Patel Mahendra A MD

Dr. Patel is absolutely amazing, and so is his awesome staff! My husband has been seeing him for about 3 years now and I have been for about a year. During your first appointment, they will draw your blood and do ALL blood tests (including thyroid, hormones, etc.) and schedule you for an ultrasound on your internal organs and an EEG and a breathing test. The first time I was a little overwhelmed but it’s all part of an annual physical and I appreciated this so much!
Dr. Patel is very kind, always smiling, very knowledgeable and patient with his patients. He takes as much time as you need and answers all and any questions without judging you. Of course, he gave the quit smoking lecture but I’d consider it malpractice if he didn’t! And we did quit so yay! He ALWAYS has appointments, 99% of the time same day!
His entire staff is fun, laid back and really nice. They get the job done quickly and efficiently and also take time to answer questions you have.
To give you a true idea of how much we love Dr. Patel, we moved from Homewood to the north side of Chicago 2.5 years ago and we still drive down to the suburbs to see him, including my once-​a-​week trip five weeks in a row just for an injection of Iron/​B12… Yup, he’s that good.
I only know of two cons in the entire time we’ve been going there: Every once in awhile the waiting room wait can be a bit long but like I said, it’s worth it. This is primarily a problem only on Saturdays and that’s because they do the ultrasounds and testing on Saturday so it takes a bit longer. Also, their hours are a bit squirrely because he splits his time between two offices so he’s currently open only Tuesday afternoons (until 7), Wednesday afternoons (until 6:30) and Saturday mornings (until 11) at this time. That can be annoying when you want to get in on Monday for an ear ache that starts Saturday night or something but we’ve only had that happen once and it turned out to be ER worthy anyway.
All in all, I would highly recommend Dr. Patel and his practice. He is currently training a second doctor and she is also great. She takes her time and explains things to you and seems to be following closely in Dr. Patel’s footsteps in regard to his practices and beliefs. I love this office and wish he was in the city!