Purvisha Patel's Online Review Report Card

Best in the business. Very kind and professional doctor

My daughter was seen in August by Dr. Patel. After 1 1/2 hours of waiting, she txted me to say she was in a room and then txted me 4 minutes later saying that Dr. Patel had come and gone in that length of time. She was in tears and said she wasn't even given time to tell her what all her issues were and they had not even discussed her main complaint. I told her to let the nurse know her issues were not addressed, which is a very hard thing for most patients to do. The nurse opened the door and said " Why are you still here?" My daughter then left the office without saying anything about her experience. I called within the hour to let the manager know what a terrible experience she had had after waiting so long and I did not think we should even be charged for a 4 minute visit. I spoke with the office manager again today and was told that the bottom line was that she was seen, no matter how brief the visit and circumstances and that the bill needed to be paid. I asked the manager if they were comfortable giving that level of care to their patients and she said it was not optimal care but she was seen and we needed to pay the bill. At the end of the day, this isn't as much about paying a bill as it is about the fact that after being made aware of the circumstances, they are ok with treating their patients in this manner. Every practice has bad days but my expectation was that after being made aware of the circumstances, they would have said this is not acceptable patient care, instead I was told to pay my bill. I think patients deserve more than that and Dr. Patel should as well.

Nice office - very nice staff - waited 1 hour and 25 minutes at her office for my appointment. When I asked if her "over-booking" of appointments was standard, I was told by a staff member that "Yes, Dr. Patel over-books every day". Do not waste your time on a doctor like this. I walked out.

Our Daughter had Mohs surgery by Dr. Patel. We are very unhappy the entire process. Do not recommend.

I went in to have an excision on my lower leg for an early stage melanoma. The day of the surgery she rushed in after they numbed my leg. She felt very rushed during the procedure and barely spoke to me. When she was done sewing up my leg she immediately left. My wound turned black within 4 days and when I returned she told me it was normal.They didn’t remove the stitches. Kept saying it wasn’t “ready”. After almost 7 weeks of horrible pain and swelling in that leg I got a 2nd opinion. It had necrotic (dead) tissue from how tight my stitches were put in. Since she never wanted to remove stitches it wasn’t healing! I had to go to another dr to debride it and put me in a boot! I am still going weekly and it’s been 3 months since the original surgery . I am so sad that she let this happen to me and then didn’t do anything to help me when I came for the follow up appointments. She just said to take more vitamins This has been one of the worse experiences of my life.

Over booked, rushed excision. Not fully numb. Painful.

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Worst experience I’ve had with a dermatologist and her “sidekick”. Her little (redhead) “sidekick” was the most condescending “medical staff” I’ve encountered. I’ve had melanoma, probably 30 squamous cell, and I asked her to please remove a place that I felt was definitely squamous. Her “”sidekick” said I had no IDEA what it was! Ha! Right. So, the spot has now grown and I have to have surgery next week. As in, major survey. If you’d spend time on the REAL issues instead of promoting yourself as a “skin spa and cool sculpting” you’d have better reviews. I wish you’d answer this one question.... who is going to help the people that have cancer? The procedures for aesthetics are taking over the REAL skin problems. Don’t waist your time if you need real medical help. They also wanted to charge me $30 for copying my medical records for 1 visit. I laughed in their face. What a racket.

I have a rare skins condition and Dr Patel has been "helping" me with this for two years now. I previously was prescribed a cream, very expensive, that helped. It's no longer covered by my insurance. Instead of writing a prior authorization, they sent it to a discount pharmacy where I could get it for $500 a pop. Completely ridiculous. My daughter's acne she basically treats with her skincare line. I'm done. Leave don't walk but run.

Recently received Sculptra from Dr. Patel. As a retired RN, I am especially cognizant of all staff and MDs, their abilities, infection control, and general professional personality of the practice. Dr. Patel met all my goals at 100%. Minimal bruising.....which is super common having had injections prior while living in South Florida. Comfortable procedure, aftercare instructions provided. Very happy with results!