Dr. Annulis is a jerk and very unprofessional
The other one with the same address is Dr. Thomas Annulis
(301) 593-8500
Only know the name, nothing else about him.
I was Dr. Annulis's patient when he was in Silver Spring. Both he and doctor Benner used to have a practice there until earlier this year. Then, one day I get a letter in the mail saying the practice was sold and that all the doctors were moving out of the Washington area, which I thought was rather strange. Why would all the doctors be in agreement to sell a practice and all of them move out of a major city to a small town and, much more, move to the same place?
I was never happy with Dr. Annulis's services to begin with. However, I didn't want to establish myself with another doctor again given I had a major relocation of my own looming on the horizon. I originally changed doctors because had decided that my doctor in Charles Village in Baltimore was no longer convenient for me to travel to.
In the time Dr. Annulis treated me, I found him to be a person that loved to hear himself talk and not listen. I found his demeanor superficial. He also liked to push medications. Over the course of two visits, he persuaded me to take an anitdepressant called Lexapro. I had heard about the side effects and didn't want it. After he continued to encourage me, I gave it a try. After six days, the drug made me feel crazy, and I stopped taking it. However, the withdrawal from only taking it six days was everlasting. I had occasional tingling in my left ear for about a year afterwards. He must have been getting some kickback to prescribe it.
He also on his own accord tried to get me to change dermatologist. Why? I have no idea. I hadn't told him anything bad about my dermatologist. My guess is the guy he was suggesting was a buddy. He asked out of the blue and for no apparent reason "Are you happy with him?" When I didn't answer fast enough for him, he condescendingly said "The answer is either a 'yes' or 'no'." This was the last time I saw Dr. Annulis.
Well, my move still hasn't come through although I now expect it to happen at any time. My perscription for Propecia ran out. Propecia is innocuous. It's for hair growth. I saw no reason to have to establish myself with a new doctor over a perscription like this especially since I will be relocating out of state in a month or two. I called his new office in Lexington Park to ask if he would refill it and call it into the pharmacy.
My first call to his office was on October 20th and 21st. Both days the office was apparently closed despite no message indicating as such. I left a message on the 21st and got a call back from his answering service, who suggested he would be helpful and to call back later in the week. I called on Friday, October 24th and reached another receptionist with a British accent who told me something different, acted as a roadblock, and refused to be helpful. She also told me that my records were at the old practice and that I would have to deal with them.
So, I called the old practice in Silver Spring. They refused to refill my Propecia unless I paid them a visit since they did not know me. I am on a health fund that is nearly maxed out for the year. Those people told me I had to otherwise contact Dr. Annulis. There is more detail behind this than I care to type, but basically both practices kept passing me back and forth that week, which obviously left me confused.
So, I called Dr. Annulis's practice again, explained to another receptionist (not the same one with the British accent) that I was getting several different stories from his office, that the people in Silver Spring wouldn't help me and suggested that I call Dr. Annulis. After holding, Dr. Annulis answered the phone, and he sounded annoyed.
What followed truly amazed me. I was only trying to resolve several sources of inconsistent information I had received, and if he couldn't refill my prescription, I was OK with that as long as he really couldn't. I just wasn't for sure at that point if that was correct. Dr. Annulis cuts me off after saying about ten words and said "Let's cut to the chase". Dr. Annulis interrupted me, raised his voice, talked over me, would not allow me to speak, and started arguing about things that he made assumptions on and weren't even relevant to the situation. I just needed to know if he could or could not refill my prescription and why, but he started going on about these other things that weren't even relevant. I finally had to hang up on him.
In this phone call, the doctor showed his true colors. I was no longer his patient and no longer lived in the same area as him where I could warn other potential patients, so he probably felt that now he could talk to me and treat me anyway he wanted without any reprecussions.
I strongly suggest that you stay away from this guy and his practice. This doctor is extremely unprofessional.
And Kim Cook, she's the nurse practioner in their office, I think she's great
