Gastroenterologists who are Physicians - Reading, OH

"Kept stretching my throat without one X-ray. I had stage 4 Adenocarcinoma (non smoking lung cancer). A simple X-ray would have spotted that. Instead of treating me, he winged it. The worst. Not even 1 star. -10"

"Was referred by my GP. Took 6 wks to get appt.. and was hoping for answers as to what was causing my sudden severe abdominal pain and change of stool. What a total waste of my time! I might as well have been talking to a court stenographer, as all Dr. Wadhwa did was face her computer (facing a wall not me) and type away as I dictated what she should have already known from my case file from my previous doctor and from the form the Cleveland Clinic had sent (which her office verified they had received all prior to my visit). She just asked me vague, open ended questions - Why are you here?, Why did you have a Cat scan?(uh, I'm just the patient, that's what you should be able to tell me!). She treated me like I was there for a routine visit and made no reference to any of my ailments or complaints. I guess she was too busy typing to comprehend what I was really saying. When I asked for a stool analysis to be done, she wrote up a request, but I later found it was for the wrong test - for analysis for c-diff from diarrhea, yet I never had diarrhea - (and the lab said c-diff bacteria would be all they would be able to look for based on the test order she had written). After about 10 -15 min. max. with her, she then handed me a paper stating thanks for coming with no patient instructions or follow up visit. When I asked about a follow-up appt., she kind of shrugged me off and said something along the lines of, "lets wait and see what the stool test shows and go from there" Needless to say, I didn't have the stool test for c-diff from diarrhea done, as I never had diarrhea. Nor did I return to Cleveland Clinic, or ever would return or recommend their gastroenterologists. And for this wasteful, meaningless little visit, they still charged nearly $700! BTW - I ended up getting worse and was eventually rushed to the hospital (not Cleveland Clinic) and admitted for 4 days - I was diagnosed with having diverticulitis that had abscessed. "