I've seen Dr. Russell twice now, and he NEEDS TO RETIRE. If you have fibromyalgia on your file, even if you show him your massive joint swelling he won't even examine you. He has TERRIBLE bedside manner, and is completely inconsiderate of his patients. GOD FORBID you don't have blood markers, even if your joints swell up to balloons he only sees in black and white. He was the one rheumatologist who had seen me with out joint swelling then with massive joints and wouldn't acknowledge how my quality of life was. He had it in his mind before he even came into the room that he wasn't going to help me. DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME WITH THIS OLD FOOL. HE IS COLD AND CRUEL.
Posted Date : 02/06/2015
Anonymous
Russell i$ great $ince he write$ exactly what you hire him for & is partial 2 u. I rated Russell low because my employer’s insurance company is fighting me all the way with my Disability Claim & using Russell’s lack of compassion & partiality as their tool. Originally I wanted to be referred to Russell as he came up on a Google Search well respected as an author & Dr. Russell’s Report makes me appear as if I am malingering but comes short of saying that & at the end of the report he states he does not know what I have! His report details things I never mentioned to him, such as certain meds, my body functions, etc which horrified me when his word weighs more than mine! Russell’s pretentious arrogance was also indicated by stating that my health condition of CFIDS was not disabling. The WHO considers CFIDS/ME/CFS IS a Disabling condition & he, a university prof & article author, knows better?! I was sent to him for a possible diagnosis of NL-SLE. Maybe you’ll benefit by him?!
Anonymous
Seen this doctor recently-most of the time was spent with intern and when he finally came in he maybe spent a whole 5 minutes with me which i do not believe is long enough to do anything-basically told there was nothing wrong with me even though in the past i was told that i had arthritsis-didn’t really examine me just asked questions-appointment was a waste of time for both of us
Anonymous
I cannot agree with the other posts. I actually have a real disease – Ankylosing Spondylitis. I think that if a patient has a real disease, Dr. Russell is great. He is thorough and helpful. It is obvious that he expects people to work. If you are trying to get out of work or want disability you should probably see someone else. If you smoke and don’t want to exercise you should also see someone else.
Anonymous
I was refered to Dr Russel when he was at the QEII Hospital.I have Crohns and it was thought that i may have RA so my Dr refered me to Him.It turns out I dont have RA and in this case i am pleased wit the Dr`s findings ,he didnt dwell on wether my chronic joint pain could be caused by Crohns though. I was there for RA and he did his job in a proffessional manner where that is concerned and he was real busy so i am happy over all.
Anonymous
This man is an excellent dedicated specialist, his expert advice probably saved my husband from going into a nursing home.