Dr. Douglas Ball, MD

I saw Dr. Ball after my thyroidectomy for my thyroid cancer. He was very blunt, dismissive, and scoffed when I needed to bring my (very well behaved) children to a follow-up appointment. His scheduler, LaJoy, was consistently rude and more than once I was sent for labs and lab orders had never been sent to the lab, which was a complete waste of my time. MyChart messages would go unanswered and I ended up switching to a new provider.

I have been seeing Dr. Ball once a year since my diagnosis and surgery for Medullary Thyroid Cancer in 2015. He is excellent in every way, compassionate, skilled, and very kind. I drive from upstate New York to see him.

I had a wonderful visit with Dr. Ball. I did not feel rushed at all, he answered all my questions and his bedside manor was caring and compassionate. I felt comfortable and at ease throughout my visit. He was thorough and trustworthy.

A nice man and a very good doctor as well.

I've always had an excellent experience with him managing my graves disease. He's a very good doctor

Excellent visit. I trust Dr. Ball and Johns Hopkins to monitor my thyroid test results. I had my thyroid removed over 20 years ago and Dr. Ladenson and Dr. Ball have successfully managed my hormone levels.

Dr. Ball was thorough and very patient during my most recent visit. Don't need to go back for a while. Dr. Ball is an excellent caring physician

I definitely would not recommend wasting time for a second opinion through Dr. Ball. He did not take the time to review my medical records carefully prior to the appointment and then to add injury to insult, I had to fight with Johns Hopkins to have them correct information that was hastily entered incorrectly into my medical record because he wasn't paying attention the day of the appointment. It is not an understatement to say that they were like keystone cops. Complete disappointment.

Dismissed and didn't answer my question, answered a phone call while he was examining me. MOST FRUSTRATING, never got back to me about my alarming test results, never returned messages from my chart, still shows they haven't even been read, never returned my voice mails or messages left with staff and never called my RX into the pharmacy, Literally could not get a hold of him or a nurse or anyone in the office to help prescribe my RX.

Dr. Ball is a very thoughtful and brilliant physician. He was right on with the ultrasound and diagnosis of my case. I totally trust his judgement in medical manners. He is also a very nice person.

I have seen Dr. Ball for 11 years after locally being advised with the wrong course of treatment. Dr. Ball made sure I had the appropriate scans and referred me to a surgeon who got me the best possible outcome with my cancer. He continues to follow up treat me with the upmost respect.

very unhappy with my visit.

I went to Dr. Ball with a very complicated thyroid disorder history and was consistently treated as if I were a run of the mill patient who required no special consideration. I doubt that he recalled my history or checked my records when making decisions about my treatment in addition to taking a ridiculous amount of time to get back to me with blood test results or about questions. I had to question his judgement on everything and would have to email at least twice to get a response from him.