Medical Pavilion

Dec 2023

It's taking me some time to write this review but i decided it probably is a good idea for me to go ahead and do it. I was excited to find a medical clinic that one of their specialties was working with gay men, and I traveled quite a distance to go to the clinic, and they also excepted my insurance. I will schedule the doctor Chu. When I arrived the staff at the front reception counter was very warm and welcoming. I was taken back to the doctors office, and at that point in time I should've known that it was not going to be a good thing. He was at his desk, and when he turned around at first, he had a big smile on my face till he saw me, and then that smile in a way. Perhaps I didn't fit what he thought a stereotypical gay man would look like I am very tall and I do have some weight on me. He did not shake my hand. He told me to sit on the table and started to ask me a whole bunch of questions and said he wanted to start off with a blood panel work up. He had asked the last time I had a HIV test and I explain to him when I had had one which wasn't very long ago and then I was negative. He didn't tell me he was going to run another one but that's OK I'm not upset over that. He told me also he wanted to do a full physical at the next visit and this is when things started to get a little strange because he started to tell me how to do a physical on myself at home. I mean he went into detail about checking my chest, checking other areas of my body, and that other next session I was going to report back to him at what I found and that's how my physical was going to be. It was that I started to feel like I was a disease like he was afraid to touch me because he might get fat. I felt really down and depressed after I left I have another appointment scheduled and I called back the following day and asked if I could see a different doctor in the clinic and that time all they had was an ARNP and they had to discuss it between themselves if they thought it was appropriate for me to see the other individual, and I explained what it occurred and so they let me see the other person And I shouldn't have gone back because I was treated so much differently when I came back and not in a good way. I never went back. I just couldn't go through any more of when I felt at that time was degrading. I've never been to a facility where you were doing your own physical on yourself and had to report back. Never met a doctor that wouldn't even shake your hand when they met you, it's just very cold and unwelcoming for me. This was my own personal experience. I'm sure that everybody has had wonderful experiences but it's hard to be a gay man and finally find a clinic to work with and you're only treated in my opinion like a second class citizen. I'm giving two stars just for the fact that the people at the front desk were super nice. I feel there's a need for a medical clinic of this nature, and I hope everybody has a better experience than I had and I wish them all the best.

Jun 2023

Love love love this place and their professionalism. I have been going here for 8 years, though my PCP changed due to retirement and other reasons, the care has always been amazing.

Jun 2023

I used to love going to Dr. Chu. Then I turned 65 and went on Medicare. I had to leave because they don't take it. I was one of the people that forced states to let gay people professional licenses. We made sure that banks gave them loans and realtors would rent to them. People would be too afraid to see a gay doctor. Back in the 70's it was not safe for any gay person. These laws were changed by those who are now in their 60s and 70s. We fought to change the laws and the public attitude. So it feels (ironic? a cruel joke? Unappreciated? Discriminatory? Ungrateful?) to kick out the pioneers in the gay movement. I'm happy that you were able to become a doctor. It says so much that you have so many people going to you and you can't take new patients. It's unfortunate that you have no appreciation for those who made it possible. We opened the door for you and you shut it in our face. No old people allowed in this medical office. One would think that people who have been disenfranchised would try to help others who are disenfranchised--or at least not join in the discrimination. We have two or three openly gay doctors. They all prefer their clients to be young. I wonder if that tells anyone about their real motivations and compassion.