I want to send praise to KAITLYN GILBERT FNP at the Lake Station North Shore Health Center. She is…read moreso kind and takes care of you as if you really matter! She listens to you and understands your situation(s) along with your struggles. Even when she is extremely busy, she doesn't make you feel rushed. She is truly there to help people and I can't stress what a wonderful human being she is!

Had a appointment for 3:15pm wasn't called back until 4:20pm. Then waited another 20 minutes for…read morethe scheduled Doctor. I usually don't write negative comments.... But this is just unacceptable!! When I show up 10 minutes early already checked in, then nothing for an hour and a half later. DO BETTER OR CLOSE UP SHOP.

Dr. Stepanovic has been caring for my mother and my aunt, both elderly Hobart residents, for the…read morelast 10 years+. And when I say "caring for", I mean it. Not only does Dr. Stepanovic offer good medical care, he offers care. He's kept my mother alive, which is no small achievement. She's now 94. And my aunt has had several cardiac issues, and at 81, she is out and about and still enjoying life. What he offers that very few physicians offers is a level of care. He has tremendous interpersonal skills. He spends time with his patients. He remembers his patients. He takes extra time with his patients, so that they don't feel like the typical managed-care numbers. Another thing that impressed me is his understanding of how the medical-industrial complex works, and how he takes time to make sure his patients aren't swallowed up. When I accompanied my mother to her cardiology appointment this year, I needed some forms from him, because Mom was having another (unrelated) surgery. He sat down, then and there, and completed the forms. He told me, make sure to get his front desk staff to print them out and make a set of copies for me. He said that the surgi-center would surely want a copy of Mom's EKG. He emailed it while I was with him, and then he said, they're probably going to lose it. I'll give you a copy to take with you. (By the way, he was right. The surgery center DID lose the EKG. But because I had a copy with me, Mom's outpatient surgery was able to proceed on schedule.) Do you know how good this guy is? The nurses like him. I've been to the hospital often enough that I know to ask the nurses about the doctors, and boy oh boy, has that been helpful. No one has a bad thing to say about Stepanovic. He treats the surgical staff well, too. I highly recommend Zlatan Stepanovic, MD. I don't know the other physicians in his practice and can't discuss them. I just feel lucky we found this guy.

Dr. John Dowlatowski is not a good doctor. He has horrible bedside manner. He claims that he…read morespecializes in diabetes, so he tells his diabetic patients that they do not need to see an endocrinologist, yet he can't put a patient on insulin when they very clearly need it, causing said patient to end up in the ICU twice in the span of a year for Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA). Then he can't even be bothered to see the patient when they are in the ICU of the hospital that is LITERALLY across the street from his office. He also doesn't know anything about the long term effects from Covid (which I am aware many doctors do not since it is different from person to person), but discourages the patient from potentially getting well and having a better quality of life by going to the clinical trials for long term Covid. He also told said diabetic patient that a keto diet is bad.. a keto diet Is little to no carbs and that is what is recommended for diabetics!! Had he actually cared about this patients wellbeing, the patient would still be alive today. Sadly the patient passed last week from the second time of having DKA within a year due to the doctor not properly treating the patient and changing their medications at every visit. I HIGHLY recommend staying away from him and his "practice".

Very caring and thoughtful doctor. He has more intelligence…read morethen any of the ER doctors in the area. He care's for his patients and is always determined to find a cure or referral for his patients.

Dr. Gasparis was my 96 year old aunt's physician. Several days ago my aunts daughter called the…read moredoctors office to seek help and ask the doctor to refer her mother to hospice. Dr. Gasparis refused to contact hospice and told her to bring her mother into the office so he could examine her. She was in such bad shape that she was unable to walk and had been sleeping about 23 hours a day. Somehow they were able to carry her in and he said that "she is not ready for hospice". Well, three days later she died. This doctor is the poorest excuse for a caring doctor and a heartless human being. DO NOT let this doctor care for your loved one.