General Internal Medicine Group PC

Dr Jenkins has seen me through many hardships and has been instrumental in ensuring the availability of a medication that kept me from a wheel chair. She is truoy a lifesaver, and the sharpest ontarget diagnostician I have ever known.
Francene, her nurse assistant has been the most efficient and flawless member of the GIMG team I have been fortunate to know.

This is by far the worst doctor’s office I’ve ever been to. I went here a few times because I lived in the mosaic district and the office is walking distance. Every time I call I am put on hold immediately for several minutes. The receptionists are very unprofessional– talking and laughing with each other rather than helping patients in a timely manner. Expect to wait a minimum of half hour in the waiting room and at least another 20 minutes after the nurse takes your blood pressure, temperature, weight etc.
I’ve seen Dr. Colella and Dr. Fola and both were just okay. They always try to get you to come back for a follow up appointment in a couple weeks before prescribing anything. What a waste of time and money. Last year I had X-​rays taken here and last month I had blood work done. Both times I never received any results until I called them to figure out what was going on.
You can definitely find a better doctor anywhere else. Do not go here!

I moved to the area recently and needed a new general practicioner. I saw Dr. Fola and am extremely happy with him! I was able to get an appointment quickly and the front desk staff could not have been more friendly and accommodating. I recommend this practice and Dr. Fola highly.

Just wanted to update this place over a year later. I still go to GIMG and my doc is Dr. Goyal. I still pay for the online system, they have 3 different levels and I do the middle level.
I love the online appointment scheduling. I have never had a problem getting an appointment either the same day or day after, as long as you are flexible with seeing a PA or another doc… but if it is important, then you’ll do it.
Again, I have no problems with this place and the staff has been pretty friendly the last few times I have gone.

Avoid this place like a plague; better yet, avoid GIMG all together. The doctors don’t care and the staff are not friendly at all. While I am not naïve to think that economics is not a driving force behind most businesses, this place just don’t care about their patients what so ever. Moreover, the PA and doctors are pretty incompetent. Again, avoid this place at all costs.

I wasn’t thrilled (per my earlier review) so I changed to a new doctor (Dr. Chen) and I actually liked him.
However, under circumstances which are not quite clear to me, he’s left the medical practice entirely.
I was sick this year so I saw yet another doctor. She browbeat me for not having scheduled a regular check-​up. I tried to after my last check-​up, but their appointment system doesn’t go a full 12 months into the future. So I can’t schedule it as I leave the office? And she’s going to chastise me for that? No thanks.

I chose GIMG because I figured a practice with so many doctors must know a thing or two about health care. The credentials of the doctors looked pretty good on the website and the practice looked pretty organized.
I was severely disappointed. The doctors do not administer personalized care, and the policy at GIMG is to charge for everything. From writing a replacement prescription because your insurance changed to getting printed lab results, be prepared to pay for anything that requires effort. I understand that economics is a driving force, but there’s a certain threshold and GIMG definitely crossed it.
Go see Tracie Lanter in McLean if that’s an option for you. She’s fantastic!

I needed a DO who did manipulation for pain in my hip. Dr. Emily Chin was the only DO my insurance covered, so I made an appointment. I went in and talked with her a bit, and when she realized I what I wanted (manipulation) she then told me that she didn’t do that.
If it had stopped there I would have probably given her three stars (for not telling me before I made the appointment, I was pretty clear with the receptionist what I was looking for.)
However, it did not stop there. I’ll start off with how inept she she came off. I gave her very detailed information on the pain in my hip: what aggravates it, what the orthopedic said, what the physical therapist said, etc. After going through my medical history and seeing how many bones I’ve broken over my lifetime (five), she suspected arthritis in my hip. So even though the patient, another doctor, and a PT thought it was muscular, she wanted to try something instead of just saying «I can’t help you.» This was fairly costly for me because not only did I have to pay like another $ 80 for the X-​rays (probably why she didn’t just walk away), but I had to take more time off from work (I get paid by the hour). After a week or so I called their messaging service, which is very strange, and checked the voice mail she left me. Her message was simply, «You’re X-​rays turned out fine.» That’s it. No advice, nothing helpful, just that it wasn’t arthritis. Gee. Thanks.
Now for the part that really, really bothers me. She not only did she fail to give me information that would help, but she gave me information that ended up leaving me in pain for months. She proceeded to tell me that no DO ever does manipulation anymore, only internal medicine. I told her about my roomate’s gf who is a DO doing her residency and has to learn manipulation. Her response was PA was the only state that still requires DO’s to learn manipulation, and that there weren’t any in the DC area who practiced manipulation. This caused me to give up my search, feeling like I now had no chance to find a DO who could help stop the constant searing pain in my hip. During this time I continued trying to see a PT, but their therapy really didn’t help.
Finally the pain got so bad I decided to search again, and I found a great DO, Dr. Craddock (whom I’ve reviewed on here). After one treatment from him the pain was gone. If Dr. Chin hadn’t decided to volunteer information on a subject she knew nothing about (turns out there are quite a few in the area), I would have found relief from the severe pain in my hip.

I have been here a few times and after going to a few other doctors (and quickly leaving) I am pretty pleased with GMIG. Of course it is hardly a Rockwall painting, but I have been happier than I have been with most doctor’s offices.
Sure the office staff isn’t the best, but I always get in quickly and they have Saturday AM hours for emergencies.
In my experience, it isn’t so bad. Oh! And the magazine selection basically stinks. Bring your own.