MIchael D. Whitaker's Online Review Report Card

Dr Whitaker is an excellent doctor. I have a goiter with multiple nodules and have been seen by many providers/endocrinologists in the past. I was having annual ultrasounds and biopsies [benign]. I'm a PA myself and I thought my goiter was a bit odd but I tested negative for the typical things, Graves etc. When I moved to the area, I figured I'd establish care with the Mayo clinic and see what their thoughts were. I'm glad I did because Dr Whitaker knew what was going on right away. My lab findings were very subtle but Dr Whitaker recognized the abnormalities quickly. He ordered a nuclear medicine scan, a test which is a test many institutions do not perform, and it revealed that I had toxic nodules. The diagnosis was made with only one visit a few tests. What a difference it made to see Dr Whitaker! I'm extremely grateful for his knowledge at thoughtfulness and I'd highly recommend him to anyone.

This doctor should not be practicing. It's difficult to understand how Mayo keeps him on staff. He is dismissive, rude, insulting, contradictory, unsympathetic, and arrogant. He criticizes other providers, but makes basic misstates himself, one of which he criticized previous providers of doing. When you try to get information or clarity from him because he has been evasive, he gets visibly upset and makes a statement and minutes later says the opposite. I am very uncomfortable that doctors of his low quality are still practicing.

I agree with all the negative comments written prior to my comment. I came away from my appointment with the same impression of him and even made a second appointment to request another doctor in the clinic, and he said he would not permit it. He is, as others have said, dismissive, disinterested, arrogant, uninformative, disrespectful, and insulting of his patient's intelligence. He simply does not care about the patient before him, the patient's feelings, medical dilemma, questions, physical distress. He even suggested none of my issues were related to my thyroid when all my research and with input from other medical professionals say otherwise. He said in ending our appointment that I needed to find myself an Internal Medicine doctor, so when I saw his bio tonight saying that Internal Medicine and Endocrinology are his areas of expertise I realized the joke was yet again me on me on my way out of the door, in addition to all the other awful things about seeking care from this person that I endured during two visits. His instructions were conflicting, his answers evasive and he didn't like being asked to explain himself. Ugh. He's awful. If I could give no stars I would. Surprising Mayo has such a good reputation; that hospital should be embarrassed to have him on staff.

Tired, disinterested, old man. A detriment to the Mayo standard of excellence. Thank God he's not in oncology!

Dr. Whitaker is great! The discussion had with him about my health conditions were crisp, clean and on point...which I really appreciate. I asked some very pointed questions and he gave me direct answers. Additionally, his medical report tied EXACTLY to what we discussed and I was on board with. He’s no BS when it comes to medicine! Furthermore, his bedside manner is very good...pleasant and professional. Additionally, I think he has a good sense of humor as he chuckled when I quipped in response to some of his questions. I’d recommend my mother go to him without a second thought!

Worst experience EVER! My mother is going through cancer treatment and it causes her to have high glucose. Dr. Whitaker was the on call doctor and was completely RUDE, unprofessional and not helpful. He gives Mayo Clinic a bad name.

Probably knowledgeable enough, but unwilling to listen well, disinterested in my input, and also demeaning and rude in his manner and tone of voice. I thought his report was an inaccurate account of our visit.

Probably knowledgeable enough, but unwilling to listen well, disinterested in my input, and also demeaning and rude in his manner and tone of voice. I thought his report was an inaccurate account of our visit.

Probably knowledgeable enough, but unwilling to listen well, disinterested in my input, and also demeaning and rude in his manner and tone of voice. I thought his report was an inaccurate account of our visit.

I saw him at Mayo Clinic. He was my second opinion, I already knew I had an enlarged thyroid (3xsize) from a different office. He was unprofessional and when I questioned if he mesure my thyroid and what is the size of the thyroid, then he answered with: “you just have a fat neck” - I then questioned him if he is a real doctor or just a mental patient lost in the patient visitation room. He didn’t do the proper testing to have a diagnostic. He is careless and shouldn’t see patients unless he improved his attitude.