Above and Beyond!

Family Doctor: Dr. Matthew Quinn

My family doc rocks! Dr. Matthew Quinn is amazing with our family, he never makes you feel rushed or ashamed of what may be an embarrassing issue. He is easy to talk to and makes you feel like you are his #1 priority. He took my concerns about my 3 year old son seriously and really took the time to examine him thoroughly when I was concerned about his gait. (My son’s paediatrician who I will not name dismissed my concerns as nothing). He felt like there really was something going on and sent us onto a orthopedic surgeon, who then sent us on to Dr. Man-Joe (Joe) Watt, also an absolutely amazing doctor (but not a family doctor). Dr. Watt diagnosed our son with a rare neuromuscular disease, Charcot Marie Tooth Disease type 1A. When Dr. Quinn got the diagnosis he said that he had seen one patient with it in medical school, but had never had a patient with it. So he would study and become much more familiar with it.

Dr. Quinn has an easy-going personality that just puts you at ease, my son is naturally quite shy, but not with Dr. Q. He actually gets excited when we are going for an appointment. Now that he is in school, I make appointments for myself when he is at school and when he finds out I went to see Dr. Q without him, he is disappointed. Dr. Quinn always asks how my little man is doing and is up to date on the information from our specialist appointments as I always make certain that he is copied on all reports. When it came time for our son to need a medical stroller, he gave our private insurance company the report they required, it came back three times with more questions. He spent a lot of time in trying to help us get it approved. He never charged us for any forms he needed to fill out, and has never charged us for many more forms he has to fill out for us. Unfortunately we were never approved by our insurance company for the stroller, but he directed us to AADL for a pediatric wheelchair, which was approved and has helped my son’s pain level and fatigue issues tremendously.

In summary, he is the only doctor I have ever trusted enough to be 100% completely honest with and trust him completely with the health of myself and the most important person in the world to me, my son.

Spruce Grove