Dr. Tina Mathew, MD

Unprofessional, rude, condescending and poor bedside manners. She did not even know what she is ordering half of the time. She failed to make the even the most basic diagnosis and work up. She is unable to give a reason why she orders certain tests and then yells at the patient for asking. I would not go to NYP WCMC as long as she continues to work there.

After waiting 4 hours in a relatively calm ER (11pm-3am), Tina Matthew failed to rule out the most likely diagnosis with appropriate testing (portal vein thrombosis), perhaps unaware of the poor sensitivity of her chosen test without the appropriate protocol, and also failing to recognize that the results were suggestive of that diagnosis (superior mesenteric collateral veins present, mistakenly deemed stable by the radiologist in error as comparison was made with a past scan when active clot was present, and since been resolved). Not recognizing this, she then failed to do any further testing, and despite my history of having presenting to the ER twice in the past (and only twice) and having major clots both times, she shrugged off all presenting symptoms without any further testing. Did not talk to my primary physician who directed me to go to the ER despite being affiliated with the same hospital. I could barely respond when by primary provider asked what my d dimer (blood test for… clot) was and I had to say “she didn’t draw it. I did point this out to her, although I didn’t see my CT was as concerning as now realize it was, and she was beyond dismissive.