Dr. Dale M Carter, MD

I have been seeing Dr. Carter for several years. She has really changed my life through the improvement of my chronic migraines. I am incredibly grateful for her and her staff. Caring, knowledgeable, personalizing., professional. They get me in and out in 30 MINUTES!!! For alternating •Botox and •trigger point and nerve block injections. Wonderful experience every time. -Lindsay Mitchell

Dr. Dale Carter is a monster. I have never met a Dr. like her before.I had a appointment on Feb.1 ,2019 she violated my patient's rights.I was diagnosed with a Brain Tumor and other things.She is the worst Droctor i have every seen

I saw all of the negative reviews but I thought I would give her the benefit of the doubt as she was new to UAMS and UAMS is supposed to be the gold standard. I should have listened to the reviews. I’ve been to specialists for 20 years because of my migraines so I know them well. My first visit she prescribes 4 meds. That night I have a violent reaction. I call and leave a msg…nothing. I email via MyChart and I get “Oh I’m sorry that happened, we’ll discuss other options at your next appointment.” 3 months later, at my next appointment. Let’s try more drugs, I wanted to try the new Aimovig, she didn’t want to do the paperwork. 2 months more of trying to get it I am told to stop asking for it, she won’t prescribe it. So there it is. 7 months, still at square 1 and she won’t prescribe a new targeted medication because she wants you to have to keep coming back. Apparently I have not had a unique encounter with her. Please don’t waste your time trying to get in to see her. Trust the… reviews. Don’t think this time things will be different, they won’t. I’m just trying to do you a solid and save you time. This is my opinion only based on my experience with Dr. Cater in 2018.

Dr Carter was amazing. She was able to get a 6 month migraine under control. In 2014 she diagnosed a rare inner ear issue that most people spend years trying to diagnose. I was able to get a diagnosis and surgery within 6 months.

Worst experience in my life. Worst Doctor, billing dept is chaos, nurse is rude. I regret every minute I spent in that clinic.

Dr. Carter could not wait to get rid of me during our appointments. Rolled her eyes when I asked questions to clarify. Asked me to keep a food diary and then shamed my food choices without giving constructive feedback. Asked about my history with mental illness & PTSD and then made light of my experience as a survivor of sexual assault. The office is extremely disorganized- referrals and prescriptions got messed up on several occasions- I felt lucky whenever anything would actually go right. The most frustrating- and quite honestly hurtful- experience I've ever had in a doctor's office.

$400 for half an hour and no actual treatment other than writing a prescription for pills. Clearly not a specialist in the field and wouldn't recommend for anyone suffering from migraines.

Amazing dr she so far is the best dr I have ever had

I've been seeing Dr. Carter for years and I think I'm finally ready to move on, especially after reading some of these reviews and realizing that I'm not alone, but most importantly, I cannot expect my condition to improve under her care. Over the years there have been a lot of frustrating instances of staff not calling back (although the front desk has been consistent, they no longer have the sweet people who knew me by name), misunderstanding prescriptions, being interpersonally passive aggressive, and generally negligent. I overlooked a lot of that because I didn't feel like I had a choice. Dr. Carter has also been extremely unprofessional, to the point where I started asking my partner to attend appointments with me. One review referenced annoying Dr. Carter and seeing a flash of anger - I definitely know that feeling. My partner pointed out that I would get visibly annoyed back (Dr. Carter actually told me to seek therapy for "assertiveness training" - that I was too… passive!) so I switched my tactic and became as easygoing and cheerful as possible, no matter what happened. When she gets my meds or medical history wrong, I furrow my brow and act like I'm stupid ("I thought that ...."). I thank her a lot. These things seem to work well. I was just prescribed a medication that is extremely contraindicated with another medication I am on. Life threateningly. Other courses of treatment I have asked about have gone unaddressed. She spends a long time and orders a lot of tests, but I agree with other reviewers that that doesn't always amount to something. My last round of tests were over $1400, and thank god I had good insurance then, because I was still stuck with over $200 of the bill. She wanted to raise the dosage of a medication I am on that interferes with my cognitive ability, after we just talked about how my menstrual migraines disrupt my schooling drastically and I was trying to amend that. On some of the review websites it says that she "treats this or that" or does this or that procedure, but in my experience, the first year of seeing her was a lot of tests and referrals to other specialists, none of which helped. She may do a particular procedure, but don't bother asking if it's an option, because she'll probably just ignore you. I feel like I'm starting to rant. Bottom line: obviously some people have a good experience with her, and it's worth a try if your insurance is good. But if you feel weird, know that it's NOT you, and things probably aren't going to get any better.

I've been experiencing severe daily headaches and some odd neurological symptoms for ~9 months. My primary referred me to Dr. Carter, who I've been seeing for 7 months now. The whole experience has been very, very strange. I've seen her over a dozen times, but at each appointment she has forgotten where my headaches are, the key symptoms I'm having...it's bizarre. She also forgets which tests she's ordered and what medications she's prescribed. And, she's prescribed MANY medications, more at every visit, switching me onto this and off of that, even though I keep saying I do NOT want to cover things up with medication - I'm sure something is wrong, heads are NOT supposed to feel like this, and we need to figure out WHY my head is hurting, I'm passing out, etc. She spends a LOT of time with you, which is great, of course! And she seems really nice and compassionate...at first. The trouble is, I'll explain in detail the very specific, and very consistent symptoms I'm having, but… it's like she's not really LISTENING to me. Everything gets lumped into "anxiety" or "migraine" or, her favorite, "rebound headache". When I started with her, she ordered a long list of tests. Among them was a cervical spine MRI and an MRA of my brain. I'd had an MRI of my brain, without contast, some months before (prior to these new, severe , very specific headaches) so she did not order one. Since then, she's insisted all my tests were clear - including an MRI she insists I was given. I've told her no, I'm sure I have NOT recently had an MRI; we've gone round and round on this. I finally insisted to the point she left to check my records. She came back 10 minutes later and confirmed, yes, I'd had an MRI recently and it was clear. Well. no. She was lying. I do not say this lightly or in jest. I truly think she could not admit she was wrong so she lied to me. After minimizing my problem for months, she finally said I should go to an inpatient treatment center out of state (basically she thinks I'm addicted to painkillers and that "nothing I do will have any effect until you're off pain medicine". I agreed to try this IF she would order a new MRI - if it was clear, I would go. Well, I got the results last week and it was NOT clear. There's a large (12mm) pineal cyst, in addition to some other minor findings. Um, I need brain surgery, and for months she's been refusing to acknowledge there could be anything going on besides some pain hypersensitivity due to my using too much pain medicine. (For the record, my G.P. has prescribed a relatively small amonut of opiates to help me survive these horrible headaches, until we could figure out what the problem is. The dosage has NOT changed in 8 months but still, Dr. Carter treats me like some opioid addict. I've told Dr. Carter I would truly, honestly be suicidal without pain medicine - the headaches are that bad. She just gives her rote answer that I must not take any pain medicine more than 2 days a week) Most importantly, even if a patient DID have addition problems, which I do not...is that any reason for a doctor to discount everything they're telling you? She would not listen and as a result I've gone months with daily, incapacitating headaches when an MRI would have shown (and finally DID show) exactly what was going on. And...she got the MRI results on Monday (I checked with the company that did the scan). I called several times, but she did not return calls. Finally, on Friday, I went to see my primary care doctor - I had the imaging company send the results to her - and we went over them together. Giant cyst (possibly tumor, but either way it needs to come out) glowing bright white in the middle of my brain. As of Sunday eve, Dr Carter STILL has not called me back. It's been a full week. At this point my confidence in her ability to make good decisions is zero and my primary is referring me to a major hospital (OHSU or St. V, depending on who can see me sooner) to make decisions on our next steps. The MRI report stated they think the cyst is impinging on CSF fluid flow, so I need further testing there, to start. Or they may go straight to more aggressive measures (biopsy, surgery.) I don't know...it's all so scary, I have a young son who needs his mom, I have to be okay. I need to function, need my job. To find out these results, finally an answer, and have a neurologist who won't return calls, and who you don't trust to decide whether you need the CSF fluid movement/pressure test, or what type of surgery...well, safe to say I do not recommend her.