Let me put it plainly: You will NOT find a better endocrinologist in Washington state. You'd be hard pressed to find many with his knowledge anywhere. He knows multitudes more than most yet knows his limitations--he knows which areas are not his to treat and will tell you so. If he had chosen to be a car mechanic instead of a human one, he'd be one that NASCAR racers would swoon over and compete to hire, FACT.
The real magic of Dr Davies is in his ability and thoroughness with blood work and other objective data. He keeps every single item in mind while not simply handling people like they are robots. Every handshake and hello is pleasant and considerate; maybe his nerdy scientific brain isn't as oh, sweeetie, I'm so sorrrry as people oozing with empathy, but frankly, if I had to choose what to have an excess of in any doc, I'd choose expertise and thoroughness, not dripping sweet mannerisms that don't get numbers in line and systems optimized. I think his lack of drooly super duper sorrow for patients is this weird thing called respect. Even as a kid, I felt like that was a sort of mockery like someone patting you on the head because you can't understand big things like anatomy. He speaks to his patients with integrity and respect. He doesn't downplay issues OR make minor/insignificant things the end of the world. If you're a hypochondriac, he may not dramatize enough for you.
He treats bodies like complex machines that need to be well-oiled, maintained around the clock, and occasionally fixed with more than just a patch here and there. He's focused on real repair&optimization, not just symptom-masking. What stands out most is the SKILL and sheer KNOWLEDGE-his brain's a meta-database!-that even his colleagues respectfully fail to deliver on. I endured one of those colleagues, my numbers wonky & me feeling chronically crappy before bam, the right medicine got tweaked and, for maintenance of ALL systems, I went on Vitamin D because thanks, Seattle, said the milk chugger to the gray skies when her calcium levels dropped not because of low intake but because moving from a sunny happy place to here, my body couldn't keep up. Turns out my body needed a really HIGH amount of D--double a normal Rx to put my blood levels in the higher range within normal, which most MDs are too scared to consider, and the thoroughness proof came in checking (24 hour urine collection, fun!) to be sure I wasn't losing calcium through my kidneys, to be totally sure it was just a matter of getting enough D to make it stay put and stick.
I'll part with this: the last time I saw him was a 3-month followup, which is our norm, and finally, after months of tweaking 0.1mg at a time (literally), I not only stopped having my blood pressure drop, which made me pretty wiped out, but he finally mentioned a test that he'd been quietly monitoring, one that matters but that was secondary to getting to regulating BP (yay adrenals, you stressaphobes!) and even for a while secondary to getting my calcium optimal since small females with broken bones in their history are just waiting for osteopenia (which I had for a while after my casts came off, a long 6 months to atrophy). I finally went in, saying yay, BP hasn't had any issues, hurrah! What do you know? Mad scientist over there, hands rubbing slowly, methodically, while his computer screen transformed into a temporary set of bubbling beakers, revealed that this was my first time having that particular test in normal range... validation doesn't hurt, no matter how sure you are this person's right/wrong in their assessment. I really appreciate that he doesn't try this instant fix system of "let's make them shut up" methods like giving too much or upping doses too soon. It's taken a while to get everything exactly right, but you know what? I didn't go through nearly the kind of awful side effect frenzy other doctors have caused with wham bam next patient methodologies. He may "only" see people 15 minutes in the office for followups (more if there's something new that is problematic), but every minute counts; he spends hours outside that visit going through lab work, researching to be sure he's up to date, and checking with your other docs to be sure he's on the same page & isn't going to interfere with other treatments you may have, not to mention to know if there's a risk for conditions he isn't an expert regarding. This may seem like we're paying too much for too little time, but face it, this is better for all of us because if he can focus and deliberate in silence and call us later, so we spend less time waiting around and watching him work, likewise waiting around while others watch him. I think he's probably the only doctor I've seen in town that has a truly efficient EFFECTIVE system. A decent number are effective, and plenty are efficient. Usually those things compete to exist. He made it work. I urge anyone with complex issues to let him take a look at your machinery. read more
