Patient
If you're young and female, AVOID this doctor. I was hospitalized for SVT recorded on my Fitbit and diagnosed with Sinus Tachycardia ~1.5 years ago. I was hospitalized for three days, because Camesas kept pushing back seeing me in the hospital. She sees me for 5 minutes, and already decided I had anxiety because I had no structural issues and PTSD on my chart. My tachycardia went up when I sat up, which she said furthered her proof that it was anxiety. This is despite the fact that a hospital social worker and psychiatrist said that I didn't have anxiety, and it was even noted in my chart to explore all potential physiological explanations before writing it off as anxiety. She saw this, and told me that "sometimes mental health professionals are wrong" and she, the cardiologist, believed she knew better than the actual professionals in mental health. She also said that she sees young ladies like me all the time, and they're "perfectly healthy" - if they were healthy, they wouldn't be seeing you, now would they? What was ALSO in my chart, which she failed to acknowledge, was a family history of Joint Hypermobility Syndrome- which is widespread, full body hypermobility. I'm discharged, follow up appointment with her, and she tells me again that it's anxiety but sends me with a three week holter which is just about the only good thing she did. But even then, she didn't explain that it was for three weeks and I had to call the manufacturer four days in to figure that out. Normal rhythm on the holter but with a range of 50-187bpm. I'm discharged with her care, and she sends me a referral for a psychiatrist - AGAIN, the professionals said it wasn't anxiety. But sure, I use the referral, and you'll never guess it- the psychiatrist said it wasn't anxiety. Fast forward to this past June, and I develop neurological symptoms which include facial paralysis and drooping on my right side, uneven grip, inability to even recall the year, inability to speak, and so on. I went to Stony Brook this time where they actually have half decent doctors. *They*, after doing thorough imaging to make sure I'm not dying, see the JHS family history in my chart, I go to a geneticist, I'm diagnosed with hEDS. I also received testing for CCI, which is comorbid with connective tissue disorders. CCI is where the ligaments between your head and neck are so flexible that the movement can compress the brain stem and spine, which can cause a whole host of issues because all the information between your brain and body travels through there. And it can affect your brain and - get this- your heart rate. Early intervention would've stopped this from getting worse. But, since this "doctor" couldn't be bothered to admit she didn't know, couldn't be bothered to listen to professionals in their field, and couldn't be bothered to refer me elsewhere, I had these neurological episodes. It's been four months, and my memory stopped improving after the first month. I may have this shitty memory for the rest of my life, all for the sin of being a teenage girl with a shitty past. Frankly it is far too much of a headache to try and sue, and I'm focused on my health right now- but if you are anything other than a 50+ year old man, avoid this place like the plague.