Chesapeake Urology Associates

they are not interested in helping

This review is actually for the Towson location but since they are all affiliated and part of the same system, I am leaving it here. My fiancée scheduled a routine ureteroscopy to remove a large kidney stone located towards the top of his one ureter. He was admitted to the hospital the day before via the ER at GBMC and was already under the care of a physician at Chesapeake Urology– I will not name him directly but he has been with the practice for several years according to his bio. During the procedure, there was an error made and my fiancée’s ureter was perforated. That was the term the doctor used when he spoke with me while my fiancée was in the recovery area. He told me that he had to abandon the procedure so the massive stone was still there and now that there was a perforation he had to place a stent up through the urethra and over the damaged area to prevent leakage and to help the area heal. He gave orders to discharge my fiancée and I went to the recovery suite. I was appalled to see that my loved one was in tremendous pain and could not even bear the pain it caused while we were trying to get him dressed and up. He wanted a few minutes to rest and was being sluggish but the nurse was trying to rush us out. The nurse (who is an employee of GBMC) told him that he could «lay down and stay the night or get up and leave.» Knowing that he wanted to go home although he was in pain, she told him that he could take one of his pain pills and by the time he made it home she said he would probably be okay and the pain from the stent was normal and the kidney stone was also still there. She had an orderly wheel him out. By the time I got him home and up the stairs, he was crying out in pain and was running a fever. I let him lay down and gave him another dose of his pain meds. Nothing worked and I could not get him back down the stairs and had to call an ambulance for transport. In the ER they did a CT scan and confirmed that there was leakage from the area that was perforated. They suggested admitting him and placing a catheter. Mind you, a kidney stone removal aka uretersoscopy, in 99% of cases is a same day, in-​and-​out procedure and back to work the next day. He was kept in the hospital for 4 more days to monitor his fever and manage his pain. He is now stuck with several thousand dollars in medical bills that resulted from the hospitalization. He followed up two weeks later with a physician at Johns Hopkins Urology who removed the stent and performed the ureteroscopy correctly with success and he was back to work the next day. I would not recommend Chesapeake Urology based on our experience.

Dangerous. Failing to examine my medical history Chesapeake Urology’s Dr. Julio Davalos ordered biopsies from a prostate that had been irradiated years go and was dead – yielding only dead tissue. He then bungled a urethrotomy, producing a hemorrhage so massive I had to be ambulanced to an emergency room in fear of dying from loss of blood. It took the ER staff 12 hours to syringe away the excruciatingly painful blood cots that jammed my bladder and urinary system. The pain didn’t end there, as spasms continued to produce breathtaking shocks of pain in my groin. I was then admitted to a hospital for an additional 36 hours, all on a drip, for further treatment and observation. It was the most horrific experience of my life. Neither Davalos nor Chesapeake Urology produced either an apology or any explanation of what Davalos did to create this hazard to my life. It is kept a tightly held secret to this day. Avoid these people – and avoid risking your health.