STAY CLEAR OF LAROCQUE! Dr. Larocque is a terrible doctor…read moreand man. This man should be disbarred ASAP! Read all below, you'll be glad you did. I'm a Purple Heart recipient (combat wounded) from a Traumatic Brain Injury in Iraq, and was medically retired with a 100% total disability rating for amongst other things; severe hypopituitarism, causing the need to be treated for hypothyroidism, hypoadrenalism, and hypogonadism. I also have a pituitary adenoma (tumor) causing hyperprolactinoma which I also need treatment for. Dr. Larocque's "bedside manners" were atrocious! He would scream/yell within a foot in front of my face if I simply asked for reasoning of his treatment plan. Innocently, I wanted to just understand what the plan was, and he took this questioning as if someone with "Little Man Syndrome" would. He then proceeded to intensely berate me as I sat there stunned, call me names, saying emasculating things to me, say how he dislikes all military and that we are all "roid ragers" (even though during that appointment I asked to be taken DOWN on my testosterone medication, and I even was still showing hypo lab levels)... There was also an appointment where I was midsentence in our initial greeting and asking me of "how I was doing" to get a recap since the previous appointment, and in my midsentence after about two minutes into the appointment he walked out of the exam room, AND NEVER RETURNED! I had to go out of the room after 10min of waiting to see if he would return, and the front desk had to tell me that he was taking a "business" call, and that he wasn't going to return to my appointment. I was left dumbfounded; like "did that really just happen?" Also, the 5months or so I had tried to receive treatment from him, his doctoral plans made me WORSE/more hypo on all Hypothalamus/Pituitary Axis hormone systems. I was feeling more and more ill.

I am the wife of a disabled retired veteran and was referred to Dr. Larocque for a swollen thyroid…read moreand diabetes through my Primary at Oceana. On my 3rd or 4th visit to Dr. Larocque's office in Chesapeake he asked how was I doing and I told him I was having some issues with anxiety he asked what did I have to be anxious about with a smirk red flag number one at that time I noticed that my nurse had lost weight and was looking great and I commented on that he asked me to sit on the examination table I did before he began to examine me he decided to chimed in on the conversation I was having about her weight loss and how great she looked and I asked her to share with me some of the things she was doing in hopes of helping me with my weight lost and he interrupted her response and told me that if I wanted to lose weight all I had to do was go out in a cotton field pick cotton all day and at night eat pork rinds and corn meal and I would lose weight I am a African American Women I was speechless! I'm writing this review in hopes that anyone of color will think twice about letting this man care for you.

All 3 endocrinologists lack bedside manner. They also accused me of not taking medication and…read moreclaiming I am 'non compliant' on my charts sent to other doctors. All Gilman focused on was diabetes (my blood sugar levels have always been more than acceptable and I do not have diabetes) while my thyroid function continued to decline in her care as she raised my medication but failed to switch it to any *ANY* other brand or even the brand name instead of generic. In the 6 months I went there my health worsened. My vision has deteriorated, my memory is shot (cannot remember what was for lunch yesterday or even dinner), my weight increased 50lbs with a 1200/cal diet low on carbohydrates. I have cried in their office begging them to try alternate methods or to please try different tests, different doctors but they instead accused me of lying about taking my medications. I was seen by all 3 doctors in the practices and all 3 shamed me, disregarded my concerns, and called me a liar within the practice. The wait time was about 20 minutes in the waiting room past my appointment and up to 30 minutes when I was put into a room. I often had to walk up to the front desk and ask when I would be seen because I had been closed in an exam room. If I would have known 6 months of my life and health would be wasted going to this clinic I would have never went. Gilman made me feel she was on my team when I first came to her and that she was determined to help me get better but it quickly faded when my labs didn't turn in her favor. I came in with high hopes and a PA who said she would help me get well again for my young son but it turned into a very expensive nightmare.

I am so thrilled I went here. The other reviews were concerning, but the doctor added T3 to my…read moreregimen and after years of thyroid struggles I feel better than ever!

Dr. Gunawardena interrupts you while you're describing your symptoms, rushes through appointments,…read morehas terrible communication skills, and generally has a cold and indifferent vibe. His communication with his staff is also terrible, resulting in scheduling issues which are always somehow blamed on the patient. I switched to a new endocrinologist and everything I told them about my care plan from Dr. G left them in a state of shock. My new doctor said none of what happened is the standard. Go somewhere else.

Definitely just an awesome Dr from start to finish. Online checkin makes things fly. The front…read morestaff is always awesome. Dr Saadeh is just an amazing endocrinologist, and I would highly recommend him.