Puszkarski S J MD Child Adlscnt & Adlt Psychtry Sc

Dr. Puszkarski was my psychiatrist for 6 years. From the beginning he was understanding of my needs and seemed to understand my particular diagnosis. I research different possible medicinal treatment, and we would throw ideas at each other, him knowing which side affects I was very much avoiding. He is a straight forward, blunt, brilliant man. A cocky side, which attributed to what I already so much liked about him. He was an angel when it came to getting my paperwork in for SSD, it was to the point, strong, and on time. His beautiful secretary, Roxie, always promptly answers the phone, and most always knew it was me from the caller ID, and called me by my first name. If you need to see the Dr at the last minute, she says come on down ASAP! You will not have to wait weeks to see him. He is always moving, like a machine, a very busy hardworking man with many patients with all different needs. I would generally not spend too much time in his office, he would make sure things were the same, and would give me the print outs of my prescriptions. Other than that, I feel that we worked together in a way, in the interest of my treatment.
I have moved to CO, and must find a new Dr here, regretfully. I would recommend him to anyone.

Dr. Puszkarski is by far the rudest doctor I’ve ever had the displeasure of visiting. On the fist visit he made it clear he just prescribes the medicine, takes the money, then pushes you out of the door. Then I called three days straight to inquire about a refill and no one would answer so I left a voice message. Finally on a Saturday I called again and the receptionist put me through to him. He was so condescending and rude to me. As I asked him a question he answered rudely then hung up. I called back to finish my statement (and apparently to continue listening to his attitude) and he yelled at me that he was with a patient and didn’t have time for this. The conversation I had with him was all of one minute and I would have been fine being told to call back. At this point, I decided to speak with him in the same rude tone I was enduring and told him I would be finding a new doctor. He then yelled at me that that was fine and he wasn’t going to refill the prescription. Seems like a doctor can’t just not refill out of anger, but I’m sure not about to wait around and find out. I’m contacting the medical board and I hope you learn from my experience and find you a good doctor. Don’t go here. It’s not worth it on any level.