Dear Patients, please read this before seeing Kanwer Dhami. My advice after delivering four children elsewhere with fantastic OBG’s is: Do not see Kanwer Dhami, M.D. After an hour and twenty minute wait, Dr. Dhami rushed me through an appt which lasted 8-minutes. He talked at me in a Narcissistic manner, his attitude was, “All you patients are an annoyance”. He exuded a base assumption we all have a 6th grade level of comprehension; as if his internal dialogue is: ‘Patients are stupid’. Despite an extreme situation, he did not order labs. Previously, a different doctor in the office had ordered an ultrasound which showed polyps. The recommendation was three month interval follow up ultrasounds. Dr. Dhami said his colleague was wrong, I didn’t need to have any follow-up done. I felt intimidated, I quietly went along with his reckless endangerment. His demeanor felt dismissive and frankly, I could feel his eyes rolling if I dared to inquire on my specific issue beyond what he chose to… tell me in his rushed, rote lecture. He dehumanized me, I felt I was to be robotic, shut up and say, “You’re the doctor, make decisions for me.” It may be true that he should retire, he’s burned out, resents insurance reimbursement rates, his patients, the “gig”. Then quit. After three months of non-stop bleeding, his phone staff told me he does not look at phone messages, does not speak to patients by phone, would not return a call, would not order lab work regardless of my bleeding and pain. Hemoglobin was never tested. I asked office please order the labs before my appointment as standard for review. I was told he wouldn’t. I wrote to him per receptionist instructions via MyChart. I referenced ultrasound recommendations, months of bleeding and labor-type pain. He never replied. His time is more precious than yours. I never waited less than an hour and I never had more than a rushed bullet-point type lecture on options for my situation. There was no conversing or dialogue. RED FLAG! Feeling fearful and being pressed by family, I scheduled with my GP who phoned Dhami to ask about getting labs ordered due to my months of uterine issues. Dr. Dhami called me a name and hung up on my ethical and concerned doctor. The call was recorded, fortunately. Through my GP, I was given an urgent appointment with a different OBGYN, a different practice. The new OBGYN was shocked that I had no bloodwork. His staff was so shocked they thought MyChart info was wrong. No, it was medical neglect, I was told. My new OBGYN was empathic, professional, passionate about his work, he listened, was extremely concerned about the neglect I'd experienced as my polyp situation could be cancer. Only a curettage biopsy procedure will reveal this critical unknown. Dr. Dhami had said an oblation was no guarantee to stop bleeding, it may not work at all, it may reduce bleeding or could stop periods for an unknown time frame. He said the guarantee is to have uterus removed. He told me to change insurance group within my plan if I want a guarantee to end the bleeding. He never mentioned curettage and he rushed the ‘high-speed appointment’ seemingly wanting to sell me on having robotic uterus removal by a different OBGYN in the practice. I never changed my group, never had consult for the uterine removal. When in pain and non-stop bleeding, I wrote in MyChart I felt I needed the guarantee option, not a “maybe works,
maybe doesn’t” (Dhami’s words) procedure. I never saw him again as my gut instinct was to stay away!
New OBG placed me on *STAT* surgery for the next day! Bloodwork, Covid test, full pap exam, hysteroscopy, curettage surgery in hospital the next day!! I wrote this for women as we must advocate for ourselves and share what we experience to support one another though we may never meet.
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