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Internal Medicine • Smithfield, RI
Clinic Type
Internal Medicine
Address
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Phone
401-222-4927
Rebeca.Vasquez@health.ri.gov
Opening Hours
Not published — contact the clinic to confirm hours.
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What Patients Say
Overall sentiment across review platforms: negative
- RateMDs (Dr. John M. Corsi): 3.6/5 (11 reviews)
- RateMDs (Dr. Zaheer A. Shah): 2.5/5 (26 reviews)
- Birdeye (Syed I. Hussain, MD): 2.6/5 (23 reviews)
Patients praise
- Participation in statewide healthcare quality and patient demographic initiatives
Common complaints
- Reports of rude, dismissive, or unprofessional office staff
- Complaints about long wait times and being rushed during appointments
- Concerns regarding diagnostic accuracy and responsiveness to patient medical history
"Everytime im there, the receptionists are extremely rude and give me attitude when I’m just trying to figure everything out and when I see corsi, he just assumes what Is going wrong with me and scribbles a prescription and sends me off."
— RateMDs review of Dr. John M. Corsi"You wait over an hour to see him bc he triple books for 15 min of his time. Stay away people."
— RateMDs review of Dr. Zaheer A. Shah"Said he would review my 50-yr+ Pain history but after waiting a month for appt, WITHOUT EVEN REVIEWING the medical history I had collated for his review he said 'I'm not going to look at your medical history or evaluate your Pain.'"
— Birdeye review of Syed I. Hussain, MDSynthesized from public review platforms as of Jul 11, 2026 — sources: [1][2][3][4].
In the News
- Providence Residents Face Challenges Finding Primary Care - The Providence Eye — Sep 3, 2025
- Rhode Island has a primary care problem. Health Insurance Commissioner Cory King has a plan. • Rhode Island Current — Jun 1, 2026
- What's causing the PCP shortage in RI, Mass. | WPRI.com — Mar 26, 2026
- 12 Health: What can be done to address primary care doctor shortage | WPRI.com — Mar 31, 2026
- Fewer Rhode Islanders have a primary care doctor than a decade ago, study reveals — Jun 2, 2026
Information sourced from the clinic's website as of July 11, 2026.
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