Dr Aaron Keshen is completely ignorant and rude. He shows no empathy towards his patients. His main focus is conducting Independent Medical Examinations (IMEs) for insurance companies, and unfortunately, he tends to favor these companies over the wellbeing of individuals. Instead of providing proper care and support, he often pressures sick individuals to return to work before they are fully ready, which can be detrimental to their health. If you have an IME with Dr. Keshen I highly recommend you request a different doctor with your insurance company. I will be filing a complaint with the College of Physicians and Surgeons regarding this matter as well as my insurance company to notify them of this horrific experience.

Submitted Jan. 9, 2024

He' very arrogant
No sense of empathy
He doesn't have the best patient at heart.
Invaded my privacy by having someone in the corner taking notes and to top it off. I was sent for bipolar and told me eating has something to do with it? Go figure . I'm on LTD and they send me to a doctor that most of his professional work is physicatric eating disorder. Joke

Submitted Nov. 8, 2023

I found him to be very condescending and lacked compassion.

I came out of the ED program feeling worse and ended up relapsing, in part due to the fact that I had been sexually assaulted by another patient. I was willing to meet with him some time later to give the program another chance and see if there was a way to make my safety a bit more of a priority, but all he said was "I will try, but I can't promise anything", as if what I had experienced was nothing more than a mild inconvenience.

In that same meeting, I had brought up my struggles with the fact that my friend, whom I met in his program, had passed away from her ED and how I didn't understand why they couldn't make an exception in regards to out patient care for her, which she desperately wanted to do and he refused to talk about it in any manner. (I was aware he couldn't go into certain details because of confidentiality reasons) but he showed zero sympathy about her death or how much it affected me. I felt like I was talking to an emotionless robot. I told him I'd rather suffer with my ED than return to the clinic and his response was "Ok, have a nice day."

Submitted Oct. 27, 2023

I had him for a little less than a year. Personally believe that he really doesn’t have the patients best interests. If I sat there and told him I needed more support, nothing would be done. The eating disorder clinic doesn’t care. They give u the bar minimum care and send you home regardless if you still are struggling. Im 100% sure he runs the programs, and that’s why I’m disappointed in patient care.

Submitted Oct. 4, 2023

While a patient of Dr. Keshans, I was also receiving therapy from one of his coworkers at the QEII Eating Disorder Clinic. I saw this therapist for a full year, during which I was continually sexually harassed. The harassment occurred chronically before I reported the therapist to his regulatory board. This therapist had told me that he and Dr. Keshan were good friends outside of work, which I came to see during the investigation process when Dr. Keshan lied to the investigations committee to help the therapist cover up his wrongdoing.

He told the board that the clinician had mentioned in rounds that he felt uncomfortable working with me as I attempted to pursue a relationship with him outside the clinic.

The investigation committee noted that no other clinician recalled this being brought up and also made sure to assert that there were NO NOTES regarding this matter.

“Rounds” at this clinic involved all those working there (at least ten that I can recall, but possibly more) meeting together to discuss patients and progress. It's worth noting that no other person involved in these rounds corroborated this story, and none of these clinicians had taken any notes regarding it (including Dr. Keshan and the therapist) during the year I was a patient there.

Furthermore, when transitioning from attending the clinic for daily outpatient treatment to monthly relapse prevention meetings, Dr. Keshan arranged that this therapist would be the one I worked with for relapse prevention. This was in spite of the fact that this therapist had NEVER done relapse prevention meetings before. This therapist remained my main clinician and point of contact throughout my time as a patient there until I began to realize what was happening, at which point I told him I wished to terminate our work together.

I find it extremely unlikely the therapist had ever shared during rounds that he was concerned I was developing feelings for him, given the complete lack of notes regarding this and the fact that not a single other clinician was able to recall this being mentioned.

HOWEVER, even if this were the truth, I find it highly concerning that Dr. Keshan would take no notes regarding this issue and allow that therapist to continue working with me so closely during outpatient. I find it even more concerning that he would then arrange for this therapist to work on relapse prevention with me, especially having never done these types of appointments before.

I share this experience as throughout the investigative process, what impacted me the most by far was witnessing a psychiatrist I accessed care from lie about me to protect his friend. I was under the belief that Doctors had a code of ethics, and while I did not expect him to come to my defence, never in a million years would I have thought a Doctor would take the initiative to completely lie about his patient.

It takes a lot of courage for women with eating disorders to seek help; many have experienced trauma relating to men. There is an expectation that the clinicians and Doctors you see are trustworthy and will not go out of their way to cause undue harm. To Dr. Keshan, my own health and access to care were viewed as collateral damage in the pursuit of protecting one of his friends. It is one thing to remain passive and say that he did not know of any wrongdoing in his friend's practice. However, it is another thing entirely to actively and consciously lie to a regulatory board about one of your patients.

This experience has had detrimental effects on my ability to access care. Not only in the direct way of being essentially cut off from the only publically funded eating disorder clinic in the Maritimes but also in the indirect way that I have incurred trauma surrounding visiting and trusting Doctors. The experience has caused me to be disillusioned with the profession, and the safety I had previously assumed existed when accessing services.

This review is not meant to detract from his ability as a psychiatrist in his day-to-day practice. It is also not meant to dispute the wonderful reviews below. I believe Dr. Keshan to be fairly knowledgeable and competent in his area of practice, especially compared to others I have experienced in his field.

Two things can be true at once; he is a competent and skilled Doctor. Yet when it came to my own safety as a patient in his care, he took an active role in discrediting my story by concocting a lie that had no supporting evidence. He put his friendship with his coworker above the well-being of a patient and could not be trusted to remain neutral or even passive in the investigative process.

If you, like me, work under the belief that Doctors have an ethical duty not to cause harm to their patients in such a way, I would recommend finding psychiatric services elsewhere.

Submitted July 26, 2023

Best doctor ever. Treated my eating disorder like it was any other medical condition. Very kind and knowledgeable

Submitted March 7, 2023

Been a patient on and off for years but dr keshen is always there for me when I need him even though he is very busy. I feel like I can count on him.

Submitted Aug. 16, 2022

Dr. Keshen was my psychiatrist for three years while I lived in Halifax. He's compassionate, understanding, and clinically speaking the best and most professional doctor I've ever worked with. He is cautious, and uses his knowledge to empower his patients and accelerate their recovery and well-being. I felt seen and heard, and he was there for me during several medical emergencies. I could not recommend him more.

Submitted July 12, 2022

I’d seen Aaron for years outpatient. On my deathbed he told my parents and I that I needed to hit rock bottom. No I didn’t I can only relate this to pure giving up on a patient as one should never do. Terrible doctor only
Out to make himself look good in the end. Smart, but methods create relapse

Submitted April 20, 2022

Dr. Keshen is an incredible doctor. He was always very direct, empathetic, and checked in before appointments. He helped me change my life around.

Submitted Oct. 30, 2021