Would give a 0 if I could. Chose him for an annual prior to an insurance lapse, and was the worst…read moreplace to choose due to poor business practices. We requested full blood work, including all STD's and HSV 1. He wrote the lab order without it, stating how HSV 1 is really not a big deal and that he doesn't normally test because most people have it. I do not care- you do what the patient wants! You never discourage a patient from being holistically aware of their health. Fast forward, I had To request it again multiple times- via email and voicemail to no avail. When I finally spoke to him, he told me he was leaving for the day soon and would not be in on a Friday and would do it Monday. It's been 2 weeks, the blood work was already sent off- the modification was never done and I can not get in contact with the office. Go to piedmont or a more reputable doctor who cares about their integrity and reputation. Shannon Nelson is not it -- will also be reporting to the board

Please read the reviews on multiple sites before you decide to see this doctor. I went to Dr…read more Nelson twice, both for annual checkups but I also came with some questions. The first time I saw him things were mostly fine, though the "physical" seemed kind of old school: touch you toes, raise your hands to the ceiling, that kind of thing. The second time I went, I questioned something he had told me last time. Basically, I wanted to follow up on something another dr. had told me and he was furious. Raised his voice. Very condescending. I wanted to cry. I was actually scared at this point, but became more frightened when I told him I had a cold, he told me it was allergies, I questioned how that could be because I had passed whatever I had to my boyfriend, and he told me "I can't believe your questioning me again"... He said it so seriously and harshly, while his hands were on my hands for part of the physical...I felt unsafe. When he left the room to go get a form, I seriously considered just running out of the office. I thought about telling the front staff but I was scared and decided to just leave and write a review on zocdoc. He read the review and sent me a "dismissal" letter. It's not like I planned to go back there anyway, but I've never heard of a professional doctor discharging someone because they wrote a bad review. I emailed him back to clarify why I wrote the review and he wrote back "you lack class". Just take a second and think of a doctor, an educated man, an adult saying that. to a young woman. for advocating for her symptoms...I'm stunned. I also saw that he responded to another woman's review with her personal medical information, insinuating that she is crazy and needs psychiatric meds. How is this person allowed to practice with so many reviews stating aggressive behavior? This is so concerning to me.