Dr. Laura Lee Anders, MD

I would stay away from this psychiatrist for the following very important reasons. First, this physician’s practice is professionally irresponsible. Specifically, after accepting me as a patient, this doctor replaced one of my medications with a new psychotropic medication in an effort to address my concerns regarding weight gain. Shortly after prescribing this new medication, this doctor dropped me as her patient (via email), leaving me without the necessary medical oversight needed to monitor this new drug's side effects. Because of this, it is possible that this drug is negatively effecting my body's functioning and/or causing harm. According to the American Medical Association, "[patient] abandonment is defined as the termination of a professional relationship...at an unreasonable time and without giving the patient the chance to find an equallly qualified replacement." The doctor is guilty of this because she abruptly, with no warning, terminated care at a crucial moment in… the patient's care. Since this physician dropped me as her patient via email, I have called numerous psychiatrists in an effort to secure treatment. But because they are not accepting either new patients or my insurance and/or because they are not available for a new consult for as many as two-to-three months, I am still without a psychiatrist to monitor this drug's effects. I also recommend staying away from this doctor because she is not fully knowledgeable or aware of the numerous psychotropic medications that exist for the treatment of the full spectrum of mental health disorders. This by itself wouldn't be so alarming (since new medications and treatment options are being developed all of the time, requiring a regular updating of one's knowledge base); but, here, instead of doing research or trying to educate herself about a new medication option, she chose to deny the option all together. At a minimum, this resulted in a lost opportunity for possible successful treatment. This lost opportunity in turn likely resulted in more suffering, unnecessarily over a longer period of time. Any treatment provided by a physician who does not work to learn about treatment options before dismissing them is, at a minimum, limited and maybe even uninformed and/or ill-informed. Scary.