Shailesh P Upadhyay, MD

I would not go to this dr agian ever!! He was rude, inconsiderate , and he has no business being a pain managment Dr. If you are honest with him and tell him you are in pain, he yells at you, calls you a addict and make you feel about 1 inch high. I walked out of there crying and my nerves were so tore up I then needed something for that. His staff NEVER smiles. They are as rude as he is. My husband came with me on one visit and he said he didn't care what we had to do but I was not to go back to that circus. That Dr. has serious issues and I have been in there when he cursed his nurses out and ran her out of the office. Very unprofessional . If you need to see a Dr, don't go here!!!!

I apologize for the language but the only word that comes to mind is "shithole". Horrible attitude by Dr and staff..extremely long wait(3hrs the waiting area itself is disgusting. Very questionable ethics also. Go to Gadsden. If you don't, then don't say I didn't warn you.

He is supposed to manage your pain that what he is paid for. When I told him the medicine wasnt lasting long enough, that I was in severe pain, they starting accusing me of being a drug addict. I am not an addict what I am is in pain and if he were doing his job he would manage it. Not a good Dr. Rude and Obnoxious Staff also.

Because I informed the dr that I was still n alot of pain after trying the meds he prescribe me n after they flushed all my meds from prior pain dr he said loadly n rudly If this dont help then you get out of my office go find you anothet dr. He left me in tears,nothing but 2 weeks of meds that eere not working. I asked what I had done wronge he said nothing just get out. This was my second time to his office. Very hatefull Angry no compassion and ill manored individual. There should be a law against what he has done.

ND HERE YOU ARE CRYING HURTING AFRAID AND NO MEDICATION. AND NOWAER TO GO.; THIS SHOULD BE A LAW IT;S OKAY TO GIVE YOU THIS MEDICATION GET YOU HOOKEDAND THROW YOU OUT JUST LIKE THAT . HE IS NOT A DOCTOR. HE IS A VERY MONEY HUNGREY - GRETTIE SELFFISH NO MANNERD MAN. AND BECAUSE OF HIM I WENT TO RMC A VERY SICK WOMAN IN NEED OF HELP.... HE NEEDS TO BE PUT IN OUR SHOES PAIN IS NOT SOMETHING AN DOCOTOR SHOULD PLAY WITH.AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT THE REASON FOR OUR DEPART IS BECASUCE THE SHOTS HE GIVES IS SO PAINFUL THAT YOU NEED MEDICATION AFTER THEM.I COULD GO ON SO MUCH ABOUT THIS DOCTOR BUT I WILL JUST LEAVE SOME COMMENTS FOR SOME MORE PATEINTS OR WE WOULDNT HAVE ROOM FOR ONE ANOTHER TO PUT THEIR COMMENTS.. I DO KNOW IT IS THE LAW TO JUST MAKE YOU LEAVE WITHOUT ONE MONTHS SUPPLIE OF MEDICATOIN I HAD TO LEARN THIS THE HARD WAY THROGH THIS DOCTOR..YOU CALL ALABAMA STATE BOARD OF MEDICINE. I DID..........THANK YOU FOR READING THIS . GOD BLESS YOU ALL THAT GO TO HIM..

I've been seeing Dr. Upadhyay for about 6 months. He did do another MRI on my back and his diagnosis was exactly what I had been told by other doctors. I have problems in my uppers spine as well as severe detoriation in my lower spine. Dr. Upadhyay has yet to address the problems in my upper back. I have had 6 shots to the lower and this last one has put me in bed so far for over 5 days. I can't sit or stand and my upper arm area is beyond his pain meds. I just want to be semi-pain free with as little meds as possible. I wish Dr. Upadhyay would be more approachable to actually have a discussion with him about my concerns.I'm not sure what I'm going to do but I have to have some relief from this pain. I've never had the shots make me hurt worse but this one has.

He let's his nurse's do all the work for him. All he has to do is sign the scripts and let you be on your way. He doesn't want to talk to you after the first visit. They just want to make sure you have enough pills to do you til you come back the time. I think its all an insurance thing. The shot that was suppose to last a year didn't. And now it's back worse than ever. And going down my leg more. I just want something done about the pain with out all the pills and shots. And I would like a doctor that will sit down and talk to me.

I transferred to Spine and Brain after the doctor I had been seeing for several years moved away. Having my spine seriously injured as a teenager has caused it to detiorate quite rapidly over the years resulting in surgery and the need for pain management. So I have been to a number of pain clinics through the years, but nothing could have prepared me for the loud, hateful manner in which this doctor treated me. I was so shocked I was in tears. I walked out and returned to the car where my daughter-in-law, who is a health care professional, was waiting. She was so angry she wanted to go in and confront them because she said he had violated some law, but a nurse rushed out to get me saying the doctor wanted to apologize...probably to stay out of trouble in regards to whatever law my daughter-in-law was talking about. Needless to say, that was my last visit there and I would strongly advise anyone in the area to go elsewhere...anywhere else!