Dr Sumeet Chander 2023-12-10 Person 1 5 0

Horrific 3 years under the care of Dr Chander, who lacks understanding of, or interest in, seronegative spondylo-arthropathies. He persistently reported my scan findings were mild, and insisted I had “sensitisation to pain” / fibromyalgia advising I use Voltarol gel on my swollen, painful joints and tendons. He refused to advance my treatment or pain management in spite of my worsening symptoms and ever-increasing disabilities, applying sero-positive RA criteria to my scan results and clinical management instead of seronegative. He insisted that because some of my symptoms were somewhat asymmetric, that the inflammation was mechanical in nature, again displaying a poor understanding of spondylo-arthritis. Every time I saw or spoke to him, I left feeling dismissed and undermined. I became desperate and severely depressed under his care and would advise against anybody with seronegative arthritis seeing him. I wish I had sought a second opinion much earlier - it would have saved me a lot of suffering.