Do NOT use this doctor. You will regret it if you do.
I met with Dr Nielsen twice after I had a seizure. Both times Dr Nielsen had not prepared for our meeting, rushed through my questions, and was obviously distracted. She was clearly not at all interested in me as a patient.
Let me offer some specific examples of her indifference and incompetence.
1. After Dr. Nielsen told me the post-seizure tests I had taken were completely normal, I asked what she thought might have been the cause of my seizure. Her response was (and I'm quoting): "I have no idea. I allow everyone one seizure in their life." (I found her response truly ridiculous and astonishing from a physician!)
2. I called Dr. Neilsen's office several times and both the Neurology Center staff and her assistant were completely incompetent. They never gave my messages to Dr. Neilsen (or if they did they were ignored) and never returned any of my calls or emails. When I told Dr. Neilsen that I had had several serious problems with her assistant and the center's staff, she didn't ask me for any specifics and just dismissed my comment with a quick "I'm sorry" and changed the subject.
3. Dr. Nielsen told me they had asked for my records from my previous physician but they hadn't arrived yet, which was impossible because I had never signed a form permitting them to request my records. I had asked her assistant to call me if she had problems getting my records, but never heard from her.
4. I asked Dr. Nielsen what my Brain MRI showed the day of the seizure. She said "we don't have those records, do you? What hospital were you at?" I explained which hospital it was (which she had in her records from our prior meeting) and told her that the MRI records were in the hospital system. She looked at her computer again and said "Oh yes, here they are. They were normal." It was clear she hadn't looked at any of my records before our appointment, and was completely unremorseful that she was so obviously unprepared for an important meeting with a client who had a seizure.
5. I asked Dr. Nielsen to submit a form to the DMV that reported the negative results of my tests and gave permission for my license to be reinstated after 5 weeks. I explained that not being able to drive was affecting my business and was making me very depressed. She refused to send it, insisting that if there were a one in a million chance of my having a repeat seizure, she would be liable if she had sent in the form. She wanted to wait until the 11th week, "to make certain you are normal." It was very obvious she didn't care about me or my problems at all, and was only concerned with covering her own butt. Fortunately, my GP was willing to submit the form and my license was reinstated in week 6.
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