Dr. Emily Simoson Shields, MD

DrShields is caring, takes time to listen and knows her stuff. She really helped me with my pain

Dr. Shields was so very kind and compassionate from the get go. She evaluated my symptoms and ordered a lot of different blood work. Due to problems at the send out lab, it took awhile to get all the test results. My disease was progressing quickly and I ended up being admitted to the hospital the next week. She came and evaluated more of the in house blood work. From the results of those tests, she knew that her first thoughts of what I had could not be correct. I know that she stayed up way into the night researching, because my wife saw her there working diligently. The next day, she gave her opinion on a specific group of diseases that she felt that I had. Because of the rarity and the how quickly it was progressing, I was sent to Wake Forest. Dr. Shields was correct, I had one of the three rare diseases in the group that she had suspected. This doctor is like talking to an old friend. She is kind and compassionate. She explained exactly what was going on even prayed with my wife… while I was off for another test. Every doctor should be like this! She was such a blessing to us.

I waited 4 months to see her only to be told I needed to come back after I have one more test done. The questions and statements that I asked and made were completely disregarded. She was not interested in me or my condition at all. What a waste of my time and money. I will never go back to her again. The nursing and clerical staff was great. She is a joke !!!

Found her to be very friendly and concerned. She listened to me for 30 mins. Got to know each other. Gave me her opinion what we should try for my neurapathy. Very pleased with the visit. Everyone in the office very friendly. Great experience.

Awful doctor. Told me I had a back injury more than likely. A university hospital diagnosed me with ALS. Dr Shields is a complete waste of time.

Dr. Shields is part of Mountain States Medical Group. It is known that they do not allow their providers much time to spend with patients and Dr. Shields spends very little time. She is in and out as quickly as she possibly can be. She has a condescending manner that makes you feel like your questions are ridiculous and you shouldn't question anything she says. However, she apparently does not review your patient file or new symptom sheets that you are asked to fill out, because she does not take into account past history or other medical conditions when making a diagnosis or prescriptions. I do not feel comfortable with this Dr., her manner, or the way she treats patients.

Doctor was not informed when we asked questions. She went out of the room to look up answers, ones that we had already found. Good ratings were for staff, not doctor.