Dr. Joel Martin Taubin, MD

Dr Taubin is a excellent doctor. Yes the waits can be long, even with an appointment, but he is an excellent clinician. Dr Taubin cares and both he and his staff are always wiling to accommodate you.

In an age where everything is automated and sometimes you have to wait weeks or months to see a doctor, it is wonderful to know that there are caring doctors like Dr. Taubin. No appointment needed. Just show up. He is direct and fast, which I truly appreciate. Most of all, he is knowledgeable and caring and 100% responsive..which I do love in a doctor.

I have been seeing Joel for decades; he quickly diagnosed my asthma when other docs thought my shortness of breath was "psychological." Very skilled, looks carefully at you/your body and not just test results. Can get you a quick referral to the best specialists. Yeah, he's a little quirky, his office is crazy looking with teetering stacks of paper, and he talks a mile a minute. He won't spend a lot of time if your condition is self-resolving/not serious. He will take excellent care of you for something that needs attention. Fast turnaround in terms of prescriptions and doctor notes for medical accommodation at work etc.

Dr. Taubin has been our doctor for over 20 years. He is a wonderful doctor and a great humanitarian. He saved my husband's life by accurately diagnosing colon cancer in 2000.

I have been his patient for 37 years and he is the best. Every time my husband's job changes insurance, I make sure he is on it. I shutter to think what I will due when he retires. He is knowledgeable, compassionate and if he doesn't know the answer will send you to a colleague who will find a solution and still keeps up with your progress.

Dr. Taubin is a skilled physician. HOWEVER, he overbooks patients and doesnt have time to administer good patient care--to the point of negligence. There is no follow up and he spends very little time with his patients. I say this after having been his patient for 20 years. I've just been too lazy to make a switch--my fault. I have been in good health which doesnt require many Dr visits. But whenever I see Dr. Taubin I am immediately reminded why I take so long to visit him. I just received blood results by email from his office with absolutely no analysis. I sent him an email requesting an analysis since my results revealed I have high cholesterol and other things I need to be concerned about. I would think he would respond to my email at minimum. But isn't it his job to also review the blood results and then contact his patient that they need to make changes? I think this part borders on negligence.

The good: easy referrals to specialists. Sadly outweighed by the bad: misread test results, misdiagnoses, not returning test results, long waits. Dr Taubin was recommended to me by a coworker who dislikes doctors, and he was my and my partner's primary care physician for 4 years, mostly because I was too lazy to switch. Based on that experience, here is my advice: If you have a HMO plan and are looking for a primary care physician who will fax referrals to specialists without you ever needing to see him, Dr Taubin may be a good fit. He has close relationships with many specialists in the area, and since he does so many referrals, he could often get me in quickly. However, if you are a larger sized person, Taubin is bad news because he struggles to disconnect his assumptions about weight and disease. I'm chubby, and my partner is thin. We received vastly different (yet equally bad) care from Taubin. My partner's diet-related disease went untreated and undiagnosed for years… because Dr Taubin could not imagine that a skinny person might have a diet-based problem. Even when her weight increase (a symptom) was pointed out, he told her that she didn't have to worry because she "wasn't fat." When she did get tested, he misread her test results and said she was fine. Only when we insisted on a copy and a visit to a specialist did she find out his mistake. On the alternate side of the spectrum, Dr Taubin misdiagnosed my knee and ankle injuries in favor of a diagnosis of "you've got some weight on you" and a treatment plan of "lose weight." It was humiliating. Only by insisting on seeing a specialist did I discover a severed ligament and meniscal tear. I switched health plans to a PPO and found a better PCP.

Called for me to see a specialist immediately and met with me following. All done in one hour. Great experience!

He'll fix whatever is wrong.

Dr. Tabuin always takes time to talk, ask questions, and show interest in me. I appreciate his unhurried approach in a chaotic field.