Our last doctor, Grossman, changed his practice to where we'd have to pay for 'concierge' service of $1,500 and Dr. Kamjoo was a referral of a referral. Grossman gave us a list of doctors, the one we picked packed up but said he should try Kamjoo.
My wife and I have had similar experiences, hers more frustrating than mine. With our first physical here, we thought it would be pretty intensive, getting to know us as new patients. Nah. We sat there waiting for him, dual appointment... his assistant (?) came in with a laptop and was very helpful. I was dealing with massive headaches all of a sudden and shoulder pain (both from the gym) as well as a spot I wanted to get looked at since it was hurting, my wife just wanted a general check-up. The assistant actually, correctly, diagnosed my headaches as "Exertion Headaches," which I've never heard before... too much strain, not breathing at the gym, not enough water, legs above the heart too much, etc. He nailed it... but he wanted to get Dr. Kamar's opinion.
Anyway, he finally came in. He has an odd manner of dealing with patients (or maybe just us), where he doesn't like to look at you too much, like any normal person would during a conversation... always looking down at a chart or away. There's a coldness about that. Still, that doesn't mean he couldn't be a good doctor. (The other stuff does.)
So, I told him about my shoulder pain and he said, "Just stop working out." Huh? Just 'stop' working out? That's the solution? Get fat? No, not an option (I checked online and follow other doctors' advice of just doing more reps with lighter weights.) I then told him about the headaches and he kinda shrugged, "Take some Tylenol maybe?" Um, yeah... been doing that. I tried suggesting the "Exertion Headaches" to him but he shrugged it off, "Just stop working out or doing too much." Wtf?
I tried showing him this bump on my back that sometimes causes pain, I hope it's not cancer and he laughed about it, "Why you so worried about cancer?" Um, because it randomly has pain! It might be from a bad spider bite I got once but you never know and that's what I need an 'expert' to tell me. "Ees nothing."
As far as our physicals, he didn't do anything other than talk. Didn't check my tongue, didn't do the 'ball check' for cancer, nothing. We were like, "That's it?" That's a year wasted on our insurance, have to wait again.
Anyway, so I recently went back in now that I'm an old fart, 40, told them I wanted to start getting checked for the colonoscopy and all of that... but at least a physical. I thought THIS time was going to be a real physical. Same thing again!!! Absolutely nothing, other than talking. This was after me waiting for almost an hour, one of the first appointments in the morning, "Doctor is getting back from the hospital." Doing what, delivering a baby?
This is the BS... my wife scheduled her physical for the FIRST time slot in the morning... and waited 2.5 hours, without exaggeration. After an hour, she asked the front desk what the deal was, they said, "He's on his way, finished up at the hospital." Then after two hours, she asked again and they were embarrassed lying for him, "He said he was on his way, I'm sorry." Then finally, being that she has a job she was late for, she told them she was leaving... never getting her physical and he was never there. I'm sorry, but your FIRST APPOINTMENT... you're that late!? And stop with the "hospital" nonsense, the only hospital near there is the Northridge hospital which you can literally walk to. And, what, he has some sidejob there? That's not your patients' problem.
It's bad here... honestly, just find anyone else. read more
