Dr. Warren L Reidel, MD

The doctor was negligent and it lead to life threatening damage to my pancreas. In short, I went in with a totally normal and healthy pancreas and got out with chronic pancreatitis and severe trauma to the pancreas. He made a cut that was not necessary in first place and placed a old fashioned stent in the pancreas that migrated upstream. He was negligent about it and did not notice that the stent migrated when I went for an examination. I was being told that the system would have got rid of the stent by itself and that I can go home. Thankfully I decided to go to a different hospital where I underwent multiple procedures and prolonged hospitalization for the mistake he made.

After some severe, life-altering GI issues, I was referred to a GI specialist that wasn't available for over a month. I got re-directed to a fellow of Dr. Reidel's to be seen more quickly. The fellow was great, very attentive, and then left the room for about 2 minutes. Dr. Reidel came in, saw that I had "yes" down for cannabis use and without asking when I started or how it affected symptoms, proceeded to tell me I have Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome. Dr. Reidel clearly didn't have an appreciation for how much pain I have been in and if he'd asked a few questions, would have realized that my ten years of GI history were well established before I ever turned to medical cannabis to help with the very symptoms I was in his office to have diagnosed. As I mentioned, I have 10 yrs of history with ulcers, fissures, c. diff, diarrhea, etc. This man walked in, saw a younger, otherwise healthy person and completely blew me off. I mentioned I was going to Thailand and worried about IBS symptoms on such a long flight - he told me to "stay away from that Thai marijuana" I was in a bit of shock during the appointment but I really hope that Dr. Reidel knows that people typically go to see him because they've been suffering and don't know where to turn. If he had taken five minutes to read the notes that the fellow took, he would have seen that my symptoms were in no way caused by CHS. I'm sure he's a good Dr. in many ways but if you're looking for someone that's engaged with their practice and seriously interested in helping improve the lives of their patients, you may want to look elsewhere.

Dr Reidel performed my colonoscopy. I wasn't awake during the procedure, but I guess he did a good job. He told me he's done thousands of them.