Dr Leclair Jason Michael

What can I say about Jason Leclair M.D.? Hmm. He is a man who I feel will be important to the medical community in Ottawa in the near and the distant future, so having him as a family physician has been very fortuitous for me. For one, he is an educator. He teaches doctors and he is extremely good at having a discourse about a medical problem at any level whether a child with a boo boo or a man like myself who has many experiences and an education to boot much of which surrounded having a cogent understanding of pharmacological and medical issues as I used to be a lobbyist for First Nations on Parliament Hill. I lost my leg 5 years ago and the first year I had to beg doctors in walk- in clinics to help me with my pain until I found this man. I was his very last patient to be accepted as a new one and I thank God that I got such a good doctor. Dr. Leclair listens and we discuss my problem at a scientific level. However pain is so subjective that I believe when I have problems with my stump it frustrates him as well. That tells me he cares. Very deeply. I cannot say enough good about Dr. Leclair. He has been my best doctor since I was a teenager and my family physician then was a drummer and he didn't want to buy the whole drum kit so I bought the snare drum for about $500 back then and he always teased me about selling it to him. I told Dr. Leclair that I was learning to sail this summer and he helped me to get involved with this program and I am taking him out next summer. Not only has he been my practitioner but he has been a friend. When you find a friendship with a doctor you never want to lose THAT. Ever.

As Mark Twain commented once: "You will never have the types of friendship you get from your doctor, your undertaker and your priest. These will always be the closest friends you ever have. When you think about it the doctor is the one who keeps you healthy. The priest is the one who introduces us to God so we have something settled in eternity with Him. And...the undertaker makes us look good for that eternity." Kind of strange remarks and that is a quote from my memory. I read that in a bibliography related to Twain I read for an essay when I was writing in English 2006 to prepare me to get back to my thesis.
Yes, Dr. Leclair is a rare man. He cares. Sometimes just knowing that can take all the edge off of the pain when it acts up and I know maybe I can get through another night or day.

I highly recommend him. I like that he doesn't immediately pull out the prescription pad. Sometimes a change in diet or current meds does the trick. His referrals are excellent.