Radiation Oncologist - Rochester Hills, MI

"I would never reconmmend this Dr to anyone I loved or even cared vaguely about. From the beginning to end of my 33 radiation treatments I became increasingly dissatisfied and discouraged by her lack of professionalism and bedside manner. From my very first visit when she interrupted me to tell me not to ask questions until she finished her spiel (her words) to asking me to "flash" her at my first post treatment visit to her manner of never touching me and standing as far away as she could in the room when I had to see her, she never treated me with anything close to compassion or caring. I was told more than once by the nurse Lori (sp) that my fatigue was simply a matter of my body adjusting to fall, and that I was "fine". In fact she was going to just have me skip seeing the Dr one week but fortunately Dr Cook arrived on time for me to see her before I was dismissed. Dr Cook is an excellent Dr by the way- I wish I could have seen her every time, but unfortunately she was only filling in for Dr Vlachaki while she was on vacation. As it turned out I had developed a serious upper respiratory infection so it wasn't due to seasonal change - rather the fatigue was real. If it were not for the caring of Mike, Deb, Antionette and Laurie. the time spent there would have been a total horror. As it was, I left treatment feeling as if I failed at having cancer. Please please please train the Drs and staff to show a little compassion. I had never had cancer before so the whole summer has been a bit daunting, but I feel that a little compassion would have gone a long way."