Ratings for Dr. Richard E. Hrdlicka

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This doctor had the worst bedside manner I’ve ever experienced. I was a first time/ new patient and he plunked down in his chair and said “what’s going on.”

I explained my situation and his response was “oh I won’t touch that and you won’t find any other family doctor that will see you for that during pregnancy.”

I can understand if my situation was not his specialty but my midwife recommended I see a family doctor while I was on a waitlist to see an endo. He literally had no compassion and was so dismissive, it was shocking. Will never return or recommend him.

Submitted Aug. 8, 2023

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This was the worst doctor I have every gone to. The facility is unkept. He needs to retire. He did nothing to help me. waste of time and money.

Submitted June 10, 2021

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I was Dr Hrdlicka's patient for 20 years. I only changed doctors because I moved to a different state. He is the best diagnostician I've ever seen. He always listened and was helpful.

Submitted April 20, 2021

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Not impressed by his staff nor the "doctor". He should retire.

Submitted June 17, 2019

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Dr. Hrdlicka and his rude staff are a joke. Theres no other way to say it. I was coughing and struggling to breathe so a doctor had sent me to this waste of space. He tested me for allergies and went down a long list of things I was supposedly allergic to. I had to get a shot every week. I didn’t know that my insurance was only paying a certain portion. And the staff did some pretty negligent things that certainly didn’t help. So I got into over eight hundred dollars in debt. Which I really struggled to pay. The nurse at the desk really showed no sympathy and practically mocked me when I panicked. I really had to bend backwards to get the money. And then I was informed that I would have a deductible to meet every year that would be over two thousand dollars. So I freaked out. I don’t make a lot of money. And I really didn’t like the idea of having to get a shot every week anyway. So I called the vitamin shoppe and asked if they had any vitamins that could help me with this. They said they had some that would build the immune system and I should be fine. So I went in and had them point me to what they thought would work best, along with a bottle of vitamin C. sure enough I was no longer coughing and struggling to breath. i have not been any for anymore shots since. I don’t even take those vitamins anymore. I take a multivitamin in the morning and put pure coconut oil in whatever I can, that’s pretty much about it. I paid my debt and said I wont be back as I walked out. That promise has been met. I haven’t been there in almost a year now. Their business is a scam. Those people are a joke. What they do for a living could be seen as hilarious if it werent so pathetic.

Submitted July 9, 2017

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Do not recommend; staff seemed very unhappy about how the doctor treats them. I do not want to be a patient at a place where employees feel unappreciated!

Submitted June 8, 2017

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Dr. Hrdlicka,

This is Jennifer Esposito. Remember me? The daughter of Gary and Patricia Esposito. The severely mentally ill child-turned young woman-turned adult, whose health you constantly neglected in favor of pushing your anti-milk and anti-wheat agenda.

Because of you, my parents beat the living daylights out of me. You told them that I was fine, that I was just a bad person and needed severely extreme punishment. That my only problem was too much bread and milk. So, every time I had a panic attack, or an episode of OCD, or yet another incident of agoraphobia, they fucking beat my ass until I bled, and you condoned it. That was your healthy solution. Abuse your mentally ill child.

I’m sure you’ll remember me. You were my “doctor” for 18 years, until I was finally able to pursue my own healthcare. And believe me, I did. I immediately sought psychiatric treatment, and received it. Unfortunately, it was too little too late. As a result of your absurd, heinous neglect as a so-called “medical professional,” I continue to battle suicidal ideation on a very regular basis and have been hospitalized multiple times.

Hell, one of these days, I just might succeed. I’ll probably end up killing myself. This will be overwhelmingly your fault, for your insistence to my clueless parents that I battle my severe mental disorders by consuming less wheat and dairy.

You’re getting older now. You’ll die soon. I may too, but it will be at my own hand, if so. However, I want you to know one thing. As you’re living out the last moments of your life, I want you to know how you ruined mine. You destroyed a person with your ill-advised, misguided, and utterly ridiculous version of treatment.

You are a disgrace. I wish you all the worst.

Jennifer Esposito

Submitted Dec. 13, 2016

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I feel very fortunate to find such a great doctor!

Submitted Dec. 11, 2015

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I went to Dr. Hrdlicka for my thyroid. He is the first doctor to listen to me, order the appropriate lab tests, and put me on the right medication. I have have struggled for years and seen many specialists prior with no good results. I am grateful to find such a caring and competent doctor.

Submitted May 12, 2015

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I went to Dr Hrdlicka because he is supposed to be an "environmental specialist" . He refused to talk about it, my 2nd visit to get lab results rushed me out of there. Would not listen and interrupted me Everytime i tried to talk. Then proceeded to tell me it's agoraphobia. Left there with no direction or help at all. Did NOT address the reason I went in. He should NOT be listed as a environmental specialist.

Submitted April 4, 2015


Dr. Richard E. Hrdlicka's Credentials

Education

  • Univ Of Il Coll Of Med, Chicago Il 60680 (Grad. 1978)

Insurance accepted by this Doctor

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