Dr. Benjamin Robert Solomon, MD

This guy, that’s right, no respect for him as a doctor. He is a disgrace to the profession. He begrudgingly cared for (and I use the term extremely loose) for my father. As we waited for an updated on my fathers condition, he walked arrogantly into my fathers hospital room and the first thing he did was to judge my father on his appearance. He basically said that my father was not worth his care because he was overweight. Mind you, this was the first time we were meeting him and vice versa. His assistant later walked over to me and a family friend as we were discussing outside the room what just happened. He apologized for Solomon’s behavior, stated that although he was rude, he is the best. To which I replied, “if the best isn’t willing to give my veteran father his best.. what good is he? I’d rather have the #2 guy if he’ll give my dad the best care.” Needless to say, we reported him to St. Mary and the following day he approached me in my fathers room, not realizing I was in the… room when he degraded my fathers value and proceeded to tell me that he felt that my family “misunderstood him the other day”. I just looked at him square in the eye and said, “I was here, I know exactly what was said”. He immediately stopped trying to convince me otherwise. He knows he’s a creep. I can only hope he gets treated worse when he is in a time of need. I wouldn’t take my worst enemy to this guy.

We met Dr. Solomon in the ER at Saint Mary's. He seemed somewhat knowledgeable but his bedside manner and biased way of dealing with patients was atrocious. He did help my husband and I am grateful for that. However, he handled a scary, life threatening situation by making rude, accusatory comments to us and trying to avoid any questions that were asked. He also made snap judgements about my husband's health and how he cares for himself which were unfounded and incorrect. If he was questioned about anything, he raised his voice and kept insisting he was right. He made things a lot worse and more upsetting than they needed to be.

Dr. Solomon exhibits great respect for his patients and their families, and is very good at helping them understand the exact nature of the patient's condition and how it will be treated. When no one else was able or willing to do so, Dr.Solomon helped me understand and deal with the nature of my spouse's terminal condition.

Dr. Solomon saved my life a year ago when I had to have an open thorocotomy for a severe empyema. He along with my surgeon demonstrated supreme skill and professionalism. Tahoe was clear and direct when dealing with my family over the course of my week long intubation.

Soloman does not have a bedside manor . I won't even call him a doctor. A true doctor respects people and their privacy, unlike soloman. As I heard him discussing how disgusting on of his patients was for not following orders to exercise and diet. Never would trust this man!

I love Dr. Solomon. He is extremely intelligent, caring, and has a great bed side manner, which is why you have such along wait for an appointment. All doctors should be like him. His staff is also caring. You will not be dissatisfied with him.