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Recommendations needed: How did you find a good PCP?
Just Want to Talk | Last Active: Aug 14, 2022 | Replies (9)Comment receiving replies
I've lived most of my adult life in major metro areas, including Boston and NYC, but now spend part of the year in the mountains in N.C. and miss the sheer concentration of top medical talent in the cities.
However, a lot of doctors move out of these same expensive cities after getting their post-graduate experience and looking to build a practice elsewhere. Or when deciding where to settle or start a family.
Ask every doctor that you like if they know someone good in a city near you. I found two new doctors who had classmates who practice near here. I specify 'city' because top doctors seldom move to under-populated areas unless they retire. (Supply-and-demand applies and they need to work where there is enough demand. Just as they mostly work in major metro areas, noted medical centers, to build a career resume and future demand.)
Doctors network a lot so you might get a few ideas that way.
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thanks i did talk to my sinus dr and his nurse at mass eye and ear and they couldnt help they just suggested looking outside the city so forth but sorry after 14 months of hell in new hampshire and it wasnt just one part of the state it was all over. even a place i used to go to and had excellent care 10 yrs ago i took the font desks recommendations cause there were all new providers yeah didnt work out so well first visit excellent second visit it was luck someone stole his brain and compassion. last dr i saw a week week and a half ago i had really high hopes for, all reviews online for him were excellent even won some awards same with his collegue. what a disappointment. not only did his three office staff visibly fight with each other over my insurance card but this dr wouldnt let me speak because it was our first visit which i understand but i had things i waited a long time to be addressed. i had a ctscan in th ER which showed a definite problem with my lumberspine. nope he never mentioned it so fatchance on getting the mri i need. i sent him messages abiut some of my bloodwork levels dropping he said they were fine. sorry. he blamed my obvious yr long symptoms on something petty not a defiency which i know i had. but he did squeeze in"you need to lose weight" oh yeah because of my GI issues my food limitations are few. sometimes i have to drink ensure just to get nutrition and he can stand there and fatshame me and people on the outside wonder why i have a mistrust of doctors. maybe for the 14 months of hell they put me through.