Risa Jampel M D P A

I would never go to this dermatologist again. There are more in the area, do your self a favor and save the headache. The practitioner is Insensitive to your concerns. Definitely rude.

I came back from an appointment with Dr. Jampal today so my impressions of her are pretty fresh. I don’t doubt that she’s a smart doctor but she’s a really brusque person. She’s one of those people who does a lot of «uh huh, yeah, yeah» and nodding, the cues that make you think she’s in a rush or what you’ve said she’s already heard before. I have acne (surprise) and she kept interrupting me in telling her my medical history to the point where I was getting kinda frustrated with her, especially when I know she’s going to ask me the things she’s stopping me from telling her. There will be a TONE in how I talk to you when you act like you’re too busy for important details and she got THE TONE from me. I think she got the hint too.
She backed down a little bit, made some good recommendations, set me up with the prescriptions and medications I need and I feel like I’m all set. I really wanted advice on what to do about my skin now that I’ve turned 40. I’ve had acne since I was a teen and now that I’m getting older I want to make certain the protocol I was following before is still appropriate at my age. I think she’s just not the best listener and doesn’t have a warm and fuzzy bedside manner but I do think she’s probably a good doctor. One thing that’s a little disconcerning is her office seems a dingy. The sink in my examination room didn’t look very clean and the containers that she she keeps gauze and whatnot in looked like they had seen better days. Since she was just looking at my face and wasn’t say, my gyno, I let it go but I definitely did notice that.
Dr. Jampel isn’t the only game in town so I just might shop around for a doctor. Doctors that do specialized care aren’t that hard to find and I believe in letting people know how I feel about them through my patronage — or lack thereof.

I do not do many reviews because I usually forget that I want to tell others about my experience. Today I made sure to log on as soon as I got home. I know it takes forever to get an appointment with a dermatologist. I called this office around July 12 and thought I got lucky because I was told someone just cancelled an appointment for July 26 with the Physician’s assistant. So I scheduled the appointment, printed the patient registration forms and when they left a message on my voicemail July 23 to confirm the appointment I called them back within an hour stating that I was confirming my appointment. I get there today, sit for 15 – 20 minutes before any one calls my name although I was the only person in the lobby only for them to tell me that I had cancelled my appointment. Of course they have no record of who I spoke with on July 23 but wouldn’t mind scheduling another appointment. I know you have no problem scheduling another appointment but how do I know that 1 – 2 months from now this will not happen again. What is the point of confirming an appointment if someone that is not paying attention is going to cancel it anyway? I prefer to do business with someone that is going to employ people that are not in a rush or have so much to do that they don’t understand when someone says they are confirming an appointment.