Patient
I have been seeing Dr. Kasabali for about a year, in total maybe four times now. I've been developing palpitations over the course of two years and each year, they gradually get more frequent. This has been frightening me and spiking my anxiety. Around the first times of seeing him, he was a very down-to-earth doctor, mild to medium accent, and had been doing this practice for a very long time. Whatever questions I had for him, he was kind with answering. I had done an echocardiogram, which was very uncomfortable, only becuase I have severe anxiety and just couldn't wait to get out of the room. I had been waiting weeks and weeks and weeks for the results. I had to call them back for the nurse to tell me my results were normal. Months go by and my appointment is coming up, but I forgot the date. The nurses won't pick up the phone for anything when trying to reach them for specific information. I at least finally got an automatic phone call reminding me of my appointment. This last time I visited him, I think I caused him to be impatient. I had so many questions becuase I just wanted to understand my heart, but maybe I offended him when I insisted something was wrong with me when he said there wasn't. Out of all the times I had seen him, he finally told me I was born with something (can't pronounce the name), but he said it was harmless. I would have liked if he at least prepared me some papers that discuss in detail what I have. He was intimidating this time to where I just stopped asking questions. I wish he was a little more compassionate about my anxiety issues, but this time I felt like I couldn't comfortably ask him questions and spend a good amount of time with him. Before I was even ready to wrap up the appointment, he got up, shook my hand, and dismissed himself from the room. He prescribed me Metoprolol for my palpitations. I told him I was very iffy about medication, though he said it was completely safe. Upon my own research, I discovered this stuff had SEVERE side effects. I could not bring myself to take them. So, instead, I looked into Magnesium, and that has truly worked tremendously for me! Despite that not-so-fuzzy last encounter, I would recommend him over any other Cardiology, but I think I might cancel my upcoming appointment.