I don't know what doctor this Janice P. saw. Dr. Montooth has been my PCP for almost 10 years and I wouldn't consider having anyone else. She is responsive to any and all concerns, is quick to recommend specialists as needed, is careful and thorough when reviewing my medications, takes her time with me, and has an excellent "bedside" manner. When my first physical showed some abnormalities in my liver panel testing, she immediately sent me to a gastroentrologist for follow up. It was discovered that I had stage 1 Primary Billiary Cholongitis. Again - not to snark on the other reviewer but if you go to a doctor and you don't get the answers you need that's on you not the doctor! I love Dr. Montooth! read more

DO NOT HIRE THIS DOCTOR! This doctor is wholly incompetent, negligent, and reckless. If you want even minimally adequate health care for yourself or for your family members, do not use her. Dr. Montooth was brought in about a year ago to assist my long-time doctor, and she has rendered either no care or the wrong care to me on every occasion I have seen her, except a first aid issue. I was diagnosed 2 years ago with degenerative disc disease and stenosis. I told her over a year ago that the pain in the left side of my neck had become much more severe and that it had spread to my entire skull, shoulders, head, and upper arms and that I was experiencing numbness and tingling in my extremities. SHE DID NOTHING: no referrals to specialists for care, to pain management, or for new tests, or explained to me the prognosis, or what course of treatment or care would be required for them. Nor did she recommend what I could do to help myself, like physical regimen to follow, or anything else. In short, she has given me absolutely NO CARE for this very painful and debilitating condition. Instead, She arbitrarily and capriciously CUT MY PAIN MEDICATION IN HALF, while planning to wean me off of it entirely. I have come to realize that she didn't know how to deal with many medical conditions, so she offered and suggested nothing. She gave me a different pain medication, which was not only ineffective, but which caused me to suddenly and without warning become very woozy and dizzy WHILE I WAS DRIVING, and I twice ran my car off the highway into a ditch before I realized what was happening to me.I could have been killed or killed someone else because of her incompetence and recklessness. It was only after the second highway mishap that I figured out what was causing this condition. Additionally, my throat was so inflamed for 2 months, that I couldn't swallow even water, and I had great difficulty breathing. Because I couldn't get enough air, I passed out and fell down my stairs. I also got down to 87 lbs and lost a lot of muscle mass - again because of wrong care from her. I finally fired her, because I can't risk any more harm to my health. Dr. Montooth is stone cold to boot. St. Louis has many fine doctors. If you are looking for a good doctor, look elsewhere. Do not entrust your life and your well being to her, or you risk losing it. read more