Herbon Fleming Md's Online Review Report Card

Dr. Fleming evaluated my mother thoroughly and explained test results clearly. He answered all of our questions clearly and explained his recommendations. He listened to my mother's concerns. Dr. Fleming was knowledgeable and easy to talk with.

Doesn't listen. Doesn't think outside the box. Leaving him.

Personable guy, but incompetent doctor. Does not pay attention, flits in and out of the exam room, does not follow through, does not seem to notice what needs attention until his attention is directed to it by patient or specialists.

I saw Dr. Fleming in Dec. 2017. I had taken 4 different antibiotics since Oct. and was still coughing terribly and coughing up colored mucus. He looked at the computer for awhile and talked to me some and said "you don't have an infection so keep doing what you're doing." So as of today, Jan. 2018, I'm the same and miserable.

Dr. Fleming is extremely pompous and does not listen to his patients or their family members; I am unsure of his knowledge base because I believe that his attitude problem might be the major obstacle to his providing competent care for his patients. I am basing my evaluation of Dr. Fleming on my personal experience with him, which was truly horrific. I have heard numerous stories from local people not satisfied with the care they have received under Dr. Fleming. Many think that he is their only local option for pulmonology, but that is simply not the case. LeBauer Healthcare in Burlington now has full-time pulmonologists on staff!

He told an elderly woman that there was nothing wrong with her breathing, lung function tests did not lie, and her breathing problem was mental. She came to see him because her ability to breathe, and therefore her mobility, had taken a rapid nosedive. Her family and friends were alarmed by the obvious and rapid changes in her functioning, and everywhere she went strangers kept trying to get help for her. Her problem was not mental; she had multiple pulmonary emboli in both lungs and DVT.

Dr. Fleming was treating my elderly mother for extreme shortness of breath. At her last checkup she showed him her hot, red, swollen, painful ankle. He asked her who she was going to see for that, and told her that he didn't treat ankles! Thank God a relative with a medical background was attending this appointment with my mother, and advocated for her leg to be checked for blood clots. Later that evening test results showed that my mother had a tremendous blood clot running down the back of her leg from her knee to her ankle, and multiple pulmonary embolisms in both lungs!

Dr. Fleming is no longer in Tennessee. He now practices as a pulmonologist at Kernodle Clinic in Burlington, North Carolina. My 74 year old mother was one of Dr. Fleming's patients and the first two patient reviews are totally accurate regarding Dr. Fleming's attitude and incompetence. At my mother's last appointment with him, when she was seeing him for severe shortness of breath, she showed him her hot, red, incredibly swollen, and painful ankle. Dr. Fleming asked her who she was going to see for that, and said that he didn't treat ankles. Thank God a family member with a medical background was there to advocate for my mother. My mother finally got an ultrasound of her leg. She had a huge blood clot running down the back of her leg from her knee to her ankle and multiple pulmonary embolisms in both lungs!

He bounces in and out, Never reviews test, never listens to your questions or even has time too. I think he cares, but is on his on planet. He has never explained my diagnosis. I go in with so many questions, but never get a chance to ask them. I really think he must have ADHD because he flys in and out says take this and walks out. The nurse brings in discharge form and your gone!

I left in tears and he was still being mean and was not sympathetic at all. He asked me, "what medication I wanted him to give me?" Isn't that something the doctor should decide himself? Don't go to this doctor if you need help with any serious medical concern.