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| - I saw Dr. Marquard's reviews on Yelp, which drew me to this office, as I was in need of a primary care physician. Unfortunately he was very booked and I couldn't wait that long, so I took an appointment with his wife, Dr. Aspen Calkins. The only reason I am giving 2 stars and not 1 star, is that she did seem very knowledgeable and did help me to finally get over an illness that I had for 4 weeks. They have recently moved their office, but I also felt very uneasy about the office itself, but it was very convenient to my home, so I figured I would overlook that. The visit began normally with her asking me questions about my medical history, but the first red flag was that she would not allow me to answer the questions if I could not give her the answer in 1 second or less. She rushed me through each question, and she would go on to the next question and not allow me to find or think of the answer. After that, I had a feeling this wasn't going to work for me, but I decided to give it a chance, and let her finish the race to get done with my medical history. So when that part was done, she gave me some pertinent information and came up with a plan for my treatment. Unfortunately after that, our interaction turned awkward when she found something funny about a difficult reaction I had that affected my breathing. When I told her I didn't appreciate her laughing, she got weird, and said she wasn't laughing, which made things extremely awkward. Instead of being compassionate when she knew I had been sick for a while and knowing it was our first meeting, she stopped interacting with me. So, although I was very thankful for her help and knowledge, she chose to continue to make me feel uncomfortable when she gave me my order for lab work. If I didn't know before, I knew then that I would feel too uncomfortable to return for another appointment with her. I will say the lab technician was very friendly and made me feel welcome. Hopefully in time she will understand what patients are looking for in a physician, and that it's not just knowledge, but that compassion, patience and bedside manner are what is needed to form a good relationship with her patients.
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