Specialties: Biomedical & Educational Support to Autism
1. What are the primary medical specialties in which you were originally trained (e.g., pediatrics, family medicine)?
Training as neuroscientist brain development ischemia and epilepsy
2. Approximately how many individuals with autism have you treated, and what is the age range?
300 -- ages 2 to 49
3. Do you usually have a waiting list?
waiting list around a month -- it varies
4. On the average, how long do you spend face-to-face with a new patient for an initial consultation?
first consult more basic, one hour
5. After the first consultation, what is the average length of an appointment?
can be up to 4 hours
6. Are your patients advised to use special diets such as GF/CF, SCD, low-oxalate, etc.?
yes
7. Can you collaborate with other specialists we will be dealing with (e.g., gastroenterologists)?
yes
8. Are you willing to collaborate on treatment and testing with a child’s pediatrician if he/she is receptive?
yes
9. Do you or anyone in your office speak languages other than English?
French
10. Are you willing to offer phone consultations for distant patients?
yes
11. Do you provide any form of after-hours support?
yes, if necessary
12. Do you sell proprietary nutritional supplements or have a sales agreement with supplement suppliers? Do you sell supplements at list price or less?
yes, have agreements at reduced cost to parents
13. Do you take insurance? If not, do you provide organized, coded insurance forms?
n/a in the UK
14. Do you bill for laboratory tests done by commercial laboratories? How do you break down the fees?
yes, we bill for lab tests.
15. Is there a reason you might not bill for an office visit?
yes, depending .
If there is a discrepency between the responses listed above and the practitioner's actual practice, please write to us at: ARI, 4182 Adams Ave., San Diego, CA 92116; or fax: (619) 563-6840