DR1 needs doctors, please help!!

tjmurray

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Hello everyone. DR1.com is trying to put together a list of reputable physicians in the Dominican Republic (i.e. doctors, dentists, chiropractors).

If you have visited or regularly visit a reputable physician here in the DR, please post his/her contact info and briefly mention your positive experience.

Thanks to all...
 

bienamor

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cardiologist

Dr Pedro Urena Velasquez

Tel 809-566-8000
Fax 809-566-8018
pedro.urena@codetel.net.do
Rafael Augusto Sanchez #45 Santo Domingo

Great Doctor, installed 3 stents for me in Nov. Done his residency in the US.
 

BF1

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PEDIATRICIAN

Dr. Jos? Luis Abreu in the Clinica Abreu in S.Domingo. He has been our children's pediatrician for 7 years and I consider him wery good, he was reccomended to us by the most famous, but now not working anymore, pediatrician Hugo Mendoza.
Abreu Espinal, Jos? L Dr
Av Independencia 42
Santo Domingo
(809) 689-7255
 

Ken

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There are many threads in the archives re doctors recommended by dr1ers. I have written several myself, one including a list of doctors I recommended based on personal experience.

Why not do what we always tell others to do, i.e., look in the archives and make use of the good information already available to you.
 

tjmurray

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There are many threads in the archives re doctors recommended by dr1ers. I have written several myself, one including a list of doctors I recommended based on personal experience.

Why not do what we always tell others to do, i.e., look in the archives and make use of the good information already available to you.

Thanks for the suggestion Ken. I've already searched and found some physicians. No hurt in trying to find more, right?
 

Lambada

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Hillbilly has also made lots of recommendations so you could search his threads as well as Ken's. And I have frequently recommended Dr.James Bailes, medical practitioner, in Costambar & Dr. Fredy Lepe, dentist, in Puerto Plata so you could check mine as well.

If you've already searched, as I've just seen, might be an idea to post your list here to save people needing to duplicate? Then if there are any changes to the contact info we could let you know.
 

Mr. Lu

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Dr. Fernando Contreras. He does Gastro and I believe he is still the resident doctor for all Peace Corps volunteers in the DR. He works at the Torre Piantini in SDQ. When I get his # I'll repost.

He's very good. Speaks perfect English and studied in the US which made me more comfortable.
 

Robert

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There are many threads in the archives re doctors recommended by dr1ers. I have written several myself, one including a list of doctors I recommended based on personal experience.

Why not do what we always tell others to do, i.e., look in the archives and make use of the good information already available to you.

Ken, we are not looking for a doctor in a specific field, we are looking for doctors in general that people have had good experiences with.

As TJ has pointed out, we have pulled plenty out of the archives, but as we all know, the DR has more good doctors than mentioned in our archives.

Keep the doctors and surgeons coming people!
 

juanita

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- Dra Sheraldy, American Internista: 809-565-9989 ext. 2280
- Dra. Sylvia Batista Lemaire (French), General Surgery and Biopsy ext.2216
 

Ladybird

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Brilliant idea, could we have more contact details for dentists on the North Coast, the existing ones known on DR1 are usually so busy its difficult sometimes to obtain an appointment quickly
 

Lambada

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Interesting how experiences differ. My dentist on the north coast will always see patients in pain on the same day. Of course he has known me 15 years and knows I don't cry wolf. But I have seen tourists in there waiting for same day examination in an emergency so I conclude that he offers this service to all genuine emergency cases.
 

Adrian Bye

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Some of these recommendations aren't very credible, at least one is from someone who appears to be running a website for the medical person being recommended and has repeatedly promoted them in the past to be on the verge of spamming.
 

Lambada

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Do tell, adrian. I've never checked because I know where I go for medical help & don't need recommendations from a notice board but your info would be important for new people.
 

Chris

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No, let's not tell as the medics in question are fine medics. The methods of promoting them are a little over the top.

My choices and heartfelt recommendations (although this is a very personal thing ...):
Dr Gideon Plaut - ServiMed - Cabarete. (I can see Hillbilly having the shakes ;) ).
Dr Plaut is not only an excellent family and general physician, he is also a highly specialized alternative practitioner. He will not use his 'other' skills out of the ServiMed Office as the DR has strange laws in terms of alternative medicine. But for those that know him, he is a singularly talented healer. Besides looking after us for many years in terms of the general gripes or simple stuff, he worked with us one time in a very complex situation, with 3 physicians out of the US, and accounted himself admirably! He is a good person and a talented healer.

Fredy Lepe - Puerto Plata - Dentist mentioned before by others - a truly professional and knowledgable dentist.

Dr Eddy Alfonso Est?vez, - Ear Nose Throat - Santiago
Otorrinolaring?logo, Microcirug?a de O?dos, Nariz y Garganta
A wonderfully talented and professional specialist ... a real mensch!

Dr Sylvia Taveres - dental implant surgeon (cirujana maxilo facial implantologia) - Mao Valverde, Clinica San Judeo Tadeo. A truly creative individual. She lectures all over the Spanish Americas in implant technology. She is also married to a dentist .. a Pakistani. Many lovely evenings were spent with these two folks in Mao Valverde - and they're both damn good dentists.

And now someone who became a friend .. and we only know him as 'Larry'. He is a chiropractor and practices out of the ServiMed - Cabarete offices. Well, Larry is a good chiro. I think I've seen AZB recommending him from time to time. He specializes in sports injuries and uses a combination of techniques. He is a talented healer as is most of those that Gideon gathers around himself.
 

Lambada

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No, let's not tell as the medics in question are fine medics. The methods of promoting them are a little over the top.

You may know that Chris, but I don't even know who adrianb is talking about. Adrian has been around a while so if he raises the issue of non-credibility of recommendation then it needs addressing. Not necessarily publically but it still needs addressing. Not for me (I know who to go to & if I didn't, I know whose opinion I would consult) but for people who don't know. Otherwise there will always be question marks there & that might have a knock on effect on the other recommendations. It'd be a shame if DR1 went to all the trouble to do a 'members recommended list' & people had reservations about it.

If someone does a website for a medic & also personally finds them a good doctor, that's fine, but wouldn't it be simpler if they declared their interest up front? I mean................it's a bit more important than a real estate recommendation.
 

Rocky

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Dr Gideon Plaut - ServiMed - Cabarete.

'Larry'. He is a chiropractor and practices out of the ServiMed - Cabarete offices. Well, Larry is a good chiro.
I second that.
Both are exceptional in their fields, and exceptional people as well.
I dare to say that they are both the best on the whole North coast of the DR, in their respective fields, Gideon as a GP and Larry (Mason) as a chiro.
 

Rocky

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I understand your suspicions, Adrian, but in this case, there is no hidden agenda.
It is a legit recommendation and the poster does not operate the named dentists website, nor have any personal involvement in the business.