do not bother with him or staff!they do not care for you as a patient and are uniformed they also do not listen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Submitted April 25, 2019

In retrospect, Sutter Medical Group neurologist David Seminer, M.D. failed to accurately diagnose the correct, root causes of my severe constant pain and symptoms that were neurological or had neurological components. He failed to facilitate diagnoses by referring me to specialists who had more expertise, knowledge, and skills such as neurospine specialist or headache specialist. He did not do a differential diagnosis. He ignored the known facts in my medical records and reports. He made swift and profoundly wrong conclusions that my severe, constant pain and symptoms from spinal injuries were “psychological.” Worse, he did so behind my back instead of being honest, transparent, forthcoming and saying it to my face. If Dr. Seminer did not think my medical neurological issues were in his knowledge realm, he should have referred me to experts such as a neurospine specialist and pain specialist. He should have disclosed that my surgeon failed to remove the disease that was directly causing my migraines and that the iatrogenic cervical spine injury compounded migraines. It was his duty to fully inform me and wrong to dismiss and ignore real, physical, medical spine injuries and spinal nerve pain as “psychological” and to ignore the root cause of worsening migraine headaches. It shows Dr. Seminer’s outdated thinking when a diagnosis is not immediate, obvious and medical facts in records are ignored. I was referred to Dr. Seminer by my SMG primary care doctor. I had sustained multiple, severe iatrogenic injuries on the day of a hospital and surgical Never Event and since that day, I had experienced medical issues including neurological issues such as worsening migraine headaches with dizziness and new, severe, constant pain in my cervical and lumbar spine with numbness and tingling in extremities, electrical pain shooting down my left leg, muscle weakness, etc. During visits, I clearly reported and described my specific pain and symptoms, and explained that I needed treatment and pain relief urgently so I could resume working for a living because I was a self-employed, self-supporting, technical professional. Dr. Seminar had all my medical records available so he could have chosen to take ten minutes to review the complete, pertinent facts, then spend another ten minutes thinking, analyzing, and doing a fact-based differential diagnoses. He did not. He was not transparent and forthcoming about what he was erroneously thinking and inaccurately assuming. Dr. Seminer barely spoke. For example, when he performed an EMG test on one leg, I asked him what the results showed. He seemed perturbed at being questioned and said “normal.” When I asked what a normal test result ruled out and what the next diagnostic step would be, he just said “it was normal.” Unbeknownst to me, he wrote information in my records that served to obstruct my ability to get correct, timely diagnoses and treatment. Much later, too late, I obtained my records and learned that Dr. Seminar had written that my “multiple symptoms appear to be out of proportion to any physical findings” and were “anxiety-related” even though I did not have anxiety. This was preposterous, unjustified misdiagnoses clearly in contradiction to the facts available in my medical records and reports.. He stated in a document that he could “not immediately find any single explanation which led to the suspicion that the symptoms are psychological” and that I had “begged for a diagnosis and explanation.” His lack of candor and transparency, his failure to refer to appropriate specialists, his preposterous statements written and spoken behind my back, all caused me much harm. There is no excuse for hiding information from patients and creating obstacles to correct treatment. Unbeknownst to me, my primary care doctor believed Dr. Seminer’s misdiagnosis instead of me and Sutter abruptly barred me from physical therapy I was undergoing. Doctors ethically owe patients real time discussion and the complete medical facts and truth so the patient can make the best and fastest decisions before it is too late. It took many years to obtain the correct diagnoses, spine procedures, and multiple surgeries to relieve the iatrogenic spine pain, collapsed disc, and nerve impingement, and to have the disease excised that was the root cause of my migraine headaches. After my Never Event, doctors abandoned me to fend for myself and I had to travel to the Bay Area for correct diagnoses, medical care, and surgeries. work, and quality of life.

Submitted July 29, 2018

He wasn't interested in me or my affliction. I was summarily dismissed and told to return in 6 months. Why would I do that?

Submitted Sept. 14, 2017

Wonder full doctor and he cured all of my symptoms.

Submitted Sept. 10, 2014

Seemed to be very knowledgeable about neurology, but wasn't forthcoming with detailed information. Any questioned posed were answered as briefly and shortly as possible. An initial diagnosis was not provided during the first office visit, and after my second visit, I still wasn't certain what the course of action for my condition would be. His "bedside manner" is rather cold, and for the most part, he was absolutely silent when he was in the consultation room with me. While its isn't required that doctors have a good bedside manner, I expected that he might at least recommend a course of action for my condition, rather that telling me "This is the condition you have" and then moving on to his next patient. He was not a good fit for my particular situation, but again, he seems to know his field very well, and this may have been a one-of-kind situation, so he might still be a good fit for you.

Submitted April 14, 2010

Dr. Seminer wasn't able to diagnose sacroiliitis which has been causing severe pain and awful symptoms, no matter what I do, for almost two years since abdominal surgery. Unfortunately, I don't think he took my reported pain and symptoms seriously. In my records, Dr. Seminer wrote that half the time he spent with me was in "counseling". This is strange. He didn't talk very much and I'm the one that kept asking questions about what to do next to get a diagnosis of my pain and symptoms. He didn't explain much to me but wrote copious notes in records. Wrote that my symptoms "appear to be out of proportion to any physical findings" and "anxiety related", which I may have only because I'm in pain and can't work and Sutter doctors won't help me! Sacroiliitis is very painful and fits the pain and symptoms I reported to him. I don't like it when a doctor dismisses a patient's reported physical problems as psychological. It's the wrong conclusion. He did thank my referring doc for the business!

Submitted Jan. 28, 2009