Dr. James L. Strickland

Quality of follow-up, response times and caring has gone way south. There appears to be no quality control whatsoever. While Dr. Strickland may still be a leader in his field, trust is gone now and the relationship broken. 8 weeks without results, no follow-up, changing story on who was to do what. We are done here. Last two visits will be 1 to sign release and another needed to pick up files, apparently. Business and success must have gotten in the way of quality care. Sad.

Honestly wish I never had my ablation done with him. I've never experienced so many issues with my condition until my ablation, and life has honestly been hard. The symptoms sometimes become unbearable, I can't do anything I once could do. My condition already had me limited, but now I can go up stairs or talk with out trying to slow my heart rate down. I know that it's an issue that occurred because of my surgery with him , because I had an ablation previously years before and didn't have this experience. I don't know if he messed with something he should've left alone.

This was my first visit to Dr. Strickland's office. I didn't see Dr. Strickland as this was for more of an information gathering meeting, which was conducted with his Physician's Assistant, Janelle. So this review is about the doctor's office and staff, and not him directly. The rest of the staff was great and it was nice to have a real person actually answer the phone rather than getting one of those automated menus when I called to set the appointment. When I got to the appointment, I was able to get right in, and after taking some vitals, was able to meet with Janelle quickly. She certainly asked a lot of question and we reviewed my health history focusing on my heart and circulatory system. When I talked she was a very attentive listener and didn't interrupt me. And when I brought up the fact I've been using the six lead Kardiamobile device to check my own EKG daily, she didn't try to pass it off as useless and a waste of money like most medical professionals have. Instead, she acknowledged it's usefulness and it's limitations, encouraging me to continue using it, but do so with prudence. A few days after my appointment I needed to call the office back as a reminder of a medication I was told to replace with a new one (I'd forgotten the name of the one I was supposed to discontinue). Again, I got a live person on the phone who was able to pull my chart and tell me which med I needed to discontinue, and reminded me of the new one, as well as another new one I'd forgotten we discussed. All in all it was a good visit and follow up, and I can recommend the staff highly. Dr. Strickland will be installing a "Watchman" soon, and I'll update this review afterwards with more info on my visit with him.

Dr. Strickland was very nice and explained my issues but that was the end of good service. His staff doesn't keep on top of things. Sometimes it takes days to het a phone call through. When I asked for a referral for a procedure he recommended I was told go find someone. They recommended and sent me a heart monitor and I have been waiting for almost 2 months for results after they already received them.

Dr. Strickland spent a very long time explaining options and scenarios with my private duty patient. I was thoroughly impressed with his level of detail and bedside manner. If I had an arrhythmia issue Dr. Strickland would be my first appointment.