ER visit led to me seeing Dr Hutchins. I was initially told by ER doc it was a muscle spasm. Dr…read moreHutchins happened to be in ER and checked me and ordered Ct and then an MRI and found what was wrong. She provided quality care and follow up.

Put in a phone call to ask if they did certain testing and if so wanted to make an appointment. Got…read moreanswering machine saying leave a message, someone would get back to me and not to leave more than 1 message. 30 hours later and no return of a call. Thanks for nothing

I was hesitant to make a review for Dr Brown, but I think it's important to share my experience…read more His staff was really friendly, and seemed knowledgeable in their positions. I think he was a nice guy, but a bit smug at times. He seemed like I was annoying him by asking him questions, and he didn't really answer my questions with knowledgable answers. To me, I felt like he was trying to get me to leave, and I felt like he wasn't interested in helping me. I saw Dr.Brown by referral for a skull based tumor. This tumor is causing migraines. Every clinical article, every peer reviewed journal, everything that has clinical evidence says that headaches is the only symptom, if any, related to this tumor. I'm not a doctor by any means, but I am a nurse. I know not to look on web Md for credibility and answers that aren't backed by clinical evidence. He saw my MRI images and wasn't sure why I was in his office instead of a neurologist office. Yes he said that to me. My clival tumor is almost 2 cm. that's why! He then told me that he didn't think the tumor needed removal. When I asked why, his response was "because it's benign." When the facts are, unless it's biopsied you can't actually tell for sure. When I asked again because I didn't like the answer and wanted a better explanation, he said. "Trust me." He said he wanted me to come back in 3 months after I did another MRI. And would be referring me to a neurologist in the mean time to deal with my headaches (which the neurologist (dr.du) doesn't have an appointment for me until the last week of November, and I was scheduled to do another MRI on November 7th, so no help there!). I wanted another opinion because after leaving Dr. Brown's office I left feeling really discouraged and like I didn't get any of the answers that I went there looking for, I didn't get any validation. "Because it's benign" and "trust me" aren't good enough answers to me. If it were him, would he be so inclined to leave it in there? He also said that because it was my first MRI that found it, we need a baseline and that's why we needed to do one in November. So he basically agreed to watch it. Although I still felt like he didn't want to. If it grew even a little, he would talk about a removal, if it didn't grow, he said that I basically needed to forget about it because the risks outweigh getting it removed and I would follow up with yearly to 5 year MRI's. He also told me that the surgery would be very invasive and through the back of my throat, etc. So I went to Dallas and saw some skull based tumor specialists there for second and third opinions. They both told me that I have 3 options, I can ignore it, I can watch it, or I can have it biopsied in which case they would go ahead and remove it at that point. They said option number one is just not really even an option in their opinion. Option two they said is reasonable, but if it is malignant then it's just prolonging the surgery. And something that is malignant needs immediate treatment, because that means it's cancerous. They recommended that it gets removed, because that is the only way they can actually give a diagnosis on what it is for sure. And proper treatment! The MRI that I had done can't confirm a positive diagnosis, if just can't. So I will be getting a 3D image done on my brain and I have surgery in a month, which by the way, is through my nose. Not the back of my throat. I spent an hour with each Doctor i met with and I got all my answers and then some. I just felt like Dr.Brown wasn't interested in helping me, or explaining things to me, I just felt like he did the bare minimum so that he could cover his butt and get me out of there. He most likely just does more spinal surgeries and has no interest in my condition, or doing skull based surgeries. Which, if that is the case, I would have appreciated it if he would have told me that or at least sent me to a specialist to get their opinion. I had to pay out of pocket to get two specialist's appointments, luckily I did, too! I don't think Dr. Brown is a bad guy, I just won't recommend him for anyone with neurological conditions of the brain unless it's an emergency.

I received good care and found the staff to be kind and caring. I had a positive experience overall.read more

first appointment was great and hopeful. Every appointment…read moresince has been awful. Never knew my file, including his OWN prescribed treatment I was doing for three months at a time between each visit. Very rude, refuses to answer most questions, told me areas of neurology I'm used to having treated by other neurologists was NOT his job. Literally walked out of the room talking and that was the end of my appointment! I didn't even realize he wasn't coming back at first. The office is very outdated overall in technology and equipment... not good methods of getting stats esp if you have POTS etc. Seems like he's just hiding time for his retirement and has zero interest in doing more than prescribing medication with zero questions or concerns from patients. I had interactions that put me in the ER twice and he didn't believe me nor check on me after notifying his office I'd been. Overall would NEVER go if he was the only local. I'd go elsewhere.

Dr. Johnson saved my mom's life and there are not enough words to express my family's deep…read moregratitude for his amazing care of her during one of the scariest times of our lives.  From the moment my mom was admitted into UCLA and assigned under his care, Dr. Johnson was extremely attentive and on top of her care plan.  He administered all the necessary tests in order to assess my mom's brain aneurysm accurately, but also acted quickly and made all the right calls in order to treat her condition correctly.  He was the perfect balance of thorough and time-sensitive. Dr. Johnson kindly and clearly communicated each step of the process and acted as an advocate for my mom.  Couldn't have asked for a better neurosurgeon/doctor for my mom.  We are forever thankful for Dr. Jeremiah Johnson and the whole neurosurgical team at UCLA!

Dr. Richeh and his team are receiving a 1 star review for me only because I cannot leave him 0…read morestars as they do not deserve any. I have been seeing Dr. Richeh for assistance with migraines, and fibromyalgia and unfortunately I began seeing him during the pandemic via telemedicine visits. Each telemedicine visit was 4 minutes where I just felt like he just increased my dosage and hung up the phone. Took no care as to what I was saying in reference to how I was truly feeling. I do not take the dosage in meds that he prescribed me for the pain for fibromyalgia because it is WAY too much, even my primary care provider said it was too much. In July, I finally had a face to face appointment with him, where I was in desperate need of assistance with a migraine that has been ongoing for almost 3 wks. He came in and I got the same treatment I got via telemedicine visits. I had to literally call him back before he walked out of the room, and make him listen to me about the pain, which now I'm in tears because at this point he's my only hope. He finally listened, so I thought, did a nerveblocker at the base of my skull, stopped my injections I was on because he said they were not longer working. I told him I needed a rescue med, which he prescribed. But he also wanted to move me to Botox injections. Botox Injections were going to require Prior-Auth from my insurance, which is fair. I followed up with their office in August and they said that referrals at the insurance companies were so backed up that it takes sometimes months to get a response from insurance...... Me being patient and giving the benefit of the doubt I sat and waited patiently, while popping exedrine like candy just to take off the edge of the pain, I finally call the insurance today, Nov. 13th, and they never even got a request for Botox Injections!!! Are you SERIOUS?!!! Other drs that I have had to get prior-auth on meds has come back within a week, with a letter in mail faster than dr. Richeh's office even submitted this request. I can not express enough how inconsiderate this is. WORST NEUROLOGIST EVER!! If you are able to find a different neurologist do so, because as a patient we are just a number and a payment that lines his pockets.