Neurologists who are Physicians - Laurel, MD

"As a result of my seeing Dr. Vijay Maggio in my search for epilepsy treatment, she offered the suggestion of surgery for the type I had. That was in 1999. We went through the testing in Houston, TX in 2000 and December 4, 2001 I had the surgery and have been seizure free since. I was 46 and had epilepsy since birth. She and my surgeon are one of my many blessings in life. Joy "

"I'm so disappointed and shocked at the utter lack of concern Dr. Ruwani Gunawardane has for me, her patient, and my overall health. I've being seeing Dr. RG since Dec 2018, she diagnosed me with MS. At the time I started seeing her I already had a long history, since childhood, of restless syndrome. This syndrome prevents the inflicted from sleeping. Chronic inability to sleep has serious negative effects to the persons overall health. It negatively effects cardiovascular, emotional, neurological, immune system, hormonal, and the day to day quality of life of the person. You would think Dr. RG would be concerned about this debilitating disease and do her best to ensure the patient(me) does not go without their medication. Sadly this is not true for Dr. RG. Not only was she apathetic about the fact I went without my medication due to my prescription refill request not being filled in a timely manner by her office staff, she dismissed my suffering by telling me "people make mistakes" meaning her staff. She proceeded to point out that she wasn't the original dr. who prescribed the medication, insinuating she did not have responsibility for it. I went for 4 days without the medication and consequently without sleep. I missed work for 4 days and endured and suffered through the sleep deprivation symptoms and effects for 7 days…. needlessly. When I expressed my concern and unhappiness about not get my medication prescription refilled, for the second time, she was not only apathetic to my suffering but she became defensive. In additional to her utter lack of concern for me they charged me $60 missed appointment fee for missing an appointment due to not be able to sleep for 4 days. I had never missed an appointment before. Dr. RGs blatant disregard for me and my health utterly shocked me to the core, and really surprised me. How can a dr. provide good care if they lack empathy and sympathy for their patients? The answer is they can't. My health and wellbeing IS important no matter who initially prescribed the medication. Dr. RG has a responsibility as a doctor to be concerned I went without important medication for as long as I did and empathetic and sympathetic to my suffering and loss of work. But what she did was make excuses for her negligent employee, said she wasn't the dr. who prescribed the medication, blamed it on the logistic of the pharmacy and the cost of the infusion nurse. Not once did she apologize or say she would take steps to ensure the prescription refill issue wouldn't happen again. I knew right then she did not care about me or my health what so ever. I now question whether I really have MS. Looking at the way she operates I would bet 99% of the people who walk through her door are diagnosed with MS....whether they "really" have it is questionable. I strongly recommend looking elsewhere for a health care professional. "

"I WILL NEVER EVER RECOMMEND ANYONE TO THIS CLOWN!!! WE WERE TREATED LIKE GARBAGE! He was obnoxious, hateful, intolerable, and disrespectful,. His conduct was very distasteful. He was offensive which made me defensive. He was not prepared for the visit and my mom’s medical condition and treatment was not thoroughly explained and discussed in appropriate language for her to understand being deaf. We did not receive quality services by this licensed and certified professional in any way during her health care visit. On 10/24/2014 my mom was seen at his office. As usual, my father and I always attend all my mother’s appointments because she’s hearing impaired. As we walked to his office I explained to the doctor regarding her disability. He told me he’d ONLY address her. I reiterated that she doesn’t hear at all and that’s the purpose of me being there. I told him I’d speak into my phone and she could read what he was saying. He insisted that I but my phone away and that the session would not continue if I didn’t. Once again, and at this point I’m getting upset, I explained the hearing impaired issue. My mom was getting agitated because she could since something was wrong. He starts to write down what his findings were but she didn’t understand what he wrote. He was only writing words, not sentences that would bring clarity. Needless to say this went on for the next 20-30 minutes. She never understood the results and neither was he patient friendly at all. Since he wasn’t addressing me, my phone rung and I told the person I’d call them back because I was at an appointment. The doctor tells me if I answer the phone again the session was over. At that’s point I’m done with his rudeness and blatant disrespect and I go off on him. He ask the nurse, Ms Myra, to sit in with him and never asked if it was okay with us….what about the patients’ rights? Everything he needed to say he’d ask the nurse to ask me (as if I wasn’t present in the room) because he chose not to speak with me. I had information that he obviously needed but due to his ignorance and arrogance, nothing got resolved and my mom left feeling uneasy and dissatisfied. BITTERLY UPSET!!!!! THIS DOCTOR IS DESPICABLE, APPALLING, WICKED, DETESTABLE AND BRINGS SHAME TO THE MEDICAL FIELD. HIS BEHAVIOR IS DISHONORABLE , DISCREDITABLE AND SHOCKING. NO QUALITY CARE OR PATIENT SATISFACTION!!! "

"He was very late. Did not look at my scans, told me that my speech and cognitive fog would get better and referred me to a physical therapist located over an hour from where I live. "