Laura Tarter

I was reading the prior review on Dr. Tarter and I can see how the earlier reviewer may have felt hurt by the appointment but from having Dr. Tarter as my doctor I feel that what have happened may have really turned around through the previous reviewer communicating in that moment or even later the behaviors that she felt was hurtful. Dr. Tarter in my opinion is one of the smartest doctors I have ever met she can be honest but I’ve found the honesty does lead to steller medical care. I have also never found a physican more willing to go out of their way to meet their patients needs of the patient is open and willing to share what may have been hurtful to them. For me she has been an incredible doctor and she has gone the extra mile to coordinate my care. As far as Dr. Tarter leaving the room to have plan with a younger Dr. she is an attending and supervises fellows. She most likely left the apt to assist as fellow she is attending. She has done with with me before but she also knows that I am understanding of this and she will always return to discuss more if we are in the middle of our appointment. Stanford is a teaching hospital and requires a lot of their doctors. Also if she continued to provide care with negative test results in her specialty insurance may not pay so offering another option of care to a patient whos tests may have been negative may have been her trying to help save them a large bill. As a patient I feel she is a stellar doctor but with any doctor patient relationship communication on what may have been hurtful could most likely turn a negative impression into a positive one.

I was so hopeful about seeing Dr Tarter after years of being horribly sick. The first time I met with her she seemed attentive. The second time I met her she said the tests showed nothing and she suggested that I go to a psychologist. I am a therapist and I know acutely when it is time to seek some help. After years of misdiagnosis that was all she could say. She didn’t offer any suggestions about where I should explore. I had tears in my eyes and I said where do I go from here. Another young doctor stopped by her office — they had plans. She rushed out of the office and left me crying. Another Stanford doctor diagnosed me with Late Stage Neuro Lyme Disease and co-​infections. Thank God I didn’t take Dr Laura Tarter’s advise to go see a shrink. Even after that traumatic experience with Dr Tarter I had enough dignity to seek the answer. Some doctors don’t go out of their little box and Dr Tarter is one of them.