Pulmonary Medicine Associates: Lischner Mark W MD at 5 Medical Plaza Drive # 190 in Roseville, California

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  Dr. Lischner was monitoring my mother 2010 - 2013 because there was a spot or nodule on one of her lungs. At the end of that period, he told her the spot was not growing and he was not concerned. Fast forward 4 years: my mother was diagnosed with Stage 4 Non Small Cell Lung cancer in May, 2017. We opened her a myhealth online account with Sutter in June, 2017. It was in that account that we researched her prior medical records and discovered that after the CT scan in 2010, the radiologist recommended a biopsy. After the CT scan in 2013, the radiologist recommended a PET scan. I am not a doctor, but can tell from the radiologist's notes in 2013 that there were changes and he suspected cancer. Dr. Lischner never mentioned further diagnostic procedures for my mother. In other words, I HOLD HIM RESPONSIBLE FOR DRASTICALLY SHORTENING MY MOTHER'S LIFE EITHER BECAUSE OF NEGLIGENCE OR POOR JUDGEMENT. Though my mother is undergoing treatment, the cancer is advancing and has metastasized into her bones. It had already spread to major lymph nodes and to the other lung by the time she was diagnosed. Short of a miracle, my mother may not see the end of this year. If you are considering Dr Lischner as your pulmonologist or are currently seeing him, I recommend you find yourself someone else, who takes seriously and urgently the input of the radiologist reading CT scans or Xrays and who discusses all diagnostic data openly with his/her patients. Clearly, Dr. Lischner is not this type of doctor. My mother should have been given the radiologist's recommendation back in 2010 to get a biopsy. Dr. Lischner withheld that information. Then, in 2013, my mother should have been told to get a PET scan, since the radiologist observed changes and attributes that suggested cancer. Dr. Lischner withheld that information. If my mother's cancer had been caught back in 2010, it is likely the cancer would have been at Stage 1 and considerably more treatable. My mother was extremely healthy and active. Now she can barely catch her breath when she walks across a room. I have never written a review about a doctor before. I'm fairly tolerant. I understand that doctors are humans - that they are not perfect. But Dr. Lischner's behavior is consistently poor and unprofessional. He didn't mess up just once! I would not trust him as my doctor and will certainly discourage anyone I know from going to him.
  June 04, 2017

  by Donna Amado

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