Recommended Doctor
Ragi DOGGWEILER MD
Urology - Tennessee Knoxville

I have chronic IC and am disabled from it. She is the only doctor who understood that I needed to be on disability. She looked over my 17 years of hellish history and understood me when others didn't. The rest laughed in my face. I could not have survived without her. She is the only one that believed me and did numerous tests that showed my condition was chronic. I now live in Indiana and am good 10 hours away. I still plan to drive to see her if I can't find anyone in my area who will continue to support my need to stay on disability.

After feeling like you're on the road of countless doctors who have NO clue what IC is, or living with it, is like, along (finally)comes Dr. Doggweiler. I had my doubts my first visit, even though several other friend docs recommended her and said she's great. She is all over the IC network, and several other boards with all positive comments. She has to be the most caring, compassionate, nice and genuinely concerned doctor I have ever met. She was very sensitive and gentle. I have never had an experience quite like this. She sat down with me to thoroughly document my history for almost 20 minutes. I've never gotten that much one-on-one time with a doctor before, let alone for IC. Dr. Doggweiler also wanted to make sure I was taking an active role in the treatment of IC, asking my opinion, and ensuring I was happy with her choices of treatments, medications, etc.

I can never say I could recommend a doctor as much as I recommend Dr. doggweiler, esp if you have IC. she is super awesome and sets the standard rather high :). And as read in an earlier post, yes she does hug you at the end of your visit and its really nice to feel as though you visited a friend, not a cold, clinical doctor to whom you are just another patient.

Dr. Doggweiler was really good. i first started seeing her when she first set up practice in knoxville,tn. she was on the upper hand of medications. she had put me no enablex about 18 months ago and even though it was out to the general public that this existed nothing else had worked for me and this did. she cares for her patients. i had to have a doctors not for where i worked at previously and she didn't do like most doctors do and do a printed out doctors note. she got her doctors pad out and hand wrote me a doctos note and had me come in for an appointment to get it. If only more doctors were like that. I highly reccomend her.

I highly recommend Dr. Doggweiler to any patient that thinks she/he has Interstitial Cystitis and needs diagnosis and treatment. I was a patient when Dr. Doggweiler practiced in Memphis and now drive more than 6 hours to see her in Knoxville. (Thankfully, my symptoms are in near remission and only have to go once a year.) Dr. Doggweiler is well worth the long drive. She listens to her patients and is extremely compassionate. She didn't put me through any unnecessary tests and was able to diagnose me when 4 other doctors couldn't. She also lets me be a partner in my treatment and together we have come up with a combination of medicines that keep me feeling well. My symptoms are very mild now and mostly I can forget that I have IC. I will be forever grateful to Dr. Doggweiler and wish she could move back closer to where I live.

This doctor is excellent for women with Interstitial Cystitis. She is also very caring and gentle in nature. She gives her patients a hug before they leave. She the best urologist I have ever found and understands the frustrations that women with IC deal with on a daily basis.