Steven P.Beaudette's Online Review Report Card

He was so rude and misdiagnosed me. This made me sicker than I when I went to initially see him. When we discussed this he insulted me.

In a nutshell, our experience of Dr. Beaudette's office is incompetence and indifference. I'm sure Dr. Beaudette knows his stuff, but our experience has been a pattern of zero communication and unacceptable delays. Even doctors can't seem to get him to return essential phone calls. My mother was scheduled for hip replacement surgery, but needed to be cleared by Dr. Beaudette because of her Afib. For months, we heard nothing from his office and despite many phone messages from us and from her surgeon, we still had heard nothing up until 4 days before surgery. When his office finally got in touch, we were informed that she had needed to get a stress test (that we were not told about), and that we were supposed to be measuring her blood pressure and heart rate weekly. Unfortunately, because these things were not accomplished, it was too late, and her surgery was scrapped. My sister and I live out of state. We have taken time off work to not only get her ready for surgery, but in anticipation of caring for her post-op. The person at his office that we spoke too was uninformed and incompetent -- she didn't seem to know what medication my mother was on, among many other things. This is the second time my mother's surgery has been cancelled and she is suffering not only emotionally, but she is in constant and severe pain. This surgery was necessary and now because of the surgeon's schedule and our own work schedules, she will have to wait approximately 4 months for another try. We have never experienced such ineptness and disregard. Even though Dr. Beaudette is the only visiting cardiologist to the hospital in my mother's town, we will be shopping for a new doctor, even it means driving miles away.

I consulted with Dr. Beaudette mainly to address my hypertension, which was not under good control despite taking 3 medications. Dr. Beaudette was extremely diligent in testing and looking for underlying causes. Not only was he able to control my BP on 2 meds, but he discovered that my aortic valve was slightly enlarged, which informed his decision on which meds I should take. If you are looking for a highly intelligent doctor whose decisions are based on empirical data, who will treat you like an adult, explains his thinking, and who is philosophically more cautious than blasé, you can find no better doctor.

Dr. Beaudette performed an angiogram on my 83 yr. old mother six years ago. His calming manner and expert technique made the procedure very easy for her. She subsequently had quadruple bypass surgery and came through it wonderfully. She has been seen by Dr. Beaudette several times for followups and each time he is warm, caring towards her and has her completely charmed. If the need arose, I would absolutely want Dr. Beaudette to be my cardiologist based on my mother's experience.

Mom is 96 and has been seeing Dr. Beaudette for 2 years now. He is a terrific Dr. He takes the time to listen to her questions and answers them in a way she can understand. He is extremely professional and very pleasant to work with. I can't say enough good things about him or his staff.