Sofia Garcia-Buder, MD

Dr Garcia Buder was very professional and took a lot of time with my husband and me. She is working hard to help reduce the sugar level and went out of her way to figure alternatives for treatment. The Medical asst was very well trained and competent and took a thorough history in a pleasant manner. I think this doctor is going to work out well for us. Dr takes her time to get to the root of the problem. We never felt rushed and thats a real plus.

To answer Dr. Garcia-Buder’s question, no I am not mistaking your office with another. I only have had one endocrinologist in the past 7 years so there’s not anyone to confuse you with. As I stated when we spoke, my complaint was not against you as a physician it was with your office staff who, as a business owner, is a reflection and extension of you as a provider. If you say that you promptly refilled my prescriptions then I’ll have to believe you however I had 2 different pharmacies on multiple occasions state otherwise which kept me from getting my medications. As previously stated, this was not an isolated event. It happened numerous times with different pharmacies and the only commonality is your office. I didn’t have trouble getting prescriptions from other offices so that just makes it hard to believe that it wasn’t your office that was at the heart of the issue. And as we discussed, my frustration with this was the way it was handled by your office staff. Every time I called stating that I didn’t have medication my concerns were trivialized and dismissed. Second, in regards to the appointment that I was refused for, I see that you choose to believe and defend your staff even after I told you that they lied to you due to what I believe was their desire to leave early. When we spoke I told you that I called 5 mins after the scheduled time of my appt and told the receptionist, Irene, that I would be there in 5 minutes but you are still choosing to believe the lies that are being told to you by your supportive staff. I believe that she probably did wait until after 5 pm to tell you what actually happened but despite me telling you otherwise your choice is to believe and defend her. When you called, your primary agenda was to defend your staff and get me to take down my review, not get a genuine feel for what I had experienced or what the shortcomings were from my interactions with your office and for those reasons I cannot and will not be changing my review.

On behalf of my mother who is a patient for over 2 years.
I’ve been a diabetic for 16 years now and Dr Buder saved my life. I’ve been feeling ill and no doctors before her have been able to help me to manage my diabetes. Thanks to her care and persistent ways of helping me find the right medication, I’ve never felt better. The staff, Lilly and Irene that run the front office are wonderful and always helpful. I highly recommend her.
–Gloria P

I am a new patient of Dr. Garcia-​Buder for 3 months now. I found her online, when I was doing research on female Endocrinologists. I am a type 2 diabetic. When I first started with this doctor I was using 4 injections a day, at my last appointment with her 5 days ago I found out that I no longer need any insulin injections and I have never felt happier! Dr Garcia Buder is honestly a phenomenal doctor! She always takes the time to listen to me at all my appointments and she always helps me when I needed help with my prescriptions. Dr. Garcia-​Buder is awesome! I would recommend her to anyone who needs a good and caring doctor to help them manage their diabetes. She is a very professional doctor and always take the time to ask her patients how they feel on their current medications and overall feeling about their diabetes. Without the help of her as my doctor I would not have been as successful as I am with my overall diabetes management. I am doing so well right now because of my diabetes team.
Its hard for patients to find a good or decent doctor but I was lucky and found Dr. Garcia-​Buder. Honestly finding a good Endocrinologist really makes a huge difference when your taking care of yourself and monitoring your diabetes. I am so happy now because I am only on oral insulin now! I have never felt more positive or happy about my diabetes until I started seeing Dr. Garcia-​Buder as my doctor.
Her office staff are also very kind, caring, and helpful.
A HUGE thank to you doctor! And a thank you to your staff! :)

Last December, more than year ago, I went to Dr. Buder’s office. Today I received a statement from my insurance company saying that Dr. Buder had billed $ 325 to them. The doctor has never billed anything to me, or given me any indication that she would bill my insurance company.
There’s a good reason for that.
Several months before my appointment in December I called her office because she was listed on my insurance company’s list of accepted providers. I suspected I had a thyroid problem because of some symptoms and previous test results from my PCP. I took the first appointment available, about 2 months out. I waited and waited and finally the day came that I could see the doctor. I went to the office, parked in a meter with a 2 hour limit, paid the meter and went inside to wait. After an hour and 45 minutes the staff put me in a room. After longer than 15 minutes, when my meter had already expired, the doctor wandered in. I was very upset at what had happened, since addressing the problem was important to me and I had waited a long time. By the time she decided to pay any attention to me I was already late to my next commitment, and my car could have been ticketed. (It wasn’t, thank God.) I told her so. She offered to give me a dollar for the parking meter. Really. She suggested that I just go get some blood tests and come back later. (No chance.) She tried to print a list of tests for me to have using her computer. She couldn’t work her own computer. She (I am not making this up.) couldn’t figure out how to double-​click on the thing on the screen she needed to put a test on the list. She added a few things, then deleted them accidentally. I was about to start screaming at her at that point, so I just said I needed to go to keep another commitment and left. She didn’t ask me about my history. She didn’t check what symptoms I was having. She didn’t even read my chart. (When I told her I thought my thyroid numbers might be low she pointed out that I could have trouble getting pregnant. I’m single. It says so on my chart.)
This woman is not competent to do her job as a physician. She can’t keep track of time, do basic secretarial tasks like work a computer, and has no concept how to behave professionally. She should not be practicing medicine.
I explicitly instructed her not to bill my insurance, because she hadn’t treated me. She said she wouldn’t.
Now, a year later, I have found out that Dr. Buder is billing my insurance $ 325. I have informed them that she never treated me, that the charge is fraudulent and I have instructed them not to pay it.
Run away from this woman.