Dr. Carol Sprague Savage, MD

I loved Dr. Savage when I lived in the area. She really cares about her patients needs and listens to every detail and addresses every concern. She is kind, empathetic, efficient and knowledgeable. She diagnosed many problems I was having and helped me get needed care for everything that other doctors ignored or passed off. She was amazing and I still recommend her to friends years later. I no longer live in the area, but thanks to her, I have ongoing care for all the diagnosis she found for me. E. Burke

All my experiences with this woman have been very poor. She shows no sign to improving her behavior and treating patients equally.

I was assigned her as my primary care doctor by MassHealth. I saw her once for a physical/ intake session. I will never go to her again. I do not trust her to perform medicine on me. Once inside the room with her she told me it was ok to remove her mask and we could talk freely. I told her that went against all the guidelines we've been given about Covid 19. She said that "the masks we're wearing do not protect against viruses. And since we are 6ft away it doesn't matter anyway." She finally put her mask back on after I told her she was making me uncomfortable. She repeatedly called the current worldwide pandemic "the COVID thing", saying that I seemed anxious about it. When I complained of interrupted sleep and back pain, she said that it could be related to me watching the news before bed, something I don't actually do. She belittled her office assistant loudly in front of me and acted in a very unprofessional manner, reading my ailments loudly while other patients were in the… intake room. She had to repeat everything we had discussed over and over again as if she couldn't remember something that had happened moments before. She made me uncomfortable and she made me feel bad about asking her to uphold the guidelines that the state of Massachusetts has issued. I will not take any medical recommendations from her. I truly don't think she should be treating anyone medically. She should not be trusted.

Yo she sucks

This MD office is disorganized but has improved from several years ago when the office was a complete disaster. (medical records stacked on the floor in disarray, stressed out receptionist etc) She hires non-medical staff to check you in & take vital signs & current history so she doesn't have to pay them much. The wait time is long & you must expect 1 - 2 hours before even being seen. for me it was a whole day event to see her. She routinely prescribed me multiple meds that needed monthly refills & she requires you to return monthly to see her for refills (I think she does that to get patients coming in just for refills so you are in & out quick when you finally see her & she gets insurance payments for your visit) If you have monthly med refills needed then you must fill out paperwork monthly. It is clearly done to cover her involvement if you have a medication issue, it reduces or clears her of any medical complications you may have from all the meds she prescribes. She… had a partner MD in her office who lost his license for over- prescribing narcotics a few years ago. She tightened up her practice after that but with her non-medical staff her office still struggles to be organized. She has certain "pain patients" (her receptionists term) that get narcotic pain meds & other controlled meds every month & they need to see her monthly because they become addicted to the meds & need to see her for refills or they will go into withdrawal symptoms. (A way to collect easy payments monthly from insurance companies) "Every patient receives vitamin D for low vit D levels" as her receptionist told me & yes I got put on it too. Many patients get a Lyme disease diagnosis & get multiple long term antibiotics like I did. You can get confused as to what your own health issues are because she fixates on certain health issues like Lyme. I'm giving my honest opinion here & I don't want to speak bad about anyone but you are safer seeing her if you yourself are an RN or medical professional so you can help direct your own care. I saw her for 7 years then she suddenly terminated me as a patient after my insurance changed & had me sign something about my termination that I don't remember what it was but i'm sure it must have been something to absolve her of any wrongdoing. I was dropped like nothing & then had no PCP to see if I needed one. They are right on top of the insurance rules & reg's & will speak to you about insurance issues, what your balance is & tell you that they won't see you unless you make payments like they did to me. The MD hired someone for just that issue, payment & how to maximize insurance $ like adding a list of 10 - 20 diagnoses that you have that they don't even speak to you about.. I'm not kidding. She's good with preventative health measures & offers suggestions & documents for issues like cardiac & respiratory issues, flu prevention etc. See her if you have the time & are healthy, then you can make your own decision to keep seeing her or not. Don't let her staff bother or intimidate you & don't go around 1 pm when they all leave for their lunch hour.

Her staff are so rude and arrogant. After years of putting up with her and her operation I switched to acton medical. I used to see her just beacuse living in harvard it was convenient but i am so much better off now. Rude, disorganized, and arrogant staff!

I'm honestly surprised this woman is still in practice. Extremely unprofessional, rude and unhelpful. I was referred to her by Tim Jackson regarding MTHFR and Lyme issues as well as other more serious health issues. I left her office in tears after waiting two hours to see her then being bullied by her and three of her office staff when she didn't even address the issue I went there for which was very serious and landed me in the hospital. When I politely insisted that I have more time with her than the ten minutes she gave after a two hour drive there and additional two hour wait and my issue not being addressed, her and her staff blew up at me and stated that I was cutting into their lunch time. She prescribed a dangerous antibiotic which should only be used in life or death circumstances due to the black box warning on it. Thankfully I'm a nurse and knew this before I took it. I would never recommend this doctor to anyone that cares about their health or sanity.

I had gone there 3 years before and loved my experience, I became pregnant and started going to OBGYN and then miscarried. Starting working with a fertility specialist and had my records on my Thyroid and Lyme disease sent to the specialist. A long 2 year process of working with specialists I had a baby. Now having post partum issues and called to make an appointment to review my thyroid and anxiety and they were so rude because I had records transferred! I have never dealt with someone so rude and insensitive! Wait time even with my pressing problems 2 months and she didn't even want to hear what I needed to be seen for! This doctor needs a new nurse!!!

Watch out. She can pop in a second at the bedside if you ask for any supporting documentation on your diagnosis. She is smart, but not professional in the way in which she handles requests. She can be very emotional, accusatory and unprofessional.

Doctor fixated on Lyme disease and seems to have no appreciation that the excessive prescribing of antibiotics can result in many of the symptoms she will diagnose. The doctor seems to have a true inability to engage in a dialogue and will often jump into long monologues on Lyme disease using tupperware models she has place around her office as props. It seems she goes on auto-pilot. When asked a question her typical response is "that's up to you. I can't tell you what to do. You signed a form." The form she is referring to is a from she has written and asks patients to sign in an attempt to absolve her for liability associated seeing every one who walks through her office doors as a Lyme disease patient. Wait time in waiting room and examining room intolerable. Staff and the doctor are very unorganized. Office staff, the doctor herself, the office waiting & examining rooms, all have an unkept appearance. I am wary of web reviews myself, but felt compelled to share my… experience. This doctor and her practice should be under very serious Board scrutiny. Her practice is a disaster waiting to happen.