Dr. James A. Mccartan

McCartan doesn’t visit his hospital patients for more than 5 minutes (and may never actually visit them, instead just writing a brief note and billing Medicare) and he doesn’t review their abnormal labs; he’s neglectful to diagnose and treat nosocomial infections...he’s the kind of physician that would rather dump a complex patient to a nursing home or elsewhere than be resourceful and ask other physicians for help. He’s an absolute disgrace to the noble medical profession.

The physician was assigned to my 91 year old mother in the hospital. My mom had a setback because her outpatient medications were not correctly reviewed in the hospital and she became psychotic due to withholding a medication. This physician did not ask me questions and he used language that was not acceptable to me in discussing her case.

Worst hospitalist. I've experienced hospitals as as a clinician (Ph.D.), patient, & caregiver. He jumped to inaccurate conclusions about my husband's care; refused to believe our self-reports about post-surgical pain once the nerve block wore off. He judged: his pain was out of proportion with what it should be; his blood pressure levels were similar after a stubbed toe; insisted the only explanation was that my husband must be secretly addicted to pain pills and be an addict; refused help.