Dr. Anna L Varghese, MD

Dr. Varghese and her team compassionately cared for my husband during his illness and I will be forever grateful

Dr Varghese was appointed as the doctor of my father. Unfortunately she was one of these doctors that assumes rather than base their comments on real data. She was pessimistic from day one saying that my dad won't be able to handle the treatment, although he was able to and she was proven wrong. She always showed pity and had sad facial expressions towards my father, she lacked empathy with the family of the patient and did not welcome any comments nor listen to the family's concerns and remarks. She went on a holidays leave which resulted in my father's treatment delay without consulting with her team on the proper course of action which led to the cancer spreading in my father's body. When she came back from her leave, she had her office call to reschedule our appointment although it was very important for us to meet her and understand where my father's treatment plan stands, and we refused to reschedule. She later on pushed our appointment to the last appointment in the day although… our appointment was at 1pm, she pushed us till 6pm. Disregarding the fact that my father is a cancer patient that had radiation earlier in the same day. It was also very hard to contact her, and she would call at a late hour in the day or even not call at all. I would never recommend her to anyone.

I won't recommend this doctor to anyone. My family member was assigned to her when admitted. I agree with the other comment that she does not show enough care towards her patients. More disturbing to me is that she does not appear competent in her field. If she was, she was not able to communicate or relate that to patients and care-givers. She did not treat the caregivers as a team to support the patient. She could not explain the options of treatments well. Her overall communication skills were poor.