Richard S. Zubarik's Online Review Report Card

I have been a patient of Dr Zubarik for nearly 15 years after my UC was initially misdiagnosed. He is by far the best doctor I have had. He always address concerns, very informative and takes symptoms very seriously. I was hospitalized for a severe flare up three years ago and while he was out on bereavement at the time he still consulted with one of his colleagues to ensure I received the very best care.

Often misdiagnosed

Dr. Richard Zubarik has been my GI doctor 20+ years. He diagnosed me with UC in my early twenties. During times of flares ups Dr. Zubarik has always responded quickly knows the best treatment to bring flare under control. 20+ years taking care of people's rear ends I'm confident he knows what he's doing.

Dr Zubarik has treated my husband for about 1 1/2 years and we find him to be personable, informative, exceptionally well qualified and caring. We were referred to him by our surgical oncologist to deal with his Krohn’s disease and are very satisfied with his treatment and recommend him highly.

A year ago Dr. Zubarik found a large tumor, he immediately sent me to a wonderful surgeon who operated right away.I feel so thank full for the wonderful care I received. I recently had to return for a follow up and Dr. Zubarik, was just as great , kind and thoughtful.

Excellent, caring, compassionate GI physician - I'm not certain what happened with previous reviewers, but I am a complex patient who has been with Dr. Zubarik for many years. He has always taken time with me and treated me with superior care. He referred me to an outside team when it was appropriate, and treated me himself until that time. Once the outside specialist had completed his treatment, Dr. Zubarik welcomed me back. He has never been anything but kind and thorough with me; answers any question to the best of his ability; is always pretty close to on time... I have no complaints at all, and actually asked him for a recommendation for a PCP when I needed one, and THAT PCP has been spectacular. Five stars, no hesitation at all in recommending this physician for either inpatient or outpatient care.

BEWARE of Zubarik if you end up with him as your provider! I cannot stress this enough!! I was not only treated very poorly by this doctor, a term I use loosely in his case, but life threateningly mis-diagnosed. I was told that my pain, nausea, vomiting that was only controlled by anti nausea medication, severe weight loss and other symptoms, were all in my head and that medication would solve all my problems. It turns out that I was seriously ill, with tumors in my abdomen, a tumor on my rectal wall and a diseased appendics. I ended up seeing a doctor in Maine and had surgery at Maine Medical. I was told that if all of this hadn't been caught then, I most likely would have been dead in a couple of months. If possible, avoid UVM Medical Center's GI clinic altogether and go to VT Gastroenterology.

He is MUCH more informative then Dr gangolie.......

Both my husband and I have had Dr. Zubarik for our colonoscopies and have always found him to be attentive to our concerns, willing to give us the time needed for questions and following up with us when needed. He is courteous and reassuring. When I had an emergency visit at the hospital, we consulted him. He immediately responded by phone personally and referred me to a specialist, helping me to get an appointment sooner than later.

i have been very ill for 2 weeks and can not get an appointment to see dr zubarik who is supposed to be a specialist in chrones disease. i was told by his office to go to the emergency room or to my family doctor,which i did both and they told me to see him, dr zubarik said he would see me in september.