Larry Brit Lawrence, MD

(Unpleasant medical details follow)
I waited an hour after my appt time before I was seen. I went in to see Dr. Lawrence because I’d been having a painful and uncomfortable issue in my private region for a week and a half. I had googled it and knew it wasn’t an STD. One day I began having slight symptoms of a Urinary Tract Infection and vaginal infection. My concern was that the initial problem I had could have caused these secondary infections, which made sense, as they were in close proximity to each other. Dr. Lawrence diagnosed my initial problem and prescribed me an antibiotic (Doxycycline). When I asked him if the problem could have caused a urinary infection, he said «not really» and blew it off. I went ahead and asked if the Doxycycline would treat the problem and a UTI if I had one, and he said yes. I guess this prompted him go ahead and ask for the results of the urinalysis they had just done, even though he was already almost out the door. (I guess he wouldn’t have bothered asking for the results otherwise, so I don’t know what the point of doing tests is if you’re not even going to look at the results.) He seemed shocked to see that I indeed had a UTI. He then decided to change the antibiotic to Cipro in order to treat both infections (although previously he said the Doxy would do it). I asked him if it could have caused a vaginal infection as well and he said no, but he had a look on his face that acknowledged that we both knew he had just told me the same thing about the UTI. But he didn’t care enough to look into it, and I didn’t push the issue because he had already been rushing me and not wanting to listen almost since he walked in the room. I just hoped that the Cipro could treat all 3 infections if necessary. In my opinion, this is not satisfactory care.
Update: I had to make a separate appointment to be tested for the vag infection, which I did have, and had to take another round of antibiotics for that. :(

Absolutely the best bedside manner of any OB/​GYN or surgeon I have ever encountered. Extremely knowledgeable and compassionate. He was not my primary physician but I wouldn’t hesitate to have him as a primary in a future pregnancy.