Thomas V Barker, MD

6−1−13 I had the misfortune of having a black beatle like bug fly into my right ear canal. At 7:00 pm at urgent care at sc med pamf staff tried for over two hrs to kill remove drown this black bug. Screaming everytime they stuck lidocane or ear scope in my ear they bug was attacking my ear canal. Barker was on call but I kept hearing them say he has a rep for being a no-​show in the er. I was sent to the er and saw Dr. Whidley and Julie? they only saw blood no bug. They called Barker at 11:30 pm and he said «she is not screaming so it must be ear wax». See you Monday morning. i was sent to cvs t get 2 rx’s and home by 2:00am. The bug started to attack my ear til it must have died from all the lidocane. Monday morning 8:00 I went to see Dr. Charles Eldrige he scoped and sucked this black bug out that was dead in about 1min. I sent Barker a pix and we spoke he pretty much said I dont trust nurse practioners diagnoses and Sat nite in the er is not fun. He claims in 30 yrs he has seen this twice well guess he missed a third time. I will never tell anyone anything good about this Dr.

I cannot say enough good about Dr. Barker! If I could have him as my primary doctor, I would. He does come across a little serious at first but he warms up. He took wonderful care of me when I was diagnosed with Thyroid Cancer. He was caring, listened to me and answered questions, and was prompt and thorough about what he did. He was also my surgeon and he did an EXCELLENT job! My incision was perfectly sewn and my scar is hardly if at all noticeable. His staff and nurses are wonderful too! They are very caring and attentive and I saw the doctor, on time, almost every appointment I had.

Great doctor who really takes time with his patients. Most importantly a highly skilled surgeon. I would recommend him to any friend or family member.