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Dr. Essam Elkady, MD

Dr. Essam Elkady, MD

Pulmonary Disease*
25+ years of experience

Dr. Essam Elkady, MD is a pulmonologist in Clinton, MO and has over 25 years of experience in the medical field. Dr. Elkady has extensive experience in Obstructive Lung Disease and Sleep Apnea. He graduated from Ain Shams University Faculty of Medicine in 1995. He is affiliated with medical facilities Golden Valley Memorial Hospital and Mercy Hospital Joplin. He is accepting new patients and telehealth appointments.

3.6 Star Rating
Based on 36 reviews 3.6 Star Rating (36 reviews)

Practice

1600 N 2nd St Clinton, MO 64735
Telehealth available

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At a Glance

  • Areas of Expertise
    Dr. Elkady specializes in the areas of Critical Care Medicine, Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease & Sleep Medicine. See board certifications
  • Friendly Staff
    Patients said the staff was friendly. See reviews
  • Offers Telehealth
    This doctor offers telehealth appointments. Call the office to schedule an appointment.
  • Hospital Satisfaction
    Patients said they were highly satisfied at this doctor's hospital. See hospitals
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Dr. Elkady's Reviews

Likelihood to recommend Dr. Elkady

3.6
36 ratings, 17 with a written review
5 star
58%
58%
4 star
8%
8%
3 star
3%
3%
2 star
0%
0%
1 star
31%
31%

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Experienced
DR Elkady is experienced in sleep and pulmonary has great experience , I have been going to him for past two years and feel much better , the clinic is so organized and staff is very nice
What went well
  • I felt respected
  • Appointment scheduling
  • Listened & answered questions
  • Explained conditions well
  • Staff friendliness
  • Appointment wasn't rushed
  • Trusted the provider's decisions
  • Wait times
What could be improved
No results
1 other person found this helpful
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Apr 05, 2024
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Great doctor
Very honest and to the point
What went well
  • I felt respected
  • Appointment scheduling
  • Listened & answered questions
  • Explained conditions well
  • Staff friendliness
  • Appointment wasn't rushed
  • Trusted the provider's decisions
  • Wait times
What could be improved
No results
1 other person found this helpful
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John – Mar 26, 2024
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Never again.
Over the course of a few years and more than a couple of visits, this doctor never showed up consistently as the same person, his personality was all over the place. He actually interrupted the nurses, who are great, from getting my updated medical history stating they only needed it if it related to the lungs, and I have a few very serious conditions. Then he said I couldn't just say I had medical conditions, of course I can show documentation for everything on the portals, but he brushed it off. I told him I had been waking up, he said I hadn't. He is just unprofessional and rude, and I know he has a reputation for trying to bully other patients in the Clinton and surrounding area. He will say to them that doctors talk about them; well, the patients and members of the community also talk about him and the, thankfully only a couple, of doctors who act this way. He is not a good fit there and many people just wish he would move on. I wouldn't trust him with my loved ones.
What went well
  • Staff friendliness
What could be improved
  • I didn't feel respected
  • Didn't listen or answer questions
  • Didn't explain conditions well
  • Appointment was rushed
  • Didn't trust the provider's decisions
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Never again – Mar 18, 2024
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Great everything easy Doctor is nice but office difficult to get ahold of for results
What went well
  • Office environment
  • Listened & answered questions
  • Explained conditions well
  • Staff friendliness
  • Appointment wasn't rushed
  • Trusted the provider's decisions
  • Wait times
What could be improved
  • Difficult to schedule appointment
5 others found this helpful
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Mar 11, 2021
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Probably the BEST experience I have had with a doctor in a long time. He tells you the truth and doesn’t beat around the bush on any issues. Wish he was my primary care doctor too!!
What went well
  • Office environment
  • Appointment scheduling
  • Listened & answered questions
  • Explained conditions well
  • Staff friendliness
  • Appointment wasn't rushed
  • Trusted the provider's decisions
What could be improved
No results
6 others found this helpful
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Tamara Toolen – Aug 06, 2020
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The Doctor is very nice , the clinic is not well organized I would have gone to Mercy but I like Dr Elkady he is always informative and caring
What went well
  • Office environment
  • Appointment scheduling
  • Listened & answered questions
  • Explained conditions well
  • Staff friendliness
  • Appointment wasn't rushed
  • Trusted the provider's decisions
What could be improved
No results
6 others found this helpful
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Smith – May 10, 2020
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Dr. Elkady’s new nurse sucks. Samantha was such a good nurse and I was able to work well with her. I hate that she didn’t come back. Don’t know what the new nurses name is but she was terrible to my husband today. It’s very disappointing because I felt like me and my husband both had a great working relationship with Dr. Elkady. I’ve been through a lot with him. He was great! Now she won’t let us talk to him and acts like she knows what he would say. Very disappointed..
What went well
  • Office environment
  • Listened & answered questions
  • Explained conditions well
  • Trusted the provider's decisions
What could be improved
  • Difficult to schedule appointment
  • Staff wasn't friendly
5 others found this helpful
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Jennifer Bruce – May 01, 2020
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The experience I had was not a pleasant one. When the doctor came into the room he kept looking at me then at his laptop and finally said "who are you?". After I gave him my name he says "you don't look like I thought you would look". He then said "you are a candidate for a lung transplant". He would not answer any questions that I asked and didn't seem to really give me the time of day or explain any of the Spirometry Test Results. I will not go back to him!!!
What went well
No results
What could be improved
  • Office environment
  • Difficult to schedule appointment
  • Didn't listen or answer questions
  • Didn't explain conditions well
  • Staff wasn't friendly
  • Appointment was rushed
  • Didn't trust the provider's decisions
  • Long wait times
4 others found this helpful
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Aug 21, 2019
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Needed a doc to get C pap supplies, called and got Dr Elkady. Had sleep test done 1 yr before with Mercy. I had knee replacement surgery coming up in 2 months. Told Dr Elkady this, guess I made myself an easy target. He started going off about, he didn't like the doctor at Mercy I had, and I was going to die on the operating table and he was going to cancel my knee surgery, if I didn't have another sleep test done, by him. Called for results. No Change. I guess he got what he wanted though. $$
What went well
No results
What could be improved
No results
2 others found this helpful
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Apr 04, 2019
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Excellent and honest he saved my dad,s life the only physician who took the time to explain to the whole family exactly what was going on and guided us through the stressful time I highly recommend Dr.Elkady if your loved one is being treated for lung cancer
What went well
  • Office environment
  • Appointment scheduling
  • Listened & answered questions
  • Explained conditions well
  • Staff friendliness
  • Appointment wasn't rushed
  • Trusted the provider's decisions
  • Wait times
What could be improved
No results
10 others found this helpful
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Carl in Springfield, MO – Feb 03, 2019
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I went in to the office to get help for my 20 year old special needs daughter. This man came in the room not wanting to help. He had the nerve to ask if my daughter could understand him. I would have had more respect if he had bothered to look at her records before we drove so far to see him. He made my daughter cry and that is not ok. No Doctor should come on a room with such a chip on his shoulder and hurt my daughter. The worst part she still does not have the help she needs.
What went well
  • Staff friendliness
What could be improved
  • Didn't listen or answer questions
  • Didn't explain conditions well
  • Appointment was rushed
  • Didn't trust the provider's decisions
3 others found this helpful
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Feb 02, 2019
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Dr. Elkady is an excellent physician. He is very knowledgeable and is amazing to work with.
What went well
  • Office environment
  • Appointment scheduling
  • Listened & answered questions
  • Explained conditions well
  • Staff friendliness
  • Appointment wasn't rushed
  • Trusted the provider's decisions
  • Wait times
What could be improved
No results
8 others found this helpful
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Oct 27, 2018
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Doesn’t deserve one star! He is a zero in every way possible! Our first appointment he seemed to listen and care. The second looked at us,said why are you back. My husband has been sick with lung problems going on three years. We finally convinced him to do a broncostapy against his advice. He assured us he would not feel a thing. My husband stayed fully awake & was more less tortured. He informed us that no other dr. in there would see us, because they all talk.Have so much more to say, no room
What went well
No results
What could be improved
  • Difficult to schedule appointment
  • Didn't listen or answer questions
  • Didn't explain conditions well
  • Appointment was rushed
  • Didn't trust the provider's decisions
5 others found this helpful
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MO – Oct 18, 2018
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DR.ELKADY has been very informative he explained to me in lay terms what my problem is now knowing my problem in depth helped me tremendously now knowing the logic behind every medicine he prescribed thanks DR.ELKADY
What went well
  • Office environment
  • Appointment scheduling
  • Listened & answered questions
  • Explained conditions well
  • Staff friendliness
  • Appointment wasn't rushed
  • Trusted the provider's decisions
What could be improved
No results
3 others found this helpful
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allen jackson in Springfield, MO – Oct 20, 2017
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He doesn't listen to your concerns.
What went well
  • Office environment
  • Appointment scheduling
  • Staff friendliness
What could be improved
  • Didn't listen or answer questions
  • Didn't explain conditions well
  • Appointment was rushed
  • Didn't trust the provider's decisions
2 others found this helpful
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Springfield, Mo – Sep 26, 2017
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Not so sure about this doctor but the experience was unacceptable. Gotta love Cox Health! Had a 3:30 appointment and was ask to be there at 3:00. Showed up at 3:00, called back at 3:40. The doctor left after saying the nurse will be right with you to get you set up with what we discussed. By then it was after 4:00 so I waited and waited. At 4:30 I heard folks leaving but continued to wait in my room. After 5:00, I went out and found a restroom and discovered everyone had left.
What went well
No results
What could be improved
  • Difficult to schedule appointment
  • Didn't listen or answer questions
  • Staff wasn't friendly
  • Didn't trust the provider's decisions
  • Long wait times
7 others found this helpful
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Springfield, MO – Feb 08, 2017
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Waste of time and money
What went well
  • Office environment
  • Staff friendliness
  • Wait times
What could be improved
  • Difficult to schedule appointment
  • Didn't listen or answer questions
  • Didn't explain conditions well
  • Appointment was rushed
  • Didn't trust the provider's decisions
5 others found this helpful
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Sheri Miller in Springfield, mo – Jul 07, 2016
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About Me

care philosophy

Do No harm.
  • Pulmonary Disease

  • Critical Care Medicine

  • Sleep Medicine

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  • Ain Shams University Faculty Of Medicine

    Medical School, 1995
American Board of Medical Specialties®
American Board of Internal Medicine®
Critical Care Medicine
Internal Medicine
Pulmonary Disease
Sleep Medicine
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Locations

Practice

Golden Valley Memorial Hospital1600 N 2nd St Clinton, MO 64735
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Practice

Mercy Hospital Joplin dba100 Mercy Way Joplin, MO 64804
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  • Fax
  • Hours
    • Mon: 8:30am - 5:00pm
    • Tue: 8:30am - 5:00pm
    • Wed: 8:30am - 5:00pm
    • Thu: 8:30am - 5:00pm
    • Fri: 8:30am - 5:00pm
    • Sat: closed
    • Sun: closed
  • Directions

Practice

Coxhealth-Pulmonology3800 S National Ave Ste 510 Springfield, MO 65807
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Affiliated Hospitals

  • Mercy Hospital Joplin

    100 Mercy Way
    Joplin, MO 64804
    Recipient of 4
    hospital awards

    How patients felt about the care they received at this hospital.

    82%
    Patients said they were given information about recovering at home

    2% lower than the national average

    76%
    Patients said that doctors always listened to them and explained things well
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  • Golden Valley Memorial Hospital

    1600 N 2nd St
    Clinton, MO 64735

    How patients felt about the care they received at this hospital.

    89%
    Patients said they were given information about recovering at home

    2% higher than the national average

    81%
    Patients said that doctors always listened to them and explained things well

    3% higher than the national average

    View all patient feedback
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