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    i wouldn't recommend handicapped people going to this doctor, i may have my ratings but i don't feel as comfortable with this doctor

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    UC San Diego Health - Perlman Medical Offices, La Jolla

    UC San Diego Health - Perlman Medical Offices, La Jolla

    2.9(50 reviews)
    0.2 mi

    Please be very careful with these doctors. Especially Dr.Yan and Dr. Deconde. They do quick exams…read moreand bill insurance for things not done during visit. Check doctors notes after visit and you will see many errors. Example doc notes said numbing and endoscophy was done. It wasn't and they billed insurance for this. Notes said septum midline. It is not and never checked. Ct Scan done through another provider showed it was bent in 2 places. Do not trust these doctors with your health. They do quick exams with many mistakes and have absolutely no bedside manner.

    Got ordered PT from my physician and was offered here. I wasn't excited (had never been to PT…read morebefore, but obviously others find it useful) so I asked about price. I was quoted $40 and ONLY $40. Sounds low, but insurance is a confounding business so I just kept asking. Everyone said Insurance covers everything else. Just $40 for me. I called the UCSD Health Billing Estimators and confirmed: $40 is all I would ever have to pay. They called my insureance. More confirmation. I asked the receptionist and she said its only $40. Repeatedly. I bet if I walked in or called today they would give the same ridiculous erroneous information with a straight face. I went to the consult which was fine --- I'm always ready to pay for some expertise and to know what's up. As I suspected, it was expensive, but OK -it's a lot of activity. Still nothing like what they suggested it would cost, but whatever. Then the return visit, however, was not even worth the $40. A few stretches in half an hour and a template printout of some stretches to do at home. I could have gotten this from the internet and not wasted a morning with traffic and terrible valet parkers (so slow and unhappy and incompetent ... what an unnecessary line) and a half hour of stretching. It was assumed by the staff that I would return, and I hoped it would be better, so I tried once more. It was just more uselessness. Barely worth $40, but definitely not the hundreds I somehow ended up being charged (plus $500+ for the initial visit). Either their estimators asked Anthem Insurance the WRONG questions or Anthem gave the WRONG answer. Either way, as you can see from the pics, I was charged an order of magnitude more than I was assured I would be charged. I'm obviously the only one who did nothing wrong yet these two parties can't settle on how to get accurate info to an incoming patient. The patient then suffers. The parade of customer service people I worked with then pointed fingers at Anthem Insurance, who in turn pointed fingers back at UCSD. I submitted an appeal to Insurance which (duh) was rejected and went back to UCSD who must have felt sorry for me because Ana just wrote off 20% like someone should have at the beginning. She is the reason for 2 not 1 star. Conclusions: the PT is way overpriced (I hope it works for some, It was pretty useless to me) and 2) one of the estimators literally said they NEVER saw such a huge variance between estimate and actual - lucky me to get the least competent employee at the outset of this debacle - so make sure you REALLY need this for your health otherwise just go to someplace with honest upfront pricing.

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    Mahmood Mahdavi, MD - Mahmood Mahdavi, MD Practice Specialty: Otolaryngology CERTIFICATIONS American Board of Otolaryngology

    Mahmood Mahdavi, MD

    3.0(27 reviews)
    0.6 mi

    I am surprised by all of the negative reviews. Dr. Mahdavi has been my ENT for many years. Often, I…read moredon't need to go. But he has excellent equipment and makes procedures very easy. I had a cauterization of a ruptured vessel and it did not hurt at all (more afterwards as the numbing wore off and I felt the burn). Usually I do not have to return for a follow up and the problem is solved after the first visit. Hoping I don't have to return now - and won't have to go again for a few years. If people are surprised he is limiting taking new patients, it may be because he's nearing retirement and doesn't want to be working 40 hours. But I'm so happy he has not retired yet. He's an extremely nice man, a great doctor and a very proud father (he has copies of his daughter's books in exam rooms to read). I hope he will still be working the next time I have a problem!

    Leaving this review because I genuinely had a great experience with Dr. Mahdavi and his staff. From…read moremy first appointment to my post opt he has been understanding & did well explaining everything while not pressuring me into anything. I got my deviated septum corrected and had turbinate reduction done by him as well. Everything before, during the procedure and after has gone great. His nurses are friendly and also great at explaining things. They we very supportive after surgery as well by answering any extra questions I had after my post opt. Highly recommend!! *yes they do charge $75 per visit but that is told to you beforehand. To me it was just an expected co pay

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    Brian H Weeks, MD

    3.5(65 reviews)
    9.1 mi

    Dr. Weeks is a notable physician who has treated conditions for the likes of musicians Travis…read moreBarker and Tom Delong;surfer Dane Reynolds and skateboarder Pierre-Luc Gagnon. If you Google Dr. Brian Weeks then click on the website info, you'll find an extensive list of his famous clients and services he provides. I Googled Dr. Brian Weeks in order to find a physician following a trip and fall. I slammed my nose into the sidewalk and after a few days I truly couldn't tell if my nose was broken or just really swollen. Luckily, after explaining my experience and timeline the office worked their magic bringing me in the following day. I did not see Dr. Weeks, and I apologize to the consummate professional who performed the Nasal Endoscopy. My examination was painless and she didn't flinch as I sneezed a couple of times. Notably, she caught the signs and removed the instrument before I went full sneeze-twice! Whew! The office is centrally located on Camino del Rio South very near Fairmount Drive exit off of I-8. Free parking lot.

    When I first made an appt I was only allowed to First appt. Need to see the P.A. The Dr won't see…read moreyou. Next appt a year later, still having same issue, finally see Dr. let's do a CT scan to rule out, makes sense, or do you want me to poke a whole in your eardrum, what? Yeah let's rule out. Then of course P.A. Calls back to discuss CT scan, you have no infection, that's a good sign I say, I can write a prescription for steroids (which never happened) well he mentioned a procedure could I at least talk to him about that? I'll have them call you back for an appt. To schedule that, I assume to Dr to talk about it. They call and schedule me for a procedure instead. I don't know what we are doing, why we are doing it, what to expect after doing it. Am I going under, do I eat that day? Due to the lack of medical care in general from this office I'm just cancelling. Took five phone calls due to being on hold then I'll have the scheduling people call to cancel it, never called. My car get's better care at the car wash than I did here

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