Reading Cardiology Associates PC 21 Main Street, North Reading, MA 01864

"I recently consulted with Dr. Kartik R. Kumar, MD, to address my high cholesterol levels. Dr. Kumar talked to me about what I should start doing to reduce my cholesterol levels, and I agree with his recommendations. I also like the fact that it is easy to reach the office administrative staff over the phone and email, which is certainly not the case with most other medical offices. The location is convenient for me, and so far, I have never had a problem with parking. I would recommend this office based on the above mentioned factors."

"I'm having hip surgery, so my PCP wanted me to get approved for surgery by a cardiologist before he'd approve me. So he sent me here. When I got there, I noticed the lack of gloves, masks, and paper on the exam tables when they gave me an ECG. They brought me to another room to talk to the doctor. I told him why I was there, and he asked why I'm having hip surgery. I said because I have major arthritis, etc. He told me to my face I'm too fat to go into surgery, and I'm too young (50's) for hip surgery. And then went on to insult me further by saying that if I think I need hip surgery there's something wrong with me. I said because it's arthritis. That's obviously not what he meant. He said he doesn't trust that my heart is strong enough for surgery and that he wants me to do a stress test. On the day of my surgery. I said I won't be able to do that coming out of surgery. He said he wants me to do that, and have a couple echocardiagrams. Huh?!? I went to a different cardiologist. He said I should be fine. I told him this guy wanted me to do a stress test. He was surprised. He said hip surgery is no more strenuous than climbing 2 flights of stairs, so we did that. And we talked the whole time climbing stairs. He said I'm in as good shape as I need to be for surgery. DONE. Avoid Reading Cardiology!"

"Dr. Kumar is an amazing and compassionate cardiologist. He truly cares about his patients. He was able to correctly diagnose and treat my daughter’s rare heart condition and now she has her life back. Thank you Dr. Kumar!"

"Dr Patel has been my primary care doctor for 4 years (my previous pc retired). He is professional and thorough. I am also happy with the receptionists and never had any billing issues!"

"If I could give "Zero" stars I would gladly give them ZERO. This office is just awful. The doctor do not care about his patients. We have been going to him for about a year now. We had a scheduled appt and the office just calls in and cancels the appointment saying doctor is going on vacation. If a vacation is planned why do you even give out appts? Secondly, I called this god awful office for a prescription re fill. No response. I ran out of medications which I must use to keep my condition in check. No response from the office at all. I had to reach out to my previous doctor and ask them to send me a refill. I will not even recommend this place even for my worst enemy. Just stay away!!"