Dr. Richard James Stork, MD

Dr. Stork's first episode was at my 3rd pain clinic appt where he totally lost it because I told him my neurologist had started me on a new med, but wanted him to work the dose upward (as it should be) because he would see me monthly, so he could better monitor it. He yelled about it and said he was going to report the neurologist for trying to dictate his treatment of his patients. Finally got him calmed down after a few minutes. At a later appt, he lost it again over an accidental misplacement of pills in wrong bottle (by nurse who counted them). Then he lost it again when my neurologist referred me to Duke to confirm a longstanding diagnosis with which Dr. Stark disagreed (even though it wasn't within his specialty) and when the diagnosis was confirmed and I conveyed that information, he refused to look at the report and stormed out of the room. We eventually found him in the hall after waiting for about 15 minutes. Nurse came in shortly after with prescriptions but they skipped days of treatment and Dr. Stork refused to adjust the prescription to cover those days. Reported him to App Regional Medical Ctr Administration, but she only said she would "talk to him" and we only heard later on that no other doctor in that clinic had any openings so we would have to find treatment elsewhere. Have seen a lot of doctors in many fields of medicine, but have never run across such unprofessional behavior. Do not recommend him at all!

He not only wants to know what your problems are, but also how they became your problems.. Awesome guy!

This man is horrible! He is arrogant and has some sort of personality disorder. He moves from town to town and loses his jobs rather quickly.