I had the pleasure of meeting with Dr. Russell on the morning of February 23, 2021. He invited me into his office earlier than my schedule appointment time. He was kind, full of smiles (which was relaxing!), he reviewed and inquired about my medical history pertaining to this visit, reviewed with my husband and I recent test results, conducted a few tests of his own and explained in detail what I was facing. He even inquired about my offspring and mentioned the possibility this condition may be transmitted. From the first step into this clinic the staff treated us with respect and politeness all ending with the same compassion and pleasantness with Dr. Russell.
Posted Date : 23/02/2021
Anonymous
His staff were wonderful, very polite, very kind. The doctor however should retire. Because I wanted no medication he told me he couldn’t help me. If you have no knowledge of something other then reading it online or in a text book you should pass people off to another doctor. Floors me how he can prescribe medication but can’t help find a diagnosis for something he’s prescribing meds for. Please see a different doctor, don’t waste your time.
Anonymous
Dr. Russell quickly diagnosed me with a serious and rare autoimmune disease last fall. His quick response to my GP’s referral saved me from becoming very ill and possibly saved my life. Other specialists have told me that I’m very fortunate to have had my rare disease diagnosed and treated so quickly. I don’t understand the poor reviews here. He’s friendly enough with me. I’m sure he’s very busy so I make sure to keep my questions and details precise and short. He actually returns phone calls same day! How many specialists do this? I dread the day he retires.
Anonymous
My Aunt has been in terrible pain for some time and went to see Anthony Russell. He quickly diagnosed her problem as lack of sleep. She has just been to see a real rheumatologist and was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. How can the University of Alberta hospital continue to allow him to see patients? He has no idea what he’s doing. It’s lucky my Aunt persisted or she would still be in terrible pain. By the way I suspect his favourable recent reviews are written by him. They are almost identical.
Anonymous
I hope this horrible person revisits why he became a doctor. I wont write a novel but here is my recent experience with this joke of a doctor. Mar 26 /22. Was admitted to hospital and without talking to me or assessing me discharged me back gome when i was on dilauded and coukd not walk. Set up a visit to drive from ponoka to edmonton. Must gave been a miscommunication and as i said i was on my was to edmonton he raised his voice. Put me at the bottom if the wIting list told me to rebook and hung up tbe phone like a perulant child. Let me tell you i never even met this man . Lets just say i wont be rebooking. I would rather know now he is a rude imature angry tempermental man than now then only be mistreated by someone who took sm oath to heal his patients. You wouldnt talk or treat anyone that way never mind a so called professional doctor. I gove hom a zero out of ten. Trust me these doctors are a dime a dozen. As arthritis suffers with multiple issues and chronic pain the last thing you eant is a new pain in your buttocks. If your into being mistreated and yelled at , and consider yourself a person needing some tlc after living with chronic pain and issues avoid this man like the plague. I wouldnt go to this person if he was the last rheumie in alberta
1. Rude
2. Was put on a wIting list from nov to june (meanwhile i csmt even walk) multiple calls from my doctors and myself to expedite his outrageous wating list.
Anonymous
“Diagnosed” me with fibromyalgia over the phone and refused to see me in person. He ignored my family history and other symptoms that don’t fit into a fibro diagnosis. He asked me leading questions about my sleep habits and basically forced me to say that I woke up feeling fatigued, even though I kept telling him that wasn’t the case. He recommended meditation and self hypnosis and got very agitated when I told him that I had already been in therapy for years for depression and anxiety and used to do yoga every day before my pain worsened.
I get the feeling he does this song and dance with most of his patients. Easy $$$ to diagnose dozens of people a day with fibromyalgia and tell them to learn how to breathe better.
If you get referred to this guy, don’t believe a word he says and ask your doctor to see someone else.
I have to believe there is hope out there for my chronic pain but I know it’s not coming from this quack.