Try their Colonoscopy! Amazing! Yup! I'm reviewing my recent colonoscopy and it was amazing! I'm a huge chicken. The idea of a colonoscopy could not be less appealing. When I was younger and heard that when you get to a certain age they take a camera and...well...they use it a highly improbable, clearly uncomfortable and most certainly undesirable manner seemed preposterously primitive. I didn't worry. I was certain that by the time I reached that age they would have come up with a far less invasive means of determining whatever it is they they were trying to determine. I was wrong. So after putting the procedure off for as long as I could I sought recommendations. I asked questions like: "Does he have large hands?" "Does he wear a Rolex?" "Did he win a Superbowl or wear a class ring?" "Does he have any nervous ticks or appear easily startled?" Dr. Nelson's name came up often, including the recommendation of my own Doctor, so I reluctantly made an appointment. The office was cheerful and efficient. I didn't have to wait and the initial exam simply involved answering a list of questions, a lot of reassurances (the most important being "You will be completely knocked out and won't notice or feel a thing.") and providing me with a prescription for Prepopik which he recommended as a very user-friendly prep regimen. They also provided me with very simple and clear instructions for what to do the day before, how to use the Prepopik and what to do the morning of. Right off the bat I would say that the recommendation of Prepopik was dead on. It tasted kind of like lemonade, only required 2 portions and several easily managed glasses of water and did not make my stomach upset. Sure, nobody wants to spend a day like that, but it wasn't nearly as bad as other prep stories I'd heard and overall was fairly manageable. I still use the plastic cup to make gin and tonics. On the day of we went to the local surgical center. Dr. Nelson (he looks a bit like Santa Claus which is also comforting) came in and reassured me that all would be well. I knew exactly what to expect. Everyone was friendly and although I was as jumpy as a dog passing fishhooks they were extremely professional and their easy-going calm demeanor made me feel less anxious. When I woke up I had no discomfort. Dr. Nelson arrived soon after in the recovery area and (thank god) gave me the good news that I would not have to do this again any time soon. He gave me a lot of detail about the procedure and although I could not have imagined I would ever say this, I'm glad I did it. Bottom line guys (no pun intended) if you're nervous about doing this and have been putting it off, don't. Go see Dr. Nelson. It really won't be bad at all and like me you will sleep better knowing there's nothing to be afraid of. read more

Dr. Nelson is an excellent doctor. I have Chrones disease and have been going to him for 4 years now. Nice guy and wonderful doctor.

I called Dr. Nelson's office to make sure I should schedule the appointment on Zocdoc but they said I should schedule it over the phone, so I did. I went to see Dr. Alan Nelson and arrived on time at 10am, gave my information to Denise without a problem. 10:30 arrived, Denise said I should wait as the doctor is with a patient. 10:45am arrived, I told Denise that its been 45 minutes and asked her to go and tell the doctor a patient of his has been waiting for 45 minutes, she refused, I told her I can do it for her if she likes, she said that would be disrespectful. I said its disrespectful that I am waiting 45 minutes later than I should be. Denise never asked me if I'd like to see a different doctor whose working right now. I told her I will wait another 15 minutes then I will leave. I waited until 11am, told Denise that I will not be coming back, will be writing a review, and will be requesting Dr. Alan Nelson lose his license to the licensure board and Denise responded with a sarcastic "good luck with that." When I requested Denise's last name, she refused. Later I called back to see if I could speak to Dr. Alan Nelson and spoke with Denise again, I confirmed that the doctor has a habit of missing appointments on purpose. She said she will pass my message along. Later, I got a call from Stacy, who didn't state her position in the organization, and she confirmed that Dr. Alan Nelson does missing patients appointments to keep diagnosing his other patients. This isn't an ER, this is a specialist who has appointments, what the hell??? Don't go to see this doctor or the other ones working in this office, the staff and doctors can't even keep their appointments. I called the insurance company to inform them of the situation in case the staff tries to bill for the non-visit, just in case they want to commit insurance fraud. The address of the office is: Yale New Haven Health, Bridgeport Hospital, 4641 MAIN ST Suite 1 BRIDGEPORT, CT 06606. Dr Alan M. Nelson, MD, has the following credentials: CSP.0006218 "CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE REGISTRATION FOR PRACTITIONER," NPI 1720006117, Medical License: 019537 (CT). I have put in a request for Dr. Alan Nelson's license to be revoked. read more