Sumit Anand, MD

I’m never quite sure how to review mental health providers, so feel free to take this with a grain of salt (or your preferred crazy med).
I get that psychiatry can be a challenging profession — the only thing doctors have to go on is what patients tell them (verbally or nonverbally), and often those patients aren’t capable of communicating clearly. That said, I don’t know that I’d recommend Dr. Anand to anyone looking for help. In short, he did not address my specific concerns during the visit, abd his diagnosis was way off base.
I wouldn’t describe Dr. Anand as empathetic or understanding. He didn’t seem to take my concerns seriously, and I’m pretty sure he wrote me off as a doctor-​shopping headcase. Be prepared to «sell yourself» as a patient; as Dr. Anand will tell you, he picks and chooses whom he treats.
Dr. Anand seemed to have short term memory issues; there were a number of times when he misstated information that I had told him earlier in the session and I had to correct him. Some of it was minor stuff like the pronunciation of my last name; other details were potentially crucial, like the date of a diagnosis or current medications. I’m not entirely sure whether his assessment was based on what I actually said or his incorrect recollection of what I said.
Dr. Anand seemed clueless as to how to do the paperwork for me to submit to my insurance company for reimbursement. The «invoice» he provided had no CPT code, no diagnosis code, no provider ID number, no medical license number. In short, no basis for my insurance company to know that I saw a qualified provider who performed a specific service to address a specific medical condition. I did tell Dr. Anand what information should be on the invoice, and I showed him an example of another doctor’s invoice for a similar type of consultation.
On the plus side, he has evening and weekend hours, and his rates are lower than other area psychiatrists.