Cornell Internal Mdcn Associates

So, I was assigned a Dr. who just graduated from med school. Nice. I understand they have to learn and practice somewhere, but isn't it interesting that all prescriptions and billing my health insurance company is through their ""supervising"" doctor....who I never met by the way. I called about a question I had after seeing this Dr., and they said he was on rotation, he wouldn't be back for a month. Thereore one can assume you are going to be switched around to different residents. I also was told if I want a regular dr. I should go somewhere else....at least they are honest about it. One of my direct relatives died of colon cancer very young, so I wanted to know when I should get my next colonoscopy....they said 10 years. Gues what? Every single medical journal and the American Cancer Society says 5 year intervals if you had a direct relative with it. So, you can extrapolate what you want from that....If I was cynical I might guess it has something to do with cutting costs on referring ""expensive"" tests. I think it's wonderful from a business perspective, get very low paid rotating residents to do the care, (made sure you significantly overbook them so you can get every cent out of their time) have a ""supervising"" dr. sign off, bill the health insurance company for the higher paid ""supervising dr.'s"" time, and make lots of money. I guess emergency rooms in hospitals have been doing it forever, which is why going into cardiac arrest on Christmas day might not be the best idea, however when choosing a regular doctor on a more leisurely basis you might have a few more options. more

Couldn't praise the practice more highly. The only caveat is that while all the doctors are superb physicians, in terms of personality and bedside manner, this practice has, bizarrely, some of the nicest, most wonderful, warm, caring, encouraging and inspiring doctors -- along with several who rank among the most obnoxious I've encountered anywhere. Go figure! ""interview"" whatever doctor your considering, and stick with him/her, and you'll be fine. If you have to deal with one of the abrasive and rude ones, well, they are all excellent in terms of medical knowledge and clinical care, and you'll only have to deal with them briefly. more