Dr. Thomas Grader-Beck, MD

In Jan 2022 I flew with my mom to see Dr Grader-Beck along with a few other doctors. On the day before my appt(I already was there after flying in from Arkansas), I was contacted by his nurse to tell me that he would only do a telehealth appt. The appt went ok for a phone call. He ordered several lab tests. Some of them were abnormal. Here it is almost Oct of 2022, and this dr NEVER got back to me about my labs. I sent several messages-The nurse said he would get back to me soon. Never did! I spent a lot of money on traveling to see him. Very disappointed!

I saw Dr. Grader-Beck back in 2014 because I was so sick and wanted to go to the ‘best’. His attending Dr. Timlin was very thorough and told me I likely had Sjogrens and put me on Plaquenil. I was 22 and went from running half marathons to unable to get out of bed, this is how bad my condition was. I wrote up a list of my symptoms and went to see him for my follow up a couple of months later. He told me that even if I had Sjogrens, it was ‘no big deal’, it wasnt a ‘bad disease’ and dismissed me. I got diagnosed with a lip biopsy through another doc and found out that I do in fact have Sjogrens. The symptoms he dismissed including tachycardias, losing feeling in my legs, frequent urination were all caused by what I now know is autonomic neuropathy. Sjogrens is the second leading cause of autonomic neuropathy next to diabetes, which I know now. Now, the Sjogrens is affecting my heart and this is obviously a systemic disease. For him to have missed this is completely unacceptable.

Dr. Grader-Beck is a great physician. He is comforting, he listens, and he is empathetic. I’m very glad he is my doctor, and I feel confident that he’ll take great care of me.