Phillip Caterbone

Okay, this guy just sucks.
Visit 1: I was happy to make an appointment so quickly (gee, I wonder why). I arrived, not the most professional staff in the world but it works. I found it tacky when she bluntly said: «If you ever need to visit an eye doctor for anything except contacts you need to see Caterbone first, we do not give out referrals unless he can (get his cut from insurance) first.»
Moving on, the actual treatment with the doctor. Honestly it is hard to remember because it was so BRIEF! The guy seriously walks in and says to me, «So your nose is stuffed and your throat kinda scratchy? You need an ANTIBIOTIC! Here you go, if it doesn’t work it means you have allergies so come back and I will give you allergy pills.» As he proceeded to write it down and left. Never even bothered to actually look at my throat or do an exam, wow right?
Visit 2: Naturally the antibiotics failed to work, and I was suspecting maybe it was allergies after all. To give him the benefit of the doubt I returned. I suspected he read his Unilocal reviews, as there were some improvements. The staff seemed more well mannered, and he began to impress me and inevitably failed. He walks in, does a half assed job once again by simply saying: «So your back for allergy pills? Here is your prescription.» I actually stopped him before he fleeted out of the room, and he looked shocked/​uneasy to actually have to converse with a patient.
Bottom line is that this guy just does not care. He probably went into medicine thinking he would be rich. Avoid at all costs!!!

I am not going into a long spill, but there is 4 reasons that are point blank why I would never see this doctor again.
1. They over charge me every time by five dollars when it clearly shows on my id card that my copay is 15 and not 20 dollars!!! They never give me a refund they just say the same thing and say they will credit my account next visit.
2. The doctor and staff treated me rudely, and have made me feel like crying when I come out of their office. No one should feel like that!
3. Even my pharmacy has told me that they think this doctor is the worst business they have ever dealt with.
4. It is also really sad when I know a person who works in the same vicinity who is not associated with the doctors office. Apparently they hear FREQUENT rumors about that doctor getting horrible ratings and reviews from other patients being treated by him.
I am switching doctors hoping that someone else cares a little more about my health and well being then this Dr. does.

I am not returning to this doctor, or recommending him or his practice. At first blush, things seemed good, friendly staff, immediate appointment time, smiling doc. BUT, there were 2 problems ultimately: the doctor’s style of treatment and follow up.
As listed in other reviews of Dr. Caterbone, the theme is definitely «prescribe, prescribe, prescribe» without any attempt to identify root cause. If that’s what you are looking for in a doctor, you just might get your prescription. In my case, the prescription was worse than the problem.
When I tried to follow up (by phone, since leaving the house was NOT an option here), I left 4 messages (2 on voicemail and 2 with a nurse), got the run around, and even talked to a medical assistant that wasn’t sure what Immodium AD was.
Beware!

Seeing this Dr. is a waste of time, because it appears that whatever he tells you, you have to get a second opinion. I guess the first tip-​off should have been that he comes in to the room without your file, but a prescription pad. Good for some, just not what I’m really looking for.
He told me I have this problem where I will stop ovulating early and pretty much told me that if I wanted 2 kids I had to get started now. Seriously, right now. Forget about my plans to begin grad school in the fall, he told me «well, what’s more important, career or kids?» Ouch. You can’t really ask that of women these days, because we probably have a plan to get it all done, and if not, we will just to prove it to you. My Ob/​Gyn confirmed that while I had the condition, it wasn’t nearly as big of a deal as he made it seem, and encouraged me to have kids when I was ready. She assured me that there were all kinds of options available to me if I had trouble. (By the way, ladies if you need a good one, Dr. Turner, at A Woman’s Place is AWESOME!!)
So moving along to last week… I had been getting some weird itchy red bumps on my arms and wrists and after a few days went to Dr. Caterbone to see what the F was going on. He tells me it’s either scabies, or chicken pox. Well, I can’t imagine how I would have gotten scabies, but since I was 16 when I got the chicken pox the first time, and I don’t remember it being a horrible case at the time, it was possible that I was in the rare 5% of people who could get it again. So he gives me pills for Scabies and says if the bumps don’t get better in 2 days then it must be chicken pox and to stay indoors until the pox get crusty.
So it’s ten days after the first set of pox set in, I’ve been trapped in the house all week, used up ALL of my sick leave and some of my vacation time, and missed several classes as a result. The worst part is that I have been out of my mind itching and scratching, climbing the walls just waiting for it to get better. Well, it wasn’t getting any better, and when a new crop showed up on my arm that was it, something had to give.
I went to the late night clinic and saw a Dr. that told ‘this is definitely not chicken pox’. She said it was just a random rash that was caused by a virus. She said that she see’s it a lot, and there’s no rhyme or reason to it. She gave me a prescription for Prednizone and in one day I’m feeling better already. I’m kicking myself for not getting it looked at again, but when you think you have chicken pox, nobody wants to be near you. They say you can kill old people and unborn babies if you are around pregnant women, so you are basically stuck in your house, itching.
So, I am now on the lookout for a new doctor, and accepting all suggestions if you want to throw some my way…