My mom's doctor I appreciate the love and true guidance she gives…read more She to me is one of the best lady family doctors in hilo. The reason is for her genuine care to help her paitents something that rarely occurs with some doctors.

I have been a patient since I was 19 years old (21 years this year), since Dr. Nakamura started at…read moreDr. Kurohara's office. After opening his own practice, Hilo Family Medicine, where Dr. Mel joined him & has cared for me ever since. She has helped me through many hard times in my life & always does her best by me and my health. I am blessed to have a doctor that is as wonderful & committed as her!!!

Dr. Badgley should not be practicing medicine. I went in to see him for an unexplained bleed. The…read morewhole time I was explaining my symptoms he was practicing his golf swing and when I was done he stood for a minute and then turned to me and said "What do you think it is?" He eventually diagnosed this as a possible tumor, but his office was never able to coordinate with the referring Dr.'s office to set up an appointment to confirm or deny this.I finally went to a different Dr. who had the matter solved in minutes, I love my new Dr., she is Dr. Leboo in Hilo and is excellent! Again, Dr. Badgley should not be practicing medicine, this is scary and unacceptable, run, don't walk, from this office!

Linden family medicine clinic is the best.Dr Ahia and staff are great.I been going to Dr Ahia for…read moreabout a year now,he got my blood pressure under control.Went there the other day for knee pain,he knew what the pain was through examination.He gave me options of how to treat my knee,and I chose shot in my knee and now my knee feels great.Dr Ahia is very patient and Will take the time to explain to you about your condition.

Everyone is extremely helpful! This is a very convenient clinic!…read more Sorry Dr. LeBoo said she's ready for a new chapter...

This pertains only to Dr. Laboo. Our experience with the resist of the staff have been great. The…read moreDard Side Of Addiction or The Dark Side Of Everything This started as a review for our former doctor who unceremonisly removed us from her patient list. No reason that we can discern beyond a few statments made to me about my pain medicine that I have been taking for two years after unsuccessful full hip repacement & subsequent unsuccessful spinal decompression surgery. My wife, who was also her patient was dismissed (we quess) because she has been taking various pain medication for approximately eight years because of her chronic regional pain syndrome. She also has had an unsuccessful herniated disk spinal surgery approximately eight years ago. We are both seventy three years old & also suffer from several less serious but common maladies that accompany our age. Twice our former doctor advised me "these drugs are not for fun, they're for pain." Neither my wife or myself have ever abused our pain medication. Never have we asked for more pain medication. Never have used my pain medication for "fun." Neither has my wife. Our medical & prescription records are easlily accessed by our medical team. We take no illegal drugs. I may be the culprit that caused our former doctor to drop us. The two times she remarked about me "having fun" with my medications I didn't respond. She had previously referred us to a pain clinic which were under another the care of nurse practitioner who handled our pain prescriptions so I assumed that since she was free from that burden, there was no further reason to talk about it. We have been under this PCP's care for about 2 years & had no issues. Our visits were mostly jovial with some serious levity. Aha. Maybe that's it. Perhaps she thought that that levity meant we were not serious about our recovery. Several monther ago in a phone conversation I had said in jest, "this is your pain in the ass elderly couple." And she said, and I'm paraphrasing -- "you're not even close to my pain in the ass patients." And as I said, our visits, although sometimes broaching serious medical issues tended to be a bit positive & upbeat. Once, she ask if I was doing my physical therapy & I said yes, "Getting in & out of my car. Opening packages. Getting up off the sofa, etc.. " It was meant as a joke but . . . I do have respect for physical therapy -- our daughter & daughter-in-law own a physical therapy fitness center. A bit of my history which I think my be relevant to this issue. I was a hippy in the 60's & I was in many rock & roll bands -- and it WAS a "sex drugs & rock & roll" and I lived it. I was married to my first wife &. at 25 she became pregnant & our son was born in 1978. The moment the nurse handed him to me & I beheld an infant that I seemed, for lack of a better term -- a mini me. I saw that I had a chance to give this little guy a much better life than I had survived. My ex-wife, my son's mother was a party girl. We divorced when our son was about five, went thru a bitter custody battle which I lost. I was devastated. A few months later my ex-wife brought him over for a regular weeked visit & never came back to pick him up. So from age five, it was him & me. I quit drinking & drugs because I was afraid I might lose him. A few years later I got a job at a drug & alcohol/psych unit at a local hospital. I knew I needed treatment to stay straight but I couldn't take a month "vacation." So I came in the back way. So I was totally clean & sober for twelve years as I raised him. Then I met my current wife & she's been an angel. She was the mother he never had. More history. My father was a life long alcoholic & drank himself to death. My mother became an alcoholic later in life but died clean & sober. Unfortunately she was addicted to another drug, nicotine (she was a three pack a day smoker.) She was a two time breast cancer survivor but lung cancer got her in the end. My younger brother has been an addict for the last 40 years. As far as I know he is still alive. My youngest brother was an alcoholic/addict with several years sober (he was an administrator for a halfway house before he died of lung cancer). His son, my nephew died of an overdose shortly after his father died, and his sister, my niece committed suicide via overdose shortly after that. So I know the dark side of addiction. I know it all too well. So maybe I broach the subject of addition with some levity. I don't choose levity, I have to. It's either that or I cry. I wish my wife & I could have talked this issue over with our former doctor, but she's made it impossible to reach her. My hope is that maybe if my story gets out those of us with long-term chronic pain will get a bit more empathy.

My first experience with Dr. Festerling was very pleasant. The staff were friendly and helpful and…read morehis assistant was very nice. Dr. Festerling has a caring disposition like my late pediatrician used to be. He took the time to thoroughly read through my medical information which shows me that he genuinely cares about his patients. He shows his concerns by asking questions. He provided me with the best solutions for my situation. I appreciated that he respected my decision with what I was most comfortable doing to take care of my health for now. Dr. Festerling has my respect and trust because of how he treated me. He treated me with much kindness and responded positively towards my values and morals when it comes to taking care of my health issues.

Aloha Nui DPC, LLC provides high quality and prompt medical services to our community. We have…read moreshortage of doctors and medical services in Hawaii, so we are very fortunate to have them serving our community. They are super-efficient. Your referrals, prescriptions, appointments, etc. are setup in record times. They are super friendly and make you feel part of their Ohana. I recently had a medical issue that required extensive tests, specialist appointments, etc. They worked diligently on my referral, medication, follow up appointment etc. They did not stop until we found the cause of my medical issue. Now, we are working on getting the medical treatment I need. Thank you for being part of my life and for genuinely having my health and overall wellbeing at heart. You are the best.

Aloha Nui is the absolute finest family clinic in Hilo. Dr. Harmeling, along with staff nurse…read moreNicole and office manager Kapa, are very caring and most dedicated to providing the best possible care for patients of the Aloha Nui Family Practice. Appointments are made easily available on very short notice. Aloha Nui is 'da best!'

Great doctors. Both Camacho and Desilva are professional and take great care of my children.read more

This place is ridiculous! Their receptionist and their staff are full of shit and do nothing to…read morehelp at all!! My son was referred here from Kapiolani NICU , and we thought they might be a good place for him, but was I WRONG! For two whole weeks I kept calling and calling for my sons proscriptions and too get him the care he needs and every time all I got was excuses and them saying "they forgot to notify his doctor" you guys are supposed to specialize in helping children and yet all you fuckers do is bullshit and give fucked up excuses. We make appointments just too have them rescheduled by you guys, my son deserves the care and respect from professionals not fucked up staff like this! I'm beyond pissed and honestly wish we had more friendly and respectful caring doctors here like Oahu!

She is through and knowledgable. Her staff is kind and caring. There is not a long wait to get an…read moreappointment. Unfortunately she is retiring, but I am confident the Dr.s that will be replacing her will up to her standard. Her current staff will remain in the office, they are wonderful.