I was referred to Dr. Getachew after a ruptured brain aneurysm, for which I had had multiple surgeries. I had my doubts about him from the beginning, but I figured that he was just a doctor, someone from whom I could get my anti-seizure prescriptions. Then I decided to apply for disability. I asked the doctor if he would back me up on the application. This man also facies himself a sleep specialist, and his answer was that if I would take a sleep test, he would back me on the claim. Of course, the sleep test was scheduled in HIS sleep clinic, 100 miles from my home, and it involved spending two nights there. Needless to say, his staff decided that I had sleep apnea, and put me on a C-PAP machine. Then, when I got the disability application form back from him, he had marked that I was NOT disabled! I felt he had blackmailed into the sleep test, because he wanted to suck every penny out of my pocket that he possibly could. In addition to all that, I requested my medical records, because I had decided to go to a new neurologist. When I read through the records, I was flabbergasted! He invented symptoms that backed up his diagnosis of sleep apnea and sleep deprivation, and completely ignored the symptoms associated with the aftereffects of the aneurysm. He never mentioned my dizziness and loss of memory, but he wrote that I claimed I woke up in the night choking and gasping for air (which was absolutely not true!). All in all, I would recommend that potential patients avoid this man like the plague! He is unethical, a liar, and an incompetent doctor.