I don't take healthcare lightly and once left the following 5-star review on the Polyclinic:…read more"The Polyclinic as an organization that has provided me with the best health care I've ever received in my entire life. The doctors are very thorough, responsive over the online tool called MyChart, and I've never once thought that I knew more than they. I am actually quite wary of doctors (they're just people, too... but they're all we've got), pharma (maybe I should call it Big Pharma with a capital P), and the disjointed, often imprecise, and misguidedly overprescriptive state of healthcare today (medications just lead to more side effects and more medications... that statement is true).
Penicillin was really only discovered less than 100 years ago, btw! 100 years! By accident! And I'm supposed to trust in science when half the side effects on prescriptions are WORSE than a disease!? Where are all the breakthroughs promised by the Human Genome Project?! Why isn't gut research mainstream?! That being said, the Polyclinic is choc full of caring, experienced, humble, and dare I say, wise, doctors.
The doctors are the single most valuable resource when it comes to any healthcare org. Without them, I wouldn't even give Polyclinic a second thought. I've seen several doctors at Polyclinic for many years, and they are all mentally present, recognizing of nuances, and intelligent in an experience-based, thoughtful sense -- not just a textbook sense. Gone are the days of "egotistical doctors as authority figures"; This new model of health recognizes the flaws of modern medicine and compensates for them with collaborative, targeted and insightful care... not saying the doctors aren't authoritative pinnacles of knowledge, though."
The above review was left in part due to the care I received while under Dr. Klokeid. I was recently told she no longer works at the Polyclinic, but wherever she goes, I would love to follow. Dr. Klokeid is an observant and proactive physician who has excellent and personalized bedside manner... and a well-rounded and practical, no-nonsense approach to medicine. I found her to be confident, transparent, and thorough when coaching me through a lot of stressful medical situations. In these uncertain medical times, it's as important that a doctor be able to articulate options clearly as their ability to textbook-know what the options actually are... And on top of all the aforementioned traits, also makes accurate diagnoses (which Dr. Klokeid does and has done).
Overall, I would recommend Dr. Klokeid, as well as 1 or 2 other doctors from the Polyclinic, to the public. She actually takes the time to know you as a person and, whether it's through note-taking or her memory, know your quirks. 5 stars and I wish her luck wherever she goes :)