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Two quick responses @johnwes5819, then off to town for the morning. First, the collection of doctors doesn't form a team without a communication system and a respected professional who wants to lead and will bring all the others into line. In my case, the team was ready to form within staff of the HMO. Second, your personal expertise -- developed with a lot of research of the possibilities -- has the potential to track down causes of your symptoms, but it also accompanies you as an encyclopedia when you visit a doctor whose practice is highly focused and comparatively narrow. In this case, consider keeping your questions to those that the doctor is likely to have an answer for; s/he understands what you're talking about and have studied, but needs to reframe her/his approach and undertake a novel or obsolete diagnosis and treatment. One answer to this is, as Teresa @hopeful33250 said, a university medical center with a multidisciplinary approach. Martin

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@predictable I know, I wish I had a team that communicates but unfortunately my city is surrounded by large hospitals that specialize in different expertise and they just don't communicate. It's just how it is. Your level of care is something I definitely dream about. I've been keeping my requests for tests well thought out and researched. I've had to be my own communicator to each doctor sadly because they won't do it themselves. I would love a multidisciplinary approach. https://iuhealth.org/ That's the only thing I have and even though they're a university, I don't think they operate as Mayo does. They have specialty departments but from what I've researched it's not a team overseeing the care of one patient. That is certainly what I need though.