I have issues with gout and Lianne was finally able to effectively control the flares up I was…read morereceiving. Other doctors didn't actually take a blood sample from me so they were treating me with the wrong medication. She explains things in a manner that is easy to understand and is open to any questions. I highly recommend this doctor if you have rheumatic related health issues.

Dr Gensler is an excellent doctor. I have been seeing her a few years now. She is…read moreknowledgeable, compassionate and takes the time to explain and answer my questions. She has been managing my AS for a few years and recently I had some pretty distressful flares. She was amazing, seeing me right away and helped get the pain under control quickly. She is also always on my chart (online) and answers your e-mail in between appointments. Another thing I love about seeing Dr. Gensler is she runs study groups and is on the cutting edge of new happenings and this gives her a edge over other doctors I have seen in the field. The front office is good, and I appreciate the on time appointments. I highly recommend Dr Gensler if you have Rumatology needs!

I am a new patient of Dr Magnano's. My former Rheumatologist closed her practice abruptly. I am so…read moregrateful that this happened and that I found Dr Magnano. It turns out that I was not being treated appropriately for my autoimmune issues. Dr Magnano discovered this right away and I am now on the path for more appropriate treatments for my disease. Dr Magnano is affiliated with CPMC and also UCSF rheumatology which is ranked 7th in the nation for rheumatology. Because of this, I know that she will be on top of the best new research and treatments. Grateful to have her as my doctor! Susan

I had been seeing Dr. Magnano for 10 years, and my condition was stable, so when she moved to…read moreconcierge medicine, I stopped seeing her. Then, of course, I developed a new condition. After seeing three doctors for my "new" condition and not getting to answers, I decided to go back to Dr. Magnano. In one office visit, she had a hunch about my new condition that none of the other doctors considered. Within two weeks of being a concierge patient of Dr. Magnano's, I had a diagnosis and a treatment plan. As a concierge patient, she called doctors to squeeze me in for testing, she helped me get an MRI and 3 Phase Bone Study within days, and I had her number so I could text her updates, so we could make moment by moment decisions as we received the results of tests. It turned out I have a rare condition that left other doctors confused; however, Dr. Magnano moved with vision. I felt as if I had just handed off to her all the thinking about what my condition could be, and it was up to her to figure it out instead of me. What a relief! If you need a doctor who is smart, knowledgeable, compassionate, and goes the extra mile for you, then don't hesitate to become one of Dr. Molly's patients.

Outstanding physician. I've seen many rheumatologists in different cities and states, several in…read moreSan Francisco. Only one I've been under the care of (in Los Angeles) is her peer in knowledge and clinical skills. Not surprisingly he knows Dr. Carteron. Dr. Carteron is truly interested in her patients as people and takes as much time with her patients as required. Consequently, one might have to wait a while in her waiting room (well-stocked with interesting magazines and medical books). Dr. Carteron has an excellent referral network of specialist physicians.. She also has the nicest, most organized administrative assistant, James, of any doctor I've seen in San Francisco.

Dr. Carteron may be a good physician but her insurance acceptance is from the Dark Ages…read more I called earlier this week as she was recommended and got an email from her assistant that I would have to agree to certain terms and payment plans and return that email agreeing to pay in cash because she only takes Medicare. Everyone else has to put up a minimum of $700 cash just to see her and then good luck getting anything back from your insurance company. Plus that's just the first appointment --- it goes on and on if you want to see her again She may be good but is obviously only interested in the money $$$ and not the patient.

Dynamic, knowledgable, professional, a patient advocate, she probes, but most importantly, she…read moreLISTENS. Dr Antonucci will take the time needed at your appointment; therefore, if I need to wait, she is giving to someone the care I received at some point in time. The office staff are busy, efficient, and always multitasking.. Corri, Physicians Assistant, is incredible,knowledgable, and TRUSTED By me and my daughter. I highly recommend, Dr Antionucci and Corri.

Caring, emphatic and knowledgeable, what a great combination. Dr. Antoniucci stays current and…read moreis thorough.

There is a Staff member here named Yasmine who is very compassionate, professional & helpful with…read morePatients like myself. She went very above & beyond understanding my complicated referral/ pre- authorization situation to see Dr. Ruiz. She went into much detail calmly explaining SO much. She not only works for this place but truly loves what she does helping patients with extensive time!! Jemma was great too on booking my appointment!! These employees for sure DO NOT sound rushed or stressed speaking to their Patients like most other Doctor's offices you call!! "OVERALL excellent front desk staff service here on the way they treat their Patients"!

Wow, I've been around the block quite a few times now across the Bay Area healthcare system, caring…read morefor my multi-generational family, and Dr. Ruiz is sure a winner--he really takes the cake! If there were a way to request my money back from Pacific Rheumatology Associates, I would. So come take a ride of absurdity with us... and Dr. Ruiz will take you all the back to "The Sixth Sense"! When Dr. Ruiz first walked in, I mentioned that we had a few questions for him that I'd neatly typed out and enumerated in advance to facilitate the conversation, along with a set of relevant records that I'd brought. He didn't even glance at the questions or the records--or pretend to. This was a first even among the many harried UCSF doctors whom our family has seen. (At one point later, he exclaimed, "I don't see the MRI!" I then directed him to the MRI report in the records that we had carefully printed out and brought... that he had in turn ignored two minutes earlier.) We'd come to him with two presenting issues, possibly related. He asked about the first one, and every time I tried to explain Issue #2 by IDing the multiple joints that had been impacted, he would revert back to the Issue #1. In other words, he never even made space for us to discuss 50% of the symptoms--a master of a detailed intake, no doubt. We'd gone in asking for a second opinion, especially re: Issue #2, which had confounded multiple other specialists. He saw that we'd spoken with another rheumatologist, and his overall mien was, "What are you doing here if you already have a diagnosis?" It's as if his brain could not wrap itself around the apparently shocking fact that folks in chronic pain may want to get a second opinion before embarking on an intensive treatment of upwards of $300/month. He insisted that the treatment for Issue #1--designed to treat arthritis--could solve for Issue #2 if it was also caused by arthritis. "It may not always show up in X-rays. You have to get MRIs." As we'd mentioned in the questions that I'd shared with him (yes, the ones he refused to review), I explained that we _had_ gotten MRIs (also indicated in the list of questions I'd brought as well as in the records, neither of which he'd reviewed, as I said earlier), and the MRIs revealed no arthritis. So his insistence that an arthritis treatment could solve for the other issues was patently untrue. "Just take the treatment (for Issue #1), and then you'll know if they're related!" Exasperated, I tried to ask if at least he had any other hypotheses as to what would be driving the history of bilateral issues and pain that had ensued and never remitted since 2020. He could have just said a straightforward "no," but instead he waxed on impatiently about the arthritis treatment as a diagnostic tool, which we'd already established prior to the conversation. I tried asking again, but his bizarre and dismissive dodging of a remarkably straightforward yes/no question was straight up rude, as if he couldn't be bothered with a patient question. About 7 or 8 minutes in, I gave up on gleaning any scintilla of value from our conversation with Dr. Ruiz. He then stepped out of the room and came back with a couple of brochures and a printout of the condition--information that any third grader with reading skills and a laptop could have found online. Out of politeness, I thanked him nonetheless for the zero value he had provided. (In retrospect, I'm not sure why I was thanking him for treating us with dismissiveness and impatience in the 8 minutes that our health insurance company and we will have paid in the upper hundreds for.) Then--and, oh, this has got to be the BEST part, everybody--he just walked out of the room. Wordlessly. No "you're welcome." No "have a great day." Not even a mere "bye" or a wave. It was as if we suddenly no longer existed, and he could not be bothered to lower his jaw to utter a syllable to at least acknowledge our presence and signal his departure. In the decades that we've been working with doctors, this was a first! It was very "The Sixth Sense": We'd suddenly become Bruce Willis, and he was definitely not Haley Joel Osment. The effort it would have taken to eke out this baseline level of civility apparently was far too overwhelming. Needless to say, the way he treated us was rude, dismissive, and borderline unprofessional. I would recommend seeing him as much as I would recommend getting a root canal--except the root canal would probably prove more useful.

I'm a bit surprised at the negative feedback for Pacific Rheumatology Associates (PRA) as my first…read more(and so far only) visit in December 2020 was very smooth and pleasant. I called to make an appointment in November and was told that my referring doctor (podiatrist in my case) needed to send over a referral and notes, and PRA's team would review these notes and call me back to schedule an appointment with the doctor who would be best to discuss my conditions. This is the exact same intake process as UCSF Rheumatology clinic and seems to be the norm for rheumatologists from what I have been told. It is also important to note that even if you have a PPO and don't typically require a referral from your PCP or other doctor to see a specialist, PRA still requires information from your doctor. I was assigned Dr. Pedro Ruiz. Dr. Ruiz was very patient and attentive to me as he listened to my entire history. He asked several questions to help inform his analysis, and he took the time to explain the recommended course of action. He exhibited great poise and his calm demeanor was appreciated, especially as I was a new patient who was worried about my previously unexplainable health issues. He was personable, yet pragmatic about my course to good health, and I appreciated this warm but direct communication. Besides the in-office experience, the administrative team is very responsive. When I initially called for an appointment, they were very patient and explained the intake process. After receiving the referral notes, they called me and scheduled me promptly. For reference, I went through the same process with UCSF Rheumatology, and even though I started the process earlier, it took me several weeks more to get a call back; by that time I had already seen Dr. Ruiz at PRA. They have fielded several of my calls and know exactly where to find information, and they have been very responsive on the online portal. For example, I sent an online message asking for my Rx refill to be sent to a new pharmacy, and they took action within one day. In addition, they ordered bloodwork for me, and sent the instructions to the lab and a copy to me via USPS in case the lab "loses" the paperwork. This isn't exactly the kind of doctor you want to see a lot, but I am hopeful that my next visit is as good as my first!

I saw Dr. Aggarwal once in early 2022 and had a terrible experience, and moved on immediately…read more(found an amazing rheumatologist at UCSF) and was ready to forget the entire experience. But I recently have been bombarded by emails from this practice informing me of their new "concierge" model, which costs a whopping $4000/yr, so I decided to throw my review in the ring just in case anyone was tempted to actually pay such an absurd amount. In a word: don't. I saw Dr. Aggarwal when I was newly diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis and was in the middle of a very painful flare. I was scared and in pain and desperate for answers and compassion, and got neither from her. Her lack of bedside manners was astounding. She was cold and uncaring. When she examined me, despite the fact that I'd just told her that my wrists were extremely painful, the first thing she did was roughly grab my wrist and gave it a hard twist. I yelped and pulled my hand away, and she just stood there staring at me blankly saying nothing. At one point she looked at my face and asked "Do you always look like this?" Like.... What?! I literally left that office in tears and immediately found a different doc. TL;DR: Don't go here. Check out UCSF rheumatology. They actually make me feel validated and cared for.

This place is a circus run by clowns…read more I wasted a month trying to get an appointment. They asked for referrals and documents to be sent from my primary, which I sent. They kept scheduling appointments with their "scheduler" who would tell me to wait a week and call back. Finally after a month and three appointments with the "scheduler" they told me they're not accepting new patients.

Terrible. This department is the most unprofessional group I have ever dealt with. After 3 months…read moreof waiting to hear back on a referral from my doctor I called back today demanding an answer. They said I was declined due to "capacity" and that they sent a notification to my doctor 3 weeks ago. Funny thing is that I saw my primary care doctor today and he told me that he has not heard anything from UCSF Rheumatology. These people lie. They make you wait and then they lie to you. I wish they had just told me three weeks ago that they could not accept me. I would have had more respect for them. Now I have waited for 3 months, I still have an unresolved medical issue and do not know where to turn now. These guys are the absolute worst and I am certain they do not care at all.

I've been helped by Dr. Irene Minkowsky for back and neck issues for many years very successfully…read more She doesn't prescribe pain killers or shots unless nabsutely needed. She is pleasant and always fits me in. My Medicare comes through with coverage about three weeks after my appointment. Try her, she is European trained is a delight to know , and you will be in great hands.

A wonderful, kind, caring and knowledgeable physician. She is definitely a person to trust with…read moreyour care. She will do her best to heal you.

My wife and I have been seeing Dr. Natasha Agbai and the team at Discover Health for our son since…read morehe was born 14 months ago- so this review is long overdue! It really is impossible to put into words how wonderful our experience with this team has been. Dr. Agbai is patient, kind, and compassionate to all the struggles, unknowns, and anxieties we have faced as first time parents. At every turn, without exception, the entire team at Discover Health has been right there with us: guiding us, giving us advice, and exploring options together. If you're considering Discover Health, we cannot recommend them highly enough. This practice has consistently been above and beyond anything we could have hoped to find for our family, and we feel so fortunate to have found them. One last thing: I can't possibly end this review without giving additional praise to Dr. Castelli and Dr. Herbsman for all their on-call replies to us as well. Thank you!!

This practice is a mess. They provided very poor health guidance that ultimately resulted in a…read moremonth of discomfort. They have then made it extremely difficult to cancel the membership and continue to charge you despite multiple requests.

Dr. Krishna Chaganti is one the most knowledgeable, compassionate, kind & caring Dr. I've ever had…read more I had the worst experience with my past Rheumatologist, it was disheartening. Dr. Chaganti calls to check-in on me, pushes to get my medications to me in a timely fashion and she just is that type of erson that wants to help her patients, sincerely. I may have only seen her on a few occasions, but her impact on my health is already evident. My illnesses are progressive and need immediate attention, she recognizes this. I am just grateful to have a real listening, understanding doctor, finally. I can't thank her and her staff enough. Winnie, Michelle and the other Staff are so attentive. Just keep up the great work.

Dr Chaganti is not only an amazing doctor but a kind compassionate person. She truly wants to get…read moreto the bottom of things and cares. She takes her time to make sure everything is covered and you understand everything. I and my husband would very strongly recommend her!