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    Ron Chitayat, MD

    3.6 (36 reviews)
    Open 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

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    Wonderful doctor. Pleasant demeanor. Very efficient staff. Would recommend him to family and friends.

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    Interesting ! In the last few days, 3 new GREAT reviews! Before, One positive and the rest VERY negative. I wonder why....

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    3.5(52 reviews)
    0.0 miWest Hills

    "T've gone to Dr. Guiv for about 15 years. She is top notch. She is caring, warm, and empathetic…read more More importantly, she knows "her stuff" and is an excellent diagnostician. She has volunteered on more than one occasion to comment on other aspects of my health, showing me that she cares about me as a whole. I had read some of these reviews before I saw her, and was prepared for a cold, rather brusque physician. That's OK with me....they're not all warm and cuddly. BUT, Dr. Guiv is lovely and has been nothing but kind, patient, and caring with me, In 15 years, I have never seen anything but kindness and compassion. My whole family goes to her, and I have recommended her to many friends. The entire staff is friendly and knowledgeable. I recommend Dr. Guiv. She's a gem.

    Wildly unprofessional to the extent that I am wondering if her negligence is due to bias, religious…read moreor otherwise. I work in health care, and do not generally experience this kind of thing. I was told to see her and schedule a medical procedure involving surgery. I was not provided other options. I scheduled to meet her. She was extremely brief and direct, but kindly. I liked her in the brief time I met her. I scheduled the procedure many months in advance and never spoke with her again. The week prior I did her prep protocol. I am aware that people can feel ill prior but I was so violently ill for 3 days with her prep care medicine that I was up all night sick and unable to function. It impacted my family as I was incredibly ill. Faint, hot/ cold, throwing up, sick in a car. The only times I have ever been that sick are when 1) I was in the ER with my appendicitis and 2) directly after a six hour surgery due to anesthesia. Also once in Paris after having shellfish but that passed in 5-6 hours, this went on for days. I let the office know multiple times and asked if she could please talk with me. I spoke with reception and an assistant, no nurse and no doctor. They reduced the medicine and I started to feel better. I spoke with a family member who is a hospitalist out of state and he was really concerned. I asked about other options and was told there are some, not as solid, but less likely to make me sick and suggested I speak with the doctor. I called the office to discuss but was shut down. Given the effect of the medication, I was also hesitant to go under without talking with her. I canceled the surgery as I really believe in patient care and that the cure should not be worse than the issue. She then sent me a letter I was fired as a patient, certified mail, due to a break down of communication. In other words, there was no communication but me, very sick, asking for a phone call. How could she take the time to arrange that but not call me back when I was incredibly ill from her prep? I believe I am fairly low risk, so having that conversation would have been much appreciated as well. Yet, impressively, she chose to fire me as a patient due to what, why, I wanted to speak with the doctor who prescribed me medication that made me sick? As if I was trying to run back to her after I canceled my surgery? All I wanted was a phone call at the beginning. I do know how busy doctors are and that trivial matters can weigh them down, but I was incredibly sick. The ability to be humble and kind is what makes this world a good place, and had she taken a moment to discuss options I probably would have just moved forward. I still do not have any questions answered. I dislike leaving bad reviews in the health care space, but there is a lot of arrogance and sometimes it is important - she found it necessary to treat me abusively and so there it is. I am not a lab rat and certainly not going to allow someone to perform surgery on me that is so callous they won't take a minute out of their day to speak with me and assuage the issue they created. Patients do need to advocate for their care, we are human and not everything is suited to everyone.

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    2.5(2 reviews)
    0.0 miWest Hills

    Great care, wonderful staff. I trust them with my life. The nurses especially were so warm and…read morekind.

    I would give it 0 stars but I don't have that option! Do not go to this place, what a nightmare! We…read morearrived to a war zone, the building is totally under construction, couldn't even find the entrance, construction trucks and fencing surrounding the front, no signage, looked like it was closed. Finally get inside to a totally demolished lobby, find the elevator, go up to the UCLA office, sign in, it's 7 AM, for an 8 AM appointment, I was told I needed to be there an hour ahead of my 8 o'clock apt. The women at the desk ask why am I here so early, the Doctor doesn't come in until 8:30, again, I was told by UCLA to be there by 7:00. So I precede to wait. Around 7:30 a couple come in says there apt is at 8:30, the receptionist tells them it's at 9:30 and the women pitches a holy fit and insist it's at 8:30 and will not take no for an answer. So to quiet her down they take her husband back ahead of me, ( we both had the same Dr). I question the fact that he jumped the line, they insist they just lied to quit the wife down (she has left so didn't hear my conversation) but I now sit out in the lobby for another 15 min when they finally take me back, get me ready for my procedure and roll me into a corner so I couldn't see anything, the receptionist comes back and tells me I'm still going to be first, at 8:30, and the gentleman they took back first is in a corner somewhere and again I'm told he will have to wait, I'm first in line but the Dr running late because she has small children and it's the first week of school????!! By around 8:45 I'm still waiting when they finally take me into a procedure room where I wait until 9:00, another 15 min when the Dr FINALLY shows up. Come to find out he jumped the line and the reason the Dr was late is she was doing his procedure first ahead of me! My husband was in the lobby when he came out to join his loud mouth wife! Moral of the story is if you are obnoxious and loud enough you jump to the front of the line! My husband sat in the waiting room for 3 hours because of this and nobody their seemed to give a hoot. Never again, I'm going to find a different Dr and facility and it won't be with UCLA!

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    4.6(16 reviews)
    0.0 miWest Hills

    My name is Lexis and I just had a Lipo360 procedure with Dr. Paya And I had the most wonderful…read moreexperience! They were extremely kind, caring and professional preop all the way to postop. During surgery, the two nurses were absolutely amazing. Georgie was so kind and explained everything and even held my hand when I needed during the procedure and kept giving me warm blankets and making sure I took deep breath ! I forgot what the females name was I think it's Gabbie, but she was so incredibly kind and sweet and supportive and helpful and even put on country music for me. During the procedure doctor made me feel so comfortable and explain everything that he was doing. doctor even gave me his personal number and answered any questions that I have and I am so thankful for such a wonderful experience with them 10 out of 10 for the office staff the nurses and even Maria. She is so sweet and kind they genuinely care about you and want you to feel amazing. I'm only day three post operation and I am healing wonderfully. I just can't say thank you enough to dr Paya and his wonderful staff and team

    Worst, most irresponsible doctor I have ever met. Prior to seeing him I went to UCLA's Bariatric…read moremedicine department 5 years ago and was told I was not a candidate for the gastric sleeve. Dr. Paya met me and within 2 minutes casually said "oh you're definitely a candidate for the sleeve!" He asked me no questions and I had to call him back 2 days later with a list of questions and concerns. Of course in the office I got so excited because I thought that this procedure would change my life, even though I eat less than 1,200 calories a day. Over the next 12-14 days I obtained second opinions and every single doctor said I wasn't a candidate. I confronted Dr. Paya about this and he again said I was ok. He ignored me and told me I got "overwhelmed" when I talked to their nutritionist. He said "there are no food restrictions with the way I do this procedure." His nutritionist gave me a packet with a LAUNDRY list of post op diet instructions, none of which I would've been able to follow because of food allergies. I also researched this on my own and EVERY SINGLE article listed foods you may never be able to eat again. I canceled surgery. Dr. Paya pressured me not to. It has been a week and they have not refunded me a massive amount of money. STAY AWAY!!!!!!

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