EDIT: To make everything worse. Just...don't...
License Number: 12383 Current Date: 09/02/2015 01:09 PM
Name: CHUNG, THEODORE W
License Type: Physician and Surgeon G
License Status: Renewal Pending - Licensee failed to certify compliance with the continuing medical education requirement and/or failed to certify that he or she disclosed the names of those health-related facilities in which the licensee and/or family may have a financial interest. Practice is permitted unless license expires.
Secondary Status: Public Reprimand
Expiration Date: 09/30/2014
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This is going to be a long review because it contradicts its great ratings
Let me first make this very clear, this is my second time here and I gave (although never published my review) my first experience here in 2012 a full 5 stars. It was amazing. The nurse was extremely nice and took care that I understood exactly what was happening and made me comfortable which Dr. Ted Chung was polite and understanding of my pains and needs.
Fast forward to yesterday to get quite possibly the worst experience I've ever had with any doctor. Felt like I had to go see my ex for a present I gave her for her birthday but I wanted it back now kinda experience.
First off, the nurse retired leaving Dr. Chung to handle everything on his own. The places loses a bit of its warmth, but it's still a nice cozy place. I went in for an ear cleaning because my right ear got infected, he takes one look at it and says the wax is too solid and there's not much he can do about it because the wax looks too hard. I ask him about the ear washing/rinsing to help clean some of it out and he straight out just says, "my nurse did that, and she's not here, so no, I can't do that." Okay... He goes on to try to suction it and tweezer the wax out. He literally ripped that wax off my ear like a bandaid in 1 go. Hurt so bad and my ear starting making that popping noise. I was in an even worse condition. He tells me to suck it up for 2 weeks and just put ear drops in it daily so he could clean it out then. Next he offers me ear drops: $50 for ear drops or $30 for a generic brand. Honestly, I could've gotten a cheaper brand at CVS or whatever if that was the case so I told him I was tight on money and I'll just go. Then he quotes: "If you're tight on money you can use a cheaper alternative, it's going to be about $18 but if it gets into your inner ear it'll cause permenant hearing loss".
Okay doctor who's supposed to fix my ears trying to give me hearing loss. I pass on it. And he offers to give me some pills for free which will help with my infection, which is nice. BUT, as I start to ask about it: what it is, name of the drug, what it does, how to take it, he FLIPS on me. Straight out yells at me saying, "I'm trying to help you!" and then, "take however many you want each day!" Dude. I still have no idea what he gave me, and since I can't look it up, don't know the dosage amount, don't have any real instructions on how much to take, he really didn't help much.
So I left, feeling crummy from dealing with an angry doctor, and cause my ear seriously hurt now. Couldn't take it after like 20 minutes so I went to a different doctor and they told me my ear canal was bleeding. Got charged to get yelled at and leave with a bloody ear. Seriously, never again. read more