Dr. Michael Lawrence Albus, MD

because I had been to a different ER 6 weeks prior to this visit, Dr Albus decided that I wasn't in urgent need of care Even though they had given me oxygen. My emergency is that when I exert myself for longer than say 1 minute, it becomes increasingly difficult to breath. he was not willing to listen to me or allow me to show him what happens if I start moving around, sitting up in a chair or walking for more than a minute. a literal minute. No further tests were ran and I was immediately discharged. Thank you for hiring this guy Mayo Clinic.

So: he was the attending for resident Amelia Woodruff at the time. I initially saw her, and he allowed her to submit my final visit note that was incorrect and insulting. Super condescending and insulting and inaccurate documentation of our encounter in the ER as a resident. Went to the ER at Mayo after I was knocked out from a blow to my nose by a heavy duty wooden broom and had a bloody nose and heard a crack. I stepped on the base and the handle flew back at me. So I’m a bit of a klutz ok... I had just resigned from the department of ENT where I was employed, to go back to another hospital. I actually was encouraged to go to Mayo ER by Dr. Olomu, a sinus surgeon, after we talked and he saw photos of my nose right after the trauma and he agreed it was likely fractured. This resident fabricated the note and put me in a very negative light stating I “refused” to allow for palpation of my nose (?why would I do that?). She was offended that I asked to see her attending after she… initially breezed in and sounded to be very poor in her understanding of nasal anatomy (she said something stupid, to put in bluntly... honestly, she sounded so ignorant of normal nasal anatomy I didn’t trust her). And then Dr. Albus comes in, and didn’t listen to me, was irritated, and already made his decision by her (false) report of our encounter, and said he would order a CT, annoyed.