Seeking primary-care doctor recommendations

[rozasharn.livejournal.com]

I have a non-LJ friend who is looking for a new primary-care physician:  a general practitioner who takes Blue Cross / Blue Shield.  If they're good with men's midlife health issues that would be a nice bonus, but the main criterion is that they should actually take you seriously when you report symptoms, and do a thorough diagnostic interview. 

And they need to be T-accessible; no car. 

Comments

[blacktigr.livejournal.com]

I adore Dr. David Menon just outside of Union Square, but I don't know if he is taking new patients right now. Your friend could call and ask...

[rozasharn.livejournal.com]

Thanks for these useful descriptions; I'll pass them on.

[rozasharn.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the recommendation!

[misterthorn.livejournal.com]

I too had very good experiences with Dr. Menon for a couple years, no problem, but... well, I don't want to go into it in a public forum, but he is a little odd, and one day he said some things that I found unprofessional and insulting, so I left, with many regrets.

Since then I've seen Dr. Gerard Coste in Cambridge, and I think he's just awesome. I'm a man coming up on midlife health issues myself, and have talked to him about some of these and he is super.

[rozasharn.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I hope it'll be okay if I private-message you; unprofessional behavior is more or less why my friend is leaving his current doctor.

Dr. Coste sounds great.

[icecreamempress.livejournal.com]

I hear good things about Dr. Pugh at the Marino Center in Cambridge, but I don't know if he's taking new patients.

[zymurgist70.livejournal.com]

Dr. Ottavio Nardone has been my physic for about 15 years. He's been great. Not sure if he's taking any new patients. He's in the North End on Hanover Street.

[tt02144.livejournal.com]

FYI....I began seeing Dr. Fishman at Somerville Family Practice a few years ago and like her a lot. She was recently named one of the 50 best doctors by Boston Magazine!