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| - My mother went to Dr. Kassir and because she does not do yelp I am writing on her behalf (and the behalf of our family that went through the experience with her). It was a horrible and even traumatizing experience dealing with Kassir and his office. The friend that recommended him (another doctor) even said the office is not good with communication and the doctor doesn't have a great bedside manner "but he's one of the best." When she first met him he was short and sarcastic; the first words out of his mouth were asking if she "wanted cancer" since she had not had a full colonoscopy (only Cologuard) before the one where they found something.
She went in for a procedure and was told something at the last minute before going under that it would be a different procedure. There was no communication about it - more irritation, like medical stuff is complicated and not for the layperson (mind you, she is a very smart and savvy lady, she just likes things explained to her). While she was still recovering post procedure and my sister was waiting in the waiting room, the doctor came out and (without confirmation of the biopsy, which would take days, or my mother's consent) told my sister what he thought was the likely outcome of the biopsy. This shocked our whole family and felt totally wrong. How can a doctor tell a family member something like that without talking to the patient first?
While dealing with post-procedure issues while recovering, my mother asked to see the doctor, but he refused to come into the room and relayed info instead.
My mom had a wonderful oncologist whom initially recommended both chemo and radiation. She, with the support of her oncologist, opted for just radiation on the tiny targeted area. The radiation worked really well and she is now in the clear (save for the followups she needs to do).
Vowing never to go back to Kassir, she decided to try Dr Hall also in this practice, for a followup exam. Dr Hall gave an uncomfortably long lecture about how my mother should have done chemo too because that's what people do and she did not follow the usual protocol which was dangerous and wrong...on and on for several minutes (mind you, she was talking to a patient who responded great to the treatment and was thus far in the clear). My mother even stopped her to say she didn't want to hear about it anymore and Hall continued with how important it is to do chemo in conjunction, ad nauseum. Things like this make me really suspicious of the pharmaceutical industry and the doctors that prescribe their meds.
I don't care if these surgeons are good or even "the best" by some standards. They do get a good rating from our family...and you deserve to know exactly what we went through. Best of luck finding a wonderful doctor - and God bless.
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