My visit with Dr. Duch was bizarre and upsetting. He was very rushed when he came in. He was literally red-faced and seemed angry or agitated. It seemed like something else was going on - if not, he was assuming things about me and my appointment that I was not privy to.
He rushed me at every turn as I tried to explain my symptoms. He kept interrupting me, scoffing and rolling his eyes - to the extent that I at one point stopped talking and pointed out the eye-rolling. It clearly did not land for him that I was pointing out his expressions of literal contempt. As I said, it was all bizarre; I wish I had just walked out - but the visit was so short, he probably wouldn't have noticed that, either.
When I described my symptoms and used terms a previous doctor had used, he again started the scoffing and eye rolling and mumbled that I was "self diagnosing again." I was literally describing symptoms, not saying "I clearly have _____" -- because I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS WRONG. I understand that he did not agree with my previous MDs and that's all well and good, but you don't belittle a patient for reporting. That's the most basic principle of patient care.
He said something along the lines of "Well we are not going to figure this out today," again sounding annoyed - I was not expecting anything definitive and was literally there to get an informed opinion about ongoing symptoms. He kept assuming things about me that I was neither asking nor assuming. He expressed overt contempt via his tone and body language throughout this very brief visit and made it clear he was in a hurry to be somewhere else.
I literally glanced at my phone before and after the visit, and I was in and out within 10 minutes: in my field, that would not count as the "long discussion" he of course put in my visit note (I presume so he could up-charge the visit, which was almost $800).
Maybe he's good with a scalpel and hammer - bedside manner and basic communication skills, he is not. I would question his diagnostic skills, given how he handled our discussion. read more