Dr. Joanne Cheryl Kirby, MD

Dr. Kirby is a wonderful doctor. She knows what she is doing and wastes no time accurately accessing patient needs. She is knowledgeable and follows up appropriately. I haven't seen her in a few years, but the diagnosis she gave me then is still uncannily accurate despite varying circumstances that could seemingly modify my abilities. I read here that some consider her rude; however, I experienced her as having rather a "matter of fact" personality without unnecessary fluff. She cares about her patients. I trusted her judgment. They tell me that she has left Northwestern Hospital. Godspeed Dr. Kirby.

She is very rude. I do not recommend her.

Dr. Kirby was the largest waste of money I have ever spent on a doctor appointment. I was referred to her, as a primary care physician, to check out my knee and order an MRI. I have had 5 surgeries on this knee, as well as a full lateral meniscus transplant, and was told that I urgently needed to see somebody to get this scan ordered. Not only was Dr. Kirby rude and dismissive, but she spent less than five minutes in the room with me before telling me to see somebody else to order the MRI, as she will not order a scan that she doesn't know how to review. I emphasized she would not need to review it, but that my world-reknown complex-knee specialist would review all of the results. She continued to repeat the phrase "I will not order a scan I cannot review", and then referred me, again, to a physician with the preface, "He talks a lot, I like him a lot." She then proceeded to tell me that in her professional opinion, there was nothing wrong with my knee, and that she thought it was a… mistake to order an MRI because "Ultimately, an MRI will not fix your knee." Of course not. But it is diagnostic, which apparently, somehow either went over her head, or she simply assumed that despite my long history of knee injuries and surgeries, I must think that MRIs magically fixed knees. I paid a $25 copay for a 4 minute visit in which I was dismissed and told to go elsewhere, and that my concerns were not valid either way. I wish I could say she was apologetic, or understanding, or in some way remotely helpful or professional, but those would be compliments she is far from deserving as she was the exact opposite of all of the above. If you want good healthcare, sufficient knowledge, and general competence in the profession of medicine, please do NOT see this "physician." It was the biggest waste of time and money I have ever had

I find Dr. Kirby to be delightful and straight forward with her approach. She is the first physician in a very long time that listened and helped me feel better in a short period of time.

Well where do I begin??? I saw Dr. Kirby initially as a fill in because my dr was out of the office. I liked her and decided that she and I may be a good fit and changed Drs, BAD BAD CHOICE. I have a severe blood disorder that has not been confirmed as Lupus yet, but being treated as it is, I have had several surgeries on my abdomen related to connective tissue disorder and also suffering from a myriad of depression and anxiety issues stemming from my illness. I have lost my memory and my life is so affected I left a job and career I worked for 14 years. I was so excited and thought we had really connected and she would help me.... She asked my why I was there, why was I planning on seeing a Rheumy because the Lupus thing would probably never pan out because I don't have Lupus, she figured that out in her infinite wisdoms, she asked if I planned on living on narcotics for the rest of my life, which I hadn't had a pain pill since she prescribed a refill 2 months before- I told her in… middle of appointment that we were not a good fit and I was leaving and when my husband walked in she backed off. She told me she has 15 minutes for the appointment and wasn't enough time, she clearly has not ready anything in my chart because it made no sense. She took blood and was checking my TSH for thyroid levels, she said my dose was to high, it in fact was and she left no messages as to how I should fix that in my messages today only that we weren't a good match but it was up to me to make the decision. I plan on taking this to another level. I didn't realize until today how valuable a tool Yelp is, PLEASE DO NOT SEE THIS DOCTOR!! There are many nice people in that practice, the support staff is lovely and helpful, the phlebotomist are lovely as are medical assistants, she is the negative in this practice and needs to move on, to research or something that keeps her from patient care, if she treated my mom or someone I cared about who couldn't advocate for them self it could be a very bad situation, Thank you.

She has been my primary doc for years now. She's great. She doesn't play into pessimistic thoughts, so if you are a hypochondriac she isn't the doctor for you.

There's a reason it's easy to get an appointment with Dr Kirby. She's awful. Having had symptoms for 6 months, I finally went to the doctor. She offered no explanation for my symptoms and said that I was just paying to close attention to them. That answer doesn't suffice when my symptoms are interfering with my sleep and causing me to leave a wonderful dinner with my closest friends who flew in just to spend time with me. I know it's easier for a doctor to say there's nothing wrong than to listen and ask questions to try to determine the root cause. She diagnosed me before I even uttered a word. My experience with this doctor was a waste of time and money. I recommend going to any other doctor besides her.

No wonder I was able to see Dr. Kirby on such short notice. She has horrible bedside manners, was rude, rushed, and told me that she's never seen my issue in the 29 years that she's been practicing. Really?? She should not be affiliated with the Northwestern name.

The office was clean and they were able to get me in at the last minute but I will never go back again. Dr. Kirby has a complete lack of personality and bedside manner. She couldn't be bothered to give me a diagnosis or to return my calls asking for one. What's worse is that her management apologized and then also didn't follow through to return calls. After the 4th call and receiving a bill without ever having follow up from my doctor I tried one last time to find someone to help me and all I got was a terribly angry, bitter and unhelpful woman named Pauline who barely listened to my concern and did everything but hang up on me. Don't go to this practice, you'd be better off having a clerk at a department store give you a diagnosis and it will cost you far less headaches. She doesn't even deserve the one star I clicked here but there is no negative star rating system.

I should have read Yelp before. My other doctors want me to file an official complaint. I was just so injured by her RANTS that ranged from depression to mental health to using our time to talk about her family issues. I used to be the kind of person to fight the good fight and start a paper trail when Perfessionals are this out of line, however in this case I am just getting AWAY from her. PLEASE don't ascribe anything personal to this review. I wish her nothing but the best and I do hope someone files a grevance for HER health. I think she is just must be going through something. It is clear she can not help me at all. infact she did the opposite. See someone else.