Dr. David Abba Krendel, MD

Went for EMG. HORRIBLE mistake. He was repeatedly jamming the needles in my hands, wrists, thumbs & elbows as if I was not a live, breathing person; also, he was very robotic in his mannerisms. No conversation & few words responses when I asked a question.

Dr Krendel is absolutely amazing!!! He listens to your concerns and is extremely knowledgeable. I can't express enough how wonderful he is! I've seen people leave poor reviews which are crazy. They are not truly describing him. I would recommend him in a heartbeat!

I saw Dr. Krendel for pain, weakness, memory, numbness, lack-of-sleep, stiffness, severe back spasms and tremors. Dr. Krendel provided me with a diagnosis and medication. The medication helped with the back spasms, some weird aches, and assisted with minimizing the tremors. Dr. Krendal did not explain what his diagnosis meant or what I should expect now or in the future. After a tough diagnosis, you would think there would be some empathy, discussion of what to expect, support group information, a pamphlet -something from the doctor. I didn’t receive anything from Dr. Krendel but a “Have a good day, see you in 3 weeks” and this should have been my first alarm. I walked around in a daze, didn’t share anything with my family, and I had great difficulty accepting Dr. Krendel’s diagnosis. As a result, I did my own research. In my mind, everything was attributed to his diagnosis since each individual diagnosed with the similar symptoms, had many unexplained symptoms/health… issues. On my first follow-up visits, I discussed experiencing facial tremors, which he noticed and added a medication to the regime. When I asked about the medication and its side-effects, he said, “It can increase your pulse”. Still in a daze, I went through the motions of taking my meds and really just shutdown and sunk into a deeper depression. One part of me was relieved to be able to have a name for my health issues while the other part of me was wondering what I am in for long-term. Thoughts like the pressure that my family would experience due to a neurological disease that I may not be able to control in the future, who will care for me, is it fair to put my loved ones through hardship!? In the interim, I had other symptoms and called the office. The receptionist told me that Dr. Krendel wanted to see me. When I went in this time and discussed what was happening, I was met with laughter from Dr. Krendel which he caught himself, stopped and apologized. As I continued to talk, he then proceeded to push his chair back, perform a face-palm, snort, shake his head and type, type, type. I am providing you a true and accurate accounting of my experience with him. I can honestly say that I have never been treated with such disrespect, disdain, and unprofessionalism with a doctor before. I was literally in disbelief of his treatment and I did not take up for myself in those moments. His behavior has given me doubt in my diagnosis, belief in his doctors and another notch in the belt for simple human decency. I understand that God gives us all gifts. Many times we don’t take advantage of what we have been given or take poor advantage of the gift so I can’t judge him on that front but on the oath that doctor’s take? Dr. Krendle’s oath is invalid because he has done harm. I am in a deeper depression because of Dr. Krendel. *Zero in empathy *Zero in bedside manner (people skills) *Zero in care/concern *Zero in his own abilities of diagnosing *Zero in etiquette *Zero in decency *Zero in fitting a prescription to the needs of a patient/over prescribing/prescribing medications that people have had problems with in the past. This was a long read I am sure but important to help you in making a decision to see someone who will treat you as you deserved to be treated as a person and patient. In looking for other doctors, I am sad to say that many neurologists in Georgia do not have good reviews which places people at such a great disadvantage in care. If you do find good reviews, it can take 6-months or more to get in with the doctor or you may end up not seeing that doctor but their associate instead that may not have reviews. While extremely long, I hope this has been helpful to you.

Most of the time, he typed away. He didn't seem to listen or care what I was telling him about my symptoms. He misdiagnosed me but assured me he was accurate with his diagnosis. He then did a physical exam, and when I thought the end of the physical exam was over, he did something that made me feel creepy and uncomfortable. I am an easy-going patient with doctors, but this didn't feel right. I wouldn't recommend him at all to ANYONE.

My husband had bypass surgery and developed shakes and tremors from the surgery. Both his surgeon and cardiology doctor refered him to a neurologist at the office where Dr. David Krendel was located. He saw Dr. Krendel three times, the last being after having an EEG and MRI of the brain. Dr. Krendel said there were a couple of spots on the MRI but refused to discuss it with us and told my husband to see a psychiatrist. He said my husband is experiencing psychogenic tremor, likely due to the emotional effect of his recent near death experience. Finally went to a neurologist at a different location that reviewed the MRI and knew exactly what was going on. My husband was diagnosed with Myoclonus caused by a number of mini-strokes during his bypass surgery and Depakote 500 mg was prescribed. Dr. Krendel is incompetent and needs to hang it up and retire.

Dr. Krendel ordered a brain scan and blood tests. When I returned for the follow up visit, he did not seem to have the information about these test results. I was very confused during my first visit, but my wife explained on the second visit that a medication I was taking may have caused the confusion. Dr. Krendel presecribed Amenda to help improve my memory. My wife looked up the medicine online and found that it was not effective for people in the early stages of dementia. I am not convinced that I have dementia and think that the drug (hydroxychloroquine) may have caused the memory problems. If I decide to be evaluated further, I will go to a different neurologist.

Most horrible experience I have ever had with a doctor. I truly have no idea how he keeps his medical license.

The most awful Doctor I have ever had

Dr. Krendal is very chauvinistic. I came to him with severe weakness (among other symptoms) in my arms and legs. He proceeded to tell me that it was most likely stress and anxiety because I recently got married (even though I had lived with him for a year before and I assured Dr. Krendal it wasn't stress or anxiety). As it turned out when I went to another doctor, it was 2 herniated discs. On top of that, I had to wait 1 1/2 hours past my appointment time only to be told that my severe issues were purely mental.

I found the staff, with the exception of the lady that checked us out and scheduled follow-up appointments to be always having a bad day, or just out right hating their jobs. Dr. Krendel was incredibly inconsiderate with our time, keeping us waiting once we had been taken back to a room for over 50 minutes. My daughter was seeing him for migraines. All he did was keep increasing her prescription dosage of Acetaminophen. I can accept he can't cure her migraines, but he really did nothing useful either. I always scheduled first available appointment of day or first available appointment after lunch. So, why did he always leave us sitting in the back room at least 20 minutes every time and as long as 50 minutes!