My biggest warning to any would-be patient: stay the hell away from this quack. Shortly after cervical spine surgery, my husband was suddenly afflicted with serious neurological symptoms that escalated into life-threatening emergencies. Having been in the medical profession treating others for three decades, my husband is not one to seek medical help. But this was so bad, he had to be transported via ambulance per doctor's orders on more than one occasion. Symptoms included loss of ability to understand language, inability to speak, hypersensitivity to sound interspersed with deafness, loss of use of limbs, inability to feel the left side of his body, hypertensive crisis, seizures, intense head pressure, and ultimately loss of consciousness and coma. My husband was in the hospital for days, with his stroke-like episodes getting worse.

The Doctor did order a Lumbar Puncture, but failed to test for CSF pressure. What we did notice is as soon as the LP was performed, my husband said it felt like an apple sized bubble in his brain deflated, and he immediately felt relief from all his symptoms and regained his mental falculties. It was the first time my husband returned. I told the Doctor this finding, but as usual, she didn't listen and said it was mere coincidence. I told her it seemed like the release of pressure improved his condition, and she said I could not say that, as she didn't have his CSF pressure tested. Hello, maybe that's a clue, doctor, that you should have tested it or should test it. After the Lumbar Puncture, his symptoms continued to build and get worse again. There seemed to be a connection between pressure on his brain and his condition (a rare but known complication of spine surgery).

Instead of doing her job (she gets paid handsomely for) and trying to get to the bottom of it, she just said it must be psychological in nature, even though my husband has no history of psychological conditions, and no family history of it either (funny enough, I've read other reviews here that this Doctor did the same to them!). Psych came in and assessed and said there was something occuring neurologically creating the symptoms. Regardless of psych punting the issue back into neurology's court, this doctor negligently wanted no part of it and discharged my husband, against our better judgement, with no diagnosis and no treatment plan, while he was still suffering from these stroke-like episodes. We were in absolute disbelief! She literally was knowingly making a decision that could very possibly kill him. I didn't even know doctors were allowed to do this. Isn't it against the Hippocratic Oath? Cause no harm?

As anyone could have predicted (with no treatment or cure), my husband got worse, and the next day had another stroke-like episode, went fully unconscious, and had to be transported by ambulance back to the ER (this is getting expensive--thanks, Doc). The Fire Department thought he was having a stroke, was coding, and wasn't going to make it. He was unresponsive in a coma for hours. It's been an absolute nightmare, watching my husband nearly die again and again, and not be able to get the help we need.

Because this Dr. was unwilling to do the legwork to diagnose, and did such poor documentation, we've been hard pressed to find an outpatient specialist who can get us in within a reasonable amount of time to do necessary diagnostics. Every day, it feels like a fight against the clock to keep my husband alive.

We kept telling this doctor my husband just had cervical spine surgery weeks ago, and these symptoms were all new since then. But again, she didn't listen! She told us, "this doesn't just happen 6 months after surgery." Lady, if you'd listened, you'd know he had symptoms since the first week, and we weren't even 3 weeks post op!

Ugh. You get the deal. This lady doesn't listen. She's incompetent. She's unhelpful. She's condescending. She talks over you. She hasn't mastered the art of sound diagnostic decision-making and using common sense. She has no interest in helping people heal. Her lack of skill as a doctor led me to having to experience the trauma of nearly losing my husband (again and again), and for that, I will never forgive her. I feel I have more medical skill than she does, which is saying a lot, because I have none. But at least I have common sense, empathy, compassion, logic, a detective mindset, and listen.

Do yourself a favor and don't walk, but run away from this Doctor if you ever have the misfortune of her entering your life to destroy it.

Submitted Feb. 23, 2023

waited months for my appointment only to wait in the digital waiting room forever and then receive a call that my appointment was just cancelled without my consent.

Submitted Sept. 1, 2020

Dr. Alsahlani is BRILLIANT!! I've suffered this condition for 4 years and have been to so many specialists. Dr. Alsahlani is the ONLY specialist who continued helping me and knew to perform a lumbar puncture, checking the intercranial pressure. I am so very grateful that I found her!! Increased intercranial pressure is not something that can go left untreated. Suffering through awful vertigo, blurred vision, double vision, migraines, loss of memory, throwing up without warning, losing thre ability to have full use of my legs... this are some of the horrible things I've been fighting for so long and not know why. Finally meeting Dr. Alsahlani is truly a BLESSING!!! Having a neurologist who knows and cares at the same time is quite rare. I have that and so much more with Dr. Alsahlani and for this I am truly grateful and incredibly happy that she is helping me with this condition.

Submitted Feb. 26, 2020

Dr. Alsahlani is amazing. Her and her staff are always helpful and she literally saved my life. No matter how busy she is she returns my calls and makes sure that I am doing well.

Submitted May 12, 2019

Staff is very rude. Dr doesn't listen to concerns and rushes you out of appointment

Submitted July 3, 2017

Dr. Alsahlani and my family's experience with her was neglectful and life threatening. Please do not seek this woman's treatment. She mismanaged a loved one's medication, gave a poor diagnosis with out consultation with family, and neglected emergency calls which ultimately led to a near death experience. There are much higher quality doctors at St. Joseph Barrow Neurological Institute. If this review can help one person to seek better and more qualified treatment I will be grateful.

Submitted March 29, 2017

Needed pain med options.) 1St message I left....her response?.. she will not prescribe anymore pain meds/narcotics, but I can't/never asked for narcotics. She didn't leave an alternative so I left 2nd message of what dosage i take for over counter meds.. her response?..that I see a pain specialist which I am soon. But she wouldn't even tell me the dosage I can take so I won't get sick. I assume that's a liability,doctors vow to help patients not leave them hanging in pain until I see the doc'.

Submitted Nov. 16, 2016

Absolutely flipping WORST doc (if you could call her that) in the world!! No bedside manner, no empathy whatsoever. I saw her about 5 yrs ago scared and in horrific pain. This after suffering in silence with what I now know as Chronic Migraine and having no insurance I finally got some and ended up in her office. Days after a major, my first Hemiplegic or Complicated migraine. Long story but I have severe chronic Migraine TN, and ON, which were all undiagnosed at that time. I was at a 15 pain scale, crying and holding back screams. She basically pushed me out the door,only tried me on high doses of Gabapentin and Topamax, one wrongly injected Occipital Nerve Block. When I had no relief whatsoever from these and felt horrible from side effects, she didn't cut back doses or try something else. She just basically said there was nothing she could do for me. Told me I needed psychological help and pain management. This was all after seeing me over 2 mo, all the tests done in her office had no reports, my next (awesome Neuro at Barrows) was shocked she didn't write any reports and how my husband and I had been treated. I did suffer what I felt was a complete change of life experience to where if it wasn't for my kids, husband and God, I'm afraid I don't know what would have happened to me. The mind game she threw on me making me think I had mental issues and overlooking my severe pain , was beyond cruel and sickening.
I'm so thankful to be away from her, have my life, even though I still have constant head pain, I have a wonderful Neurologist Resident and headache specialist She works with at Barrows.(Kerry Kenievl) what a learning experience and a rough start at the beginning of my head/ face pain journey. I will never give up and so thankful I didn't even though Asahalani seriously almost pushed me to. I see her as the devil. For real!

Submitted Feb. 10, 2016

I have seen her many times and she has very much helped me over the past 2 years. She has a busy practice but I feel she always makes time for me and explains things to me. She is very compassionate and I trust her with my care.

Submitted Feb. 2, 2016

I saw the Dr 45 minutes late. She was very abrupt and I could have looked up my problem in a PDR and felt like I got more empathy... She obviously did not like this old man and the feeling is mutual!

Submitted Oct. 29, 2015