Cancer Center of Sarasota-Manatee

I was given a breast cancer diagnosis in another state right before moving to Florida & decided to meet with a doctor here based on reviews. I won’t name the doctor because to a degree I feel that he did want to help me. With that said, the only positive thing I can say, is that reception was friendly.
The room I waited in for the doctor was not up to cleanliness standards & felt really outdated. Smudges on walls, and the exam table was filthy near the ground. The nurse who drew my blood was unfriendly & it was painful. Not well done. She was also making faces and it felt judgmental.
Now the doctor. I felt he was unprofessional & unorganized. The doctor was in and out during my visit, seemed in a rush & I felt that I was not the focus of the visit, rather an afterthought among more important things he was seemingly in the middle of. The doctor did not listen to me, at all. He did ALL of the talking. Even when he asked me things, he’d cut me off almost immediately to move to the next question.
When it came time for the exam, he came back in with the unfriendly nurse & began to physically pull up my sweatshirt. I almost froze as he put his hands all over me, I couldn’t react. I had expected to be given a gown and a proper exam. The nurse just stared. I was mortified at the way he pushed up my sweatshirt. I was holding back tears & checked out. When it was over, I was desperate to leave & cried in the car before driving myself home. I felt shame, embarrassment & wanted to take a shower. I’ve NEVER had an experience like that with a doctor before & knew I’d never return here. I ignored their phone calls after that & am seeking care elsewhere. They recently sent me a letter stating they were withdrawing care & honestly, I’m relieved to never hear from them again. As an assault survivor, this experience triggered me so much that I now have a panic attack whenever I drive past or recall the only visit I had here. I felt compelled to share my experience, as I believe it was inappropriate & unprofessional at the highest level. As a young mother, going through this after just giving birth, this has left me incredibly discouraged about the difficult journey ahead with my diagnosis. I felt like a pig on a production line, to be honest. Like I was just there to be told what’s going to be done to me. I’m still dealing with this experience & trying to process what happened, after extensively blaming myself for not speaking up & just walking out.

Warning do not go to Sarasota Cancer center especially to see Steven W. Mamus, M. D I was a patient there and I started my chemo and they gave me the wrong medicine they tried to kill me by give me the wrong medicine he was very pushy so please do not go to see him and the staff is a little bit rude also in all the reviews I found out is his family and friends that's leaving good reviews so stay away find a better doctor because your life depends on it

Very caring and helpful. The doctor spends time with you. Never rushed. Appointments are kept to the appointed time. Every staff member was conscientious and professional. Hopefully you will never need their services.

Came here because of reviews And must say very impressed took the time to extensively go over history and why he recommended tests. Fantastic bedside manner and could really tell he genuinely cares about his patient.

Cancer center of Sarasota is great. My second time in life going thru cancer and the Dr.s and nurses and staff are top notch and great. They really care about you and do go the extra mile.