Alpine Family Practice: Martin D Patrick MD - South Lake Tahoe (CA)

1 /5 Gary Mendel: Went to him for 15 years , hes lost it , too busy to pay attention to patients concerns , I have fibromyalgia, arthritis and peripheral neuropathy, I went in with anxiety and asked for a Valium, he went off on me , now he recently had told me to just call , I was also on Valium, soma and vic for years . Now I use only when needed , he decided to not give me any more medication , for a condition thats not curable . He also puts in a message for no refills. So now no doctor will help under Barton flag . Who could treat a patient with chronic pain , brain fog , arthritis and just cut off medication after 15 years , cold turkey . In emergency last night for 6 hrs from pain because I have no meds ! Complaining to ca board , I will fight this no empathy full of himself narcissistic dr and sue him if necessary!

5 /5 Ken Breslin: Responsible and friendly group of physicians and physicians assistants as well as competent staff. I retired to South Lake Tahoe and feel very lucky to have found Alpine Family Practice as my primary health care providers. A big plus is their direct association with Barton Hospital. The MyChart website keeps me informed of upcoming procedures and appointments and allows direct contact via messaging. Definitely 5 stars!

2 /5 andrea Sanchez-Alvarado: Dr Patrick Martin is a great doctor but it’s become very hard to get in to see him. Fernando has been a patient of his for over 20 years. My husband wanted an appointment to see him because he’s been having some serious issues that are not life or death but very important. Well Stephanie who she said was a scheduling member in his office said when I asked for the first available I was told that the first available wouldn’t be until November 2024 it’s July 15, 2024 that’s four months!! Seriously he could die before he could get in to see his Primary Care Doctor! Stephanie said she could have nurse call my husband. My husband doesn’t want no one else but the doctor, it is his practice not the nurses. I asked her if the Dr was so busy if he could make some time for an urgent matter in his day or perhaps he could refer us to someone not so busy. Stephanie basically was talking for Dr Martin and didn’t care of our urgent need to see the doctor and basically was telling us to find a new primary physician on our own. She didn’t care that this had been our doctor for so many years. I ask Dr Martin, “are you aware of how your staff is treating your patients? And do you care?”

1 /5 Christian Waskiewicz: No follow-through, poor communication. Our initial new patient consultation was encouraging. Dr. Martin asked questions and formed a written treatment plan. Blood draw requisition was to be scheduled. The proposed date came and went without any communication. Two calls to office and a direct email to doctor requesting said requisition were never answered. I cancelled follow-up appointment, as there were no (proposed) blood draw results to discuss as stage 1 of plan. Disappointing customer service overall.

5 /5 Jesse Patterson: I have been going to Dr. Martin since early 2014 and he has always been excellent at spending the time with me necessary to explain everything I have questions about. He does not hurry to prescribe medication and is very interested in listening and getting to the root of the issue. In this day and age of Rx doctors who seem to not want to hear your problem and only give you the newest drug on the market, Dr. Martin is an exception. I would recommend him to anyone looking for a good family practitioner and I will be taking my entire family there as the children get older.