Dr. Claudia Lavin is amazing! She is caring, brilliant, and generous with her time. She is the…read moreprimary care doctor for both of my children and we all feel so lucky to have found her!! Three aspects that stand out for me. First, she treats us like family. She always takes the time to listen and know our family. Second, whenever we call, whether during the day or evening, we always get to talk directly to Dr. Lavin or Nurse Linda. It's incredible and unique to get our questions answered right away by Dr. Lavin herself, who knows us well, who we trust and respect, and who has saved us from needing to bring our children to the ER multiple times. Third, scheduling appointments is always simple and she has an excellent balance of prescribing medication when needed and encouraging natural methods of healing when possible. We greatly appreciate the care and guidance she provides. Our family has great admiration of and appreciation for Dr. Lavin. She's truly the best!

I recently picked Dr. Shushan as my primary care physician when I changed insurances. Mostly, I…read morepicked him because of the convenience of his office to where I live. Also, I am a physician at in the Cambridge Health Aliance system, and wanted to go outside that system for my care so that I wouldn't encounter colleagues in the course of obtaining my care, so I picked a practice in the Mount Auburn system. I saw him for the first time last week, and was very impressed by him. It took a few months to get a new patient appointment with him, but I don't have significant health problems so that was fine. He was prompt and efficient, but quite thorough in his physical exam and review of systems (the part where they ask you questions about headaches, vision, hearing, shortness of breath, cough, etc etc). In the course of my medical training I have seen many physical exams performed on a basically healthy person that were perfunctory at best, but Dr. Shushan was methodical and complete. He had an easy manner and seemed like a nice guy, so we had a good rapport. He brought up appropriately but did not beat me over the head with what we both knew I could be doing better - diet and exercise. I felt very comfortable entrusting my care to him and if I became ill, I know he'd do a good job and treat me with dignity. My only minor complaint was with a harried nurse who was a bit short with me. After signing in by the door as a first-time patient with the staff who handled the insurance, they sent me to the waiting room, but didn't tell me I needed to check in with the folks there, so I sat down for a minute or two until a nurse came out and berated me in an annoyed voice, "You need to sign in when you get here!" I hadn't realized you needed to sign in at two separate places. She later calmed down a bit and was nicer to me once I complimented her blood-drawing skills.

I thoroughly agree with the other reviewer and I am not a doctor but a self employed woman…read more I just saw Dr. Shushan as a PCP for the first time last December. I also had to wait a couple of months for an appointment as a new patient which was fine as I'm pretty healthy. I was very impressed with the quick process of getting me through the registration/reception area. His nurse was lovely and very good, and when I had my visit with him I didn't feel rushed like I've felt with other doctors in the past. Other practices treat you like cattle (sitting in various waiting rooms). He was quick to get to me once his nurse was done with the testing and did not rush through the exam. He asked me important questions to get to know me and gave me various suggestions on what to do to stay healthy. What a wonderful experience. This is how a doctor should be; knowledgeable, kind, friendly and efficient. He's my doctor from this point on!

Dr. Atlassi at Southborough Medical Group is the best doctor I've ever had! She is very…read moredown-to-earth, she doesn't act like she's above you or you're doing her a favor by seeing her. She listens to your concerns, answers all your questions, is knowledgeable about many things and will refer you to a good specialist if needed. She seems to genuinely care about her patients, and I really appreciate that in a doctor.

Dr Hanak should not be allowed to see or treat patients. 1 star is to generous! He listened to…read morenothing I said, tried to push a bunch of prescription medication regardless that I stated I don't want to take medications daily and then stated he didn't feel my condition merited the plan of care in place by my pcp and Dr Patel. I don't believe he reviewed my up to date info. prior to meeting with me. And he crushed my hope that my current plan of care may help. The resident seeing me along with him even spoke up and disagreed with his statement that he didn't feel my 3 herniated cervical discs are causing my discomfort and that I will not benefit from epidural neck injection being managed by pain clinic. The office manager heard conversation and had to step in to try and help. I left in tears w prescriptions i will not fill and my hope of future better days and pain relief crushed.

I recently had the great experience of meeting Dr. Hanak at the Charlestown Spaulding rehab. I have…read moreworked with many physiatrists in the past, Dr Hanak is on a higher level than any of the doctors. He is easy to talk to, he is extremely knowledgeable and thorough. He ordered X-rays for me. I do not recall ever having X-rays. It is a puzzle why my PCPs in the past did not refer me sooner.

Dr. Sherry is my neurologist. I have narcolepsy, and I've found her to be not only extraordinarily…read moreknowledgeable on sleep disorders and treatment options, but communicative and a good judge of character. She has been willing to suggest and prescribe maintenance medications without the extremely irritating skepticism that some doctors project when I've needed control drugs (sometimes abused by the general population). It can be hard to find specialists that you feel take the time to understand how your condition affects your life, and Dr. Sherry has made my too-small list of genuinely good doctors.

I'm seeing Dr. Sherry for a sleep disorder. So far, treatment has neither succeeded nor failed,…read moreit's still a work in progress, but she seems competent, knowledgeable, and informative. She is also the most disorganized doctor I've ever dealt with. On my first visit, I filled out some questionnaire in the waiting room. By the time I got to see her, she had already lost it (at least temporarily). On my second visit, I languished in the waiting room for a SOLID HOUR after the appointment time. I asked the receptionist whether I had gotten the time right. The receptionist then scurried off to see Dr. Sherry, and I was ushered in a moment later. Ever though Sherry had my chart on her desk, she had obviously forgotten me. She then needed help from someone else to find my test results. Then, even though the information was in the test results, I had to explain to her why there was only one set instead of two. That's four separate bits of confusion out of two visits so far. My final comment will have to wait until treatment has succeeded or failed. So far, though, I can only say I'm really glad she doesn't treat me for anything urgent or life-threatening.

Excellent clinician and good person everything went well.Really knows the field of geriatrics. Ask…read moreher anything.

Here is an update to my previous review from 2015 (as "L.M.M.") that is important for any MS…read morepatients who may be looking for a new neurologist: Dr. Buchwald has now RETIRED from her medical practice and is no longer seeing patients. The local chapter of The National Multiple Sclerosis Society can give you the names of other MS specialists in your area.

It's hard finding a good doctor. When I first moved to Boston I was stuck going to Northeastern's…read morehealth center, only delaying my search for a doctor. Back home I managed to find the best doctor ever- this little Belgian woman who was thorough, funny, and had an office with amazing support staff. I was worried about finding a doctor to meet my very high standards. Most of the time you don't think of the BMC for high quality care- it is located right next to a meth clinic and we've seen the people walking around the South End with their plastic "patient belongings" bags. But then I found the Women's Health Group. It's a group of doctor's completely dedicated to women's health issues. No boys allowed! My very good friend, who is a med student, recommended them to me. I couldn't be happier. I currently see Dr. McKinney. She's awesome. Attentive, caring, and really knows what she is doing. I feel safe and comfortable with her. Now all my girlfriends go to the clinic and all are incredibly happy with their practitioners. The only downside is the scheduling- sometimes it is very hard to get an appointment with the quickness. BMC has a huge patient base and you are competing with a lot of people who need help more than say, my privileged south end ass. But, I was surprised how hard they worked to get me in- all I needed was a script filled and even though I hadn't officially had an exam with the doc they let me come in for a short appointment to get things situated. Regardless of the scheduling this place gets five stars. People deserve ten stars for dealing with me when trying to get my blood drawn. I'm one of those fainters. They had the smelling salts all ready to go.

I went to Dr. Johnston at BMC sort of at random. She was amazing. So caring. I had a lot of…read morepersonal crap going on and she referred me to some people to see. She even made an appointment with me for 2 months later to check up on me and see how I was doing. She's moved to Beth Israel now (which totally bummed me out), but I'm staying at BMC cause it's convenient for me and everyone there is so helpful. I had an urgent issue, called the office, and they squeezed me in the next day, which is like UNHEARD OF.

Caring, helpful, and thorough. It can be difficult to find doctors who treat patients with chronic…read morepain well. Dr. Mintzer was very sensitive to my situation and offered me some terrific referrals. She also asked me the right questions regarding exercise and nutrition rather than putting her faith solely in the BMI or lecturing me about my weight. Dr. Mintzer is very LGBT friendly as well.