I have been referred to Dr. Raymond Lee by my PCP and I am extremely disappointed at the way that I…read morewas treated by his office receptionist/clerk, Cheryl.
I called Dr. Lee's office yesterday (9/27/2017) afternoon, after receiving my referral to set-up an appointment and spoke to Cheryl. She, rather condescendingly, stated that the referral should be faxed to her by my doctor rather than calling myself. I accepted this explanation and put a call in to my PCP this morning and they confirmed that a referral was faxed over to Dr. Lee's office yesterday morning (by approximately 9:15 am), I then asked if she could call and verify that they (Dr. Lee's office) had received the fax, etc. she stated she would do so.
This afternoon at approximately 2:49 pm, I called my PCP to find out if she was able to reach Dr. Lee's office and she stated that no one answered the phone but she left a message AND faxed over another copy of the referral form.
I immediately called Dr. Lee's office and Cheryl answered the phone, I explained that I called yesterday to try and set-up an appointment to see Dr. Lee and needed my PCP to fax over a referral and Cheryl stated, "Oh, yes, I remember talking to you yesterday." I then stated that my PCP did fax over a copy of the referral yesterday morning AND that she faxed over another copy today AND that she called and left a message today. Cheryl's condescending reply was, "oh, she did, did she? Well, let me check. Hold." It was obvious that Cheryl DID NOT check her messages NOR did she check her fax machine since the previous day! Whe. She returned to the phone, she then placed me on hold again.
When she returned to the phone, she then asked me to verify my information and advised me that the first availability they had was November 1st at 2pm. I asked her if there were other appointment times available as I prefer morning appointments because I am driving all the way from Waimea and she replied in a condescending manner with, "well, we have patients that come from Ocean View, Pahala, etc." And, finally being fed up with her negative attitude, I abruptly replied back with "I don't care about your other patients, I care only about ME!" She the. Cut me off and in a rude and rather abrupt condescending manner stated, "let's see . . . you are coming to see Dr. Lee about varicose veins, you know you have a choice to see another doctor!" I then stated that my PCP is recommending Dr. Lee and Cheryl repeated what she said earlier, "you have a choice to see another doctor, you do not have to come here to Dr. Lee's," as if she did not want me as a patient of Dr. Lee!
I am absolutely stunned and appalled at Cheryl's rude, condescending tone and her overall unprofessional demeanor! If Dr. Lee losses me as a potential patient, Cheryl with whom I would hold responsible!