Dr. Philip Ray Harrelson, MD

Yesterday Dr. Harrelson saved my life. I presented at his clinic with what I believed was a colon problem which I have had in the past. I am 83 years old and yet he persisted in testing me for appendicitis, which usually only affects people under 30. Without thinking about my advanced age which would have caused some doctors not to believe I had appendicitis, he ordered both an Xray and CT scan with contrast and proved indeed I had acute appendicitis. While hospitalized through the emergency room at VUMC, I was told by a young nurse that he had a ruptured appendicitis because of doctor not correctly diagnosing him. His ruptured and he spent two weeks in the hospital with sepsis and was ill for a very long time. Imagine if I had had a rupture and sepsis---would have been a death sentence. I owe my life to this wonderful, caring man who went the extra mile. He literally saved my life. I am so grateful for his exemplar attention to my care.

Wish there was a 0 star option. The customer care took a horrible dive in the last year. After refusing to send in a month supply of an antidepressant (yes, the fault is on us for not noticing the refills were out), making us call back and forth to see if the pharmacy would “spot us”, they sent in a script for 5 pills (which cost $4 to fill) and scheduled an appointment 5 days out to come in, be checked and get a new script for the next year. Arrive to the appointment today and THE DOCTOR ISNT THERE so they refuse to write a script refill. Forget that work had to accommodate the schedule shift to make this appointment happen, but now another one has to be made next week when the doctor is actually there? Miss us on that - new physician it is. Get it together and quit trying to make money on multiple, unnecessary appointments ??

Great experience from scheduling to the lobby to the doctor. He cares about customer service.

Dr Harrelson genuinely cares about his patients and is dedicated to their care. He listens, not just with his ears, but with his heart and goes above and beyond to provide what he feels is best for the patient. It broke my heart when Vanderbilt stopped taking my insurance and I couldn’t see him anymore. I have not yet found another doctor of his caliber.

Dr. Harrelson is absolutely the best doctor I have ever seen, and I've been around a long time. He is kind, compassionate and caring and goes the extra mile to make sure he does all he can to help you, whatever the problem is. Doctors of his caliber are rare.

Dr Harrelson has been my family's physician for the past 6 years, he is great with kids and adults!I highly recommend him and his awesome staff!

Dr. Harrelson helped our daughter when she was misdiagnosed by our local doctors and hospital. Very caring, very thorough, very smart. Our entire family goes to him. He is the greatest!

Dr. Harrelson is awesome. He always has plenty of time to go over any issues I may be having. He's very easy to talk to, very direct, and caring. His staff is awesome as well. Very funny batch of girls. Always happy and caring.

Dr. Harrelson is very caring, competent, and compassionate! He takes his time with his patient, and listens to what they say. I feel lucky to have my entire family under Dr. Harrelson's care.

Dr Harrelson is by far the best Family Practice doc that I have seen. He is very knowledgeable and is very aggressive in treatment, not like other doctors that use the trial and error approach. I have seen him for several issues andf each time he has been "spot on". Spring Hill is lucky to have him