He has been my primary for over 20 years. I am switching PCPs as of this visit due  to the way, I have been treated over the last three or four years. I even brought my daughter as a witness, because my visits with him have become intolerable.  he talks down to me. He degrades me. I overcame an eating disorder at 17 years old. He is aware of this I have always been honest with him. He continues to talk about my weight gain since I have become a middle-aged person.  He purposely used the large cuff on my arm which is not needed ( I take blood pressure all day long and even my coworkers confirmed was not needed) . He took out a measuring tape to measure my arm ! He inaccurately and haphazardly measured over my large puffy shirt sleeve. He continued to keep calling me "nurse" in a condescending way.asking me the same questions and ending it in "nurse" , My daughter had to tell him he was being rude and excessive, otherwise he would have continued. She felt humiliated for me as she told me when he left the room. He then came back in to talk/complain about HIS MRI, HIS Back issue. He is very unprofessional, he doesn't listen, he doesn't care, he isn't compassionate he forgets what he says he's going to do and has to be reminded…, he uses inappropriate language, and , he has made inappropriate innuendos and comments in the past.  He gives me a difficult time about  filling my prescriptions. His office staff changes every other month, they have confided in me it's difficult to work for him so they leave.  I can never get through on my cell phone I have to call from south suburban hospital at work, for them to answer just to make an appointment or get a refill.  I have sat in the waiting room and witnessed them say they were not gonna pick up the phone because it was "Mr or Mrs ____ calling , don't pick up.."   I've taken 20 years of abuse from him, and should have switched years ago. Most of the time I have had to go in there and tell him what was going on with me, remind him of history, and ask for referrals for specific specialist because I work in advocate myself and I know who I can trust with whatever I'm dealing with such as my blood pressure, or when I had some stomach issues.  I would have ended up with emergency surgery if I didn't demand someone find out what was wrong with my stomach.  Had he listen to me YEARS before I would not have suffered the way I did as long as I did. He needs to quit he's burnt out and half the time doesn't know what he's doing.  Im mildly overweight now bc I'm a middle aged woman I don't need to keep being reminded that I've put on weight. And have been seeing his associate NP for weight loss. Yet it's all he focuses on no matter why I am there to see him. He does anything and every thing to shame me for 40 stubborn pounds. He will be reported to the IDPR and after my last visit I'm contemplating seeking legal action based on his abusive actions and behavior. Your doctor should not give you emotional trauma, you're there to heal, not be abused. Dr Ward shouldn't be representing Advocate Health Care, he is a shame to our corporation. He does not embody the values we all are supposed to uphold.  He took an oath and he doesn't uphold it. 
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