Seattle Endocrinology

My initial impressions of Dr. Kim was that she seemed very nice and genuine about helping to treat my condition. During my first visit, she sat down and tried to explain how the thyroid works and etc.
However, upon my following visits, she appeared rushed and didn’t bother to spend the time with me. In fact, I felt rushed and didn’t have the opportunity to ask her the questions that I wanted to ask. On other follow up visits, she would just give me lab results without bothering to check anything else. She basically read verbatim the lab results. These visits were probably less than 7 minutes, in terms of check up time. I was frustrated because she could have just called or emailed me the results but instead asked me to come in so that I would be billed the hundreds of dollars for seeing her for less than 7 minutes. Also, it seemed inefficient and a waste of time.
I also asked her to write me a doctor’s note to explain to my employers about my condition. Her letter was super ambiguous and basically said nothing. I understand that there is patient confidentiality to adhere to but it basically didn’t tell my employers anything about my condition and said that I «may» be experiencing some symptoms. She obviously is treating my condition, why would she say «may»? The letter consisted about three sentences. I was charged about $ 10 for this «letter.» I thought the entire situation was ridiculous since she seemed to try to gauge me on all these unnecessary expenses.
She was not the right fit for me. I changed doctors after my fourth or fifth visit. My new doctor emails me my lab results and spends time to answer my questions even though I know she is also busy. There have been times where my new doctor has literally said, «oh you don’t need to come in for that, I’ll just email you that information.» My new doctor also doesn’t charge me $ 10 for doctor’s letters. I really appreciate it when doctors seem to consider the patent’s best interest at hand. This was just my experience so I don’t know how representative my assessment is.