Naman Ted R MD
911 E 9 Mile Rd
Ferndale, MI, United States
48220
911 E 9 Mile Rd
Ferndale, MI, United States
48220
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Dr. Ted R. Naman's Credentials
Education
- Wayne State University School Of Medicine (Grad. 1996)
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Dr. Ted Naman has been my husband's physician since 2005, and mine since 2006.
In 2013, my husband started showing dangerous symptoms. Dr. Naman repeatedly dismissed them and treated me like I was crazy. Although my husband and I each signed consent forms allowing the other to be involved in our care, Dr. Naman claimed that I was not allowed to speak to him regarding my husband's symptoms because of HIPAA.
As of the writing of this review, my husband has been in the hospital for 709 days. Because hospital doctors have discussed his symptoms and history with me at length, I now know that the symptoms Dr. Naman persistently ignored were mania, episodes of psychosis, partial seizures, and the super-tiny pupils were a sign of drug overdose (on drugs provided by Dr. Naman and taken exactly as prescribed).
I wanted for so long to believe that somehow there was a bizarre but understandable explanation for all of this, that Dr. Naman's refusal to acknowledge or treat my husband's symptoms was somehow a mistake. Once upon a time, I trusted Dr. Naman implicitly and would have done whatever he recommended without question.
At one of my last appointments with him, I cried and begged him to tell me why he had ignored my husband's symptoms. My husband is profoundly disabled now and still may die. I was desperate to believe that my trusted doctor wasn't cruel. I wanted to believe it was a mistake; I wanted to believe he cared; I wanted to trust him again; I wanted my sense of safety back. All I wanted was to talk about and understand what had happened.
Dr. Naman listened to me cry and told me he didn't have time for my "arguments" and that if I didn't stop, he'd dismiss me from the practice. I was shocked and I stopped and actually apologized to him.
Upon reflection, however, I decided I could no longer ignore his cruelty. His defensiveness made it impossible for me to ignore the fact that he clearly has something to hide.
A few days ago I was called and abruptly dismissed from the practice. I was not given a clear reason, and it was done without adequate warning to get necessary follow up care for a recent hip fracture. I suspect it is retaliation following a request for my husband's medical records.
I have recently been diagnosed with PTSD from medical trauma. I tried SO MANY TIMES to believe the best of Dr. Ted Naman. But I cannot ignore his cruelty anymore.
And to be clear, yes, to some degree I am writing this review because I am angry. But more than that, I am bereft. I am mourning the loss of my relationships with the two most trusted men in my life: my husband and the compassionate doctor I once believed Dr. Naman to be. I am heartbroken.
Submitted Dec. 4, 2017