Dr. Michelle Renee Jenkins, MD

My wife and I have been seen by Dr. Jenkins regularly for 23 years. She seems to have a balanced approach to diagnosis and treatment. She's careful not to jump the gun on a new treatment until she's satisfied with its success. She's well acquainted with good area specialists to refer us to as needed. We all hate waiting. This is either a sign of a good doctor, or disorganization of the office that the doctor works with. Due to practice policies (money), a doctor must be quick to move on to the next patient. As with all doctors, this is true with Dr. Jenkins, but she will stay with you as long as it takes to care for your needs. Sometimes, this could result in additional cost for us, but that's fair. Insurance covers a limited amount of time with each patient. A doctor willing to spend whatever time it takes is what we all want. We've had nothing but good experiences with Dr. Jenkins. She genuinely cares about our well-being, as if we were family.

I found her to be a very condescending, narcissistic and an overall unpleasant person to be around.

I visited Dr. Jenkins a few years ago and protein was detected in my urine. I was very concerned as to why and I was told to calm down and quit overreacting over it because it's nothing. This so-called nothing was just diagnosed two weeks ago as fabry disease. does that sound like nothing? I have the variant that'll attack my heart and kidneys the most. This is the reason why I have protein in my urine. if this doctor had any knowledge of diseases I would have been diagnosed a lot sooner. Never tell a patient that they're overreacting, never tell a patient they're a hypochondriac because they have a laundry list of symptoms that aren't adding up. take the time to learn rare diseases and understand that a lot of different symptoms can add up to one disease.

I had heard a few good things about her from a friend but left the appointment very disappointed. Very quick to dismiss my concerns after spending 1.5 hours waiting in the waiting room. That was followed by 20-30 minutes in the patient room. She did spend a total of 4 minutes in the room with me so I guess I should consider myself lucky. Will be looking elsewhere for a more compassionate provider who will actually listen.

Dr. Jenkins has been my physician for five years and the first primary care physical in the Atlanta area I have felt comfortable with since moving to Atlanta in 1996. She makes it extremely easy for me to discuss my health issues and spends time listening. She is the first primary care physical after 10 long years and multiple physicians that doesn't make me feel as if I am getting 'drive through window' medical care. I recommend her to all my friends and family members. I love being able to access my medical records on-line. In addition, Dr. Jenkins referred me to an excellent specialist when my physical showed a slightly abnormal reading in my blood work which lead to the early discovery of chronic condition.

In a recent meeting with Dr. Michelle R. Jenkins I was incredible discouraged following my visit. The purpose of my visit was to treat my ongoing battle with ADHD which Iâ??ve had since childhood. To her credit this was our first visit with one another. I say this because she was reluctant to refill my prescription. I have been in and around the medical profession since childhood and this am honestly the very first time Iâ??ve been denied a script. One could point out her not knowing my history; however this was presented prior to the visit. I can understand not prescribing my script because you are (and I quote) "Not willing to take on the liability". However I am not willing to understand a physicianâ??s response of "I recommend you see a "shrink" to undergo an evaluation. She then proceeded to question ADHD after I described that I often have trouble focusing on many task at once and that I have a million thoughts running through my head and my prescription helps me… funnel those thoughts into one clear stream. Her response was "Well, doesnâ??t everyone have that issue." I simply cannot express my disappointment with her and her practice for not being compassionate towards a person with ADHD. I will not refer her and I highly recommend you look elsewhere. For those of you thinking this is an issue limited to ADHD and the reluctance to prescribe a controlled substance please consider her thought process with her patients. Instead of thinking I need to treat the patients concerns her thought process is, maybe I can change their mind about how they are feeling. This is a dangerous medical practice.

I've been going to Dr. Jenkins for three years now but will be switching to another doctor because I'm tired of being treated so rudely by her front office staff. After the third visit to her office where the check-in staff was mean and intimidating, I found myself welling up when the nurse asked how I was today. I explained that the check-in staff were so rude it upset me and their response was to make excuses about staff being stressed out over computer problems and told to "let it roll off my back". I'm sorry, but I shouldn't have to complain in order to get a little common courtesy. This is a repeated problem at this practice and I'm not going there any more.