First, we've taken our 16 yr. old son to Dr. Lucas his entire life and have been happy with the experience generally speaking. However, today I brought my son in for his routine physical, a pretty vanilla event. As I was sitting there Dr. Lucas is asking the standard questions, i.e. do you smoke, safe sex etc., then completely unsolicited she began espousing her liberal political views and telling my son that she is a democrat and that republicans/conservatives are stupid. I thought to myself this is out of scope, somewhat offensive, unprofessional and inappropriate given the reason for our visit. I kept my opinions to myself wanting only to push through the awkward situation keeping it professional without incident. Wishful thinking on my part. Keep in mind that this was all in the presence of my son and at one point my son spoke up and said, "I think both of them are idiots to be honest". Dr Lucas kept talking about it and as much as I wanted her to let it go and move on, she did not. Dr. Lucas proceeds to tell my son that voting for Kamala Harris is the lesser of two idiots. Again, not that it matters because he can't vote yet which is even more perplexing to me. Finally, I politely said that I have a different opinion, this isn't why we are here so let's not talk about it further. She said one more political remark and asked me a question about why I felt differently. I answered her question and I said that I wasn't comfortable with the fact that Harris was raised by a father who is a renowned Marxist economist and former professor at Stanford. Dr. Lucas immediately snapped back at me stating that my comment was false and that I didn't know what I was talking about and that I needed to stop watching Fox News. Predictable behavior big on personal insults, assumptions and light on facts. Finally, I politely said that it is our role as the parents to instill those values in our son and again said let's move on from the topic. My son had to provide a urine specimen and he left the exam room door as he left for the restroom. As I am sitting in the exam room, I hear her telling the nurse that I'm stupid for having and describing my opposing political opinions which she asked to hear. At this point I left the exam room and walked to the nurse station where the two were talking and stated that I didn't appreciate what she was saying about me within earshot. Dr. Lucas without looking up from whatever she was writing and delivered an insincere, inadequate and flat "I'm sorry". Dr. Lucas didn't even have the decency to look up from writing and look me in the eye to deliver a much deserved apology.. At this point I knew exactly what I was dealing with in Dr. Lucas and walked away giving her as little respect as she had shown me to that point. The nurse came in and apologized stating that Dr. Lucas was crazy about that stuff and that it had no place in discussions in the office. At the end of the day my opinion and reasons for having them are EQUALLY as valid as those that have brought her to her opinions. Dr. Lucas ridiculed and disrespected me in front of my son. She made assumptions about me that certainly were not based in any sort of fact or understanding of who I am or what has molded my positions. Her behavior was completely over the line, disrespectful, presumptive and inappropriate among the long list of other adjectives and frankly it was unhinged odd behavior that makes me question her professional judgement. Dr. Lucas should stay in her lane and demonstrate more self-control and keep her elitist irrelevant political views out of the exam room. Her political leanings have zero to do with the delivery of healthcare to my son. Finally, as a parent I don't tell my son what he should think or be politically, tell him to be thoughtful wherever he lands politically. It seems petty and unnecessary but after 16 yrs we will be moving onto another physician. read more