Nesset Pavillion

I have been seeing 1 doctor here for years, but lately I haven’t been very happy with the diagnosis & treatment. I have an ongoing issue for the past year where I have trouble with shortness of breath & wheezing. I was diagnosed as having asthma. It seems like lately even with the medications my condition seemed to be getting worse. I tried to book an appointment and as faith would have it the earliest he could see me was Jan 26^th. I didn’t want to wait that long as I am experiencing shortness of breath & a heart rate that elevates much faster then it use to. I got an appointment with a different doctor today.
After checking in at the desk I was assigned to an exam room where my vitals were taken, i.e. Blood pressure, heart rate and temperature.
Helen the nurse practitioner came in and we went over my issues of concern. Helen is awesome. I think I got more personal attention from her in 1 exam then I have in several years from the other Doctor. We quickly reviewed my history & the medical treatments I have been receiving. Being a nurse practitioner she was able to accurately diagnose my problems & talk about potential treatments above & beyond what the other physician diagnosed. Helen left the room & returned with Dr Holmes
Dr Holmes came into the exam room with Helen and reviewed the items discussed and did another exam. He was able to tell by my breathing & wheezing that there was a structural issue in part of my lung that is a probable cause for the increase in wheezing. He also ordered an EKG because of my heart rate and found atrial fibrillation with a heart rate of 140 beats/​min & suggested several options. Option 1 one was out patient treatment which he said could be risky because of the the drug prescribed could possibly slow my heart to a dangerously low level or Option 2 was to check into the hospital for observation while tests are done and and echocardiogram test.
Looks like I have a new doctor

I absolutely adore two of the dr. s here. dr. amy lee and dr. roth are both amazing! they are always excellent in determining what is wrong and run tests to make sure the problem is what they think it is. both very capable ladies, i feel like I’m in very good hands with them. the receptionists are also all very friendly, quick and efficient. great job guys :)

Dr Kara Vormittag is awesome just went to her 2 weeks ago and she is very concerned and caring and will spend a lot of time with you and get you the test and docs you need to see. So glad I found her. Her specialty is sports medicine. I have confidence that she will help me with this chronic back & neck pain since 2007.
Great people skills. I am a hard case and she seems to have the patience…

Nice staff at the entrance and the doctors all care for the patients… as doctors should!

Clean. Very friendly staff. I’ve been coming here for about two years now. Never had attitude problems from the receptionists. The nurses are always nice and polite and the doctors are excellent! Highly recommend!

This is not a favorable review, folks, and is based on my observations of the quality of care my partner has received as an outpatient at Nesset Pavilion.
My partner’s predominant problem is simple: pain. Unremitting, intense pain
in her left and sometimes right leg, and sometimes arms as well. We chose Nesset because it’s associated with Lutheran General Hospital, where my partner previous had received excellent treatment, years before pain became an issue.
Initially, the newbie doctor we saw was affable, eager to help any way she could, and a good listener. Over the course of a year or so we were referred to neurologists (one made the cover of TIME magazine, proudly displayed in his office) who, after spending ~35 minutes reviewing the (electronically stored) case history each responded with «well, keep taking whatever you’re taking, we can’t (really) do anything for you.». One other, of East Indian descent, couldn’t figure out how to load an MRI cd onto her computer so she could review it. Hmm. Impressive!
Months (and months) go by [with no actual treatment supplied], we get a new newbie who’s also very affable and interested, appears to understand how severely my partner’s pain affects her activities (bed-​rest more than anthing else), her sleep (terrible). et cetera… so we’re in a wait-​and-​see situation (still). I seriously don’t think any sort of real (read:effective) treatment will be forthcoming, howsomeever. I’ll keep you posted.
In defense of Nesset, part of the problem seems to be that most doctors do not accept Medicaid patients though some of those in the Lutheran General network –do-​. Feels to –me-​, though, as if there’s an unwritten, unspoken protocol for (non-​) treating patients who do not have Medicare, Blue Cross, Aetna or any additional insurance which is: in quick, out quicker. I’m going to try the ‘self-​pay’ route, see if $$$ makes them work any harder.
Thanks for reading.