Shortened review due to text limits. Message me and I'll be happy to discuss my experience with this horrible place!
My first appt w/ Dr AG was okay. She wouldn't give me doctor referrals that I requested for ongoing issues b/c I'm a new patient. That was a little frustrating. I wasn't sure I was going to stick with her, b/c it didn't seem like she was listening to me. There didn't seem to be much of a partnership or collaboration on her end. I honestly didn't put much effort into finding another doctor since I realized I'm on a PPO and could just see doctors on my own accord.
I needed a med refill. I was in the building already, and stopped by her office for a refill since they have all of my medical history.
They refused and insisted I schedule an appt to get it due to family planning concerns. Totally understandable. I didn't argue about it.
I scheduled for 3pm and another appt with an orthopedist in the building at 4pm.
I checked in right at 3pm.
After 40 minutes had passed, I checked in twice to see what was going on and tell them I had another appt at 4pm
3:45pm - I finally get called in. I'm frustrated at this point and I say I have be out 15 minutes b/c of my other appt at 4pm. The nurses exact reaction is a sarcastic "good luck with that."
I respond "no, there is no good luck with that. I scheduled this appointment for 3pm. I've been out there for 45 minutes. I left work early for this. I need my prescription and I need to go."
She clearly could not care less. Talking about other patients in the clinic. Treating me like I'm the jerk because I don't have all day to wait around for them.
Fine. I wait in the patient room, watching the clock.
3:58pm - I decide I need to go. Dr. AG is right outside taking her time going through papers and talking.
She turns around, I tell her I have another appt, I need to go, please give me my refill. She says she won't give me a refill until she actually sees me. I tell her I'm right here, I've been waiting an hour, please give me my refill. Again, she says she won't give it to me until she sees me. Fine. I invite her into the patient room and see her give a look to another person in the general area as if to say "can you believe how this patient is treating me." like I'm the jerk. I mean - that look alone in front of a patient is downright rude and the most unprofessional behavior I have EVER experienced with a doctor.
So I sit down, I put the medication in front of her and say
"This is my medication, please refill it."
Well, she's clearly already made up her mind she's not going to refill it, regardless of anything I said or did. She didn't like me - she wasn't going to help me and just hide behind her "policies" that she seemed to be making up as we went along.
She does nothing but play with me. First she won't refill it unless I'm seeing a psychiatrist. Then she won't refill it at all, go talk to my psychiatrist. It was honestly just one big game for her.
I tell her when I first saw her and we went through all of my medications, what they were for and she never flagged this and never made it seem like it would be an issue.
She acted like she couldn't have cared less. She just made up reasons for not refilling it.
That's when I was done.
Mind you, I know I spoke firmly, but not ONCE did I lose my composure. I didn't yell. I didn't swear. I still said please and thank you regardless of how frustrated I was. My ending words to her were no different.
I again communicated with her that on my first visit, we went through all of my medications and when we discussed this one, she NEVER flagged it. I made sure she knew I wasn't sure about her from my first appointment and now I definitely was never coming back. I made sure to let her know that she doesn't listen to her patients or their needs. I also made sure to let her know I was going to write this review. All the while she's typing away - I'm sure making notes about how I'm the jerk in this situation.
So my experience with Dr AG and her nurse - they don't listen to their patients. They don't treat you like a human. They simply go through the motions of what they have decided they are or are not going to do based on how they feel that day. There is absolutely no collaboration with the patient - which completely contradicts what is on their website. They have no respect for the patients time. Not once did I get an apology from anyone for keeping me waiting. Instead, I get sarcastic remarks, unprofessional behavior and decisions made by Dr AG that were clearly made just to frustrate since she decided she didn't like me in that situation.
To update this - the office manager did call me an apologized profusely. She ensured that I was not billed for this appointment and that this was being addressed with the doctor and nurse. read more