Dr. Donald M. Poretz

Dr Poretz was completely condescending and obnoxious during my entire visit. He was clearly annoyed that I was taking up his valuable time, all while wasting most of my appointment asking irrelevant questions. He asked several times, "Why are you here? Where did you get my name? Why do I have your medical records?" Every time I mentioned the name of one of my doctors he would comment dismissively, "I don't know him." This is a doctor with no bedside manner, in fact no manners at all. If you expect to be treated with respect and feel well cared for, you should go elsewhere.

I did not have a serious condition and Dr. Paretz was patient, listened, knowledgeable, spent time explaining options, was very professional and pleasant. Highly Recommend.

In my 75 years, I have never encountered a doctor as condescending and belittling as this 80 year old man. He was outraged that I scheduled an appointment with him concerning a medical condition my primary care doctor had treated but was beyond his area of expertise. (I made the appointment through my INOVA portal, which provides the means to do so. My insurance does not require a referral). After his outrage, he proceeded to talk to me like I was 8 years old. Even though my primary had prescribed the wrong treatment, Dr. Poretz provided no recommendations, although the medical condition is one of his supposed areas of expertise. I would suggest seeing someone else in this practice.

My primary care physician recommended Infectious Diseases Physicians Group to treat my osteomyelitis condition. How fortunate I was to be under Dr. David Portez care; extremely knowledgeable, easily understood and patient to listen to my stories/issues. Equally important in my view was the nursing staff, specifically Nurse Sara Moses, the well run and very supportive office staff and the treatment from the other clinicians. Dr. Portez operates a well run ship. His crew will make you well again.

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This is the least compassionate doctor I have ever seen. He does nothing to try to empathize with a patient who is frustrated and in pain. He talked down to me the entire time and even acknowledged that he may be coming across that way. Even after I confronted him about his tone, he did not fix his attitude and continued to patronize me for the rest of my appointment. If his goal was to make me feel as badly as possible, then this appointment was 10/10 a success.

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Dr. Poeretz is very attentive and clearly an expert in his field. Their practice came highly recommended from someone who had a Kidney transplant that felt that they saved his life when other Doctor's failed. My only issue is the office environment which appears unclean in the waiting area, not something you want to see in a place where people are coming with infections.

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