Doctor Palaniappan Thank you for the your video message on corona virus. We would love to see more…read morevideos on prevention topics like diabetes,hypertension, stress,vaccination and common misconceptions & rumors that spreads through social media. Most of us recognize the problem but we don't know how to solve the problem. Short videos/blog like encouraging healthy eating, showing us what to shop for , recipes and cooking (may be partnering with nutritionist) could help people get healthy. These days excessive meat consumption and eating out are rampant. Showing us how to reverse those diseases and conditions with healthy eating and habits could contribute to better lives for asian community where nutritional literacy is less compared to western cultures.

I can't thank Dr. Manickam enough for the fantastic care he has provided me. His concern,…read moreexpertise, and dedication to my wellbeing have been remarkable. Prescribing Motegrity for chronic constipation with IBS was brilliant and has made a tremendous difference in my quality of life. I have tried a multitude of diet changes and medications to remedy my symptoms. Increased water consumption, high fiber diet, FODMAP diet, or more exercise did not improve my symptoms of chronic constipation. Medications such as stool softeners or laxatives were ineffective. Linzess proved to be reactionary to my symptoms, while Motegrity works preemptively. This newly FDA approved drug has been life changing and I have Dr. Manickam to thank for prescribing it to me. As a healthcare professional myself, I appreciate that Dr. Manickam stays current with innovative advances and advocates for my health. If you are looking for a medically knowledgeable gastroenterologist who is a strong patient advocate and will care for you as an individual, I highly recommend Dr. Manickam. Karen Lynch, MSN, RN

....Good riddance…read more..... You better believe all the 1 star ratings you see. Wish I believed them myself 3 years ago when I put my son under her care just because she believed in the power of nutrition. BTW she's just a pediatrician, not a GI doctor. I never knew that. After her insisting on doing a major surgery for my son and 4 other opinions opposing her way, we called it quits with her and her office. UCDavis GI Ped Surgeon refused to do the surgery, saying it was unnecessary. My heart was totally unsettled to hear anything from her anymore and took my son somewhere else. Her STAFF are inefficient with their skills and their knowledge of insurance. My husband and I had to spend time explaining things related to insurance and approvals EVERY SINGLE TIME. Oh, also very hard to get a hold of them when you really really need them. BILLING DEPARTMENT from a call center in India are excellent when it comes to chasing you for copays and bills. Lots of good GI doctors out there. My rule now is to check if the doctor is board certified, so that I make sure it's a GI Pediatrician and not just a pediatrician. Good riddance.

My child's pediatrician referred us here due to my daughter having stomach pain after eating and…read more my son having something going on with his throat and constantly clearing it and coughing (here we are 6months later with still no solution) I came to my scheduled appointment early like I was told to fill out new patient paperwork. I had to pay my copay with my card and the lady at the front couldn't get the card reader to work causing us to wait to go in and see the dr. Finally after about 5/10min it worked and she was able to run my card and they took us to the back. Soon as Dr. Yinka comes in she tells us that we were late and she's going to try and squeeze us in as much as she can and we told her no we weren't late that the card reader wasn't working for the lady at check in. Then she's like oh?! No apology or feeling like she said anything wrong (I thought that was very rude) anyway she goes on about how my kids need to get off cow's milk and how it's not good. To do oatmilk or almond milk for them and cut out all dairy and how sick my kids look and that my 10yr old is overweight. She just gave me the impression that she was trying to push the way she eats on other people because I didn't feel that was the reason we've been going thru wat we have with my son and neither did the pulmonary dr wen i told her about our visit with Dr.Yinka. Especially because she hadn't even touched my kids or examined them. The appointment was about 15min long and she walks us out to make a return appointment and was even rude the way she talked to the girl that was helping us schedule the appointment. Other down sides are 1. The hours of operation aren't for working families. They close too early especially for myself because I work graveyard. 2. The staff doesn't speak clear English so it's very hard to communicate with them and understand their heavy accent. 3. I took my kids to get blood work at quest and she gave me paper orders to take with me to quest and I spent 1 hour there because they were having issues with the paper order, having to print labels to put on tons of vials. They were telling me that the amount of blood she ordered for my daughter would make her anemic so they only took wat they could and I'd have to come back and poke my 3yr old again! It was just a hassle there at quest because she didn't send the orders electronically. I never took my kids for a follow up. I just asked to be referred elsewhere because it just wasn't a overall good visit and the time frame they had didn't work with my schedule.

I have a very unusual situation going on with my throat (esophagus). I have received NO help in the…read morelast year from any doctors I have seen. I sought out Dr. Sandhu because of what I read in his profile. He seemed to focus on the uppper GI which is where I need help. I sent him a letter ahead of our video visit to give him a heads up on my unusual situation. We got on the video call, he asked me questions that were all addressed in the letter (which he acknowledged he received and read) then told me to go back to the last doctor (who gave me NO help) and continue care with him. The whole thing was over in 10 minutes. He offered no helpful suggestions, he did not offer to do any exams or procedures.... It was like he did not want to be bothered. He was so dismissive. What a complete waste of time and money. I would describe him as indifferent and unsympathetic.

Dr. Davies has been taking care of me for a few years and has single-handedly given me a better…read morequality of life. As someone with Crohn's disease, a lot of complications come with the illness, and can easily compound with other issues. I was suffering for so long until I met her. Not only does she give great care as a physician, she makes sure to get proper screenings that I haven't received in the past. She works closely with her team in order to ensure that her patients get the most comprehensive care, and that they have an opportunity to get their lives back! I wouldn't be at the level of wellness that I am now if it weren't for her taking care of me. She is an exceptional specialist and I'd recommend anyone to her with GI issues.

As the parent of a teenage daughter with chronic abdominal pain, I give the highest recommendation…read morefor Dr. Davies. She provides an unfortunately rare combination of medical knowledge, dedication, curiosity, humility, and deep compassion for her patients. I decided to bypass my daughters PCP and went straight to Dr. Davies. She did not hesitate to take my teen under her wing. I came to Dr. Davies with my daughter who was suffering constant, undiagnosed abdominal pain. Over 2 years actually. They methodically and quickly moved through tests and possible treatments. Dr Davies has always been responsive to our detailed questions, supportive of alternative treatments, and an excellent partner with us as a patient/ parent team and with other medical providers, our pharmacy, and our insurance company. Our appointments are never rushed, and the connection continues outside the office with regular, responsive phone/email communication. When I came to the end of the list of possible GI answers to my daughter's condition without any answers, Dr. Davies, stuck with us and said we will find out what is going on. She explained bloodwork results and we agreed the next route was Endo/Colonscopy We are endlessly grateful to Dr. Davies and her staff and recommend her to anyone looking for quality pediatric GI care.

Filed a malpractice suit after a missed dx caused significant liver damage…read more I was referred to Dr. Rangi at this practice for ongoing abdominal pain and a follow up on a concerning liver biopsy by UCSF. I have systematic schleroderma which can impact the GI tract and I had symptoms which indicated significant GI involvement. Dr. Rangi was completely dismissive of my concerns. He agreed to to the procedures recommeded by UCSF. The initial procedure was reschedule because of the early stages of COVID. Prior to the procedure being done, I was ordered additional abdominal imaging. This imaging revealed an enlarged spleen, a pancreatic cyst, and was concerning. On the day of my scheduled ERCP procedure, Dr. Rangi could not remember what my case was about during the initial consult. He opted to change the ERCP to an endoscopy, which was useless for diagnostic purposes. Afte the report came back, I asked his staff repeatedly why he did not follow up about the spleen or pancrease issues or what further follow-up was needed. I was told there was nothing to be concerned about. Another doctor diagnosed me with advanced stage PBC, the most common issue for people with schleroderma. I have been assured by several phsycians any competent GI doc would have run the blood test to dx this prior to doing other procedures. As a result of the progress of the disease, my life span projection is 52. Had it been treated two years ago, I could have expected at least another decade on this. When I went to file a complaint with the Medical Board, I did a license search. Dr. Rangi has: - A felony conviction - A misdemeanor conviction - Two malpractice settlements - Federal action against him - Multiple hospital disciplinary actions - license suspensions HE IS DANGEROUS. HE SHOULD NO BE IN PRACTICE.

I love Dr Parikh! Helpful, clearcut, communicative and compassionate! Very positive and encouraging…read moreabout my different medical issues. When I was super stressed out after some test results, he took my call even though he wasnt technically working yet and I just really appreciated that gesture because i was really stressing out at work not able to focus. I will continue to go here and continue to refer people here. They seem to be pretty busy, but I think the staff handles it wonderfully and Ive never had an unpleasant phone call with them regarding scheduling or any other questions/concerns.

Two weeks with a broken arm . At first, I was at wellspace health. Then they forgot about me for…read moretwo weeks and finally said they had transferred me here. When I call , I'm constantly switched off and just hung up at the end. Do you treat people at all?

The two stars are for the Medical Assistant who seemed sincere and apologized profusely for the…read moreissues I ran into last week when I was in the Vascular Department at 6555 Coyle Avenue. I arrived shortly before my scheduled appointment. After I sat down and had been sitting for sometime, I heard the front desk staff say to each other "Cerner is down." This is the electronic medical record system that Dignity uses. About 30 minutes after I've been sitting, an elderly patient walks to the front desk staff and asked how much longer he has to wait for his appointment because he's been waiting over an hour. The Dignity staff member, at the front desk, apologized to the patient and said he would look into it and he would be right back. When the staff member returned, the staff member apologized to the patient. The staff member told the patient that the technician he was scheduled to see is not in the clinic today. The elderly patient very sternly and very loudly said he he booked this appointment a month. The patient also mentioned where he had to drive from to get to his appointment today. I won't mention the city but that's at least a 45 minute drive. The Dignity staff person apologized profusely and said "no one told us" the technician would not be in. The Dignity staff member also said "this happens more often than it should" and that no one told the front staff that this technician had a training class today. Again the Dignity staff member apologized and said that nobody "closed the schedule" so patients are booked for the entire day and no one will be seen because the technician is not scheduled to even come to the clinic on this day. The staff member, had to apologize again when he told the patient that the first available appointment was two months away. So, essentially, this patient is waiting three months for an appointment. I won't mention on this forum what that particular appointment is for but I can share that it's a preventive measure. I hope nothing happens to that patient while he's waiting for his appointment in the next three months. The saddest part about this: a patient sat waiting for one hour and only got the support and assistance that he needed because he went straight to the front desk. There were many staff members at the check-in area and it's a shame that not one single solitary person even noticed that this man was waiting for an hour. By the time this episode concludes it is 9 AM and no one has told me that I can't be seen, won't be seen, or anything else. So I say to myself, "if you're not called in 10 minutes, walk out." I figured nobody is going to extend any courtesy to me, no one is going to even notice if I get up and leave, and no one has even checked to see if I need anything even though I'm sitting right in front of the front desk. While I'm waiting a very "loud" employee walks into the clinic, wearing no mask, goes into the back office and winds up at the front desk, still not wearing a mask and and goes about making sarcastic remarks that everyone at the front desk thinks is so funny because they're all laughing at the stupid things she continues to say. Ultimately, she tells someone "give me a mask" and finally puts one on. Meanwhile at 9:10am, I've been waiting for at least 45 minutes, I decide to walk out since no one has told me that their records system is down and no one seemed concerned with my presence even though I am sitting in a chair that's directly in front of the front desk staff. I am on my way back to work and at 9:24 AM (54 minutes after my scheduled appointment) I get a phone call from the Medical Assistant asking me to come back. She and I talk a bit when we get into the exam room and she apologizes for not coming to check on me. She specifically says that she should've checked on me and that she knew her 8:30 AM appointment (me) had arrived. I told her that I appreciated her apology. I also mentioned to her, that I knew if I left, no one would even notice I was gone and I was right. She said when she came out to check on me, she asked the front desk where I was and no one knew. I shared with her the experience I witnessed with the elderly patient and that no patients should have to wait 45 minutes like I did let alone an hour like the elderly patient. I had the "privilege" of meeting with some senior leaders recently who have oversight for clinical operations at Dignity Health. This meeting took place way before my horrible interaction in the vascular department. At this meeting, I was very clear and concise in telling them that my experience as a Dignity Health patient in the clinic setting (and the experience of my loved ones, family members, and friends) has not been very good. Do you think they asked me any additional questions or followed up with me to provide specific examples? Absolutely, positively not! This speaks volumes about their interest to advocate for patient quality and the patient experience.

Took forever to get appointment & then to get in there. But after all that the appointment went…read moregreat & the procedure Staff was wonderful.

I made an appointment to see Dr. Feinstat, and then when I got to the front desk the lady told me…read morethat I had an appointment with a nurse practitioner. What the hell?? They never once asked me if it was okay to book with the nurse practitioner instead of the doctor that I had specifically asked for. Also, they charged the full "specialist" copay, the same price as a specialized gastroenterologist, for this nurse practitioner. What a scam... Then, 4 months later, out of the blue I get a final warning for not paying them $100. I paid the copay every time I went, and there were no warning letters sent before this "final" one. What is going on with these people?

Such a shame. I have been seeing them for years. They let their money hungry office get in front of…read moretheir care. My child suffers terribly from covid life with sever depression and anxiety as she has been seeing their therapist for quite some time. First off the therapist left without a week's notice to my kid. 2nd off even though she is 20 she is under my insurance and I was not notified once that she owed a bill based on I didn't have insurance for one month. Instead my kid got a letter saying they were no longer seeing her. I tried to reach out to the office saying the bill was paid in full and they didn't care. They still said she couldn't come back. Its a shame the back end of this office is so much about that end instead of care. Instead of reaching out to the insurance holder letting them know etc.

I have had a lot of different doctors and physician groups in my years and none are like HEALTHY…read moreLIVING PRIMARY CARE.Ian so impressed by the quality and thoroughness of the staff. I have primarily see Rozina Omidi aNurse Practitioner. She is one of the best I have ever seen. She goes the extra mile to ensure you are taken care of. Today, I had my appointment time mixed up and shows up without an appointment and still was seen!! Unbelievable! These doctors all work together to ensure the very best care for their patients. The front staff are friendly and helpful. I recommend this doctor group to anyone who wants the very best care possible. Thank you Rosina!