Anesthesiologists - Charlotte, NC

"EWBY I wish there was a negative star rating...My brother spent 4 days in CMC after surgery. The day he was released, he was home about 4 hours. He had laid down and slept then awoke with severe swelling at surgery site and redness. He had 102.6 fever. I take him back to CMC Main ER with these complications from his lung surgery. He was fine in the ER, he was fine in radiology, he was fine in CT for testing. He was fine the 4 days he was in hospital after his lung surgery. Placed in a room, Dr. Newby decides not to follow My brothers prescribed pain maintenance. He has been on these prescribed meds for about 12 to 13 years. She decides she wants to take this CANCER patient off his pain meds? He already suffers with degenerative disk disease and now lung cancer and lung surgery and she decides he doesn't need his prescribed pain medication. Ok yes, here comes a problem. When this Dr. Newby learns his family will remove him from this hospital......she has him involuntarily COMMITTED. She claims 'he's not making good decisions'......Doesn't contact the family, he's not given an opportunity for a second opinion. She just goes to a magistrate to involuntary commit him to that hospital. The man is 64 years old with debilitating pain, on disability from the condition, suffering now with cancer in BOTH lungs and Dr. Newby decides she wants to save him from pain medication. I'm not sure if anyone reading this statement thinks this is sound medical treatment or just a clueless drug addiction psychiatrist playing god and flexing her ego. If my brother had issues with taking his pain meds, he would've been removed from his pain doctors care, but he has been a patient there for approximately 5 years with no abuse issues ever. I'm a little mad but actually I'm more terrified that this doctor, unfamiliar with my brother, has nothing to do with his condition he seeks treatment, has the ability to make such drastic decision to force him to stay in a hospital just so she can force her plan of treatment on him because she decides he doesn't need his medication. His family was not even notified. The other destructive repercussions of her actions is...based on what she has done to him, he now will NOT allow the doctors to remove his other lung and will now risk dying from the lung cancer from which he suffers to avoid being imprisoned as Dr. Newby as done to him. Very BAD decisions made by a Very BAD incompetent doctor. Her actions will set the course for me to loose my brother much sooner than necessary. Yes I do hold her actions responsible for my brother deciding to not go through this ordeal again to remove his cancer riddled lung. Her actions will go before legal counsel and because as she accused my brother of not making good decisions, she will have to explain her bad decisions to a panel of her peers. The medication my brother is perscribed is what my brother takes...he has taken it for many years. He takes no street narcotics, and he doesn't take more than prescribed....nothing extra. Patients BEWARE!"

"Patient of Dr Robert Sullivan Huntersville NC. Have epidural injections 1 to yrs apart for lower back pain. Had approx 20 injections. Went in in March 2015 to have one. Within a couple days the pain returned but was much worse than before. Called office and they stated I should come in for another one. So I did a couple weeks later. So I had 2 within a month. Got billed for both injections. Had of pocket I was responsible for over$1300. I don't feel I should have to pay for the first injection. Called his office to speak with him and the nurse stated he will not speak to patients. And she stated he is not responsible for the charges and he could not do anything about it. Billing office stated the nurse was wrong and not taking responsibility for the charges. The nurse stated my body just did not accept the first injection. But how do they know that? How do they know the reason for the failure was due to the one injecting. Or that maybe the mess were not strong enough? Could have been hundreds of reasons why it was his failure. As stated I have had approx 20 of these injections and this is the first time this has happened. But the biggest issue is his failure to call a patient. They stated that's all he would be doing if he called all his patients. That tells me there are issues with this doctor if he has that many patients wanting to speak with him. And I actually really liked dr Sullivan. But no longer will I see him nor will I make any payments for this procdure. I will take my business some place that is not so concerned with money and more concerned with the actual patient. And the staff members need to have an attitude adjustment. Spoke to a nurse, April or something close to that name, and she had the worst attitude. I have dealt with her in the office and she has no personality at all. That is not the type of person that needs to be in this field."