Pacific Palisades Medical Group has been my medical office for over 10 years, and I truly can't say…read moreenough good things about them. Dr. Gair and Dr. Ma have helped me through countless health issues over the years, and I've always felt heard, respected, and genuinely cared for. The office staff are incredibly kind, supportive, and responsive. Whenever I need help with medications, referrals, or getting in touch with my doctor, they act quickly and make the process as smooth as possible. What stands out most is how they treat you as a whole person, not just a patient. They take the time to get to know you, listen to your concerns, and provide thoughtful, compassionate care. Everyone there works hard to make you feel supported and valued. After more than a decade of care, I can honestly say they've been a 10/10 in every area. This isn't an exaggeration--they really are that good. They take care of my whole family too/ very grateful for them.

I've been going to PPMG for many years and I really appreciate the attentive, personal care. Dr…read more Gair is amazing and the entire staff is very friendly and helpful. Special shout-out to team members Lonnie and Lince for being so kind and patient.

After searching tirelessly for the right OB/GYN/ Perinatologist, finding Dr. Candace Levian at the…read moreCenter for Fetal Medicine & Women's Ultrasound felt like an absolute blessing. It is so rare to find a doctor with such a deeply humanistic approach to medicine today, and she is everything we were hoping for and more. Dr. Levian is amazing, empathetic, kind, and incredibly professional. Medical appointments in this field can often feel overwhelming, but her warm presence completely puts you at ease. She genuinely listens, takes her time, and treats her patients with heartfelt compassion alongside her top-tier medical expertise. We are so incredibly grateful for her exceptional care and cannot recommend her highly enough. If you are looking for a doctor who treats you like a person, not just a chart, Dr. Levian is truly one of a kind!

Dr. Paola Aghajanian literally saved my life! As a high-risk patient, I feel incredibly fortunate…read moreto have her as my MFM. She recognized the importance of putting me on bed rest, helped me find a doctor to perform my cerclage, and is currently treating me for gestational hypertension. She spends endless amounts of time answering all of my questions and helping ease my anxiety. When I was admitted to the hospital, she visited me every single day and made me feel so supported and cared for. She has the absolute best bedside manner and is incredibly knowledgeable, compassionate, and sweet. I am beyond grateful to have her as my MFM and truly cannot thank her enough for everything she has done for me!

Dr. Shepal Doshi is a superb doctor in every way. His bedside manner is 10/10 . Patient, listens to…read moreconcerns, and is incredibly smart. He is the third doctor to review my father's case and my father immediately felt comfortable enough to choose him for the procedure. His staff at providence St. John's were very kind , accommodating and courteous. I would not hesitate to recommend him.

Dr Doshi may be wonderful, or terrible, or anything in between, I have no idea because the…read morebureaucracy around him is such a disaster that I never got to see him. I will go find someone else. (Karla G's review below is interesting, it shows how a team around a doctor can make the whole experience terrible. Dr Doshi needs to move somewhere else than "Pacific Heart Institute"/Providence where he currently is) So here's my experience: * A doctor I trust recommended Dr Doshi because I have some possible arrhythmia as an extreme athlete. These things may or may not be serious, so just in case it's a good idea to go find out. * I called and his secretary gave me a time to call him just to determine if it's worth for us to meet. * So we called, I explained what I measured on my body as a non-doctor, he listened carefully and asked 2-3 key questions, then concluded "Sure we should meet to put you an EKG for a week so we can see from there". * They give me this appointment to put the EKG. * I show up exactly on time and someone asks me "Do you have your *** form" (or whatever vaccination thing that I don't know about). Realizing that I don't know what that is she then asked "Do you have a recent COVID test?" and as I said No (since no one told me I needed one) she started rolling her eyes and shouted "Please step back make sure you stay in the corridor" (by the elevators). Different hospitals have different rules, I had just come from a surgeon's office for a broken collarbone and they did not request any test for non-surgical appointments). These rules also change all the time, so I can't guess what the rules are at each moment. The funny thing is that she was actually... FAT, in a heart doctors office! And making judgments on my health choices as probably the fittest guy she's seen in years with a quality of nutrition she's probably never even heard of in her lifetime. She's used to seeing sick people all day, probably ends up making it her norm, and when she sees someone who hasn't been sick a single time in a decade she rolls her eyes with judgments (when she should be working out and eating correctly instead). * Someone else comes in the corridor and finally explains me the rules nicely. They required at that time a 48-hour COVID test for every appointment. which means I would basically have to go to 7 appointments to make this happen... Here's how it would go: 1. The appointment I just wasted because no one told me I needed a COVID test. 2. Going to make a COVID test valid for 48 hours 3. Within 48 hours going to put the device on my chest 4. ~6 days later going for another COVID test 5. Within 48 hours going to remove the device 6. Going for a third COVID test (valid for 48h) 7. Within 48-hours going to Dr Doshi appointment for interpretation of the results. hahaha... You would think that would be the end of the story? Nope. Obviously I called his secretary to explain all this. She said "Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you..." and we cancelled the appointment (to which I was perfectly on time). A few weeks later I received an invoice ($850 if I remember correctly). I called to explain their billing department what happened, saying that the appointment never actually happened. They said the most amazing thing of this story: "Oh, it's not the appointment it's the phone call" that is classified as a "phone consultation". I cracked up and explained that this was about 5 minutes with screaming kids in the background that made it very difficult to hear, that no diagnostic has ever been made in this phone call but that the goal was only to find out if it's worth meeting or not. To be clear, I DO NOT MIND THE SCREAMING KIDS, it's important to understand that some doctors like this may be very busy and I instead appreciate that he took some of his personal time for this. IF HOWEVER we were calling this a consultation it would be not only completely unprofessional but a total rip off considering the amount (for actually doing nothing). I asked them to contact Dr Doshi's office to ask them, saying "I am sure they would tell you the same thing, that this was absolutely not a consultation" (and no one even talked about a price, nor COVID test indeed). They got back to me telling me that the office maintained that this was a "virtual consultation" and they continued to harass me with invoices. I wanted to call their billing department to tell them to go F*** themselves, that they will never see that rip-off money and I will never go to that place in my lifetime, but I figured that this is such a terrible experience (that should never happen in any office with a minimum of decency of service) that it would be a good idea to just let others know using a review. But again, I want to make it clear that I do not know if Dr Doshi himself is a great doctor, and that is because the bureaucracy around him did not let me find out, and I now have no intention to find out. Hopefully these harassing invoices don't kill me from a heart attack.

Nearly 28 years ago, Dr. Allyson Gonzalez helped save my family…read more In August 1998, she delivered my son Bryan by emergency C-section at UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center. He was born weighing only 1 pound, 13 ounces and spent three months in the NICU. It was one of the most emotional and uncertain times of my life, and I will always remember Dr. Gonzalez's calm, compassionate care and professionalism. Today, that tiny baby has grown into a Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD), helping patients and making a difference every day. As a mother, there are no words to fully express my gratitude for the role Dr. Gonzalez played in giving my son a chance at life. After nearly three decades, I recently found Dr. Gonzalez again and felt compelled to say thank you publicly. Doctors rarely get to see how their patients' stories unfold over the years, but I hope she knows that her skill, compassion, and dedication helped shape a beautiful future for our family. Thank you, Dr. Gonzalez. You will always hold a special place in our hearts. -- Roz McCarthy

I started seeing Dr. G sometime around 2004, maybe earlier, I can't remember, and I was with her…read morefor nearly 20 years. She brought my son into this world, staying calm and keeping me grounded as his delivery was a bit complicated; she helped me through miscarriages, and other difficult moments. She was my rock. And then sometime around 2021, it seemed like things got off-kilter, and her quality of care and attention seemed to wane. I switched insurance around the same time, to one that her office didn't accept, and because I was also not feeling right about things, I switched doctors. I've been with another doctor for the past several years now, and all the while I've been missing Dr. G. I miss her realness and the connection I had with her. This other doctor is "a good doctor", but she is no Dr. G when it comes to heart and soul. I don't know if Allyson is still practicing (I haven't had luck making contact), or if she'll ever read this, but if you're out there somewhere Dr. G., know there are patients who still love and respect you and have loads of gratitude for all you did for them!

She'll murder you in a second. Doesn't know what she's doing. Almost murdered me. I ended up on…read morelife support for weeks. She took NO responsibility for what she had done to me. Never brought in any other doctor's who know what their doing, because she didn't want them to see what she had done. RUN.

Dr Kauffman has been my primary care physician every since Nov of 2000 and she has made sure that I…read morehave had all of the medical care I have needed. Which has been a lot. I have had many surgeries and Dr Kauffman has been by my side through all of them. Thank you Dr Kauffman. Reggie Hannah

Very unprofessional! My second time there and nobody was in the waiting room. They immediately…read moretook me to the examination room and took my vitals. Then I just sat for almost an hour and a half for Dr. Moaddel to show up. Not one nurse or anyone came into the room to let me know that he was running late. I opened the door 3 times and got no answer the first 2 times probably because nobody was at the desk. My third time I just opened the door and said "Hello" and a nurse or someone said that he should be in shortly. So after about an hour and a half the doctor came in and barely talked to me and didn't even read my bloodwork or help me with my headache. I called the next day to say that my headache was much worse and the nurse said that after she talked to the doctor she was told to tell me to go to the emergency room!! Unbelievable!! I don't recommend this Doctor at all. I'm not making any of this up but since my visit my parents have had 3 different friends say that he isn't a good doctor. Just please be careful. No professionalism at all. I was in an empty waiting room and it still took the doctor an hour and a half to see me. Plus nobody checked up on me or even let me know that he's running late. I've never dealt with this level of not caring at all. And like I said he didn't even go over my bloodwork which was the main reason for the the appointment!! And that's why I and my parents friends all got new doctors!!

Dr Moaddel was recommended to me and has been a great blessing. He is extremely knowledgeable and…read morecommunicates in a way I can understand. He is well connected in the medical community, which is critical for a PCP. I trust Dr Moaddel and his follow through on all of my health issues.

Absolutely love dr Ghobayan and staff amazing caring and supportive staff, Dr.Gabayan is extremely…read morepassionate about every single patient .

I am 20 years out from my diagnosis back in 6/2006. I was thinking about Dr Chap and wanted to…read morethank her for helping save my life and defeat breast cancer. She was so honest and caring. She always made certain to explain things thoroughly. I was 33 at diagnosis. I never thought I'd be here today but here I am 20 years later and what do you know, I have a 9 year old son! She always told me that the body is an amazing thing. This is me and Remy. Thanks to Linnea, we are both here today!

Dr. Uyeki has been my GP for over 5 years, and he's the best one I've ever had. His bedside manner…read moreis fantastic. When he walks into the exam room, he always starts by asking me how life is going and recalls details I've mentioned during previous visits. He listens attentively when I tell him about symptoms I've been experiencing and plans out clear, logical steps to address them. Anytime he's referred me to be tested for something, he's followed up with me about the results within a day or two of the test. He's smart, genial, and well-connected to great specialists around LA. I totally trust him to manage my healthcare. If you live in the West LA area and are looking for a primary care physician, you can't do any better than Dr. Uyeki.

Dr. Uyeki does not take United Health Care Insurance anymore even though UHC's website for 2019…read moresays that he is in Network for 2019. The Dr. says that they have not been with UHC for years but UHC says otherwise. This doctor is very selective about the types of insurance he accepts, and the plans in each insurance company he accepts so before coming here I would first call the insurance company to confirm and then double confirm with Dr. Uyeki's office. This can change year by year so always check each Jan 1 as doctors dip in and out of insurance networks. This Office is closed on Thursdays. They speak fluent Japanese here and that clientele makes up a large part of their practice. This Dr. also does not do x-rays in office anymore but does do blood draws and then sends them out. He used to take blood and x-rays and develop them in office--no more. On my most recent annual exam in 2018 on a Friday, he called me the next day on a Saturday to say all the blood results are okay that he had results on before all were completed. By the following Monday the rest of the results were in but he did not call again to say those were okay--I suspect because there was no problem. But after looking after all the results I saw that one test was not ordered that usually is every year (PSA) so I called the office to report that and they got it tested that week. He did not call on that result, I guess because it was okay. The long and short is that with the way medicine is practiced in Los Angeles for years and the influence of Insurance Companies--you need to be very proactive and keep records to compare on your own. The blood draws here are professional and leave no mark. You have to pay for parking in this building. The staff is pleasant. If you don't have insurance, they do take cash--call and ask them for a quote. This office is part of Cedar Sinai and if they refer you it will most likely be to a Cedar doctor.