Dr. Joseph Barbato, DO

Since Dr. Barbato becoming my primary care doctor I’ve been met with nothing but dismissal for ANY of my concerns. 1 example is when my hair started thinning and I requested an appointment with him, he refused to order a vitamin panel or a hormone panel on me and looked at my scalp for 2 seconds and decided “it looked fine” and told me to see a dermatologist. When I told him I was anxious about the hair thinning he said “Awww”. This time was the last straw, I am an ICU nurse and called the office while I was at work because for 4-5days I was having fever, worsening shortness of breath, and severe back pain with cough, I was told by the triage LPN I needed to take a Covid test, took the test negative and called back with my results, she said she’d let him know, never heard back, called back, they said “we’re short staffed” then was called hours later to be told Dr. Barbato believes this is viral and call back in 10 days if I’m not better. TERRIBLE doctor doesn’t care about his patients

Saw Dr. Barbato for the first time today and was very impressed with his friendliness and expertise.

Rarely get this feeling amongst people but sometimes when you know you know. I felt as though I was wasting his time and didn't have any of his respect. I was trying to figure out why this person sitting in front of me automatically disliked me and it was overall and unpleasant experience. I feel like I wasn't being listened to. I very rarely go to the doctor or seek medical assistance unless I can see it as a problem of major concern. Obviously I wish to never see this doctor again.

I saw Dr Barbato for 5 months before terminating our doctor/patient relationship because of his incompetence and lack of sound medical judgment. I had increasing pain in my perineum (crotch). I also had swelling. My primary medical complaint was ignored. Three days before I was admitted to the hospital with gangrene, I sent pictures of my swollen perineum and was told by Dr. Barbato to try OTC antifungal cream. Luckily, I saw my urologist who immediately gave me an accurate diagnosis and admitted me to the hospital that day. As I was washing my crotch for surgery, the abscess ruptured. I had 3 operations in four days to save my life. Antifungal cream was supposed to clear gangrene? Really?