I saw this pain clinic director at my personal care physician's recommendation after moving to Nashville from Iowa. An LPN performed the entire exam. He did not examine me at all. I had all of my medical records with me and all my bottles of pills. She took the information to him and shortly afterwards he entered the room, introduced himself and told me that my current treatment was wrong because the medication I was on was ineffective. (I've been taking medication for 4 years for relief of severe chronic pain and it's the only thing that has helped substantially). He didn't give me a chance to explain this. He stated that certain medications lose their effectiveness, but this was not the case for me. I take 30 mg/day and have been for 4 years with the same effectiveness. Then he said he had a procedure that was a spinal stimulator. It is an invasive procedure that I've had the option of taking before, but upon doing research, only about 50% of people that have had the procedure get about 50% pain relief. I don't believe in fixing something that isn't broken. When I told him that I was not interested, he offered no more information, did not try to explain it to me at all. He merely looked away and quickly walked out of the room muttering ""iI can't have you as a patient"".\r
Such behavior I've never seen in my 48 years, and I've seen 30+ doctors in that time.\r
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In summation, he performed no exam, read very little if any of my medical history I provided him, asked no questions about the effectiveness of my current treatment, gave me no information on the particular procedure he had in mind and was very rude and\r
unprofessional in his behavior. I would not recommend this guy to anyone in pain since he didn't include my in my treatment in any way. My opinions and thoughts did not matter to this guy.
Pros: Parking
Cons: waiting time, LPN performed the exam, Dr, spent 20 seconds conferring with me
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