I looked this guy up on health grades before going to see him. I went here because it's close to my house, they had an available appointment, and my kidney stone had me desperate for pain relief. His Nurse Practitioner is far superior to him in bedside manner. He had fair health grades with only a few actual reviews. One was pretty scathing, but being in healthcare, I know that some people will never be happy, always have something negative, and get offended easily... Well, as I witnessed, she was spot on.
Let me start off by saying I've been a nurse for almost 20 years, 15 of those years in the ICU at some pretty large, fantastic hospitals. I've worked with all kinds of physicians from coast to coast and up and down the east coast. I've worked at some renown teaching hospitals as well, and I'm sad to say that he wasn't shown how to be a compassionate physician. He was very condescending. After spending the night in excruciating pain awaiting surgery, I met him for the first time. Now, being a nurse, the 2 times I've had surgery before (ACL repair for sports), I try not to make waves for fear of backlash. I was exhausted from lack of sleep and pretty mellow. He told me that with a stone the size of mine, he had to mention taking meds for the rest of my life, but he didn't recommend it at this time since it was my first large stone. I agreed with him as I don't do well taking meds. As I tried to tell him that I would just alter my diet pending the type of stone, he snarled that that's not always as easy as said. (true). I tried to give an example of how my fiancé and I both were able to do the whole 30 fairly easily and how I know I need to drink more water, but before I could finish whole 30, he looked over me to my fiancé and said, "She doesn't like to listen does she?". My fiancé just kind of smiled in disbelief because he's an engineer and doesn't like confrontation... it caught him off guard and he later told me how inappropriate he thought it was. He also didn't intervene because I'm an RN, have red hair, grew up with 8 brothers and am fully capable of handling myself. So, I called Dr. Vick out and told him that it had nothing to do with me not listening, but with him not knowing a thing about me, my lifestyle, or my capabilities. His disposition changed to business and said "So, should we just talk about the procedure". I said yes, and that was that.
Now then, some really good doctors I have worked with have had poor bedside manner. If I didn't end up with a nosocomial UTI after the procedure with a fever of 103.5 and no other symptoms, I'd probably give him an extra star. However, because that isn't the case and the string to the stent was pee'd out, I'm sticking to my opinion that he in general is just not a good doctor. He would be best to not be condescending to women or anyone in general anymore, especially strong women who may appear weak because of illness. It would also be wise of him to perhaps listen to his patients and not think that just because he has MD on his badge he knows all. Some of us feel strongly about preventative medicine and not all patients think or act the same. read more