Anderson Deborah MD

I needed an ob-​gyn and Dr. Anderson took my health insurance so I made an appointment with her for a pap and check up. I wasn’t very impressed and decided I probably wouldn’t go back to her. She was very rushed, not at all personable, and had zero bedside manner. She had about as much personality as a boiled potato. She left me to change into a gown and came bursting back into the room a minute later without knocking, she didn’t ask me a signal question about my lifestyle (no questions about diet, exercise etc), and when I asked if she had any recommendations for me to get as healthy as possible before getting pregnant, she looked at me totally blank faced and couldn’t provide any feedback– odd for someone that specializes in healthy moms and babies. Throughout my appointment, I really felt like I was just another number for them, like they tried to just get as many patients in and out without treating their patients like anything more than cattle. So I left the office not impressed, but what REALLY turned me off and guaranteed I won’t be back is that I was told I would get a call in the next couple days if my test was irregular or a card in the mail in the next week if it wasn’t. Well SIX WEEKS later, I still hadn’t received anything so I finally called. The receptionist confirmed my test was regular and said she was just mailing me a card «tomorrow” — what a coincidence! What’s worst is that the receptionist had an attitude and wasn’t empathetic at all to the fact that I was concerned and curious about why I hadn’t received anything. All she said was that they were «so busy». It’s unacceptable to keep someone waiting that long about their health, especially something that was more than likely a generic form letter since my results were regular. This practice obviously is stretched too thin, only concerned with getting people in and out, disorganized, and doesn’t care about its patients enough to show any care or concern about their health.

While performing a laparoscopic surgery to remove a cyst and ovary Dr. Anderson perforated my bowel. After the surgery she had told my boyfriend the surgery went well and that I would be fine. After two days of horrible pain and vomiting I called 911 and was told at Enloe I needed surgery ASAP or I would die. I spent 10 days in the hospital and had three more surgeries to fix Dr. Anderson’s mistake and over 2 months to heal, though I was told I would have gastrointestinal problems for the rest of my life, I never once heard from Dr. Anderson to even check and see if I was ok. If you care about your life you will never go to this horribly uncaring and negligent doctor.