Dr. William Townsend Mansfield, MD

My father saw him in the course of a hospitalization for bacteremia, where he performed the TEE. He was extremely abrupt before the procedure. When I explained that my dad was hard of hearing, didn't have his hearing aids in, and had furthermore been through a horrible ordeal with pain (and was obviously pretty sedated at that point, barely able to raise his head), he snapped, "Well, does he read lips then?" I said no, he usually had hearing aids, but we'd taken them out for the procedure and he could talk to me (his daughter) because I knew the whole history. He refused to do so, addressing my heavily sedated father instead. The conclusion he reached after the TEE was that the bacteria had seeded the lead of my father's pacemaker. This resulted in my father's transfer down to the Heart Hospital of NM, an hour away from his family, to have the pacemaker removed. The surgeons there did so--at a fairly high risk, because my father is 83 and had a bacterial infection--only to inform me… that the "vegetal mass" that Mansfield had supposedly seen was in fact just a normal bit of anatomy in my dad's heart, which Mansfield might have noticed if he'd looked at previous imaging. They were gracious and clearly trying to excuse a colleague's misdiagnosis by saying it was probably a good idea to remove the pacemaker anyway because of the risk of further infection--but their eyes told the truth. Now my dad will have to have the pacemaker put back in, another procedure and another risk in an elderly man. Mansfield was arrogant, and with not much to be arrogant about, apparently. The only truly obnoxious doctor we met with in my dad's whole month-long hospitalization.

Dr. Mansfield is not a Cardiologist that I would recommend to anyone. As a medical Social Worker, I have worked directly with many specialists, and had the pleasure of working with the finest doctors in the country, professionally and personally. I would give him NO stars if I could. He is unremarkable in his skills. He evaluated my cardiac tests five years earlier, and felt that tests, including a standard echo or cardiac enzymes, was not required. Although I reported chest pain, short of breath, racing heart all the time, edema and blood oxygen stays about 92 - (even before I came to a high elevation). He is unremarkable in his evaluation. He is unremarkable in his communication. He is unremarkable in his ability to listen to his patient. What he is able to do, is to determine the wellness of an individual based on what he sees although he even refused to look at pictures of my leg and face edema which I had on my phone, because I did not have edema on the day of the visit. (Isn't… that how it happens though?) All my blood work ruled out kidney disease for my edema so my primary told me to go to a cardiologist... in which he told me "I am not a primary, to evaluate your edema". (I am so confused). What's more, is Doctor Mansfield wrote his after visit summary with the old school mentality that the patient isn't going to see the notes. The notes were verbally transcribed so it was typed from his tone of voice as well. The amount of cultural and sexist judgements is apparent in his medical notes and is apparent to a trained person such as myself. Some doctors use slant conversations in their notes to "heads up" other doctors, in order to persuade how to treat a patient in the future, to support the narrative they have created with their bias. The whole cultural bias in the medical field is real. As someone who read their notes regularly as a social worker, heard them talk about patients, regularly, and witnessed them use the terms they used, to describe patients, based on being a woman, being Hispanic/POC/minority, or being emotional. They gaslight women who are minorities. DO NOT GO to this doctor. He is exactly what is wrong with the medical profession. Dr. Mansfield behaved annoyed that I went to the cardiologist, although I was referred by my primary right before I moved to New Mexico, in May. I changed insurance, and made the appointment. So what? Why is this a problem for him? I have a PPO. Does he need to have his hand held by a primary care physician? Should I have a hall pass to his office for him to do his job? Does he not know how to order basic cardiac tests, like a stress test, or an echo on a 50 year old woman with low oxygen with exertion? Or he is racist and sexist and as he stated in his notes over and over, He Saw me and didn't see a problem. He couldn't be bothered to evaluate my heart, but in the notes, he evaluated my life and he negated other specialists' findings. Again, without any knowledge, tests or information. I think this was to support his lack of his evaluation. Then out of nowhere, he threw up a very dangerous clot disorder that I could have, which he did not mention to me in the visit, in the notes, but this was a CYA? Are you for real? Dr Mansfield- "Go see a pulmonologist, your heart is fine." (Whispered in my notes -Oh but she has stage one something and well that's nothing.... (even though that causes blood oxygen levels to drop and can cause her symptoms too) and "Psst, she might have a dangerous lung blood clot disorder.") And what a misogynist! - And why? well He asked me about my living situation, and apparently, me being a woman who lives with her boyfriend is not good. He had to marry me to my boyfriend in his notes. If he spent half as much time on my weakening valves (all from 5 year old tests), my racing heart issue (Normal resting is about 110), blood oxygen when I am active dropping below 90, dizziness, - hey, I would been fine with him being a judgmental old man, because who cares, if he is making sure I don't die. (which is all I want. To make sure that my genetics aren't mixing with my chronic medical condition that causes heart muscle issues, and I am not going to just drop dead). So Like I said, he is not the cardiologist I would recommend for ANYONE. And if you have read this entire post, know, I rarely write reviews on Doctors. You have to show a blatant lack of respect for humanity for me to bother with a review. I wouldn't let him treat my cat for worms. Unremarkably.

1st visit for irregular heartbeats. Dr. Mansfield thoroughly questioned me about my symptoms & showed a proper amount of empathy. Was detailed in what tests I should take & why. Both my husband and I thought he was really great!

He is caring, professional and cheerful. I always felt all my concerns had been had been addressed. Of all the doctors I have seen I had the most faith in him.

This was the worst experience ever!! I almost walked out after arriving. The woman who checked me in was so unprofessional. She pointed to a sign and said next don't where any purfume I told her I wasn't wearing any and she said it's too heavy I can taste it making a distasteful gesture with her mouth. I said I only had body lotion on and she said it again. I notice when I sat down she had a bad odor but I have more class than to comment. Need a lot of training!! Other thing be careful they tell you they don't know the price of anything unless you demand to know. After not getting any advice, just wanted to know how to get my heart healthy, they wanted to charge me $600.00 for nothing.