Please do not settle and I mean settle for Dr. Abols. My mom never was never comfortable with this dr. After being diagnosis with CIDP from this dr and taking 12 IV infusion for CIDP and never getting any better we decided to move on to a dr from Abbott. The Abbott dr knew without even testing my mom that she did not have CIDP. My mom had ALS and died within three weeks of having her corrected diagnosis.. Our family was devastated as we had inquired about having our mom have a simple EMG test by Abols as this should have been done before anything else. The first thing Abbott did was an EMG to get the correct diagnosis. The out come would have been the same if Abols would have diagnosis correctly. However, instead of our mom residing in a rehab/nursing home, getting unnecessary treatments, away from home and treated unprofessionally by her Dr., we would have had her at home and taken care of by all of us her last three months. We had less then 3 weeks to prepare her and our family. I hope you all get a second opinion early and not later like we did.

Submitted March 11, 2018

I am grateful to be alive. Rather than follow the manufacturer's instructionsstart

Submitted May 15, 2016

I had to write a review about my experience with Dr.Abols today.She was the worst Neurologist I have seen and that is quite a few.She argued with me about my peripheral neuropathy and said it don't work that way and tried to quote a Mayo clinic definition.I told her she was wrong and can ask my pain clinic doctor about it. I dont think she has had any recent training cause she was so clueless for a neurologist.I cant believe that she is allowed to practice neurology since she dont have common neurology skills or no how on current breakthroughs today.The reason Im saying all of this is I don't want her to misdiagnose someone and causing permanent damage too.If you can go see somebody else,cause I sure will in the future.

Submitted Jan. 18, 2016

I don't typically rate doctors; but, my experience with Dr. Abols was not good at all. She was rude, condescending and argumentative. She did not want to discuss any symptoms except what I was specifically referred for. Kind of hard to correctly diagnose a condition that way. Her nurse was very rude and cut me off several times when I was trying to explain why I was there.

Submitted Dec. 2, 2015

I was diagnosed with MS 4 years ago but I lost my previous neurologist for insurance reasons. I've relapsed again and recognized it quickly; the numbness was only in my right thigh. I immediately went to the ER. The symptoms weren't yet severe so they couldn't treat me without a neurologist. They set me up with Dr. Abols in the morning. When I met with her she was cold and abrupt. After showing my MRI scans from 2010, she said I would need a new MRI as well as a spinal tap. I told her I was afraid of the spinal tap and I couldn't bring myself to do it. She said that without a spinal tap she wouldn't treat me, not even steroids even though she verbally agreed I was relapsing after some tests. She said even after the spinal tap I'd have to be on Copaxone, despite the fact that I tried Rebif and had a terrible time due to it being a needle. I found a neuro later who treated me and said "your MRI is a clear case of MS, a neurologist who needs a spinal tap is unsure of themselves".

Submitted July 17, 2014

I just had my first and last appointment with Dr. Abols. The office is inept and that should have been my first sign. She read from a report and said, you need surgery. 10 minutes of work and I am being sent to UM Neurosurgery.Guess what, I now have scheduled an appointment with Mayo Clinic. We will start over. My meningioma tumor was found via CT-scan for something else. I have no symptoms. GP ordered MRI and yes, I have a tumor. Went to Abols and she acted like I was intrrupting her day. Her opinion was that I need surgery and told to go to University of Minnesota. Done, goodbye and when I reached out to shake her hand, she ignored me. Oh, she ordered an EEG which would be done afer I meet with Neurosurgeon. I'll xx that and let Mayo figure out what I need. They were smooth as silk just setting up the appointment. Customer service all the way.That does not exist in Abols office from reception, to nurse to scheduling.

Submitted June 3, 2011

In ‘02 I had my 1st seiz, however, I was told that I was not epileptic & that many have just 1 seizure. At age 30, I had a 2nd seiz. I decided to consult with Abols to help identify a diagnosis & a treatment plan. After several tests, & rounds of questions w/ Abols, not once did she spend more than 5 min w/ me, or offer up a diagnosis, instead she gave me general antiseiz meds. I then had a 3rd seiz & a 4th within wks of each other. When I began to complain about the effects of the antiseiz meds I received stern, off putting msgs fr Abols nurse telling me that I must continue to take them & further increase the dosage! Not until I refused to increase the dosage of the antiseiz meds did Abols show interest. When asking her again for a diagnosis, she responded by saying "you have seizures, which means you have a seizure disorder, this is your diagnosis." I could have figured out that I'm having seiz w/o the 500+ dollars spent on tests & run arounds w/ Dr Abols.

Submitted Dec. 8, 2008

I should preface my comments by saying they relate my own unique experience, which was limited to two very brief appointments. On both occasions Dr. Abols demonstrated poor bedside manners (yes, neurologists are notorious for this). I believe she was rudely brief and abrupt. She seemed hurried, impatient, and nervous. I almost felt like I was inconveniencing her-and I was flipping the bill! While I noticed no deficiencies in terms of knowledge or ability, she certainly might improve her people skills. People are not computers or machines.

Submitted Nov. 3, 2008

Dr. Abols is a good Doctor. She is willing to try different alternatives to help with pain management, treatment and over-all care. Her bed-side manner is cool..but she gets the job done. She is very intelligent and keeps up in her field of practice. I would recommend her to anyone with a difficult neurological problem.

Submitted Oct. 24, 2005