I was recently diagnosed with breast cancer and wanted to weigh my options regarding doctors and putting a team together. I had heard that Dr. William Burak was good so I contacted his office...and it was the worst experience I have ever had in my 56 years of life! The office line rarely answered, I was on hold for over 48 minutes at one of my attempts, I was told they would get back to me to schedule an appointment too many time to count, and of course they never did. At this point I knew I made the right call by selecting another surgeon but I still wanted a second opinion and so I continued to play this ridiculous game of trying to simply schedule an appointment. I finally got in to see him and (no joke - sat in my room for over 40 minutes until anyone even came in to see me - it's really bad!!) I basically told him that I was interested in his thoughts on my pathology reports and he said they looked "fine" and that I have a small tumor and he believes I'm on the right path. So I asked him if he's looked at my reports and he says "yes"!So I told him, and his nurse and his nurse coordinator, they were all in the room, that I would like a report from his pathologist and he said it would be sent with in the week. I bet you're seeing where this is going...a week came and went and I continued to call to see where my reports were as my surgery (with another team of doctors Thank God!!) was coming up and I really needed this report! I was finally told that they didn't have my pathology report and in fact, had NEVER had it so he full on LIED to me that he had seen it!! I did some investigating and found out the MUSC had never sent them the pathology report so my other surgeon went ahead and got a second reading for me before my surgery. This is most definitely NOT a doctor I would trust with my life so beware and be careful! Do your homework and find the right doc for you, and be sure they're honest!. read more