Can't agree more! His tech ran a 13 nerve EMG or nerve conduction study. Dr. Smirnoff came for the last 10 minutes of the study to quickly review her pictures and numerical computations. his comments suggested he thought she was incompetent ... with the patient (me) sitting there! He then ran more tests between my neck and my clavicle. He kept asking the tech to get him things, but was rudely chastising her for being slow! "Hurry up. I am wasting my valuable time here." All in all, he acted like a jerk, treating his staff like dirt.
Went back to him for review of DX and MRI that he referred me to after the EMG. Pretty much treated me to the same level of disdain he had showed his tech! He recommended 22 minutes three times/week on his "Hydraulic" decompression machine ... at $75/22-minutes, CASH ... for an unknown number of sessions. When I hesitated to sign on, he said: "You don't sound like you are willing to be patient and follow my advice. Anyone who isn't patient isn't one of my patients. Goodbye!"
No, I won't be back except to have the office FAX the EMG results to the Neurology department at Shands or equivalent!!!!
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