Dr. Vijay Paudel, MD

He was kind, informative and didn’t rush my visit. He explained my results in a professional manner. It was the first time meeting him and he took time to get to know me and discuss my past. Highly recommend him.

Worst doctor I've ever had an experience with!! Told me It'd be a waste of time, money, and resources for testing my PCP wanted because he was 100% certain I didn't have a clotting disorder. Told me the huge unexplained bruising I've experienced for months with dizziness and lightheadedness was because I have dogs. When I told him that wasn't possible, he said I am kicking myself in my sleep due to my restless leg syndrome, after confirming Requip works great for my RLS. Then when I tried to show him my new bruises that appeared, all he said was "Why are you so pale? Do you not go outside because you have PTSD? How insulting!!! Told me I should visit my psychiatrist to re evaluate my medications.

A pompous, uninformed doctor. If you are planning to see him, think twice. You will be dying from wrong treatment

IWhere to start? First, he doesn't like to be interrupted and seems very in love with his own knowledge. He is also extremely insensitive. Flippantly implied I had 5-10 years to live and told me I was the ONE AND ONLY patient he had ever had to tell had liver damage. A bit later, he contradicted himself - mentioned had to tell another patient just that day, although their iron numbers were low instead of high like mine. He seemed to think I was not taking his diagnosis seriously, though I had already quickly agreed to see a specialist at MUSC. But I still wanted to know if I needed to get blood drawn for high iron levels as this condition also posed a risk for diabetes. He dismissed me as being "too late'' for that. (A very scary thought for me, said by him as though he were telling me something mundane like the time of day). "You can live 30 years with diabetes. But you can live 5-10 with Ceurossis.'' I was horrified, tears forming in my eyes while he went on to say that a liver… doctor would be able to tell what caused it. Obviously, I cared less about that at the time than what could be done about it, considering for the first time in my life I was facing a death sentence! When I asked for reassurance if there was anything that could be done to treat it, he was again non-committal, said to see the specialist. He said things like he hadn't been my doctor before now, so I guess too bad for me that it hadn't been caught by others (so defensive when I wasn't implying fault at all on his part). His focus was solely on its causes, as though that mattered to me at that point in time, and when I seemed less enthused about that being the only thing this specialist could give me, he smirked and said, "Wouldn't you want to know the underlying causes, I mean, most people do. I feel as though we are talking across from each other here.'' I should have screamed at him: "This isn't an academic exercise for me! You're basically saying it's too late, there's no treatment, I've got a death sentence, but that I should be as fascinated as you on what caused it???!" He has no bedside manner whatsoever. I left there in a horrid state of panic and fear. I am scheduled to see a specialist and can only hope they are better at explaining and offering (hopefully) some treatment option rather than being flip and dismissive and making me feel like I was truly, the one and only, most unlucky patient ever to be seen by a doctor!

This place is dirty and smells in the back exam rooms Floors so dirty your shoes stick to them and squeak Then this dr absolutely worst dr Cocky attitude His white shoes were also dirty n coat yellowed Health department needs to check this place Staff are all disconnected Left doesn't know what the right is doing Only thing nice is the waiting room Very deceiving I didn't trust these people No cancer treatments here ever

a bad doctor

FIrst visit...I am 76 yrs old and have seen many Drs. . DR. PAudel is the WORST I have ever come in contact with . I am considered a kind, mild person but this Dr. Really ruffled my feathers. HE contradicted everything that I said to the point that I said to him, " I see I am going to have to thinks my sentences out completely so there are no loop holes before I say something to you !! EX: He mentioned that I had to get an X-ray. SO I said,,,,So I have to come here to have it done, (matter or factory) and he said, " you don't HAVE to have it done at all, no one is forcing you to do so ! I said "WHAT !" Did I say I didn't want to have it done???? he said "you can forgo ITs and just come back in 6 mos .! ...That is an example of what I went thru. HE is the most sarcastic Dr. I have ever run into.... I DID have uri e test done there that same day and a bone X-ray. THey made an appointment for me to come in the see the Nurse Practioner to give me my results !. I am so very dissatisfied… with this Dr.... I am changing Doctors.... I gave him a rating of one star. IF there were something lower, I would have checked it.

always friendly and makes me fee at ease ,caring DOCTOR KEEPS ME INFORMED ABOUT MY CARE AND LISTENS TO MY CONCERNS!

I think not; it took me more than a year after my brother's death to write this to make sure I wasn't over-reacting. My brother complained to Dr. Pauddel of abdominal pain shortly after he began chemo. While a two-minute examination would have indicated something was seriously wrong, Dr. Paudel instead told him it was "just the chemo." Six weeks later, my wonderful brother was dead of a perforated intestine. The man is completely uncaring and cursory, so think twice.

This is a poor excuse for a doctor. It seems all he is worried about is that almighty dollar. He needs to be sent back to school to learn what compassion is. When a person and their family goes to see him, they are looking for answers. He acts like it's not important and just walks away. Please don't go to him if you value your life