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| - My son was admitted to Phoenix Children's Hospital in August with a fractured jaw that required surgery, the emergency doctor they called was Dr. Mazaheri. He ended up having surgery twice because the area became infected after the first procedure. We noticed that the Doctor was a little abrasive during our hospital stay but we wrote it off because we were under a tremendous amount of stress and worry for our son. Since then we have had several follow up visits and this abrasive, condescending and downright rude behavior continued. I was motivated to actually comment on this because we took our son back today, after discovering a lump near the surgical site, where his treatment of my ex-husband (and son) was not only excessively rude but unprofessional and downright unacceptable from a doctor dealing with pediatric patients and their families. The appointment was made and the pertinent information given to the office. At NO time did they tell us that we should see our primary physician OR that we should have a cat scan prior to visiting. When the Doctor saw my son he immediately began berating his father and asking WHY he would come in without getting a cat scan first! Why WOULD we have a cat scan unless the surgeon who performed the procedure told us to? That was the purpose of the visit after all, to figure out what we should do or if we should be concerned about the new discovery we'd made. The appointment last all of 3 minutes, he offered no advice or insight as to what may be happening with my sons jaw and he treated my family in a way that NOBODY should treat another human being, much less a patient from a pediatric hospital. I would allow one instance of a "bad bedside manner" to be written off, everyone has a bad day on occasion. However, this seems to be Dr. Mazaheri's core personality. There is no absolutely no excuse for this type of rude, demeaning behavior in any business, much less a doctors office. If you have a choice of which doctors you give your business to please consider rewarding those who behave like thoughtful and considerate professionals. This is by far the worst medical professional I've ever dealt with and if we were given a choice in the matter (emergency situations don't afford much choice) I would have chosen just about any other Doctor.
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