Desai Pramthesh MD Fccp

If I could give no stars, I would. I had Dr. Sordoni as my PCP for years and had no complaints. This woman took her practice over when she retired, and so I ended up with her. I saw her exactly once, but dealt with her twice. The first time was during an unusually stressful time in my life. I asked her for meds to help me cope with stress and the myriad of physical symptoms I was experiencing as a result of it. She told me to «take a vacation» despite the fact that I had just confided in her that I was experiencing an extreme financial hardship, and said that I was «seeking pills.» I’m a licensed mental health professional who has never been prescribed any kind of pills in my life other than occasional antibiotics and a scrip for acid reflux medicine that I never filled. It was quite discouraging that the one and only time that I had ever sought assistance with a mental health issue, I was made to feel like a drug addict. Needless to say, I rode that storm out over the next two years and didn’t dare ask for help again. The second time I dealt with her was about a year later over the phone. I live alone and had a 104 fever and was dizzy. I called the office and begged, through a strained voice, if she could please see me or call an antibiotic in to my pharmacy. She insisted I had the flu and refused to schedule an appointment. I insisted she was wrong. I’m in my mid 30’s. I know what the flu feels like, and this was not it. She hesitantly agreed to call in an antibiotic for me and asked what pharmacy I used. I called the pharmacy later that day. Nothing. I had a friend call later still after my voice had completely failed me. Nothing. I called the next day. No record of her sending anything. I got into my car and drove my very dizzy and borderline narcoleptic self to an urgent care clinic where I was diagnosed with an ear infection, a sinus infection, bronchitis, and a few other things. I left with an antibiotic. Go figure. I also got some cough syrup, pain relievers, ear drops and a nasal spray. They asked me why I hadn’t made an appointment with my PCP. After telling them what had happened, they urged me to switch doctors. So I urge anyone reading this to do the same. If you expect to be taken seriously and treated like a semi-​intelligent human being with any insight concerning your own body and needs, don’t go to Dr. Desai.