I used Mt. Rainier urology a few years back for some general issues and a referral, they seemed fine then. I ended up going back because of some issues which turned out to be (as far as I can tell, Dr. Zadina is not great at communication around medical info and didn't even give me a verbal diagnosis at any point) chronic prostatitis.
It's ended up being a six month thing, where I have had to switch antibiotics a few times after recurrence of symptoms. As far as I know, that part is normal. What is not normal is that they recommended every unnecessary test in the book, routinely botched up my prescriptions, would not respond to my requests to correct their mistakes (repeatedly sending things to wrong pharmacy), would not perform the appropriate tests to figure out what bacteria was causing my problem, and generally were uncommunicative, unhelpful, and uncaring.
I am fairly sure the doctor actually had *forgotten my original diagnosis* once it came time for my cystoscopy. I believe he was under the impression I had a UTI, when in fact they had tested for UTI many times. So basically, I have this issue (chronic prostatitis) known to be hard to treat, that requires a little homework, and it just gets treated like a UTI...likely because neither the Doctor nor the staff are bothering to look at records and put two and two together.
So after months of mistakes and borderline (maybe actual) patient neglect, they get all upset that I hadn't paid them immediately, and I get a curt and demanding call from his office manager. Oh, they also never sent the bill they were complaining about, by the way...but that is par for the course with their organizational issues.
That was pretty much the last straw for me. Dr. Zadina is a nice enough of guy, but I would *not recommend going* here if you have anything beyond a routine issue of UTI, needing a prescription, or whatever. If you have a serious issue that requires real effort on the part of a professional then do yourself a favor and find a less apathetic urology clinic.
I will also specifically warn anyone considering going here that it is very "old school", the doctor barely explains his treatment rationale or diagnoses, and just sort of expects you to go along. He also has bizarre to nonexistent bedside manner. If you've ever had a cystoscopy, you know it is not fun. During mine neither his assistant nor he said much of anything to me, it was really bizarre. I have had a lot of urological treatment in my life (yay, what luck) and never came across a group of people as uncommunicative (and seemingly unconcerned with patient welfare) as Mt. Rainier urology. So, caveat emptor.
I normally don't like to leave negative yelp reviews because I know it can affect a business, and subjective reviews of a local business are not always a fair way to judge. However, the care I received here was bad enough that I want other people to be forewarned about it. Again I'd strongly recommend avoiding this place unless you have a very routine, easy to treat issue. read more