Neurologist - Peabody, MA

"Would frequently have outbursts over ANY call after hours that infringed on his home time. I was in ill health for some of the time while I saw Dr. Tsappis, and called Dr. Tsappis's private cell number (which he gave me) about 5 times over three years. And he yelled at me most of those times. Yelled at my parents for calling. Never got a diagnosis. Dr. Michael Tsappis would change the diagnosis. He would tell me I was not impaired. He told me it wasn't important that I know what I had "what!?" Then he told me I had severe cognitive deficits, but that he also had cognitive deficits and he did all right for himself. This is not a recognizable form of mental health care. Did not communicate with therapist, even though 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. It ended up being a bad an harmful experience."

"This is the 2nd time that we have gone to this office. You sit in the waiting room, watch and make eye contact with several members of the office staff who just walk by and ignore you. No one greets you, no one asks if you are being helped. The lovely woman who does check you in is a diamond in the rough. Both times we have been to this office she has been coming back from a break after we have been ignored by several other staff members. Dr really needs to work on her bedside manner, she is short, curt and unpleasant. Both visits could have been done by phone. First time we went, we spent $50 copay to be told we needed to schedule more appointments and tests. There was no need to be in the office for this. No exam, no discussion, we were just told to schedule bloodwork, EEG & MRI. 2nd time, they had not taken the time to review the test results and actually gave my husband a hard time about this. My husband had to point out that they had access to the test results, virtually. What was the point of us missing work and paying a copay to tell someone that they needed to look at their computer? "