I don't know what the other practitioners at this clinic are like. This is my review of Dr Janel, specifically. Unfortunately, there is no way to find out if you like a doctor without paying a massive new patient fee. And that's how they get ya. Usually people who have no choice but to pay out of pocket don't change dr's for this very reason. I disliked this dr so much that I am going to find another dr even though it will mean another insane new dr fee. Dr Janel is possibly an adequate dr if bedside manner and basic human emotions don't matter to you, but I need to feel like my dr is a person first and a dr next. She has an aloofness and business like manner that comes off seeming disinterested, rushed and lacking compassion. I came away feeling like I had been a nuisance to her, like I should have apologized for having bothered her by giving her a lot of money for nothing.
Besides general demeanor there were other little things like telling me she was going to take my picture with her ipad, rather than asking, and then being dismissive of my questioning why. ("the medical app requests it").
Maybe I don't want my picture in her app's data base. I don't know anything about the privacy policies of her app's.
Also, she prescribed a course of medication without telling me it was important to supplement with probiotics, and although I already new this, it further detracted from my confidence in her. What if I hadn't known? She didn't think of it herself , but when I cued her by asking if she thought I should supplement with probiotics, she said yes, and then tried to get me to buy a 40 something dollar bottle from her.
When I called later during a severe allergic reaction she never returned my call.
Bottom line: I didn't trust her or feel respected by her. read more
