Maxine C Tabas, MD

Wet in for my routine mole patrol. I thought the examination was thorough. I did have to wait in the room in a paper dress for about half hr though.

It disappoints me to say this as the people in the office are very nice, but this practice has really gone down hill over the years. I have been a patient there for over 15 years and even though Dr. Tabas was not the warm and bubbly person, she was great at what she did. Today, you don’t see any doctor, it’s a different nurse or PA/​NP each time. They always seems new and clueless, which is not what you want when dealing with skin cancers. I was recently in a room for a long period of time and really noticed how the walls were dirty, the baseboards were pealing off and how bad the building looks. I also absolutely hate how they operate, making you come back several times to treat one thing at a time. I am moving on to a new derm, I would recommend you don’t go here.

Went last week for a Mohs consult. Oh my gosh what a horror.
First off Waiting room filled to the roof. Waited an hour past my appointment time.
Nurse screamed at my wife for wearing perfume??? She then told me to wash of my cologne. Sent my wife out a back door so Doctor would not smell it Really?
Proceeded to tel me that each scraping she would do would take 3 hours to biopsy?
Do the send them to the hospital? Every one else is 45 minutes. Every nurse there had an attitude. My blood pressure was high do to the terrible office etiquette.
They then told me if it was that high on surgery day they would stop and send me home.
This Dr s office is a joke!
Saw a mother Mohs Dr. Today. Amazing office and staff. Needless to say you know where I am going to do this. Dr. Crotty on Sand Lake is amazing and studied with Dr. Mohs.
As an update these fools called me a month later to try and scam me out of my copay a second time!!! Stay away from this office and Doctor.

I’ve been to this office on several occasions now and they always make you wait. Rather than doing a biopsy the day of the appointment, they make you reschedule for another visit (and another wait) to get it done. You wait in the lobby, you wait in the exam room, you wait between the assistant and the PA, it never ends. I am done, I am going to find another doctor that has more respect for their patients.

Honestly worst experience in my life. Felt like cattle. Horrible with keeping on time. Forth visit and every time they have been atleast an hour late. Can’t get them make an appointment. Had to show up and demand an appointment because no one would call me back. I would recommend you roll the dice with skin cancer before you see these smucks.
Dr was extremely nice and knowledgable. But she really needs to hire a competent office manager.

So, I have a special place in my «patience» section of my being for dermatologists since I basically grew up having to go to them. So when I moved to FL I was in search of a good one. Well I moved downtown away from my previous dermatologist — I didn’t really love him either. So, I started my search on Unilocal of course, but not many doctor reviews yet in Orlando… come on peeps, share!
So, since I couldn’t find one on Unilocal,I turned to: Orlando magazine’s Best Doctors in America® 2013 — the closest and female one: Maxine C Tabas, MD
So, I called immediately requesting a full body check and it took me 2 months to get an appt =(That should have been my first sign. I know she’s supposed to be good but that is a heck of a long time to be seen. But I figured, if she is that good, it must be worth the wait.
So, the morning of my appt comes and I am excited (I know I am weird) and trot into the office and I was immediately overwhelmed with the amount of people in the waiting room. I thought, man there must be a few doctors that work out of here. Nope, was chatting with my neighbor and he was waiting there over an hour. Yikes. So, of course, my schedule didn’t allow for an over an hour wait. So I went up and requested a reschedule and they had something available the next morning. However, when I arrived the next morning, even more people. I had to wait for a seat to be opened. Again, I thought… well she must be worth it.
So, after an hour of waiting I am finally called in the room. I chat with the assistant and she asks about 4 areas of concern to focus on during my full body check. Dr. Tabas comes in like a tornado and introduces herself, asks me to stand up and does a less than 1 min check of my entire body while shouting out some notes to her assistant. She doesn’t even ask me about my areas of concern and doesn’t even look at one of them… I wish I would have been more prepared but I was so thrown off guard. She says she doesn’t see any reason to be concerned except for my sun damage and leaves. I think she literally said two sentences to me. I was so confused. But, I guess with a high demand doc, that’s what to expect? (So, Jeff C, I feel you bud)
So her assistance follows up with me and the area of concern near my eye, she says to make an appt with the esthetician. She suggests some sun care items and I am dismissed. Thank the lord the esthetician was available the next day. I head into that appointment and she was a ROCK STAR! (review to come separate — Dana Trunzo, CME) While I was in there I asked her about the area of concern near my eye and she said, have Dr. Tabas look at it. HA! So I told her what happened the day before and she grabbed the Physician Assistant: Amber. Amber spent more time with me than my entire time in the exam room the day before. She checked out the spot, said it was a mole and nothing to worry about. Then she went over the ABCDE’s of moles. So much useful info! So, lesson learned, if you want to be seen with good care at this office, make an appointment with Amber Blair, PA-​C. If your attention requires Maxine C Tabas, MD — I am sure they will let you know.
Other notes:
The office staff is very friendly and understanding but I wish they wouldn’t overbook and I wish they would let new patients be seen sooner.
They should have free wifi at LEAST so most people could work while they wait.

I was impressed by the website for this office and decided to give it a try. I’m guessing the comfort and convenience referred to is reserved for the doctor’s cancer patients. I, however; was seeking a new dermatologist to help me with benign skin issues and perhaps teach me better care and maintenance as I age. I’m starting to think that’s too much to ask.
The wait was longer than the exam; nurse never even introduced herself; had to ask for information/​education beyond getting a script; felt like I was bringing insignificant problems that they had no time for. They advertise as an office that also does beauty treatments, so maybe they didn’t assess me as a client who would spend a lot? I don’t know, but the fact that I felt like this means that my search is still on… and searching is sure expensive.

Not a good experience. I would not recommend for any services whatsoever.