Dr. Celia Carolyn Thiedke, MD

This will not be my first choice or even fourth choice place of healthcare to go to. Rude and industrial customer service stripped from courtesy and caring. No follow up. The right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing. Aside from the courteous resident intern doctor who took the time to explain and not just run away after 20 seconds with the patient. Everything else felt and still feels like stopping to get a sandwich from those fast food places that actually end up making your stomach upset and not feeling well. No follow up. No billing explanation. No customer care.

I have recommended Dr Thiedke to many friends and they all love and respect her. She is one of the great Family Practice Physicians in the Charleston area.I like that she looks at the over-all picture, is very caring, and knows how to manage chronic conditions without making the patient feel like it is the end of the world.Dr Thiedke considers your over-all health not just the one condition that may have brought you in to the office. Not every little problem or symptom requires a new prescription...She follows-up on each and every test, request, form, and more. If you want a doctor that cares, that reminds you of your old-time family doctor - she is your doctor. In additon,m Dr Thiedke is an Asst Professor of Medicine at MUSC, and has recently returned from Africa with Drs Without Borders twice.

Dr Thiedke is the best Primar Care physician I have ever had. My health is greatly improved and I am very pleased ith my over-all Quality of Life.This doctor does not believe in all those diagnostic test guidelines that cost gazillions of dollars. She reminds me of my very first family doctor, who used to come to the house and take care of me and my family when we were sick. The only difference is that now I don't know of any doctors who make house-calls.Her manner is very relaxed, yet she is very thorough. I even got permission to take Vitamins and Supplements!Dr Thiedke has gone out of her way at times to assure that I was responding to a course of treatment - she really cares.This doctors' referrals are stupendous. There has not been one doctor she has sent me to that I do not love and admire!She is like 'family'...Maybe that is what the "Family" means in Family Practice!All kidding aside, if you can manage your own healthcare [for instance, I list all my meds in a book and make… sure I take that list and get the refills I need when seeing her. This frees up lots of time so we can discuss other concerns or ideas I have about my treatment plan. I also note when my bloodwork is due, thus saving even more of her precious time that we can use for ther discussions. So, if you can 'micro-manage' your own stuff like this, Dr Thiedke will have more time with you while at an office visit.A kind, caring and truly concerned physician and friend, she is a thorough diagnostician who is more like the doctors of yesteryear.Less is more when it comes to medications.....