Elgabalawy Mohammed MD

I have been seeing Dr. El-​Gabalawy for years. As a recovering addict it is important for me to trust that my doctors have this in mind when treating me. He listens intently and doesn’t rush his patients. Yes this results in lengthy waits but I know to plan for them– bring a book!

wow, he doesn’t have five stars? i’m honestly surprised. he’s the only psychiatrist i’ve ever come across who finally found the right combination of medication for me. he doesn’t get enough credit on Unilocal for how hard he works, how good of a doctor he is, and how good of a person he is. he’s the only doctor i’ve ever met who works from 8 am and i still see him at the hospital at 10 pm. he answers his phone regarding my nurses calls about the side effects to my medication. he loves his job and he’s the best at what he does. he’s the best doctor who deals with people with mental illness and drug addiction. why are people lowering his rating because he drops patients? he probably dropped you because you’re a unreasonable lunatic and he could tell you are the type of person who may sue him and take all his hard earned money which he made by working hard by himself. i think it’s rational for him to drop you as a patient. if anyone else had him as a doctor found him on Unilocal,they would give him a good review too. they probably just never came across his name listed here.

yeah, he’s too expensive for lousy reply service. Don’t risk it.

«The most caring, intelligent doctor” — that what I thought too when I first met him and continued thinking while under his care. How could anybody give this doctor poor ratings I thought. Some people complained that he dropped them as patients. Strange. Why would he do that? Then he dropped me. At the very stressful time when I needed help the most. No explanation.

Dr. El was the treating physician, psychiatrist, for my son who was admitted to the hospital for suboxone (an opiate) addiction. My son was detoxed and sent home after 45 days and had continued to see Dr. El for long term treatment. Imagine my shock and horror when my son was kicked out of his sober living home 9 months later for testing positive for suboxone, and I discover that Dr. El was the one prescribing this!
Not only that, but at the first sign of trouble, misuse of the medication, Dr. El told my son he was rejecting him from his practice. My son was misusing a medication that he had abused in the past and could not tolerate, was hospitalized for a month and half to get this out of his system, cost my husband and I fortune in hospital bills, and this doctor puts him on it again? On what planet is this even okay?
Dr El is supposed to be an ADDICTION SPECIALIST. He is killing his patients. So, let a few addicts kill themselves. For Dr. El it’s all about the money, he doesn’t care about his patients, just stay away.

Dr. El-​Gabalawy has been my psychiatrist for 7 years. He is very busy and patients love him even though visits to his office are always a very long wait (I once waited 1 ½ hours for him, but after I returned to school, I could no longer afford to wait and be late for school.) I loved him too. My concern is that he is apparently far too busy to help patients who need medications on an emergency basis.