Dr. Jessica Reed, MD

Dr. Reed literally saved my life. She was giving me a pre-op physical at her Canadian Lakes office in January for simple cataract surgery.  There was an anomaly in my EKG that had been present in several EKGs in the past few years most of which were administered by cardiologists in another state down south. Nobody said anything about it, even though I had also been having some symptoms, which I was repeatedly assured were not heart related. Dr. Reed did notice it, and was concerned enough to order a calcium screening. That was also a little off, but nothing alarming. Nonetheless Dr. Reed referred me to a cardiologist, over my objection that I'd already had two complete workups in the past five years which I was assured showed no problem. I already had been very pleased with Dr. Reed since I started with her after coming back to Michigan a year ago, so I just agreed with her and went to the cardiologist in Grand Rapids. This time, the cardiologist was very thorough and followed up on the information from Dr. Reed and my description of symptoms by administering the proper tests which had been neglected previously. He discovered that I had FOUR seriously blocked coronary arteries, including 90% in  the main left anterior descending artery which physicians commonly call 'the widowmaker'. The other three were between 70% and 80% blocked.  To say this was a very bad situation would still be an understatement. The cardiologist said I had a more than 90% chance of a cardiovascular 'incident' within the year. I was immediately scheduled for a quadruple bypass in less than a week. The procedure was remarkably successful, and I'm now recovering quickly. The cardiologist and the surgeon was excellent, as were their staffs.  But I never would have seen them if Dr. Reed had ignored or missed the symptoms like all of the physicians, including specialists, did before her, I probably would have had a massive heart attack, likely fatal, this year. But she diligently followed the clues with immediacy and then did exactly the right thing. And I'm quickly getting back to normal after 10 or more years of progressively worse damage. I'm getting my life back now as if the 10 years had not even happened, and it is all due to Dr. Reed's decisions.