Alapatt F Thomas, MD

DONT BOTHER HE MAKES YOU THINK HE CARES AND THEN TALKS ABOUT THE PATIENT WHEN THEY LEAVE. HE IS THE BUSINESS FOR MONEY ONLY. HE ALSO WILL NOT TAKE A PATIENT IF THEY HAVE A LOW COPAY MONEY.ND SOMETIMES HE WILL NOT TAKE A PATIENT IF THEY HAVE ALOW COPAY.

The office staff are great, and I wonder how they manage to deal with this doctor! It was easy to get an appointment, but there were several patients already in the waiting room and getting in to see the doctor, since it seems the order of the sign in sheet is what is followed.Had to wait about 15 minutes in the exam room. When he came in, he seemed kind of tired. Then in the middle of telling him what my problem was, the doctor's phone rang and he proceeded to talk about stocks and how he "wanted the money!" to someone who must have been a buisness partner! This went on for over 5 minutes! Sat there waiting for him to finish his conversation. After talking about my problem and a brief examination, he went to his chair and asked me a few more questions. While I was talking ---- I am not kidding!!!! ---- he apparently FELL ASLEEP in the chair! I had to talk again to wake him up!!!!Then he gave me a new prescription and a written refill. In my car, I looked and saw that the refill was written in the wrong dose. Had to go back up there and tell the receptionist it was wrong and wait for her to flag down the doctor and get a new prescription written.I have alot of worries about this doctor.

I have given this doctor several chances and he is the worst doctor I've ever visited. He has ordered the wrong medication for me four times in the past year, constantly sends prescriptions to the wrong pharmacy even after he asks me directly which one to send them to, and is dismissive during sessions. His new receptionist is a doll, but it's not enough to make up for his terrible habits. Do yourself a favor and find someone else.

I spent 25 minutes waiting (which is really no big deal) for the doctor. Once I got to one of the rooms, I waited a further 10 minutes for the doctor to come in and he answered a phone at the desk in the exam room.He proceeded to deal with personal business while listening to my concerns regarding my health. In between discussing social club business on the phone and hearing my symptoms, he wrote two scrips and basically said 'good luck.'I was experiencing a number of side effects from one of the scrips that he wrote and which were concurrent with concerning side effects per the pharmacy's included documentation. I called to voice my concerns and get guidance from the doctor, and he simply told me to 'stop taking it then.' I then asked what it could replaced with and he rushed me off the phone saying 'just stop it, you'll be fine.' I was taking a drug which you CAN NOT simply abruptly STOP taking. People who require said drug are to be 'weaned' off of it. His complete disregard for my health and well being was unconscionable and extremely disappointing. I changed primary care doctors immediately, and on my first visit and description of symptoms, I was put back on an alternate drug with a 'weaning off' plan from the start, had a full blood panel done, and was given a follow up call a few days later. Needless to say, unless you are the treasurer of the local chamber of commerce or whatever social group the doctor belongs to, you won't get much of his time, or attention for that matter.