recommend a specialist to me/me to a specialist

[joham]

He recommended a specialist to me/me to a specialist.

Do the two collocations work as well in both BrE and AmE?

Thank you in advance.

[freezeframe]

He recommended a specialist to me/me to a specialist.

Do the two collocations work as well in both BrE and AmE?

Thank you in advance.

He recommended a specialist to me. = I need a specialist but don't know which one to choose; he recommends one to me.

He recommended me to a specialist. = He's talking to the specialist. Then he tells the specialist "I really recommend this guy, he's a really great patient!".

If he is a patient and specialist is a doctor, then 1. makes more sense, barring some special contexts.