Note: I'm strongly into holistic and integrated health and am a Life Extension member, so this review will reflect this "bias." That said, I hope I've given Dr. Lei a fair review.
I recently saw Dr. Lei for the first time when getting a physical. He was patient with answering the many questions that I had and was open and honest with me, including when he disagreed with me, so I respect him for that. There are many doctors who will rush a patient through an appointment. I don't think that Dr. Lei is that kind of doctor (a few other reviewers in his other office have commented on this), or maybe it was because I was the first patient right after lunch.
He was willing to order the blood tests that I requested as preventative care, for which I am appreciative. The tests included a few that are not normally requested, such as D3 and DHEA-Sulfate. He was open-minded enough to understand my wish to take measures now to avoid longer-term health degradation and costlier treatment in the future.
He called back within a reasonable amount of time after I asked to talk to him about the blood test results, and he patiently answered my questions then.
I am docking one star because Dr. Lei was uncomfortable with prescribing a commonly prescribed low-cost drug (considered a generic without major side-effects) that would have helped me economically lower my sugar level further (I am borderline pre-diabetic but would be much worse if I didn't spend hundreds of dollars each year taking natural supplements to mitigate my problem). This wasn't a surprise because traditional western doctors will only treat a patient after he or she has diabetes or is close to being diabetic, not help a patient reduce the longer-term risk of getting diabetes.
So in this sense, though I think he's a solid doctor, I'm not completely happy with Dr. Lei and will need to find a doctor who is more receptive to preventative care, which won't be easy because insurance companies usually won't cover such doctors.
I am withholding the other star because I don't have enough information about Dr. Lei to rate him as an excellent traditional doctor. read more