Jayshree Dhali, MD

I started with Dr. Dhali as my Endocrinologist last year when I moved to Chicago.
True– her bedside manner is not great, but she is very on point and even though I have had hypothyroidism for years, she explained my thyroid issues to me in a clear, understandable, and detailed manner.
She is thorough and checks my levels every few months. She called me personally (multiple times to avoid just leaving a message) to explain the change in my thyroid levels and why she wanted me to change my medication dosage. I have seen many doctors in the last 5 years, and I hardly ever get calls from the doctor themselves!
Her nurse and office staff are great– they remember my name/​medical history when I call in and are as accommodating as they can be.
I plan on switching to her as my PCP as well.

I have hypothyroidism and was delighted to learn of Dr Dhali. She ordered tests and found that I needed a change in my medications. She is very thorough and straight-​to-​the-​point in her approach to giving advice. She is caring but business-​like. Her staff is well trained and friendly. You won’t be sorry for checking in with her!

I received a referral from the midwives at Swedish Covenant, where I’m delivering, to Dr. Dhali so she could monitor my thyroid hormone levels during pregnancy.
All the reviews about Dr. Dhali’s bedside manner are spot-​on. She’s awful. She took my medical history and grilled me about the details of my thyroid cancer and thyroidectomy. I told her as best I remembered, and she kept interrupting to tell me I was wrong. (I later confirmed my facts with my mother and husband.) Eventually, I resorted to answering all her accusations with, «Why don’t you request my medical records from Northwestern?» over and over. I had the best care possible at Northwestern, and I think they would know better than she what the best treatment for me was.
I told the midwives about Dr. Dhali and they admitted that their patients don’t like her much. Later, I received a referral to North Shore for a consult.
Dr. Dhali seems to be monitoring my thyroid levels well enough, so I don’t want to give her one star. However, there are better endocrinologists out there — and nicer ones, for sure.

I was referred to Dr. Dhali 3 years ago when I developed gestational diabetes. She was rude, uncaring, and repeatedly accused me of not caring for my unborn child: «Why aren’t you following the diet?»
«I am!»
«Clearly you aren’t! Your levels are going up! Don’t you know this is bad for your baby?»
She was a horrible witch of a woman. I am pregnant again and my OB/​GYN wants to send me to her again. I would sooner change hospitals that have to deal with her again.
AVOID HER AT ALL COSTS!

My experience with Jayshree Dhali was horrible and highly do not recommend. When I asked her if I should use a continuous glucose monitors she laughed at me… despite the fact that I am a Type I diabetic… I wonder if she did not want me to have it because of insurance reasons. If you like being treated like an insurance number, waiting forever, and being dis-​respected as a patient this is the doctor for you.

I had a referral from my Midwife to go and see Dr. Dhali earlier this week. My Midwife and Dr. Dhali work at the same hospital, and my Midwife was concerned that I might be diabetic so she wanted me to get checked out.
Dr. Dhali’s office made we wait an hour to be seen, I filled out an extensive history as it was my first visit and neither the Nurse or the Doctor seemed to have read that when they finally spoke with me. I was asked the same questions numerous times. I’m pregnant and I went through IVF to get pregnant, so my weight is obviously up. However Dr. Dhali chose to call me pudgy, she then questioned my choice of using a Midwife instead of a «real Doctor», couldn’t remember what office they were out of and then, when I called her out for being so insulting she became belligerent and disrespectful to me.
She also could not get her staff together to get my test results even though I took the tests at the hospital she is affiliated with, when the results came in, she could not find the diabetes test results. She showed the page to me, to prove that they weren’t there and low and behold they were actually on the bottom of the sheet, clearly.
I found out I wasn’t Diabetic, which is great obviously. If this perhaps is a problem again in my future, I will find another Endocrinologist. I do not recommend this Doctor, she has zero bedside manner, long waits, and a quick temper.

I was with Dr. Dahli for 1.5 years, too long. The entire time she called me by my middle name, despite being corrected.
I went through all of her and the HMO hoops and she would still not refer me to the specialist that I needed to see (she’s on the referral committee). I know, I learned my lesson and went to PPO so I didn’t have to deal with this Dr. at all.
The final straw was when she complained to me that my HMO was causing her too much paper work that she did not have time for.

I love Dr. Dhali. She has been my PCP for 3 years now and I love how she cares for me! I’m usually always nervous to go to doctors but I’m never scared to go see her! She makes me feel very good and is always reassuring. I would definitely recommend her to everybody!

I recently switched to having Dr. Dhali as my primary care physician. She was highly recommended by my diabetes educator (Debbie Davis).
I wish I had switched to Dr. Dhali years ago! She is an amazing doctor. She is caring and does everything she can to help her patients. She has a great sense of humor. She makes sure to follow up with her patients and contacts them when she has results of tests. She is a great listener and will talk and work with you in order to manage your health care, rather than do «drive by doctoring».
I am very happy she works closely with my diabetes educator at Swedish Covenant Hospital. This is a big plus!
I really appreciate her staff. They do a wonderful job!
Overall, I cannot recommend Dr. Dhali enough. She may be very busy, but she does the best she can for her patients.

Dr. Dhali has been our (my husband and mine) primary care physician for about 3 years. She is very caring and truly seems to want the best for her patients. She makes sure I understand anything she is saying and is open to answer any and all questions. Doesn’t make me feel rushed.
Dr. Dhali is a mom herself and understands the stresses and joy of being a mother and what that can do to a woman.
She also specializes in diabetes and thyroid problems (endocrinology), which I was lucky for me when I decided to join the cast of «thyroids gone wild!»
Her office staff is great, always getting me in for an appointment after they realize what a huge worrier I am.
Minus one star for how busy she is, I think the practice she is in (at Swedish Covenant Hospital) really keeps her running. Also included in that –1 is that she only treats adults. I would love to take my kids to her.