Dr. Chandra Prakash Gyawali, MD

I have a 23 year history with swallowing issues and 3 surgeries in. After I woke from my EndoFlip test, he told me I have a hernia and it was the cause for all my issues. When I asked why I had all the same symptoms even when I didn't have a hernia, he told me the hernia caused the problem and I need surgery. He became upset when he was unable to answer my question and a bit hostile. I've been to so many doctors over the past 23 years and have some great ones and some poor ones; this is the worst I have every experienced. If you want to see the best GI Specialist in the world, Dr. Lee Trotter is amazing. I only went to this doctor for the EndoFlip testing.

Did NOT listen! Asked me the specific question what did you EAT yesterday. I answered honestly. He said I was lying as I had a bottle of water with me. He was CREEPY. Mentioned 3 times how good I looked and I specifically said I had NO VOMITING he documented I had intractable vomiting THE OPPOSITE. He is OBNOXIOUS!

More than a year in, he has become more condascending and listens less with each visit. It’s seemingly impossible to have a conversation of any kind - he insists you listen to his directives without questioning - and they are given devoid of any sensitivity to one’s suffering (in my case with 24/7 nausea and regular vomiting from gastroparesis). At each visit he has forgotten what we discussed, and he prescribed, at the last. If there was a way to file a formal complaint for “behavior unbefitting a physician” I would have done so after my last visit. Undeniably the weakest doctor on my team of specialists, I am changing practices.

We didn't even make it five minutes into the appointment and I left. I am a chronically Ill person with a connective tissue genetic disorder, I have had a really hard time getting adequate care and I have a multitude of gastric problems, I heard he has background in connective tissue so I waited over 9 months to see him. I have never in my life had an issue with any doctor like I had with this one in the first five minutes. One thing I know from experience of seeing several doctors a month is that the ones you drop are the ones that are not good listeners and this guy could not listen, he likes to talk down to you, interrupt, correct you and actually has this somewhat hostile demeanor I felt like my presence alone offended him somehow. I have had inept docs before but still had a good relationship with them and would politely part ways. He may have felt by interrupting me and trying to control freak the whole convo he is saving time, but if he isn't getting all the info and what has transpired in the past to bring me to my current condition and why I am seeing him, he's not able to properly care for you. I've had docs be short with me, I have had ones with the worse bedside manner ever and nothing compares to the ultra creepy feeling this doc gave off nor have I ever walked out on a doc before ever. I don't get why he is so booked up. Hint, it takes less time to get through patient concerns and history if you shut up and just listen. I'm pretty sure new patient consult I paid my $40 copayment for covers about a 30 min visit, not so sure what the rush was or what the negative attitude from GO was, but I do know I would never take anyone I care about to this guy.

Good in the office but don't waste your time with follow up questions, even relating to the meds he prescribed. He can't be bothered returning phone calls or messages through the website, even a week later.