Dr. Michael Dayem, MD

I need to retract my earlier glowing review. This Doctor betrayed me as a patient, to protect himself as a physician. Knowing that It was dangerous to my well being. I’ll never see a psychiatrist again. He has poor ethics and can not be trusted as a caregiver.

Terrible. I tried making an appointment to see him today. I was told he wont see me since I saw him 6 years ago for a separate matter, and didnt follow up. At the time that issue was taken care of and he said I didnt need to come back, now he won't see me for a new issue. The office says he closed my file and wont reopen it. Glad this isn't a life threatening issue I'm having and not in some crisis. Take about arrogance.

My 89 year-old mother has been in and out of the hospitals for two months with 2 life-threatening illnesses that she has now overcome. She now has chronic pain in her abdomen and is in rehab to gain strength but has become very depressed. Dayem came in to assess her for depression but when he entered the room he abruptly sped through a series of questions and within 2 minutes determined that she was confused because she didn't know the day of the week. I'm 60, I wouldn't know what day of the week it was either in her condition after 3 months. He could not have been more arrogant, condescending or dismissive of anything I tried to contribute to give him an idea of what she's been through. I asked if he'd like me to leave the room so he could speak to her privately about her frame of mind and he said "no we want to keep things positive." I told him he would not be a good fit for my mother. He also sniffed very hard every 5 seconds. Disturbing on many levels.

Excellent psychiatrist in the Cleveland area.