Mark Bates, MD - The Portland Clinic

Debbie 

on Google

a week ago

Extremely poor communication skills. I told him time and time again my insurance does not cover the Clinic‘s lab and he pushed, and he push pushed till he got his way. But he can be direct face-to-face and be pushy. He had to do it through his assistant. By the way, his assistant is dyslexic and writes down stats incorrectly same numbers, but just not in the right order. That is major problems.Then he makes a referral and four months later he does not respond to request for chart work. And then another four months goes by an... read more

laura higdon 

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a year ago

Dr. Bates was my sister's Dr. for years. And he ignored her to the point where she went in the hospital for 55 days. He told there was nothing he could do and her getting weaker was her own fault for getting fat. When in reality her muscles, we're inflamed all over her body. Spent a week of that 55 days in the ICU intubated, and spent another four months in a nursing home facility for rehabilitation. Now she's home completely bedridden, and he still thinks that she's not worthy of certain medications. I find him to be neglec... read more

She Wolf (She-wolf) 

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4 years ago

Less than a month before my husband and I went abroad for a four-month trip, he checked in with Dr. Bates for general health examination. Afterwards, my husband was told he was very healthy except his blood sugar was a bit on boarder line. 4 months later, my husband passed away from extensive stage of lung cancer. it was a totally shock since twice a year my husband did his health check with MD. Bates. He totally trusted MD. Bates and believed he was a thorough and careful doctor. I blamed very much him for failing to do his... read more

Bill Wagner 

on Google

4 years ago

He goes over my health issues carefully. He is good in handling referrals and prescribing lower cost medications.