bedside manner aside, I did for almost five years. Five years of DC cherry blossom season. Of the pollen and mold and just...everything that makes spring and fall in DC so gorgeous and so painful to allergy sufferers. I finally had a conversation with my PCP and shared what had happened with the other allergy office--she immediately urged me to try again and said my allergies didn't have to be the way they were. I am probably never going to be completely free of all of my sniffles and itches, and the pills and inhalers required to keep them in check, and that's okay. But I can finally get the air I need to feel well-rested at night and to take be outside without feeling like the outside is attacking me.

They were very reluctant to send my allergy test results to my new doctor's office. It took 2…read moremonths and 4 phone calls and intervention by my new doctor. In the end the results they sent seemed to be disguised so that other doctors can't use them. The ethical standards in medicine are so disappointing. Aside from their ethics, Nsouli failed to effectively treat my eczema. After 1 year of treatment by Nsouli, I gave up and eventually found another doctor who fixed my hands. I'm so grateful to the other doctor.

If I could give zero stars I would. I called for an appointment and was told that the first…read moreavailable for new patients was three months away. I had just moved from out of state and he had been recommended, so I made the appointment for three months away. The morning of the appointment - three months later- I had not gotten a reminder call from the office so I called to confirm my 1:00 pm appointment. I was told the appointment had been canceled because they had not received my paperwork and had called to remind me about the appointment and the paperwork on three different occasions. I asked what number they had been calling. It was an incorrect number - off by one digit. Since I'm not in the habit of giving an incorrect version if my own number, it was clear there had been a typo when they input my number. I told the receptionist my correct number and asked that they honor the appointment that day. She said she would go and talk to the doctor. When she returned to the phone, she told me that not only would they not see me as scheduled but that the doctor had said they would not schedule me at all - ever - because they hadn't received my paperwork. While initially I was upset and disappointed, I'm actually quite glad it turned out this way because I wouldn't want to see a doctor who has so little compassion or consideration.

After a long and disappointing association with an oncology practice, my mother was not getting…read moreneeded pain medication or support for her illness. The patient him or herself can't make decisions about changing routines much less physicians. It pained me to see the daily frustration, her pain medication wasn't working. I consulted my own hospitalization's pages to find a doctor whose speciality is Geriatrics. Dr. Peter Schlissler is a prince among men. He had my parents and me in his office...cancer is a group activity, or it should be. The oncologist had no such office or family meeting. Dr. Schlisser spoke at length about my mother's condition and what we could expect. I told my mother to bring prescriptions in a bag, even empty bottles. Dr. Schlissler commented that these prescriptions were all but no longer used, it was no wonder that the medications were not working. There are better things and better dosages. I had tears to think that this doctor not only provided the revelation about the illness itself, but that there was better, pro-active treatment. Dr, Schissler wanted to examine the patient himself. You could see what kind of a person he is when he took the wheel with her wheelchair. He pushed it himself, slowly, chatting with my mother, mindful of her condition, respectful of it. More tears for me. That appointment lasted nearly five hours. He found that she had severe osteoporosis which no other doctor had tested for. He set about protocols to ease her pain, which eased our worry, he gave us a sense of control at long last. It was such a sense of relief to find Dr. Schissler and his medical practice. He restored our family by providing the respect my battle weary parents needed to carry on. Dr. Schissler is gentle and wise. He was there for my mother every step of the way. As surely as he told us at that first appointment that we were no where near ready for Hospice, he later wisely knew when it was the time. Imagine the dignity and grace. Anyone would do a family member or friend a service by having a consultation with Dr. Schissler and Associates. He provides gold-plated, compassionate care. http://www.marylandgeriatricmedicine.com/aboutus.html

Dr. Levin is one of the top rated endodontists in the DC area, and I can certainly see why. I made…read morean appointment to see him, as I was worried about a couple of root canals that I had to have done many years ago. Because the procedures took place so long ago, I was sure he was going to scan them, and tell me that, yes, they needed more work. Much to my surprise, he told me the opposite. He said that one was perfect and that he wouldn't touch it. He said that the other was not optimal, but as long as I wasn't having any pain associated with it, he thought it was best to leave it alone. Dr. Levin is not inexpensive, and he could have easily made thousands of dollars from redoing the root canals. But instead, he acted with the utmost integrity and honesty, and told me that they were fine. I will definitely trust Dr. Levin for any future work I might need.

My husband and I have been patients of Dr. Levin for about 10 years. We were referred by our…read moretop-rated dentist, Dr. Neil Starr, who is VERY particular about his referalls and the quality of care his patients receive. We have consistently received excellent endodontic treatment from Dr. Levin. He is extremely knowledgeable, teaches all over the world, and is highly skilled. I have had several completely painless rootcanals that were all successful. He communicates clearly with patients, is polite and informative and very caring and considerate. He explains various alternatives and why he reommends a particular approach to a problem. He also communicates closely with the primary dentist. His office is immactulate--he even has patients scrub their hands upon entering the treatment area. His staff is kind and very capable. I cannot imagine a better endodontist anywhere. My husband, who also has had several root canals by Dr. Levin and various other treatment, seconds my views.

Terrible. I was in the same room with the doctor for a total of 3, maybe 4 minutes. He looked in…read moreboth of ears with a microscope and asked me "What do you need from me?" before walking out of the room. He didn't explain anything at all about his examination or findings. Was everything good? Was anything bad? I'll never know, because he just walked out. On top of that, a few days later I noticed he upcoded my insurer and billed them for a 45+ minute new patient visit. 45 [PLUS!] minutes for a 3 or 4 minute "exam." Terrible experience. I will not be returning to Jefferson Health in any capacity after my experience with Mr. Fitzgerald.

Dr. Fitzgerald tends to diagnose a great majority of his patients (if not all of them) with PLF -…read moreperilymphatic fistula. PLFs are extremely uncommon, and yet somehow every person who comes into his office with the slightest irregularity gets slapped with that diagnosis. Surprise, surprise -- many of his tests are not covered by insurance. Surprise, surprise -- PLFs require surgery. It's a scam. There were two glaring red flags with Dr. Fitzgerald: First, he pushed hard for the surgery, going so far as to say that I was "crazy" if I were to opt against it. I didn't have the surgery, however, because none of the tests indicated it. Among the battery of inner ear tests I had, most were negative, one showed that there was a problem (but it wasn't conclusive at all about what the cause was and in no way related to a PLF), and the one test that would have suggested -- but not conclusively identified -- a PLF was also negative. Still, Dr. Fitzgerald pushed hard for the surgery. That seemed odd to me. Second, when I later got a copy of my medical reports from Dr. Fitzgerald to give to another doctor there was NO MENTION of a possible PLF or Dr. Fitzgerald's strong insistence that I have surgery. NO MENTION of even a possibility of a PLF. There was NO MENTION that we even discussed a PLF. If that's the case, how would I even know about perilymphatic fistulas? I am not a doctor, and when I brought up PLFs to my doctor friends, they, too, had never heard of them. In the event that someone is confused as to why a doctor would not put his recommendation and his diagnosis in his notes, it's because Dr. Fitzgerald was covering his ass. Should he ever be reviewed by the Medical Board (which he wont, as the Medical Board in DC is inept), it would be damning if a disproportionate number of patients were diagnosed with the same problem and were recommended to have the same surgery. So, by not referring to his insistent recommendation that I have surgery and not mentioning that we even discussed the surgery or that diagnosis, he evades detection should he ever be reviewed. There is a word for that: UNETHICAL. Yes, Dr. Fitzgerald is an unethical doctor. Do not go to him. If anyone goes to him and he diagnoses that individual with a PLF, it should come as no surprise. Had Dr. Fitzgerald at least written that PLF was a possibility or that surgery was an option, I would merely think Dr. Fitzgerald was a bad doctor. But he's worse: Dr. Fitzgerald is not only bad, he's also unethically cutting into people, recommending them for surgeries that they probably don't need, and when they show any semblance -- such as I did -- about not being on board with his recommendation, he does not document his "professional" medical opinion. In fact, after pounding into me that surgery was my only viable option, he merely wrote in his notes that I was a candidate for "vestibular rehabilitation" -- a much more conversative treatment approach, something that should have been suggested before surgery was even mentioned, and something we had never, ever discussed. Not surprisingly, every single patient in the waiting room had been diagnosed with a PLF. Unless people are traveling to Dr. Fitzgerald from the world over, that in itself is highly suspicious. Unless PLF is the most underdiagnosed medical problem in the otolaryngological world -- it isn't -- there shouldn't be dozens of people getting this unusual surgery at any given time. As a bookend to my experience -- which punctuated my already formed opinion even further - one of the movers who loaded my belongings when I moved out of town happened to mention out-of-the-blue about some vertigo issue he had. With no prompting from me, he mentioned that he had been to Dr. Fitzgerald at Washington Hospital, who, like me, had diagnosed him with a perilymphatic fistula. Imagine that?!!? What are the odds? Fortunately, he, too, did not opt for the surgery. Dennis Fitzgerald is an unethical and dishonest doctor. Don't go to him. And if you do, don't be surprised if you're diagnosed with a PLF. Don't say you weren't warned.

Do not go see this doctor! Please find someone else…read more I went to see Dr. Pereira because I struggle with seasonal and food allergies. First off, he lost my test results and ended up charging me twice for the test -- once for the results he lost and again to be retested. Second, he didn't listen to a single thing I said. He looked at my paper and prescribed expensive allergy shots. I got these shots once a week for over 4 months before I found out they would do nothing for my most severe allergy! Dr. Pereira didn't pay attention to what I wanted to accomplish with the shots, because if he would he would have told be then the shots would NOT do what I thought they would do. PLUS, my allergies are now WORSE! Do not go see Dr. Pereira, he will blow you off and try to get your money by telling you to get expensive treatment!

I went to Dr. Pereira with what turned out to be a severe chronic sinus infection. At first he…read moreprescribed an oral steroid and a nasal wash which is a good first course of treatment for a mild sinus infection, according to the doctor I went to after him. However, when I went back for a follow-up appointment I told him that I was still having problems and having some unusual discharge from my sinuses and he just looked into my nose with a flashlight (you can't see the sinuses without going in deeper with a telescope) and told me I was completely healthy and I just needed to drink more water (even though I told him I drink over 2 liters a day). It turns out that I actually had a severe infection in all of my sinuses and required surgery. I am glad I went to a different doctor in the end though because I don't know if I would have trusted Dr. Pereira do operate. Please go to a different doctor. The Washington ENT group (Dr. Picken and Dr. Musy) is a much better place to go.

I have a lot of different allergies, some very severe…read more Dr. Tompkins asked a lot of good questions and the overall office experience (prick test) was good, I was satisfied with his knowledge and attention. However, I can't get my Rx refilled this year for seasonal allergies because the office only gave me one year before expiration (which I didn't remember to refill in the winter before I actually got allergies again in the spring.). Because an allergist is a "specialist" my health insurance had me paying $300+ for the visit/prick test, and the office wants me to return in order to refill my seasonal allergy Rx... no thanks. I'll just go to an internist. EDIT: i should note that i went to the Arlington office location.