Gregory E Washington, MD

After reading the reviews posted on Unilocal I felt that I needed to post a review regarding my experiences with Dr. Washington. I have been a patient of Dr. Washington for at least 10 years and I have NEVER experienced any of the characteristics attributed to him in the reviews on Unilocal.Dr. Washington has always been the consummate professional. Dr. Washington has told jokes during my visits and I found his comedic humor refreshing for a doctor. He never made any sexual/​flirtatious advances or remarks to me at any of my appointments. I suffer from severe allergies and Dr. Washington took the time to explain my medical issues and any procedures or medication administered. I have never heard him raise his voice above normal conversation levels during any of my visits over the last 10 years. In fact, during one of my visits another patient passed out in the hallway. Dr. Washington provided care to the patient until Emergency personnel arrived. I am very familiar with the staff in Dr. Washington’s office and found that they genuinely liked the doctor. Dr. Washington will continue to be the medical professional that I go to for my ENT needs. I would like to Thank him for taking care of my medical needs.

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First off, feel free to read all of my previous reviews… you will see i am not one to go on rants like I have here.
One star is really too much for this evil man! I’m always hesitant to share my experience about this Dr because it is not an easy one to believe. It’s been 3 years and after numerous attempts of reporting him, I’ve learned all I can do it share my experience with others and hope they’ll heed the warning and choose another Dr.
As the other reviewer mentioned, this man has a HORRIBLE temper and NO control over his anger. I should have got up and left when during my first visit I heard him in the room next to me YELLING at a crying child who had had their tonsils removed! Before I even met him face to face I had a bad feeling that he was insensitive and impatient… that was just a tip of the iceberg! First, he was very flirtatious (which he later referred to as «treating me like a woman»). He diagnosed my problem which seemed to be accurate and took me out of work for 2 weeks. In order to return, I needed him to fill out paperwork which became a nightmare to get done. My time was running out and after lost forms and numerous unturned calls, I was left with no choice but to show up in person with new ones and wait. When the staff told him I was there he came out in a R A G E! Told me I caught him on the «wrong day» and began making horrible derogatory remarks, false accusations, then went on to insult me about the «type of woman I was» being that I was unwed with a child, mocked my condition in-​front of everyone, started to tear up my file but stopped himself… GRABBED my purse and opened the door telling me to leave before he called the police! I asked the receptionist to please call them because he was out of control. The staff were all cowering, I have a feeling they’ve seen this many times. During all of this, I kept my composure (which was VERY difficult). I told him he should be ashamed of himself as a man in his profession behaving the way he did. Like I said, it’s hard to believe and still after 3 years I am very disturbed by it. I was never rude to them, just persistent as I needed the paperwork to return to work. Even if I had been, his behavior was TOTALLY unacceptable.

I saw Doctor Washington Jan. 20, 2011 as a new patient. My visit was somewhat pleasant but he seemed a little too unprofessional for my style. He talked a lot about his personal life, such as his old neighborhood, which from his conversation I gathered was in the hoods of South Central or Watts, which was not an issue to me. He finally diagnosed me with swelling of my throat caused by a cold. He gave me a shot, which he only gave me a very brief description of the shot. He prescribed me prednisone, which was a medication that I’ve NEVER taken. He said it would raise my blood sugar a little.
The side effects of prednisone were nothing like he explained. I questioned Dr. Washington and my goodness; I thought I was speaking to Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde! He started raising his voice telling me «I dare you to question my expertise!» I was so thrown by his split personality that I had to ask him to stop YELLING at me. I calmly told him my concerns were all of the additional side effects that were not mentioned to me such as possible seizures; bloody stools, vomiting, mood swings and the list goes on!
He told me if I were THAT concerned about the medicine NOT to TAKE it! I told him that, that would not solve the problem and as my doctor I’m only coming to him for a better understanding than «your blood sugar will rise a little bit.» He then became totally irate behind my concerns to where he became SARCASTIC. He said «call me if you have a bloody stool, mood swings or muscle cramps!» He said and if you have a seizure call me too, and then he said «oh if you’re having a seizure you CAN’T call me!» I then said to him WHY are you being sarcastic towards me as your patient that’s totally uncalled for? Then he hung up in my FACE! I didn’t bother to call him back because I refused to argue with someone over concerns about my health.