Unprofessional, ridiculous focus on insurance and a lot of extraneous tests (with ridiculously big price tags) to squeeze insurance further, confusing even from the perspective of someone who works in med comms and knows the jargon. Unkind, unhelpful, expensive for basically no reason. Worst medical experience I have personally had. read more

My experience with Dr Dan Brody is decades long. He is an excellent allergy/asthma doctor and have always provided me excellent care. I know many others who would also give him high marks. Having just visited his office on May 20, 2024, I found the front desk and medical technician experience very positive also. read more

Neighbors recommended this practice, and for the life of me, I don't know why. Would give ZERO stars if I could. I have been having horrible hives breakouts, with unknown origin. At the behest of my doctor, I made an appointment to see if they could figure out what was going on. We did skin test, even though I said I had already had those, and it would just show that I am allergic to pretty much every environmental allergen. Which is exactly what the tests did. And I'm left paying nearly 400 out of pocket for this. Then, the best this doctor could do (and remember that allergists are also supposed to be immunologists), was tell me to take Zyrtec 2x daily (even though I had already explained that the antihistamine my doctor prescribed provided no relief) and come back in a month. In the interim, I have been in HELL with the hives getting progressively worse, and no itch relief. Finally saw a dermatologist at a yesterday who was incredibly concerned prescribed high dose steroids, and in less than 12 hours, I have almost perfect relief. As an aside, this practice also breaks HIPAA laws by requiring you to submit your medical records to their separate audiology practice. So again, 0/10 recommend. read more

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This practice seems like a scam. The front desk is unprofessional and the doctor had me take three exams which I believe was to take my insurance money. I was not even given a heads up that I'd owe over $250 after insurance. When I came for a second appointment, Dr. Fishman tried to verbally pressure me into one of the two recommended allergy treatments that you can only get here on-site. He was dismissive when I said I wanted the other option. He said I would get an email when my supply was in. Three weeks later I had no email; I called several times to follow-up. Over one month later after my appointment and payments, I was finally called (never emailed), twice to be informed that I could pick up. I made an effort to come promptly and I've been here for over 20 minutes, being told that my supply needs to be packed up. Then I was told that they're looking for my chart. So yep, out of at least $300, no good customer service experience, and no allergy meds. read more

Don't visit this office - the management staff are exceptionally rude, condescending, and have a penchant for being unwilling or slow to complete necessary patient paperwork. I've had a nurse call my breathing "pathetic" while taking an inhaler test for asthma, and another nurse irritably staring at me without communicating instructions for administering a Dupixent shot. I used to see Dr. Canady while she was at the practice, who was fantastic, and I feel the same way about Dr. Fishman, but the consistent diminutive behavior of their staff push me to need to find another allergist office immediately. read more

Fish injected me with shots and when I became suspicious about what he is injecting he did not answer my questions. I found out by accident it is the wrong stuff and not what I agreed to. I still am not allowed to know and have no access to no documentation of what is being injected into me for weeks and weeks. read more

My experience with the doctors themselves has been great, but the organization and professionalism of the office are nearly non existent. Communication about early closings is done through photocopied signs on the wall, and if you don't notice them, it's your fault - on two different occasions, for two different reasons, the office was closed early when I arrived for a shot on a Wednesday - and nobody thought to mention it when i was in there the Monday before. It's 2020 and they don't keep any information up to date on their website or have any email communication system. If I weren't already locked in from getting my serum here, I'd leave. Don't make the same mistake I did. read more

Fishman Allergy and Asthma - Typical example - but surprise, they also closed early on December 23rd! - Laboratory Testing Near Me - Washington, DC, District of Columbia

Dr. Fishman & Dr. Canady have been a blessing for several years. With the horrible pollen in the mid Atlantic the need for great allergist are very important! If you need asthma or allergy care please don't hesitate and make an appointment today! read more

This review is for the office staff and Dr. Canady. The staff were all lovely and kind when I arrived, completed my skin test quickly and competently, and Dr. Canady listened to my symptoms and made several recommendations of what I could do, including giving me options in terms of medications and shots and things to avoid. That said, I had called in advance to make sure they accepted my insurance, and had also double-checked with my insurance. Maybe this is just my crap insurance (Aetna) but I was still billed $260 for the office visit and testing, which took all of 15 minutes. There were no labs or testing required, they literally just stare at your skin and go "that looks good/bad/inconclusive." I promptly paid my bill because, health insurance whatcha gonna do, and received a second bill a month later for the same amount. At this point, I'm out of the country for the summer and upon emailing the office they stated that the check, which had been mailed to, written out to, AND DEPOSITED, never arrived lolz. They also included smiley faces in this email, which I find unprofessional and irritating when we're discussing a paid bill and a mistake your office clearly made. After reading all the reviews of Dr. Fishman, I wouldn't go back. read more

I love this office. I have been a patient here since 2011. Dr. Canady is thoughtful, patient, and caring. I have never had an issue here at all. read more

This place is a bunch of crooks. When I first started seeing Dr. Fishman I had allergies, but my reactions were generally minor with minimal amounts of itchy eyes runny nose etc. However, when I began seeing the doctor he recommended that I go on allergy shots. OK, sounds fine and dandy, right? Nope. After sticking to his very expensive very inconvenient allergy regiment for over a year (that required me to drive all the way from College Park to Chevy Chase each week to get one, of course they wean down as you go) I was not seeing any improvement whatsoever in my allergies. Instead when I began to notice was that my allergies grew much, much worse. I became more allergic to my existing allergies and begin to develop new ones. I immediately chose to stop seeing Dr. Fishman. Another thing I should mention is that when I began to see Dr. Fishman, I asked if I could get a prescription for allergy medication. He was adamant that the shots were a better solution. I trusted him, and I feel that the trust was deeply misplaced. My best friend also saw the same doctor, and had the same issues with the allergy shots. One of the issues I immediately had with the shots was that I noticed that my best friend and I had the same schedule, yet she had significantly more and stronger allergies than I did. My aunt was on the same schedule too. It sort of seems to me that Fishman has figured out a really good way to make a lot of money off his clients, quickly. I would not recommend this doctor. To be fair, the experience was bad from the start. I found this doctor to be condescending, and honestly quite demeaning. He obviously doesn't think highly of tattoos and piercings, and initially advised me that my septum ring was part of my breathing problem (I've since asked 3 other doctors, all of whom agree this is not the case). He suggested I consider surgery, in my first consultation, because of a bone spur in my nose. None of this was encouraging. But he came highly recommended, and his office is in Chevy Chase, so he must be the best, right? All I'm saying is think twice, or maybe three or four times, before visiting this allergy and asthma practice. read more

I am a patient with Dr. Canady, and have actually had a very positive experience with her. She is professional, knowledgable, courteous, and has given me very useful advice regarding my allergies. This review is for the office as a whole. I began in the fall of 2015 to try and set up allergy shots with them, but there was a great deal of trouble because I had already been doing shots where I used to live (in Los Angeles), and it turns out that transferring shots to a different practice out of state is a monumental nightmare due to insurance issues. These difficulties were not really the fault of the Fishman Allergy office. However, even after I made the decision to re-do allergy tests with them and let them make their own serum, things were a disaster from the very beginning. When I did the tests in November 2015, I told them I wanted to set up allergy shots at their MD office once every week (that office is only open on wednesdays). For weeks I heard nothing, and when I followed up with them in early December 2015, they had still done nothing about making the serum. This was problematic because I would be traveling for the rest of December, so they told me they would make the serum in December, and I could begin shots when I returned to town in January. OK, fine. Right? WRONG. I returned in January, called them to find out if my serum was ready, and I was told that they needed to check and they would call me back. Several days later, still nothing. I called them again, and they left another message for a nurse to call me back about my serum. A couple days later, nothing. So I called again. And again, they transferred me to the black hole that they call the "nurse's prescription line" and I left a message. No call back. I could keep going, because this went on for WEEKS. I got so fed up that when I called back a few times later, I told the receptionist that I didn't want to be put on hold and I didn't want to be transferred to the damn nurse's station because they never call me back. She got very defensive, and insisted that the nurse would call me back if I left a message, to which I replied that I had done that LITERALLY A DOZEN TIMES and no one had ever called me back. So she took down my information, and promised that she would give it herself to the nurse and that they would call me back. After going round with her several times, she swore someone would call me back and that there was no one available to check on my serum right now. So I said "OK", and she hung up. I will let you, the reader, guess whether anyone called me back. If you answered "No", you are absolutely correct. I called back....... AGAIN. I asked whether my serum had been made, and they immediately transferred me to the nurse's station, where no one picked up. So I called back immediately afterward and said that no one was answering my question and no one was returning my calls, and I begged the receptionist to not transfer me to the nurse's station. (By this point it is already February 2016). The receptionist was rude and insisted that if I left a message that someone would call me back. **insert sounds of hair being torn directly from scalp** I explained, as patiently as I could, that that experiment had already been done a dozen times, and the result was: No, no one calls back. As she got more defensive, I remained insistent and did everything I could to keep her on the phone. Several times, she hung up on me and I simply called right back, insisting that someone check to see if my serum existed. Later that afternoon, after I had pestered them to the breaking point, a nurse finally called me back and told me that they didn't know I wanted serum made..... now that I had requested it, they would put in the order to make some serum, but it would take a couple weeks before they could make it. IT TOOK EVERY OUNCE OF RESTRAINT I HAVE TO STOP FROM STABBING MYSELF IN THE EYE WITH A HOT KNIFE. Two weeks later, they called to tell me my serum had been made (this was virtually the first call I have ever received from their office). So, I asked them to transfer my serum to the Chevy Chase office. They dragged their feet on this, too, and to get an idea what that was like, just re-read the preceding two paragraphs. FINALLY, my serum was transferred and I went to my first appointment, and when the nurse came in, she was puzzled. The reason she was puzzled was that THE CHEVY CHASE OFFICE WAS ABOUT TO CLOSE IN TWO WEEKS. So, there was no way I could do my injections there. The nurse was very nice, and suggested a nearby place to transfer my serum. Today, I called to have them transfer my serum to this location, AND THEY TOLD ME THEY COULDN'T, I WOULD HAVE TO PICK UP THE SERUM AND TRANSFER IT MYSELF. The laziness, unprofessionalism, and gross incompetence of the people at this office is mind-boggling. My suggestion to Dr. Canady is to set up her own practice and hire a staff that actually does something, because she is on a sinking ship. read more

Just left this office extremely disappointed and irritated. Was referred by the Dermatology group in the same building for allergy testing. Waited 55 minutes for the doctor to see me (Canady). Explanation of lateness? "We're short staffed" and "it's the day before St. Patty's Day!" To make matters worse, the type of testing needed is apparently only offered on Mondays and Wednesdays, but absolutely no one mentioned this when I noted the appointment was for allergy testing. What day is it? Friday. To seal the terrible deal, you're required to stay off antihistamines for the week leading up to testing. Expecting this to occur at my appointment, I've done so, however, I'll now have to come back on a Monday or Wednesday and wait even longer off meds with peak allergy season beginning. Needless to say, do NOT recommend this practice and will likely not reschedule for testing. read more