Svetlana Barrett

After being a patient of Dr Khans for nearly a decade, I began to have issues with his NP Svetlana Barrett. I complained many times to Dr. khan about this and he kept encouraging me to just deal with her and ask him to pop into my appts. “Lana” was not accurately documenting everything being discussed in our appointments. The procedures (approximately9 spinal injections and 2 RFAs, and a spinal cord stimulator) were not working, and we had reached a point of turning to medication management. Yet this was not documented ANYWHERE in my notes. I called and left multiple messages asking for my notes to be updated to accurately reflect what was discussed in those appointments. I was ignored. I was even prescribed a narcotic medication that also wasn’t documented in my visit summary. I finally made another appointment and informed Lana that I would be recording the appt since the notes weren’t accurate. She threw a fit, walked out, Dr khan completely flipped on me after being a loyal patient… for YEARS. He immediately discharged me as a patient due to my attempt to use voice recording. Then, in the note/summary from that visit, they FABRICATED my notes saying I was observed doing things that never happened, that I was upset because they wouldn’t say I can’t work (not true, but as I was pursuing disability, it was extremely important for my notes to accurately reflect my experience). I had a witness there and I still have the recording as proof. Because it’s a private practice they can lie and turn on you at any moment. The practice manager even told me, also on the recording with her consent, that they can write anything they want in the notes and there’s nothing I can do to change it. In the ruling from the judge on my ssdi case, they specifically quoted the visit summary from this practice, which again was a complete lie, leading to my denial. On top of that, before that last note, my visit summaries hadn’t been updated for months, still had old outdated information about my daily and professional activities. Dr. Khan and Svetlana ruined my medical reputation as a patient, my chance for ssdi, my chances at receiving the support I need and deserve. The receptionist at the next provider I saw made a comment about how they had a lot of people transferring care away from this practice. If you choose to go here, read EVERY note. Document everything! And protect YOURSELF. It should be illegal for providers to abuse their power like this and ruin their patients’ lives. I was devastated, I had a great relationship with Dr khan and then this turned into the worst medical experience of my life.