I love this doc!
After years of going to a few large practices where I just assumed being made to wait like cattle in a room full of the sick and aged with a TV blaring some daytime shout-fest to numb us to the passage of time, was the state of general medicine in these United States.
However, I got pushed to far by a doctor that succeeded one I liked and had to chose a new one. Lumping them all together I choose one based on the qualifications 1. closest to my house, 2 would honor my insurance. That's a pretty low bar but it was only as low as my expectations.
Just by happenstance the doctor turned out to be Dr. Meade at Patient's First in Bellevue.
The practice itself is run efficiently. If my appointment is for 10:00, I know I'll be getting my check up no later than 10:01. Dr. Meade takes his time with me, but I know I'll be out by 10:30.
He did something surprising on our first meeting and has continued it to this day (I get checkups every 6 months for a health issue I have): He shook my hand and looked me in the eye!
Prompt service, excellent care, time actually spent talking to the patient hasn't abated in the last few years I've gone there. It's a wonderful practice and if more physicians would be like this then there would be a lot more satisfaction with American health care. read more