Dr. Vinay Nikhil Minocha, MD

My mom had stage one cancer when diagnosed. Her first line oncologist was at MD Anderson in Houston Texas. They said we could do chemo anywhere but recommended to have surgery at MD Anderson. Since we live in South Florida we decided to do her chemo with University of Miami Sylvester comprehensive cancer center. With Minocha she did two months of chemo before surgery which was very effective. Tumor shrunk fifty percent. She then had a Whipple surgery at MD Anderson in Houston. Pathologist said the tumor was sixty percent dead. The oncologist in Houston then recommended to continue chemo at a REDUCED DOSE, then tyrated up to acquire tolerance. I told Minocha what the oncologist recommended and begged him to give her a reduced dose because the first two months of it was beating her up. Unfortunately Minocha didn't listen to me nor what our oncologist in Houston recommended. He gave her a full dose totally disregarding that she just had major surgery. This dose broke her will to continue… chemo. Minocha never gave her a chance. Three months later my mom showed a recurrence of cancer in a CT scan. So he changed to a different chemo which made the cancer spread even worse. Now my mom is in stage four in hospice and I totally blame Minocha for my mom's current situation. We never felt he listened to any of our concerns. Constantly talked over me. He is very passive. In the middle of his "care" his whole team changed new nurse practitioner and nurses, not sure if they all quit. We once waited three hours for a follow up appointment, so we had to leave without seeing him but they charged my mom's insurance for a visit. Normally our visits lasted eleven minutes. My mom visited the emergency hospital a few times, Two of which he sent us there and everytime he had no clue we were there even after messaging the team on MyChart. Our last hospital visit they told us that after five days in UM hospital that Minocha hasn't responded. His team rarely ever even acknowledged our MyChart messages. It has been the worst care team I have ever experienced. He is completely out of touch. I would never recommend him to anyone. I wish I could change to zero stars on this review because of how careless and negligent he is.