Dr. Michael Tsappis, MD

First he told me I wasn't impaired. Then, he refused to tell me my diagnosis. Then he would change the diagnosis. Then he told me I had severe deficits. He told me he also had cognitive deficits and he "did all right for himself." I never found out what he was talking about. In 3 years, he refused to speak to any other provider, or reviewed any independent test results. "I'm going to do what I'm going to do regardless," was his explanation. This is not a recognizable form of mental health care. Did not communicate with therapist. Despite this, he threatened to cease communicating with my insurance company, and stop seeing me on the spot, if I did not see his choice of therapist. Then he vowed not to see me if I did not improve with each appointment. I was in my early twenties. I was being treated for cancer at the time. That was heartless. And the worst part is I'm not some angry troll. I actually didn't realize how deviant this was at the time - I was too stressed and immature.

Dr. Tsappis does not respond to urgent pages / messages. I have had a few emergency situations over the 4 years that I have been treating with him. He was a good, responsive physician in the beginning. However, over the last year, he has been unresponsive to urgent matters. I have been told several times that I would have to wait at least 4 weeks when I told the receptionist that I had an emergency. I had to argue every time in order to get a sooner appointment.