I'm not sure why my rheumatologist doesn't have a Yelp! page!!!
I've been seeing Dr. Uramoto for about 7 years now, and until I met her I had no idea what was wrong with me medically. I was suffering for a few years with doctors telling me I'm crazy or just misdiagnosing me all around. She was the first doctor to ever really take me seriously and actually give me a real diagnosis(es..).
Over the years she's really taken excellent care of me. Her nurse, Lori, has been with her the whole time and knows who I am the second she picks up my phone call! They are both extremely friendly and thorough.
If you're a new patient, just like with any other specialist, you will probably wait at least 2 months before an initial visit. But after that, making an appointment is no problem. There used to be a pretty long wait time, but the past 2 years it's really improved and now I only wait at most 10 minutes.
I've had experience with a couple of other rheumatologists (just tagging along with my mom or fellow auto-immune plagued friends) and I've gotta say, Dr. U just can't be beat. For starters, her office is cleaner & roomier. Way more comfortable an environment, and the staff consists of 2-3 girls at the front desk, who are cross-trained nurse/reception and work directly and exclusively with their respective doctor; basically, no confusion with checking in, scheduling, etc.
With roughly 13 rheumatologists on the island, it can be a difficult to get an appointment with one, and if you're presented the option to choose one, it'd really suck to pick a crappy one, and wait 3 months to find out you don't like them, then go through finding another one. If this is a situation you find yourself in, and Dr. U is one of the options, go for gold! read more