1/5 Juanita V. 1 year ago on Google
I
am
leaving
one
star
for
DR.
PAUL
MELTZER
ONLY.
I
wouldn't
feel
safe
as
a
person
of
color
or
Spanish
speaker
in
the
same
room
as
this
doctor.
I
never
want
to
see
this
doctor
again,
and
I
wouldn't
want
anyone
else
who
might
not
have
enough
agency
to
advocate
for
themselves
to
be
in
the
care
of
someone
so
insensitive
and
culturally-incompetent.
The
receptionists,
check-out,
and
the
office
manager
were
all
nice
-
but
I've
never
experienced
the
level
of
disrespect
from
anyone
in
the
medical
field
before.
My
mom
was
referred
to
this
practice
by
her
primary
care
provider,
and
I
came
to
drop
her
off.
She
doesn't
speak
much
English,
but
because
Dr.
Meltzer
speaks
Spanish,
she
was
going
to
see
him
alone.
In
the
last
moment,
she
asked
me
to
go
in
with
her.
Things
felt
off
immediately,
he
was
rushing
and
not
taking
time
to
ask
A
NEW
PATIENT
her
medical
history
with
good
bedside
manners.
He
sounded
exasperated,
blamed
us
for
not
having
a
full
record
of
her
20yr
medical
history
after
having
a
stroke,
and
soon
started
mocking
the
medical
insurance
my
mom
has,
saying
he
would
have
to
"invoke
the
insurance
gods"
to
see
if
that
insurance
would
approve
any
of
the
procedures
he
would
request.
He
also
made
repetitive
comments
about
her
weight
mentioning
that
her
issues
wouldn't
stop
unless
"she
got
healthy."
He
didn't
bother
to
ask
about
her
health
journey
but
simply
said
she
was
very
overweight
and
not
healthy.
As
soon
as
I
mentioned
that
I
didn't
like
the
condescending
tone
with
which
he
was
speaking
to
us,
he
got
defensive
and
started
towering
toward
me
(I
was
sitting
down
and
he
was
standing
up,
holding
a
laptop).
My
mom,
not
understanding
fully
the
conversation
we
were
having
in
English,
noticed
that
he
was
getting
near
me
with
the
laptop
(less
than
a
foot
away)
and
was
very
visibly
agitated
-
she
looked
concerned.
I
had
to
put
my
hand
out
so
he
would
back
away.
I
asked
what
the
next
steps
were
so
that
I
could
explain
to
my
mom
in
Spanish
and
he
dismissed
me
with,
"Well,
the
next
steps
are
for
you
to
get
out
of
this
room."
If
I
wounded
whatever
male
ego
he
had
by
speaking
up
I
don't
care,
he
is
there
to
make
sure
patients
are
taken
care
of
and
should
not
be
making
comments
that
are
irrelevant
to
the
care
they
should
be
receiving.
Choose
a
different
doctor.