Dr. Johnnie Lyles, MD

"Doctors" like Johnnie Lyles are the reason it's hard to have confidence in the US healthcare system. I can say with confidence that you are better off going to any other doctor, even if it means waiting longer for an appointment. The nurse who took vitals and bloodwork is more compassionate, professional and skilled than Dr. Lyles was by far. I booked an appointment to get a checkup because it's been a few years and I finally built up the courage to start taking my health more seriously and make regular checkups more of a priority. That said, the nurse who did all the work was kind, asked questions about why I came in, if anything was feeling off and was even personable. After about 30 minutes with the nurse she left and let me know that Dr. Lyles would be with me shortly. He came it 10 minutes later and the best I way can describe the experience is having a paid actor come in the room and pretend to look in my ears, touch a stethoscope to various parts of my back and chest (when I say touch I am not exaggerating as it was long enough to go through the motions of what a doctor might do, but not long enough to learn anything). He had me each knee twice, touch my toes and then said "everything is looking fine and you are good to go" and proceeded to herd me out of the office as quickly as he could. The whole experience with him couldn't have lasted more than a minute and a half. I stood at the check-in desk for another minute after that mostly just confused about what just happened but also kind of expecting someone to come book a follow up appointment or have me pay the office fee but he just came back around the corner and said I was good to leave. Probably the best and most telling part of this whole experience is that Mr. Lyles was wearing socks and Duke university slides. Don't get me wrong, I am a remote worker and understand workplace comfort, but MAYBE save the slides for the tele-health calls my guy. I'll find another doctor.