Forte Family Practice

The Worst experience with a doctors office I have ever had. When I walked in as a new patient I was handed a clipboard with 12 pages to fill out filling out, your name 12 times, date etc 12 times There was 27 people waiting, After I completed the book of information the waiting room was cleared out then another 16 people arrived one after another this was now 1 hour after I arrived, they were all called except for me. I went to the window told them I am done give me back all my paper work. 2 hours wasted of my life. They have patient files all over the reception area floor, looks like a cross between a clinic & a bus station. Run as fast as you can from this practice.

I have been to many, many doctors, and this office is by far the WORST I have ever been to in my life. Joe Eafrate is an absolutely atrocious P.A., and I would not go back to him if he were the last physician on earth. He is rude and short-tempered (he stood up and abandoned me mid-appointment -- I had to talk to the office manager and she eventually convinced him to continue the appointment!) and has the worst bedside manner of any doctor I've ever seen. I do not recommend Joe Eafrate or Forte Family Practice as a whole.

My mother was a patient of Forte Family Clinic for many years. She passed away on Sept 12th, 2014.

Waiting anywhere from 45 min. to 2 1/2 hrs. for a scheduled appointment.

"ok, you have 5 minutes, what's going on?" had become the normal greeting by what I thought was her primary care doctor, Beverly Strauss-DiPaolo. I found out after my Mother's passing, that she is an APN, not a doctor. Interesting. "Dr Bev" ignored what I believed to be serious issues, telling me that we could go to Urgent Care if I believe the problem to be persistent. Blood work was not done to find out why my Mother was run down, tired and listless, instead "Dr Bev" suggested Ritalin. Since blood work was not done on numerous occasions, (weekly visits) her UTI and sodium deficiency went unnoticed until I did take her to Urgent Care, then to the hospital. Ritalin is not the answer for an 84 yr old woman who is feeling run down and listless. Other medications were prescribed incorrectly, and never was a pulmonary doctor recommended for her COPD issues. I honestly believe she would be here today if proper care and protocol by Dr Forte's staff would have been followed. I also truly believe that she would have lived this past year, better, but unfortunately, the care she did receive the last year of her life from the Forte Family Clinic and Beverly Strauss-DiPaolo in particular, was at best, inadequate. It's just a shame that my Mother's "doctor" did not have the time, and was unable to provide good, prompt and knowledgeable health care.

Unfortunately, my Mother liked "Dr Bev's" bedside manner, and I was never able to convince her to find a new doctor/clinic, which is why she became a regular at Urgent Care for medical treatment.

I wish she had lived better with the help of the person she trusted, "Dr. Bev".