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GastroenterologyChesapeake, VA

★★★★★5.0/512 reviews across 2 platforms

Ratings by platform

  • Chesapeake Regional Healthcare Website: 4.7/5 for Dr. Linda Farkas
  • Healthgrades (Dr. Paul Ricketts): 5.0/5 (12 reviews)
  • Healthgrades (Chesapeake Regional Medical Center): 66% recommend

What patients say

Patients praise

  • Highly specialized digestive health team with positive ratings for individual providers (e.g., Dr. Linda Farkas with 4.7/5)
  • Strong patient satisfaction for individual gastroenterologists (e.g., Dr. Paul Ricketts with 5.0/5)
  • Specific recognition such as the 2017 Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates Flame Award
  • Some patients report attentive care and positive experiences in hospital surgical and ICU units

Common complaints

  • Patient complaints regarding staffing levels and nursing attentiveness at the hospital facility
  • Major ongoing legal controversies involving the hospital, unrelated to digestive health specifically but affecting overall institutional reputation
  • Healthgrades patient experience metrics for the hospital facility performing slightly below national averages

In patients' words

"I have been seeing Dr. Ricketts for 7 years for a rare liver disease. He has kept up with new approaches to this disorder and has explained everything he has learned to me."

Healthgrades (Dr. Paul Ricketts Review)

"The nursing staff, dietary staff, and housekeeping staff were always respectful. The nurses always listened and responded to any issue I had."

ObesityHelp (Chesapeake Regional Medical Center Review)

"I am assuming poor staffing for the nurss. I ws checked only twice a day... I never got a hello, how are you, do you need anything..."

ObesityHelp (Chesapeake Regional Medical Center Review)

How these reviews were compiled

Synthesized from public patient-review platforms as of Jul 11, 2026 — sources: [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8].

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