I am a physician assistant and understand the importance of finding physicians who are not just extremely clinically skilled but who treat their patients with an excellent 'bedside manner'.....meaning a good communicator, listener, with a warm, easy style. Dr Lassiter is all that and more. day. He had clearly read through my past medical history chart, including from a specialist one might not necessarily initially think was pertinent....but he tied it in with my issue that I was seeing him for by taking that important extra step of reading what other tests specialist had done and what they findings indicated.
He walked me through step by step my CT lung scan, emphasizing areas that were of potential importance on the radiologist report and explaining what was and wasn't of clinical significance. He addressed and answered all my questions, taking time to make sure my spouse who is not medically trained understood his clinical reasoning and what the next step was.
I would definitely send my patients who needed a pulmonology consult to him. read more