Dr. Mark W Vogel, MD

I took my father to Dr. Vogel several times in the last few years of his life. Dr. Vogel incorrectly told me that once a patient has a catheter, there is no way to avoid UTIs and other infections. My dear father-in-law then went on to have repeated UTIs that lowered the quality and duration of his life. Fast forward a couple years after his death in 2015, and I learned that since 2005 there have been ongoing studies released that show that the use of a checklist when changing and caring for a catheter can bring UTI and other infection rates down close to 0%. My father-in-law was never given a checklist not did he have this information shared with him at all. Dr. Vogel seems far behind the times in caring for patients and keeping them infection free and I regret taking his word for it about infection rates. As a side note, wait times in the waiting room were often well over 30-45 minutes and then we would wait again once we were in a room.

I took my father to Dr. Vogel several times in the last few years of his life. Dr. Vogel incorrectly told me that once a patient has a catheter, there is no way to avoid UTIs and other infections. My dear father-in-law then went on to have repeated UTIs that lowered the quality and duration of his life. Fast forward a couple years after his death in 2015, and I learned that since 2005 there have been ongoing studies released that show that the use of a checklist when changing and caring for a catheter can bring UTI and other infection rates down close to 0%. My father-in-law was never given a checklist not did he have this information shared with him at all. Dr. Vogel seems far behind the times in caring for patients and keeping them infection free and I regret taking his word for it about infection rates. As a side note, wait times in the waiting room were often well over 30-45 minutes and then we would wait again once we were in a room.

Awful and painful experience.