Dr. Sara Elizabeth Benjamin, MD

I came in for deep sleep issues lasting a year and had waited for this appointment for 6 months. After describing migraines, auras, vision problems alongside my sleep issues, the "doctor" basically told me to try meditation. What?! She told me medication doesn't fix the underlying issue. So what is the underlying issue, I inquire? She says "oh, you'll have to see a primary care physician for that." When I said I worry about being premenopausal or early Altheimers, she said "well that's like the chicken and the egg - we just dont know what comes first." Basically a waste of time. I could have visited a witch doctor and received more insight. Please do yourself a favor and seek out other options, she was useless and maddening!

I've been seeing her for a while. At first my impression of her was positive because she was empathic and listened to me. But she kept saying she doesn't know whenever I asked her questions. Later I developed complications. That's when things took a turn for the worse. She was of no help at all. I'm in the process of getting a second opinion. I hope the lack of treatment hadn't harmed me permanently. I've lost so much time with this doctor. I expected better from someone who works at John Hopkins.

I had a cerebral spinal fluid leak but she never bothered to test for it. After finding I didn't have epilepsy, she wrote me off as crazy and kept sending me to psych. Psych made a referral back to her with a report that it was not psychological, she just told me she couldn't do anything else for me. No further testing. I could've easily died. I only found out once it healed on its own. My brain had herniated but she said that wouldn't cause any of my symptoms. It was the biggest symptom in and of itself. Stay away from this doctor.

THE ONLY THING THAT I CAN SAY IS WOW. GREAT VISIT, NICE STAFF, THEY PICK UP THE PHONE ON THE 1ST RING. I DID NOT GET THIS TYPE OF OUTSTAND SERVICE AT MY OLD DOCTORS OFFICE.