Dr. Norris A Royston, MD

Dr. Royston, is compassionate, dedicated, innovative and intelligent, He is the quintessential, home town, physician. His drive to educate, his patients and his community, is unending. Simply, the best!

Dr. (Ren) Royston is one of the most dedicated and caring doctors I have ever met or been affiliated with, in my 70 plus years. Not only will he see you if needed at the drop of a hat. He will call you at home to check on you. How many doctors will give you their cell phone number? He will also help you find the best specialist as needed. He is wonderful

Doctor Royston has all the qualities most could only hope for! He is brilliant, knowledgeable and caring. He looks after my wife and I with the greatest techniques and combines that with taking the time to truly know his patients. He loves his work and does it extremely well!

I am very comfortable with Dr. Royston, have been seeing him for 20 years or more. Shorter office wait times in the morning. Very thorough.

Hi is my doctor. He was able to treat me and get me treatment in a specialized program that was very successful. We moved away from the area. Then moved back,and even though we do not live close I still take the trip just to keep him as my doctor. I am 56 and have never felt that way about a doctor in my life.

Doctor Royston is caring, well-informed and stays on top of his patient's problems. He has gone way above and beyond in my family's care on several occasions and I couldn't be more grateful. He also stays abreast of the latest research and does not go overboard in treatment, but stays with a practical and consistent approach. I believe he is one of the best GPs in the area.

There is little continuity of advice from visit to visit and I have numerous examples of his incompetence. For example: Royston doesnt have a basic understanding of research (I have a research based PhD). He spuriously criticized a meta analysis linking Avandia to increased risk for heart attack and continued to prescribe it despite my complaints of chest pains and the availability of an alternative. When I refused to take Avandia and demanded the alternative, the chest pains went away. I was diagnosed with diabetes 5 yrs ago by a different doctor; Royston neglected to check my kidneys for 2 yrs; when he finally checked, they were damaged. He claimed he liked to wait 6 months before checking kidneys, despite the fact that I was diagnosed 5 yrs ago). We couldnt get BP under control (which contributes to kidney damage); he referred me to a kidney specialist after discovering my kidney damage and the specialist simply raised a medication originally prescribed by Royston to maximum dosage… and BP dropped to normal level. He was once 30 minutes late for a 7 a.m. appointment (his first of the day)