I had a total of 4 appointments with this group, 2 with Dr. Kassar and 2 with Dr. Fattouh. My initial appointment w/Dr. Kassar was an evaluation for a recent head injury and chronic lower back pain after failed back surgery. It took close to 90 minutes to be seen. He ordered scans for both issues and referred me to Dr. Fattouh for the back pain, and scheduled a follow-up for the head injury after scans were completed. The follow-up was a tele-health appointment, which was also over an hour long wait. Dr. Kassar never came on the call, and ultimately, I was told one of the other doctors would be calling me back because Dr. Kassar had to many patients that day. I don't have much to say good or bad about the doctor who called back. He told me my head scan was normal, and that was that. My next visit would be with Dr. Fattouh (pain management). My 1st visit with him seems to go pretty good, or so I thought. We discussed everything going on with my back pain, the pain medication I was currently taking, and him taking over the management of that medication, and we ultimately decided to schedule a steroid injection at a different clinic. He asked if I needed refills, which at that time I didn't because I had not to long ago had them filled. 2nd appointment with Dr. Fattouh was for the steroid injections. Once he came into my stall (like an ER triage ), I told him I had a few questions I wanted clarity on since he was sedating me. I've had steroid injections in my back and knee over the last 5 years, and I've never been put to sleep, so my primary doctor wanted to know his reasoning behind being sedated. There was also a discrepancy in where he was going to place the steroid injections than what we discussed in clinic, and I wanted to remind him before surgery and being sedated that I would be out of pain medication and needed him to take over my pain medication. My 1st question addressed why he wanted to have me sedated. He became irritated that I was asking and told me it was up to me. I know all of my medical care starts with it being up to me, but I wanted to know his professional opinion why he wanted. He eventually told me it was just his preference because sometimes patients move during the procesure. Ok, next question addressed why we weren't injecting both areas we discussed in clinic, he gave me what I thought to be a medically reasonable answer but I would have liked to have been told that upfront that I would have to come back for a 2nd injection, as I am terrified of being sedated. He made a sarcastic comment, which I took to mean, "Oh well, now you know." My 3rd and final question was to address the prescription for pain medication, and he looked at me like I was a 3rd grade science project. He acted like he had no idea what I was talking about. I reminded him that we had this entire discussion in the clinic, but I didn't expect him to remember everyone because he probably has a lot of patients. He pulled out his cell phone, and I was guessing to look up my information. He starts talking about how he has to check what I'm telling him (of course he does). It's not like we were going to take care of that right in that moment. He then becomes totally offended and says, "I don't like how you're talking." I began to cry and tell him I understand that he may not remember me because he had a lot of patients and ask him why is he getting offended from me asking him a few questions about the care I was about to receive. He mumbles something while still fumbling around with his phone. I then tell him I'm not comfortable with going thru with the procedure with a doctor who is now all in his feelings over me asking him questions about my care. He tells me, go back to the docotor you came from. I've never experienced such arrogant and rude behavior from a doctor. I'm guessing the nerve of me to question anything. He was extremely cold and insensitive. It was a stark difference from the clinic appointment. read more