Dr. Shari Desilva, MD

Dr. DeSilva saw my father (88 years old) for one VA appointment for continued care, not for new or worsening symptoms. His dementia was managed previously for many years by another doctor but due to a move, he saw Dr. DeSilva. She said that he did not have Parkinsons or dementia and took him off all his medication for those illnesses. When he stopped taking them, he couldn't even walk. A kind stranger helped me pick him up off the ground and lifted him into my car because his brain could not process how to get into my car. I called her and she would not renew his medications at all. His primary VA doctor said that he could not over-ride a specialist and the VA told me that my father would have to see DeSilva again to give her a chance to correct any issues and would not make an appointment with another neurologist. I truly believe that she is heartless and cruel. I cannot understand why she would not reinstate his medication. An outside neurologist managed his medications well after.