Spiegel Timothy MD

I was referred to Dr. Spiegel by my primary doctor for my painful and arthritic hands and body joints which, coupled with a high rheumatoid lab results, seemed to my primary care doctor to need an expert opinion. I immediately saw that Dr. Spiegel was a character… a nice character who know alot. He looked at my hands and instantly reassured me that I had osteoarthritis as opposed to rheumatoid arthritis. I was elated. He really knows his business! He said good for you bad for me… we had a laugh. I have read some of the negative reviews and feel that these people have placed the importance of the doctor not on his skills and experience but on his personality… which once again I do admit he’s a character… a nice character. I also appreciated the time he takes on his patients. Too many doctors these days want to get you in and out of their office uncomfortably fast. If you want highly skilled advice and care I would refer him to anyone needing a very good rheumatologist!

I’ve been an active patient of Dr. Spiegel for over 15 years now.
He was able to diagnose me after having gone though a litany of doctor’s and tests, all of which came up empty.
My case has been fairly resistant to numerous treatments including all of the standard ones. He placed me on one medication while it was still brand new, that was the first medication to make a real difference for me. As of today it’s an old medication, but it is currently the only method of treatment I’m using.
One thing I’ve been impressed by is that Dr. Spiegel has always managed to stay ahead of the ever growing list of medications, a number of which I’ve tried (with limited success) over the years. In spite of my excepting things being the way they are, he still makes an active effort to find new treatments just in case it might be the one to improve things for me.
He does come off with an attitude at times, but it’s not prevented me from getting quality treatment. We’ve had a couple of fairly heated issues once or twice over the years, but never anything we couldn’t get passed.
As of today his office is a 2 hour drive from my work, but I’ve still chosen to remain with him in spite of this.

WORST DOCTOR EVER! so so so rude. He would not even let me explain what problems i had. I had a list of things in my phone to tell him so i wont forget and every time i try to open it he rudely said «put your phone away». I had my blood test reports in my phone too. When he started talking about blood test i told him i have them in my phone and he goes «well! I’m gonna wanna see them». I had taken screen shot of the blood reports. He takes the phone from me and i suppose accidentally swiped backwards on the picture and my picture showed up. He returns the phone and say, «here! you show me, I don’t want to see that scary face again!» I still kept up with him. When i tried to open the list and check if there is something else i need to tell him he told me to put my phone away again. So I tried to go through the list in my head and i remembered and told him that i get fevers too then he goes, «You cant just do that. by the way i get fevers. thats important information» Well i won’t do it if you just let me tell you why I was there to see you. And at the end he had nothing to suggest me to ease the pain. All he had to say was,“It is going to hurt but you just have to get through it!” I had to ask him myself if it was okay to take a painkiller.
I paid him for something anybody can have told me, «its gonna hurt». and i paid for him to be offensive and rude to me.
Never ever go to him. Believe me, you’d come back feeling even worse.

My young daughter saw Dr. Spiegel several years ago and we were both extremely disappointed and upset by his rude attitude. Won’t go back to him again!

RUN. Do not visit this doctor. Please take the time to google and look at the negative reviews. He was completely inappropriate and rude, to the point where I wanted to walk out of the visit several times. It was comical listening to his asinine remarks and it is true that he really does love hearing himself talk. The more I sat there and listened to him ramble on, the funnier it became. He gave incorrect medical information, and was saying things that were so grossly incorrect that a 30 second search on PubMed would be able to prove this doctor wrong. It is a shame he is allowed to practice medicine. I think it is about time that he retires because at this point you cant teach an old dog new tricks.

I agree with reviewer Carol W. I have the same diagnosis AND I found Dr. Spiegal to be just a rude, unlikeable person. The first thing he said to me was, «what is wrong with you?» What? Dr. Spiegal likes to hear himself talk and kept me in the office for 30 minutes as he expounded on why EDS now has a different name. At one point he told me he would examine my skin, and he told me that this «will be a sensual experience.» Uh, gross. I couldn’t leave the office soon enough. Avoid. Seriously.

If you are diagnosed by Dr. Spiegel as having Ehlers Danlos, go to a different doctor.
3 women on my block long street were diagnosed with this rare disease, and did not have it. It is the «go away» diagnosis. His nurse told me to get on antidepressants.
I actually had a fractured pelvis.

BEST DOCTOR! I always knew Doctor Spiegel was a great doctor, but especially since moving away and now going to a terrible Rheumatologist, I appreciate the great service and care I got from Doctor Spiegel. He was the first to diagnose my type of arthritis, and provided me great care. He was always greatly concerned about my health respected my choices about my treatment.
What I appreciate most about Doctor Spiegel is that he made sure I knew everything about my condition and treatment options, and made it clear that althoug he had strong recommendations, my treatment was ultimately my choice — and when I chose not to move onto the treatment he recommended for my own personal reasons, he respected that.
And his nurse/​receptionist Chris is great. I miss this office more than I can say!