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THYROID TOP DOCTORS DIRECTORY The following listing includes recommended doctors and practitioners for your thyroid care. Please note that being listed here in the Thyroid Top Doctors Directory doesn't necessarily mean a doctor is the right one for you. The doctor may be an empathetic and warm physician, but not open to working with drugs like Armour or T3 drugs. The doctor may be brilliant and innovative, but have a terrible bedside manner. Or the doctor may be quite costly and not on insurance programs. Always call the doctor's office ahead of time to find out more about the doctor's philosophy, approach, costs, and other important factors before going in for your first appointment. Please let me know if you have feedback -- positive or negative -- about doctors listed here, or would like to recommend your "top" doctor. Thanks! -- Mary |
Become part of the movement for better care! Help keep great doctors in business and encourage more doctors to properly treat thyroid patients by recommending the smart, caring, innovative practitioner who treats your thyroid condition. We might include him or her on the Top Docs Directory! And if you have criticism or feedback about a listed doctor, please let us know now! | |||||
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Durban Dr. Grant Phillips, surgeon, Westville Hospital Medical Centre, 031-2651086. A reader tells us, "this man is special. You are not just a patient, you are more like a partner. He does not let you out of his rooms until he is 100% satisfied that you understand a situation and can cope with it. Half my battle was won from the moment I entered his rooms. He wouldn’t even see my husband until he was confident that I was completely in the picture. These facts were just as important to me as the fact that he is a first class surgeon." Durban Dr. Dale Hacking, oncologist, Durban Oncology Centre, 031-2618221. Writes this reader, "First, he tells no lies. Second, you are a person learning new facts not a patient being told what to do and when, just the why’s. Third, he is such a positive personality that you can only benefit from being around him even when he has something to say that you don’t want to hear." Durban Dr Fraser Pirie, Endocrinologist, c/o Medical School, Durban, South Africa, 4000, +27 031 264111, pirie@yebo.co.za Johannesburg Dr. Gurtunca, Pediatric Endocrinologist, Donald Gordom Medical Centre, 17 Eton Road Parktown, Johannesburg, 2711-3566518, "Dr. Gurtunca is an extremely approachable. My daughter is only eight and has congenital hypothyroidism and we travel from Zimbabwe to see her. We are most impressed." (Added 4/04) Pretoria Dr Johan Cillie, Gynecologist Femina Clinic, Pretoria (012) 324 4400. A
reader shares, "He helped me with so many problems, miscarriages, etc., and he always is very
understanding and trying to help giving good and proper medication. He does not look at only blood tests
to make a decision." Pretoria Dr Sterna Franzsen Gynecologist, Pretoria East Hospital. Phone number (012) 9984221, (012) 9984222. A reader tells us, "Dr Franzsen is very open minded and will answer any questions on thyroid related problems without being condescending at all. She is very pro the patient finding out about their condition by reading books and researching on the Internet. She will spend time discussing anything related to research that the patient has done. She does not force her opinion on the patient and is very knowledgeable on improving health via nutrition. I really recommend her." |
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