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    Phil Bretsky's compassion, expertise and hopefulness served our son facing a rare aggressive cancer as well as our whole family.

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    UCLA Health 2020 Santa Monica Internal Medicine

    UCLA Health 2020 Santa Monica Internal Medicine

    3.7(34 reviews)
    0.1 mi

    i have two doctors who i see in this location, one of which is my primary care physician, and one…read moreendocrinologist). both are fantastic (dr. schoenbrum as my PCP, and dr. chang as my endo, and dr. ) who are compassionate, patient and caring. i recently had a four-night hospitalization at ronald reagan due to an h. pylori infection which caused me to have ulcers in my stomach and vomit for several days as there was blood in my stomach. these were doctors i had seen in my follow up and i could not be happier with the results. i highly recommend both of them. the location is easy to find, though be forewarned that parking is a bear even in their lot. the good thing is that there are lots of shops and restaurants around the area, so if you need to do something in the area, you have lots of choices.

    Awful service. Beware it will cost you $480-1150 just to establish care here. They made me do a…read morevideo call to "meet the doctor" then billed me a level 5 though I didn't get any care, I was just going over my history. I didn't even mention problems I want to address. They do this to extract $ from you so you won't be "surprised" when they charge you money for asking a question at the annual yearly exam. So I wait 6 more months,the doctor remembers nothing about me and has an attitude of "why are you even here" because I'm healthy looking etc. It was such a waste of time. My doctor also seems miserable and overworked. Isn't helpful when I reach out for medical clearance via the portal either. My video call was in 2025 so that charge didn't even go towards this year. I wish they had clearly informed me more about the process of establishing care because I would've conducted myself differently if I understood. Now I don't even want to come back here I feel completely unwelcome and disregarded. I'm a cancer survivor that does need to do various follow ups but "my" doctor could care less about me. Sad

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    3.4(89 reviews)
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    If I could I would give ZIRO star. This Dr Messina and his…read moreassistant tina need to be reported to the proper authorities. No one who treats patients this way should be allowed to continue practicing without serious consequences. I would NOT recommend this Dr to anyone!!!! This doctor and his assistant tina are completely unprofessional. They lie argue with patients and avoid responsibilities for refills or authorizations. Tina has zero manners, is extremely rude, overwhelmed, constantly complains instead of doing her job. This office is chaotic, careless and shows no respect for patients. I do not recommend them to anyone. I believe of every negative reviews patient posted here, because we have been experiencing them too !!!! Honesty I hope other patients report this doctor and his assistant to the proper authorities.

    In my too-many decades of life, has no Physician and Office Staff earned my trust in their…read moreknowledge, care and compassion for what is best for my ACTUAL welfare like Dr. Messina and his office has done. I used to have full coverage through motion, picture health and welfare benefits. When I was injured on the job, it forced me to take Medi-Cal and thus by me taking Medi-Cal I was fortunately, no I was blessed to be assigned to Dr Messina. And from the moment he got all my charts and files and reviewed and got up to speed, fully understanding the nigh-on irresponsibile care i had been receiving for almost 20 years from other doctors. He realized how poorly and over prescribed and just almost incompetently, I had been being treated for far too long by the doctors working at the motion picture health offices. Dr Messina is an old school doctor. He has no problems inviting you into his office and sit down and talk with you and he will take as long as he needs to explain something and he will tell you if he needs two hours it's gonna take two hours. He will not sugarcoat things, he will not give you what you want to hear just to get you out, and to his next patient. He absolutely WILL tell you exactly what is going on, and the truth, unfettered and not sugarcoated. If you need help understanding what he is saying, he will take as long as he needs to explain it to you in words that you can understand. But if you're looking for a "prescription pad" to write what YOU think you need or alternative medicine and doctor with hugs included. That's not him. This man has been doing it for 55 years. You count back 55 years and think about what he went through and what he has seen. I've talked to some of the people that know his background and the man is more than just a doctor. He really is concerned about healing. When he calls me in his office, the first thing I do is take my damn hat off, shake his hand and thank him for the time me made to see me, because he is honoring me with his time and care. Then on top of his abilities, Tina his a one woman office staff/manager/note taker/scheduler/referral coordinator/and honestly, I don't know enough about the medical industry to tell you what else she does, but I guarantee she does 10 more things that I don't even know about. But she somehow manages every single little detail with the utmost precision, efficacy and abject efficiency of any office full of 10 assistants. Whether you're a person of faith or not, all I can say is Dr Messina and Tina and their office might just be the greatest gift Gods ever given me.

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    UCLA Health 15th Street Primary Care

    UCLA Health 15th Street Primary Care

    3.7(47 reviews)
    0.4 mi

    Dr. hingorany (cardiologist) is so rude! I've had wonderful experiences with other doctors but not…read morewith her. She takes care of my grandmother who has dementia and does not accommodate her. I will follow up with ucla and report her attitude and priorities around billing and lack of patient care. I do want to give kuddos and a special shout out for the following doctors that have gone above and beyond in my grandmother's care: Dr. Catherine Lindsay and Ivette Jimenez

    Dr Lee is top notch physician! My husband sees him every year for physical and he has full of…read moreknowledge , really good bedside manners and really good assessment skills! On the other hand, the nurses aide that's in his office was not nice at all! Very rude! No bedside manners whatsoever! She did not introduce herself to him, did not make any eye contact or any type of connection to him, or even communicate and explain what she's going to do to him. She was doing ekg, and she looked stressed telling my husband blaming him for his hair and rudely asked him to stop talking! My husband gets very nervous every time he goes to a doctors office just because of a visit ... but this nurses aide did not help the whole situation! It wasn't like this at all either the other nurses last year but this one that was w him today was very rude and has a very condescending tone. My husband was very bothered by it. I told him to write an evaluation about it and he didn't want to because he said he does not want to put this nurse in trouble and he said he likes Dr Lee a lot and that's what matters to him. Dr Lee is definitely 5 stars but I'm taking off 3 stars because of this nurses aide!

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