The nurses and receptionist are excellent. The facility is overall in good condition. The Doctor, Sheila Schmidt however is extremely rude and unprofessional. Her bedside manner is one of the worst I have ever encountered. I believe the sign hanging above her door stating that "The Queen is not seeing anyone at this Time" is a great example of her entire personality and work ethic. She has seriously the worst comprehension skills in the medical field I have seen to date.
My mother is her patient, my mother has suffered 8 strokes and 6 TIAs in the last two years due to an unfortunate combination serious and incurable cardiovascular diseases which have caused the following: Livedo reticularis, Sneddon syndrome, subclavian steal syndrome, coronary artery disease, Ventricular Septal Defect. (hole in the heart) It has many complications. Along with Atherosclerosis, which is pretty serious. Stenosis in the left vertebral artery leading to the brain, Intracranial hemorrhage. chronic encephalomalacia with petechial hemorrhage. Her cardiovascular physician has her visit Dr. Sheila's office once a month to have her blood drawn to make sure her blood thinners are working, and to provide as much preventive care as possible. During almost every visit Dr. Sheila Schmidt has obviously not read her file, or the faxes repeatedly sent by her Cardiovascular physician, she keeps telling my mother that she shouldn't have to take her blood as she doesn't see anything serious. And surely the Cardiovascular physician would see her more often than every 5 months, and would have "FIXED" her if it was anything serious. I can not believe someone in her field would ever look at the critical health condition my mother is in and not just see a walking medical miracle. My mother has had countless surgeries. There is no "fixing" her. The only solutions are preventive health screenings and medication to prolong her life expectancy as much as possible.
She will never not have strokes due to the Sneddons. My mother used to be a very healthy, happy, active person until she was diagnosed and the symptoms of her diseases began preventing her from enjoying many things people take for granted, The 8 strokes have made her blind in one eye, she has lost full control of the movement in her left side of her body, and can no longer understand directions and therefore can not even navigate her own home well. This doctor told my mother she didn't "see" any residual effects, and serious things are "fixed", and her condition is not that serious. I was disgusted and felt awful for my poor mother who is fighting with everything she has to be around for her new grandchild. This doctor is deplorable. If she doesn't understand how important her position is or how many lives depend on it, then she should work at the local CVS giving out flu shots. read more