SOUTH CAROLINA

COLUMBIA
Daniel Love
	Several offices in the greater Columbia area

GREENVILLE
Eric J. Faile
	Riverside Family Practice    
	3907 S. Hwy. 14, Greenville, SC 29615.  
	(864) 627-8878.
	He has been my family Dr. for a number of years, and he has
	never been    anything but polite, respectful and professional.
	In general he is a very kind man who really does care about his
	patients.  He has gone out of his way to help me in times past,
	meeting me at the office for an asthma treatment on a Saturday
	when I needed it, calling me after 5:00PM, because I cannot take
	calls at work.  He ALWAYS calls with lab work results. Even his
	nursing staff speak highly of him, and say he is genuinely nice,
	where others may pretend to be.
	He does not lecture about weight.  He might mention that losing
	a little weight could help with an issue, such as my arthritic
	knees, but he then follows it up with asking if that is
	something I want to try to do.  
	Their examining tables can be raised to provide back support
	when needed.  I have never had an issue with the furniture
	there. I weigh about 300 pounds.
	The down side:  Some days it can be almost impossible to get a
	phone call through to this office.  
	Most all the doctors at the practice are very nice and
	respectful except one [name provided on request]. 
	When Dr. Faile [heard about what this doctor had done] he
	apologized profusely and even stated, "He should never have done
	that or treated you that way!" Doctors do not often say anything
	negative about each other, but he was that appalled by his
	colleague's behavior. 

IRMO 
Johnny Y. Smith 
	Lexington Family Practice (Formerly Carolina Primary Care)
	7037 St. Andrews Road Irmo, South Carolina  29212 
	(803)732-0963
	I like Dr. Smith very well. He has never just assumed that any
	medical problem I've had is caused by being fat. He always tries
	to find the root cause of whatever problem I've had. The waiting
	room has a long, sturdy pew style bench and there are armless
	chairs available in some of the exam rooms. I have seen all the
	doctors in this particular office and a couple of the ones that
	cover after hours and have never had a problem with any of them
	about my weight except for one [name available on request]. The
	office staff are very nice and will schedule you with your
	doctor of choice if possible.  This practice has several offices
	in the greater Columbia area and they have weekend office hours
	available for their patients. Large and thigh B/P cuffs are
	available. 
	UPDATE: This office has reverted back to being Lexington Family
	Practice. They had gone into partnership with another group and
	the HMO's were trying to dictate to them about the amount of
	time they were taking seeing patients, so they bought themselves
	back.  

WEST COLUMBIA
Alan Hicks
	Lexington Family Practice
	3314 Platt Springs Road
	West Columbia, SC 29170
	(803) 791-3494
	The waiting room has a very long and sturdy wooden bench. The
	chairs in the exam rooms have arms. I sit on his little rolly
	stool. And he doesn't have a problem with that. He told me that
	he is working on buying new chairs for all of the exam
	rooms....without arms. This man is absolutely wonderful. He
	treated me with respect and dignity and would laugh with me and
	talk with me.