James Clancy, MD

I’m so pleased with Dr. Clancy and his staff — always sensitive to my needs and considerate of my limitations. Dr. Clancy is honest and straightforward but still manages to be approachable and caring. He takes the time to listen to me fully and we manage my health care needs together. He’s awesome and I consider myself lucky to have found such a great primary care physician on the first try!

I’ve been a patient of his for a number of years, even as he moved locations a number of years ago, Great bedside manner, friendly staff, and very knowledgeable.

I have been seeing Dr. Clancy since i was 10

My first review is located under Rogers Park Family Medicine. This is considered my update, as I saw Dr. Clancy again on Friday for some weird symptoms (dizzy /​nauseous) –story of my life. I hadn’t been there in over three years. I’m pretty healthy… but every so often I’ll get something strange going on!
Dr. Clancy is, by far, one of the coolest doctors I’ve ever met. He is just totally himself and isn’t putting on any airs. That is what I love about him. He is just a cool guy who genuinely wants to help people. He doesn’t feel the need to act like a «typical» doctor –some of which can be «all business» and somewhat cold or uncaring.
Not Dr. Clancy. It’s like talking to a friend. I’m really happy I went to see him. We are trying to rule out any major illnesses. He gave me some meds to make it through the work day and will follow up with me regarding my blood work.

Excellent Doctor, always follows up on his patients medical needs with great concern to their health. Wonderfull staff, I feel at home when Im at Dr. Clancy’s office.
I rate him a 10+ and highly recomend him.

I’m sure the good doctor is great, but if you can’t actually make an appointment with him, what’s the point? He has no appointments available. If you are looking for a new doctor, don’t bother because you will never, ever be able to obtain an appointment with him.
Considering his appointments are only 15 minutes in length, it is amazing to me that I still can’t obtain an appointment within the month. I guess this is the great state of health care in this country. What is the point of having health insurance if you can’t actually use it when you need it? Off to the emergency room!

I cannot say enough good things about Dr. Clancy. I started seeing him because he had been my fiancé’s family’s doctor for a few years and she recommended I give him a try while I was searching for a new primary.
The difficult thing about the basis of my first appointment was that I was coming to him with a need for refills on several medications (one of which was a controlled substance) and– without much history between us– needed him to trust me that I wasn’t just seeking drugs. Well, it is my opinion that, in addition to being very friendly, Dr. Clancy is very shrewd and experienced. I definitely got the impression that he was being careful with me as far as my request for refills, but also that he was drawing more on his judge of character than on patients he dealt with in the past. I have had many frustrating doctor interactions where I had trouble getting the medicine I needed because the doctor had seen too many people trying to scam.
So after that first visit I’ve used him as my primary for the past year. The other reason he is so great is his willingness to accommodate anything you need from him. I’ve had two appointments I can think of that it was obvious he had stayed longer than normal in order to fit me in that day.
Recently, I was in a car accident that required a lot of help from him. After paging him through the messaging service, Dr. Clancy called me back and was more than happy to help me find an orthopedic surgeon I could see ASAP. Then, the very next day, he was able to squeeze me in between two of his appointments so that he could perform my pre-​operation clearance. When he came into the room the first thing he said was «I’m really glad we could get you in today. I know it’s important that you get this surgery right away and I want to make sure I’m not holding that back».
Dr. Clancy is the perfect combination of intelligence, kindness, and approachability in a doctor. As someone that I need to see regularly for anything new that comes up medically, I don’t think I’ve had anyone I liked or trusted more.

Dr Clancy is amazing, I have been seeing him for my daughter and now myself for over ten years. He has always been helpful and supportive and remembers his patients. Nurses are wonderful and staff is great and go above and beyond their jobs. I am grateful that we found the gem of Dr Clancy years ago and appreciate his great work!

I inherited Dr. Clancy more than 10 years ago, after the family physician I’d been seeing moved out of town and the practice he worked for shifted me to Dr. Clancy. He has since opened up his own, one-​doctor shop on Touhy.
The important things first: He listens. He takes time to explain. He asks about side-​effects from the medication I’m taking. If something is dire (like the time it turned out that I needed emergency gall bladder surgery), he’ll see me on very short notice.
Then the nice-​but-​not-​essential stuff: He’s extremely likable, great sense of humor, obviously loves what he does. His nurse, Cassandra, is cut from the same cloth. Office staff is friendly and helpful.
Bottom line: It would be hard to find a better primary-​care doc, whether for adults or for kids, in this part of the city.

Dr. Clancy is awesome! I was referred to him by a friend now many members of my family members see him. He takes his time and answers all your question. The staff there is great and he takes HMO. The staff is great about fitting me in for appointments last minute. I refer him to people all the time and never hear a complaint. He is truly your neighbor hood family doctor and that in a big city is hard to come by.