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Old 07-30-2014, 03:39 AM
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I think people's feelings and reactions to their physicians are even more individualized than their restaurant preferences, so this is only my opinion, but I swore I would never go back to Villa Medical after a bad experience there with Dr. Villa. To me, she's more interested in the business and marketing aspects of running her practice than the patient aspect.

I later broke that vow because my GP referred me specifically to Dr. Betancourt, but I found him to be patronizing. He would ask a question and then interrupt and not listen to the answer while spending most of his time talking to and explaining to his nurse what to enter in the computer. BUT I only saw him twice for a consult and testing to rule out pulmonary issues, and I think he found my non-problem to be trivial and not worth his time. He is widely respected and well liked, so my experience seems not to be the norm.