Dr. Joanna Spencer-Segal, MD

Worst doctor ever. She had a terrible attitude and personality and didn't know her own field. She was immediately dismissive, eye rolling, interrupts you when you talk, acts like you're lying, and straight up treats you like a burden. She was looking at an old MRI so I tried showing her my recent tumor positive one and she pretty much shooed me away and said with her nasty attitude " I have it right here already". Well no, you didn't you had an old one up. You tried installing doubt into my head and gaslit me, tried convincing me I had other things wrong and again with your nasty attitude told me "I wouldn't worry so much about surgery 96 percent of patients remain sick". Like is that really what you say to a brain tumor patient? You said it annoyed and bothered.You wanted me to re do my tests so I asked what comes next if I do, and again you got nasty and said " I just told you" and rolled your eyes. You didn't tell me a thing. You dodged answering it and had zero care plan for me. Why the heck would I pay hundreds of dollars to re do all my tests when you can't even tell me what comes next. You were rude the entire appointment, and even lied saying university of Michigan has only seen 2 true patients who had what I had anyway. Which is funny because I know at least 10 from my support group. You spent most the appointment talking down on doctor Theodore Friedman which was unprofessional in itself. I find you to be very shady , and unprofessional. This job isn't for you. I'm 2 months post op, and am the healthiest I've been in years. Glad I didn't listen to you and accept your "96 percent of patients stay sick anyways" . Stay away from her.

she was courteous and offered different routes of care for my condition.

Completely dismissive. I am symptomatic for a pituitary tumor which my MRI shows. First thing she said to me was she never looked at my MRI and that she doesn’t know if I even have an adenoma all the while I have galactorrhea and many other issues. She goes on to say that my labs are normal and I’m fine as if I’m wasting her time. While I’m happy my labs are “normal” my symptoms say otherwise. She is the type of physician to treat the test results, not the patient. God forbid you’re an outlier or your tumor isn’t bulging from your skull. She should stick to her diabetic research and treat patients suited to her field of expertise rather than making others who genuinely are seeking out help feel unseen, unheard, and uncared for.

Wish she knew more about pituitary tumors. She dismisses everything.