Michele H. Leder, MD, FACP

It would be unrealistic , actually impossible for a doctor to be able to give a patient a pill that could provide all their answers. Life is just not that easy. Well that is the task that is facing my wife Michelle and I. We have been fortunate to be patients of Doctor Michelle Leder for over 10 years. It is impossible to find the words that can capture the dedication and professionalism that she shows us all the time. How can you measure it when Dr. Leder calls you from her home, to share with you your latest blood work test results, and insist that you go to the ER and then, beats you to the emergency room. Dr Leder will be our best advocate and stand up for us wherever she has to; however she will also be the first one to hold us accountable to a high standard that she expects. We trust her opinion with our life decisions. She is such an important part of our lives. She truly cares about us. She knows our personalities and how to best deal with us for best results She provides us security, comfort, health, peace of mind, and so much more. 

The man I lived with had died recently. I had retired a year ago. My nerves were edgy. I knew it was irrational to be bothered by a seven-minute wait for Dr. Leder, but in her waiting room, I burst into tears, told her assistant that I just couldn't handle the wait, and left. Twenty minutes later, I arrived home--nine miles from her office--and collapsed in my living room. It never occurred to me to listen to my answering machine messages; this was before I carried a cell phone. I'm not sure how long I was there before the bell rang. People in my community don't ring doorbells with no reason, so I pulled myself up and opened the door. Yes, Dr. Leder was worried about me and, since I'd left her office and not answered my phone, she came to my house to see if I was ok. Add that kind of personal concern to an ability to stay on top of whatever medical problems I have, and to explain the problems, ramifications, and ameliorations more clearly than the specialists...plus an incredible memory, and yes, I'm delighted to have Dr. Leder for my PCP.

For eight months in 2022, my husband was in and out of hospitals and nursing care facilities. What started as a major back operation from which he was not recuperating as expected, ended with a diagnosis of metastatic lung cancer.
Towards that latter part of those eight months, during one of my visits to see my husband in our local hospital, I encountered my doctor, Dr. MIchele Leder, in the elevator. I don't know if we hugged right there in the elevator, or when she ushered me to the physician's lounge, but she sat me down, and we talked. I know she was concerned for my emotional state...how I was doing? I really don't know if Dr. Leder knew how truly serious at that point my husband's condition was, and quite honestly I don't know if I fully realized it either.
We sat for a while and talked, not that I can recall what was said. That doesn't matter. Dr. Leder's act of kindness that day is what will remain with me always.

Dr. Leder is the most thorough, supportive, and patient doctor I have worked with.
She has been quick to respond to all of my family needs.
Each and every referral over the years have been spot on.
When I suffered a dog bite last May, she happened to be doing rounds in the hospital and had me rushed through the emergency room and spoke with the ER doctor, who in turn, attended to my needs immediately.