IthacaMed

Dr. Law and his staff are my primary care providers. I love being a patient at this office. I am at risk for developing endocrine issues, and I like that the providers have the knowledge base to work with me to improve my health. I am a female in my mid-40’s and overweight. I have always been given respect and support without any fat-​shaming. My honest opinion and input matter when talking about my health.
I am surprised that a previous reviewer feels Dr. Law was not using best-​practice medicine. I have always been pleased by the depth of thought and breadth of information-​gathering shown by Dr. Law and the NP’s. I have had much more intensive lab work there than anywhere else I have been a patient. When I had a tick-​borne illness, the nurse practitioner worked with me to ensure I was feeling better as soon as possible.
My interactions with other staff have been positive. I have always been able to secure a same-​day appointment when I needed one. I have never had any problems when having blood drawn. I have been able to contact the office by phone or email and my questions were answered quickly.
I have seen other MD’s in town who like to assure me that I am fine, rather than addressing actual issues. This will never happen at IthacaMed. I feel listened to, and Dr. Law and his staff are advocates for my health.

This endocrinologist is not a good doctor at all if you have a thyroid issue (he may be better for the diabetes patients). He is not skilled at reading test results (this is not opinion, this is according to everything I have ever read and according to another doctor’s rereading of my results). He doses your thyroid according to TSH numbers (this is a pituitary hormone and only raises if you are depleted of thyroid hormone — this is a very old-​fashioned and lazy way of treating thyroid issues) and is not willing to discuss his protocol or even explain it. To me, this indicates that he is either insecure or not very knowledgeable. I also found him apathetic in a weird way — not even good at faking a reasonable patient-​doctor interaction like other doctors can usually manage. He is also only willing to use one medicine, which research shows is not very effective for most patients.
His nurse practitioner parrots the same lines as he uses, so you will not get a different take on your results from her, either. Her advice for me was to change to smart-​wool socks so that my feet didn’t get as cold? Wow — we are talking about a medical issue and she wanted me to change my socks.
They often run an hour behind and do not even act like it’s an issue for the patients sitting in their waiting room. No apology. No acknowledgement that he’s wasted an extra hour of our time. I take that as him being really pompous and assuming that his time is more valuable than mine.
The nurses are not very skilled at taking blood and always leave a substantial bruise — the only office that this has happened at – and it has happened at every blood draw there.
I’ve found that Dr. Law is not at all up-​to-​date on clinical research. He is content treating his patients the same way as was popular when he was in med school, many years ago. Times have changed.
I’m very glad that I can advocate for myself and opt for doctors not practicing endocrinology like it’s 1975, but I do feel sorry for the people who believe Dr. Law is up-​to-​date on research that could help his patients. He’s not and he obviously doesn’t care.