Rouse Joe P MD

I saw Dr. Rouse for travel vaccinations in 2013 – 14. On my final visit, Feb 13, 2014, for my 3^rd Twinrex shot, the person administering the vaccine (Jimmie Myers) placed the needed in the wrong spot on my Deltoid muscle, causing, according to my MRI report, an «oblique full-​thickness perforation of the posterior fibers of the infraspinatus at the insertion» with «fluid tracking into the subacromial/​subdeltoid bursa.» This condition is known as Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine Administration. I was doubled over in pain immediately. Dr. Rouse and Jimmie applied ice and had me rest before I could leave the office that day. After several follow-​up visits with him in those next 2 weeks, he diagnosed me with «arm pain» and prescribed the MRI and physical therapy, due to «post vaccine pain, R deltoid pain».
Despite this, his records of Feb. 13 do not record the pain or ice application, and now 18 months later, his insurance company has denied my claim, for which $ 11,000 in fees were sustained by myself, Aetna and Blue Cross to rehabilitate my shoulder. This is not healthcare, and I would not recommend him, his staff, or his services.

The only thing good about this doctor is that you won’t wait long after your appointment time – he does not believe in staying long with a patient. This doctor put me on a blood pressure medicine and soon later I developed a chronic cough. He would not consider switching me to a different medicine as he insisted it couldn’t be caused by the medicine. Instead I was sent to 3 different specialists trying to figure out my cough. After a year of no success I just quit taking the medicine and within a month my cough was gone. Thanks Dr. Rouse.