After hearing great things from my doctor about Dr. Kudrow, I was very excited to see him. I suffer from chronic migraines that have been resistance to every treatment I've tried over the last 4 years (I've gone through many, many different medication and procedures with no relief from the headaches) Unfortunately, I found him very cold, impatient, and uninterested in collecting my medical history. This was an unfortunate use of $500 (as he does not take insurance). Full disclosure, I was 10 minutes late to my appointment. Accordingly, I did say that I was willing to wait around his office for an open slot later that day or reschedule the appointment all together. He opted to fit our appointment into the remaining time left.
First, he briefly reviewed my current headaches medications. I tried to explain how/why each medication was prescribed as well as the other medications and treatments that I've tried but he wanted us to move on to his next question.
For that part, he asked me to classify my headaches into 2-3 different categories and the frequency of each category of headaches. As I had never classified my headaches using his classifications, I needed a few minutes to think through my past several months and provide as best an answer as I could. Again, he seemed very impatient with me, and rushed me to come up with some numbers for his questionnaire form. That seemed to be the extent of the information he needed to provide his "expert" insight into my situation. He did not seem interested in hearing: that the headaches had gotten so bad that it limited my ability to take certain types of work, how I would describe the headaches in my own words nor, what I felt, were relevant details about my other neurological and psychological diagnoses that my other doctors felt were relevant to exacerbating my headaches to where they are today.
His resulting advice was to get off all the medications that I was on then come back and see him. He said his office would call me to discuss next steps and possibility have a referral to another medical professional that I could see before coming back to see him. Unfortunately, after I paid my $500, I haven't heard anything back from his office - it's been over three months. I'm glad a couple other Yelpers had a good experience with him but I was extremely disappointed with my experience. read more