David A Guthman, MD

My wife and I were each referred here for very different issues. She went first and did not have a good experience. I figured, what could it hurt? My bad.

I was referred to Dr. Guthman’s office to see Dr. Faulkner, but Faulkner was booked up. After meeting with Dr. Guthman I was diagnosed with a kidney stone and scheduled a lithotripsy. Dr Guthman assured me he was good with the machine, and relief was a few weeks off. the procedure was a complete failure, (if you’ve had this before, you know what I mean), and I called his office the next day to let him know. I was told, through his asst., that results take weeks and they’d have me in for an xray in a month.
In a month, I went in for my xray, there was my stone, untouched, unmoved. I recieved a call from his asst. again, and when she called she acted as if this was our first conversation saying I have a kidney stone, no memory of our last conversation. Dr. guthman suggested another lithotripsy (even though this would be my 4^th on the same stone in as many years), rather than suggest going to someone else with a more aggressive approach.
I am old enough and experineced enough to know when someone has gotten to the point where trying to impress a client or patient is less important than the paycheck. Dr. Guthman is at that point.

I was referred to Dr. Guthman from a friend with a similar prostate problem. My appointments were met on-​time and my problem and course of treatment explained thoroughly. My problem was corrected through medications. Although surgery was an option, he did not push this method of treatment.