Dr. Karen Yates, MD

I was extremely disappointed she won't let you get a word in and I left feeling unsettled with my visit and still my questions weren't answered .... she brought up a Dr I had seen last year that completely diagnosed me incorrectly so this appt with her is invalid reason being she obviously spoken with him and if not don't speak with me about something that has nothing to do with her its unprofessional as so is she is. Be careful visiting her your paying for the visit and a patient should never leave with uneasy thoughts.

Took my husband to Dr. Yates as he had a tumor removed from his left ear 50 years. He needs to have it cleaned out every six months or so and that is why we went to her. She spent a lot of time telling us the reason we needed a flu shot. I told her we do not take the flu shot and she just talked over me like I hadn't said a thing. She spent a lot of time talking about things that did not pertain to the appointment. Finally she cleaned the right ear out and hurt him badly, which no other doctor has done before, then she went to the ear that had the tumor she cleaned that one out and got some gunk out of it which she said was something other than the powder that we put in his ear when it needed to be cleaned. We told her that he has a "wet" ear which means he should keep water out of it. She prescribed 50/50 solution of water and white vinegar to keep it flushed out, then drops of Clotrimazole. I looked back into my notes from other doctors that have dealt with the same problem and the… last doctor we went to in Oregon prescribed that when his ear was dry, not for a wet ear that he is dealing with now. I don't feel comfortable with putting the vinegar solution and the Clotrimazole in his ear with the problem he is having now. We won't be going back to this doctor. Also, the paperwork we filled out did not pertain to his ear problem and had very invasive questions like if he was circumcised, how many wives he had, how many kids he had whats the point, he has an ear infection. The whole appointment was very strange.

New location: 1600 East Evergreen Street, Cameron, MO 64429

Unfriendly and acted as if we were uneducated, dumb and horrible parents. She refused to do the testing we inquired about for our daughter. Simply continued to give us a diet plan instead of supplying factual evidence to why our daughter continued to have a reaction. Would not recommended her.

I would not recommend this doctor. She is in a hurry to get out of the room, opening to door telling you to have a good day before you even start asking any questios you have. She had the diagnosis wrong for my daughter. She was even allergic to the medicine she was taking & she still wanted to her continue taking it because it was the "strongest antibiotic" to clear up her symptoms. She is nice, just does not seem to care about patients much. :(

Dr Yates if an amazing doctor! My 21 month old loves her and she knew exactly what was wrong the first time we seen her. Wouldn't go anywhere else!

She is a skilled doctor. If you are a new patient, get ready to have head x-rays and prepare to spend $417 when you check out. If you are saving my life, that amount of money is worth it...if my nose is stuffed up.....no way. I won't go back.

My overall experience was scarred and confused while being her patient. Overdosed me on antibiotics to the point I lost 20 pounds and developed a yeast infection on my tounge when she still prescribed more antibiotics I went to another doctor. After an unnecessary Larangoscipy and a month of antibiotics I will never use her again. If you just have a sniffle she is fine.