I've been having some digestive issues for a few months and figured I'd give this place a shot (and so I can know what else is going on in my body via the blood test). I did the initial consultation with one of the women working for him, got the blood test a week later, then had my meeting with Dr. Dubyak a week or so after that. The second I met Dubyak, I could sense the smugness on him. He is arrogant, rude, and, quite frankly, sexist. I explained that my main issue was with my digestive system and stress, but all he wanted to focus on was my weight - the least of my concerns. All that did was leave me feeling more insecure about my body during the entire appointment.
The whole time, he called me things like "kiddo, sweetie" and other nicknames that you would say to a child, not a 30 year old woman. He was also "quizzing" me on basic health terminology. Like, "Do YOU know what a stomach is, kiddo?! LOL. It's the thing that digests your food and makes it go bye bye, but not all the time ya little chonker because look at YOUR BODY" - Okay that was exaggerated, but sadly not completely. He also is unable to technically diagnose anything, so if you have concerns about anything that popped up on the results, he can't help you. Go to your doctor. All he can do is say "this is typically caused by things like stress, but here's some voodoo magic that can help with that."
At one point, I happened to mention my significant other and his weight loss journey (which has been working well for him for years), and Dr. Dubyak criticized him and said "oh, he should be on this specific diet for life based on what he eats and potentially weighs" WITHOUT EVEN MEETING HIM OR KNOWING ANYTHING ABOUT HIS HEALTH. Good thing I was wearing a mask (he BARELY was) because my jaw literally dropped when he was making such assumptions about a person who wasn't his patient. He also criticized the perfectly healthy dinner I had the night before saying it wasn't good enough without even asking me about the other things I ate throughout the day. Basically, if you talk about your doctors, any other weight loss plan/diet, you're wrong and his way is the only way. I knew I had to get out. In hindsight, I should have gotten up and left after that, but I stuck it out to not be completely rude, even though he was smug and rude to me.
So he shows me this plan that he designed for me with all of these injections and supplements, recommended a diet plan, etc. I was having NONE of it because of the price and the way he spoke to me, but just shook my head yes because I was honestly too shocked by my experience to get up and leave right then and there. He asked if I was able to do the plan, but he was really saying "can you do this diet and plan you little dummy? Give me all your money!" He immediately takes me to the woman in billing and she told me I had to pay the full price upfront. I pretended to fiddle through my purse, told them I couldn't afford it up front (they weren't taking another cent from me) made up some excuse about wanting to think it over with my family before I committed, and BOLTED out of that office. I even ripped up his business card on the way out of the building.
The only good thing about my experience had to be the women he hires in his offices. They were all very nice and understanding and actually seemed to care about my concerns. Whether they actually did is unclear, but they sure acted like it. read more