Alyx B. Porter, M.D. 5779 East Mayo Boulevard, Phoenix, AZ 85054

"I have found Dr. Porter to be knowledgeable and caring. She has an excellent bedside manner. She took her time with me and explained everything to me. I highly recommend her."

"If you go to Dr. Porter, as I did, for a diagnosed brain tumor, with symptoms she will tell you “it’s something else.” She told me that the brain tumor was too small to be causing my symptoms of nausea, fatigue, balance issues, headaches etc,. Her treatment plan was the “wait and re-test, (MRI)” in 6 months!!!!! Perhaps it will grow enough in order to meet her criteria for referring me to a Neurosurgeon for treatment. While waiting for the Tumor to become more destructive to my daily life, she ordered an EEG and a Cognitive test. Yes, let’s look for an illness that would be more financially beneficial to her practice and keep me coming back to her. She thinks she is very slick, deceiving and able to minipulate patients into doing what she says. Lesson learned, if you have been diagnosed with a brain tumor go directly to a Neurosurgeon. I’m running not walking to Barrow’s Neurological Institute to get a qualified opinion about what I already have and not waste my precious life on allowing Dr. Porter to order unnecessary test in order to build her financial portfolio. Mayo Clinic PHX, you need to look into this doctor’s operational practice."

"Dr. Alyx Porter is the Worst doctor we have ever gone to!!! In 2009 my husband was diagnosed with GBM and she told us it was inoperable and our only option was standard of care, which was Temodar. We had lots of other mishaps with her and her staff but the worst thing she did was to tell us "DON'T EVER LET ANY DOCTOR TELL YOU DIFFERENTLY, HIS CONDITION IS INOPERABLE" She totally discouraged us to get a second opinion but THANK GOD we did and my husband had surgery and lived a little more than 2 years. If we had listened to her, he would probably not have lived 3 months. If there is anything I want you to take from this it is, ALWAYS GET A SECOND OPINION!!! GBM is terminal but it doesn't have to be a short journey. My husband had 2 good quality years with us. She has no right to take that away from any one, so please, please get a second opinion!!!!! As for this doctor, I have lots of terrible, bad things to say about her but will constrain and just say RUN as fast as you can to another doctor and get a second opinion. It saved my husbands life and gave us 2 more years with him that my kids and I treasure and so did he! God Bless you on this journey."