Liu Emily MD

Was not happy with my experience with Dr. Liu. I have PCOS and when I went to the «highly recommended» endocrinologist in my area, I was not happy with what I got. The wait for her to come into the room was a good hour. When we finally met her she seemed very distant and not concerned with what I was trying to say. She said all my problems would be fixed if I stayed
on Jenny Craig (not cheap!) and went on birth control. I have excess hair growth due to testosterone levels double what they should be. I told her that I had been getting electrolysis done for about five months, with no sign of a decrease in hair. She didn’t even look to see the areas of growth! I had read up on this disease before my appointment and most people with the same symptoms as me were prescribed metformin or spironolactone (on regulates sugar levels and weight loss and the other regulates hair growth) along with a form of birth control to regulate my cycle and my hormones. She told me I was too young to be on any meds (20 y.o.) but yet this condition could lead to infertility! I understand weight loss helps significantly but I was on Jenny paying hundreds of dollars a week with little progress. You can’t loose weight when the chemical compositions in your body are programming it to hold onto the sugars and turn it to fat! She then sent me down for blood work at noon when by that time I had obviously already had breakfast and coffee. The receptionist down at the blood work center downstairs was just the icing on the cake for my awful experience. As he rolled his eyes at me and looked at me as if I had seven heads for thinking I could get blood work done after eating, when I was only listening to the doctors instructions. Both my mother and I left in an awful mood and immediately started looking for another doctor for a second opinion. Anyone else with similar problems go to Michael Gordon MD at Beverly hospital in Danvers. Although I had to wait 6 months for an appointment, it was worth the wait because he is the BEST. Helped me with all my needs, looked at the hair growth, scheduled proper blood work, and put me on the needed prescriptions. He couldn’t believe the advice dr. Liu had given me.