Tarunendu S Dwivedi, MD

If possible, I would give this guy a negative rating. He was ridiculously rude and completely unprofessional. Unfortunately, he is one of a very tiny group of pediatric psychiatrists in the area. Thankfully I was able to find another and am very pleased with her. I would highly recommend shopping around before even considering visiting this complete a-​hole.

Dr. Dwivedi is not compassionate at all. He is very arrogant and rude in my opinion. I was referred to him because my son has a writing learning disability (dysgraphia), ADHD and at 10yrs old has stool accidents. He said that the school’s OT suggestions for typing and using smart technology is making my son lazy and that he is delayed and a slow learner. On the contrary, my son is highly intelligent. He was evaluated in the second grade and had the verbal communication skills of a 9^th grader, but his writing and non verbal skills were very early kindergarten. I have never been so angry in my life. He kept referring to my son as «her» and every time I asked about medication he named different medications, not the ones that were being perscibed. He said my son was lazy and that he would never do well in life if I let him dictate to me what he wanted. I don’t do this. I just felt horrible when I left. My mother went with us to the visit, and her opinion of him was the same. He only asked my son what grade he was in and how he did on his report card (one A, 2 B’s and one D.) He is in regular classes and I do not think that this is indicative of someone who is «Slow».My son’s feelings were hurt very badly when we left. I had really encouraged him to open up to the Dr. and then the Dr. didn’t even listen to him, just brushed him off. The last thing was: I asked him about if he thought that someone with ADHD would have to remain on medication throughout their life and what the chances are of not medicating. He told me that a person could choose not to take medication, but that they would never be successful at a job or in relationships with others. I disagree. I am in my 30’s, have been with the same job for 12 years, very good at what I do and a results driven person, go to school online 18 credits per semester and have maintained a 3.91 GPA. I graduate this summer. I am not medicated, however I also have ADHD. I wanted to see what he would say. I think that he just wants to prescribe drugs and make $$.Absolutely Disgusted with this experience. I will definitely be seeking a second opinion. Thanks Dr. Dwivedi for wasting my hard earned money on your visit for nothing.
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