Out of the blue, just a few minutes ago, I got a message from my endocrinologist saying she is leaving, a general notice sent to all her patients.
This was a woman who listened and went out of her way to try and help me ... she was the 2nd best endocrinologist I have had after decades of dealing with racist and fatist doctors. I am absolutely devastated ... no warning, no nothing. I JUST had an appointment with her last month.
Now I have to start all over with some horrible person.
perhaps do a little digging
and find out if she is relocating
to a different office
not too far away
keeping in mind she
probably can't directly
tell you where
@millard_jmm @thewebrecluse
There may be restrictions in her contract that prevent her from relocating within a certain radius within a certain number of years, as well as not attempting to take patients with her.
They will have prevented her from downloading a list of patient contact information. They will have blocked her from getting phone or post card confirmation that allows her to claim her own business Google or Microsoft profiles.
That's standard practice.
@EileenKCarpenter @millard_jmm I have her NPI.
@thewebrecluse @millard_jmm
An endocrinologist is probably Board Certified and doing coursework to maintain that certification. So she will keep her address up to date with the ABMS. It may be the town where she lives rather than works, but if she's moved out of state, you would know
@millard_jmm @thewebrecluse
Depending where you live in relation to where she ends up, though, she might end up even closer to you. But she can't tell you.
You want to get something called her NPI number, or NPID. It stays the same no matter where she goes. So while she can't find you, you can find her.