Dr. Alan Frederic Ansher, MD

Each time I saw Dr Ansher he was incredibly rude, egotistical, and entirely unhelpful. He repeatedly refused to answer my questions saying ?you don?t need to get ahead of yourself.? And ?if you went to first year medical school, you would know the answer.? When I expressed concerns about increased cancer risk of a prescribed medication he said ?if you don?t take this medicine, you won?t live long enough to die of cancer.? He repeatedly gaslit me and denied that he told me things at prior visits. He insinuated that I caused my autoimmune disease through salmonella (??), which I have never had, and said I needed to be on a permanent liquid diet or he?d give me a feeding tube. When I complained of weight loss he commented that that was a positive, since I was getting married. Despite a year of treatment and his claim that he could cure me ?like that,? I am worse now than I have ever been despite being compliant with all medical directions. I would not recommend ANYONE to see this man.

Dr Ansher is very concerned and doesn’t miss a thing. He takes his time and you never feel rushed. Excellent Doctor!!!

I had a gallbladder that was about to explode. Went in for an exam and colonoscopy on Friday but was told I could not get results for two weeks because he was on Vacation. On Monday I was desperate and went into their offices and had to plead to see a doctor. By the time I got to the hospital, the surgeon told me I had very little time left before the gallbladder bladder burst and then my survival rate would have been 70%. He was so flippant and dismissive.

Dr. Ansher is an excellent doctor, but most of his front desk staff is rude and not professional, especially one girl that refused to give out her name and no manager on duty. Kasey refused to give out her name as well. This is second time I called the office and encountering poor customer service/horrible.

I have been a patient of Dr. Ansher's for over 15 years. I live in Gainesville so it's a long drive to see him in Alexandria, but I trust him and the trip is well worth it. He monitors my health, is a caring doctor, explains well, asks & answers questions, and I never feel rushed when I have office visits. Very personable, caring, communicative, and a wonderful diagnostician whom I trust and who explains in understandable terms. Highly recommended.

This doctor diagnosed my symptoms, found me the right meds, and followed up. Probably saved my life because I could have gotten a very very bad GI disease if not treated. I highly recommend.

The nurses were rude and dismissive. There was little privacy before and after my colonoscopy. Dr. Ansher seemed too in a rush to answer my questions. I was rushed out before I felt stable after anesthesia. I won't go back to him.

Going to see a gastroenterologist was not something I ever wanted to do but I was having an issue. I was extremely anxious but Dr. Ansher and his whole office just made me feel very comfortable and at ease. He is just one of the nicest doctors. The waiting room time was typical amount of waiting time, no big deal. The exam room part-- awesome-- I didn't even have to get undressed, which I was glad about. He just listened to what I told him was going on, asked a fair amount of questions, and then the next week I just had a colonoscopy done to see what was going on. The worst part of the colonoscopy was drinking that mixture the day before. The actual procedure was a breeze because I was out for it-- woke up from the procedure feeling like I just had the best nap ever. Anyway, all in all, this doctor, this practice-- excellent! Very nice, very kind, but also through yet quick to figure out what to do and to the point.

I would advise against going to see Dr. Ansher as well as his practitioner Beth Banker. Both of them seemed very unwilling to thoroughly investigate my symptoms and kept brushing them off, Beth even told me that all my symptoms were due to stress and I needed to see a psychiatrist rather than a GI specialist. The only time Dr. Ansher actually spent a decent amount of time with me was after an endoscopy and colonoscopy when he discussed the findings, other than that he stood by the door and was always in a rush during office visits and also seemed annoyed whenever I told him I had another question/concern. He looked over some bloodwork results I brought with me to my recent appointment and said one of the numbers was not good but that was as far as it got before he gave me a script for new medication and said he had another patient to see. Also be advised that as of three months ago Dr. Ansher and the rest of his staff are no longer seeing/accepting patients who have secondary… insurance. Trying to get your medical records sent to you or elsewhere is a challenge, you have to fill out an online form and write a check for $15 to cover their postage/handling (the only exception to the fee is if you are seeing a new specialist or primary doctor). You also have to allow 15 days for them to look everything over and send the records, which would not have worked for me due to having an appointment with a new specialist within a week, thankfully my primary doctor was able to straighten that out. I finally have a diagnosis after seeing the new specialist who took the time to investigate everything, both my primary doctor and I wish he had referred us there rather than to Dr. Ansher.

He is a very warm, caring and professional doctor.