Katherine Chemodurow, MD

Communicates with my pcp, therapist & pharmacy. Whole person care. Very responsive to phone calls and in person.

I have had a very different experience with Dr. Chemodurow than many of the reviews on here. I recently needed to find a new psychiatrist and have been having a lot of crises recently. So I just called an office and made an appointment with someone who could get me in.
I initially figured I’d just get stabilized and then do research on a psychiatrist that would be a good long term fit. No need to do that. I love working with Dr. Chemodurow. She does not feel impersonal or callous to me at all. She feels calm, focused, and caring. She listens to what i say. She is thorough. She has not pushed meds on me. Every med change has been planned, thoughtful, and involved a discussion.
Most importantly she saved my life 2 weeks ago. I had a major crisis. Luckily I had an appointment with her hat same day already scheduled. I arrived in the worst crisis of my life. She went 20 minutes over my scheduled time with her. She listened. She didn’t judge.
I can’t imagine switching.

I’m not one to write reviews on Unilocal,especially not on doctors, but my experience has been so traumatic that I feel it’s only fair to put the word out there.
She doesn’t listen to a word I say, and just answers EVERY concern I have by pushing prescription after prescription. I was put onto an anti-​depressant medication that my body did NOT react well to, to the point where it was giving me severe panic attacks and leading to suicidal thoughts. I went to her to ask if there were any other solutions, particularly not medication, and that I really wanted to get better, and somehow the only thing she insisted was to DOUBLE the dosage of the medication I was on that was causing me all the problems in the first place.
Similar to Sarah’s review, she somehow refused to prescribe me medication I’ve been on for seven years, but instead just kept pushing new drugs on me that I didn’t want. I even consulted a different doctor about this and they were immediate to say that doubling the dosage was the worst idea ever.
Everything you need costs money. You need a form filled out? Pay extra. You need a prescription slip that she didn’t mail out to you even though she said she would? Pay extra. It’s comical. I feel like they’re going to start charging me to even call and make an appointment.
So if you’re a pill popper who just wants to try every drug on the market? This is the perfect doctor for you. But if you’re looking for someone who actually listens to your concerns and takes the time to know you and come up with a healthy solution — stay away.

Reading Sarah I’s review makes me all the happier to have found Dr. Katherine Chemodurow this spring because it takes a lot of professional integrity to do what is right by your patients in spite of their demands and preconceived ideas on how best to help them. Dra. Che («my doctor friend» in Spanish, which is how I think of her) is an excellent physician who is professional, kind, intelligent and so well versed in her field. Her insight is uncanny at times. How could she understand me so well in such a short time?! But she does. :) She and her staff have great communication skills and seem like very genuine people. I leave every appointment feeling like I’ve gotten something tangibly good out of the experience.

I have found Dr. Chemodurow to be a caring and insightful doctor. She is so far from being the «worst doctor». She is the antithesis of the reviewers comments. Sometimes the people that need the most help are the most challenging to heal.

I don’t often write reviews but I felt like I needed to balance out the «worst doctor ever» comment. That’s way over the top. Dr. Chemodurow has been very professional with me and went out of her way to help me during a crisis. The office staff is great and responds to email promptly. I have no complaints.

Definitely the worst doctor’s visit I’ve ever had, Dr Chemodurow seemed very judgmental and didn’t make eye contact with me the entire session. At some point she stopped me to ask if I had a speech impediment – which I assure you I do not! And I left the appointment. feeling more self-​conscious than ever. To top it all off, she refused to prescribe me the medication I’ve been taking for the past seven years, forcing me to find another doctor and start all over again.