Dr. Sidney Cassell, MD

Dr.Cassell is really knowledgeable in his field, I have been being his patient for three years. Yes, he is not friendly, he is not like any other doctor will give me a big nice smile, but he is careful, experienced and professional. I asked him about lots of stuff on my RA, he always gave me a a detailed solution and explained thraughly to me why he is giving my this amount of medicine and give me some history of the disease and other questions. Every time, he uses a voice recorder to record our conversation and put that on his chart after we meet. After being his patient for 3 years, I have better understanding with my disease. I really appreciate that. I read other comments and complained about he is rude and disrespectful. Remember that he is my doctor and not my friend, I prefer he is knowledge rather than being friendly.

I first saw the nurse practitioner at this practice, who was kind, thoughtful and took a fair amount of time explaining new terms, conditions, etc. However, my follow up with Dr. Cassell was awful. He was 55 minutes late and I could hear him in the office next door dictating the entire time. He was short and condescending, and would not listen when I repeatedly told him he was going off old notes from my referring doctor. The worst doctor experience I've had in a long time.

Dr. Cassell is a man like no other--truly one of a kind and trust me, that's a good thing. We don't need more people like him on this planet. Easily offended by patient advocacy, impatient, rude, unhelpful, self-centered, and arrogant. He will write his notes to reflect himself in the best possible light, resulting in complete inaccuracy. Additionally, he earned his degree in 1971, so if you want modern medicine, he is definitely NOT the person to go to. Go somewhere else for a good doctor.