Dr. Karuna Mandava, MD

Horrible. She started by wanting to prescribe a medication I’m allergic to. She argued with me saying “don’t you want to get better.” I finally said yes, but not at the expensive of a life threatening allergic reaction. I previously had a spinal tap & one of my docs was concerned it may have been inaccurate. She kept arguing with me saying “do you really want another spinal tap? When I said if that’s what it takes to diagnose this, then yes. She stopped & was speechless. She kept saying she had no records from my PCP. The way she had my chart, (the paper parts) I could see my PCP’s letterhead. I thought she just missed it & gently told her. She slammed my chart shutl. One complaint was not having an MRI result, which I saw in the chart. My mom was with me & stepped out of the room to call them my pcp to get the fax again. Dr Mandava was getting very angry. She said it would take too long: It took less than 5 minutes for the fax to come. During that time she started a brief neuro exam. The results were there before she ended that part. She had me stand, close my eyes etc… That’s when she yelled at me. I was standing & she asked me to close my eyes. Then she said stand on one foot. She was livid because I never opened my eyes. She was yelling how I’m going to fall over. She never said I could open them. I thought it was part of the exam. In the end she, is a doctor who either does not want to or cannot help patients. Instead of even saying this isn’t a good fit, she’ll make sure you blame yourself for her faults.

She's not professional and doesn't talk well with her patients. She's rude and gives you the wrong diagnosis and prescribes the medication either you take it even if you have and allergy she's not good to her patients and I wouldn't refer her to anyone who had a neurology issues please do your self a favor and look elsewhere.....A VERY UNSATISFIED FORMER PATIENT Makes appointments then have to wait 45 minutes before being seen by her. The office in Irwin smells horrible enough said