To begin with the receptionist that schedules appointments is a poor listener and incompetent. On two occasions we agreed on a date for my next visit which she inputted into her computer. She then provided me a card with the wrong date and time. I pointed this discrepancy out and she remedied it with a new, correct appointment reminder card. She did this again on my next visit. I pointed out the error and said "you are scaring me" - she seemed unfazed, did not apologize, and finally provided me a card with the proper date/time. I would add that on these two occasions the office was not busy nor was she seemingly distracted by phone calls. Additionally, when I arrived for one appointment there was a note on the office door that said "WE HAVE MOVED" and provided the new address. She did not even have the presence of mind to alert patients to that fact beforehand. I have no idea how many patients were inconvenienced by this omission.
Dr Nowzari may be a fine urologist but I was only seeing him for testosterone replacement therapy (TRT). Regardless, he ran me through a series of urological testing, to include an ultrasound. After 6 months of TRT treatment he advised that I needed to have another ultrasound - I declined and told him I believed I was being subjected to unnecessary testing for my given situation and was concerned Medicare might also deem some of tests unnecessary and not pay for them. He just said that is the way he elected to conduct his practice and Medicare had never questioned him about excessive testing. To get my TRT treatment that day, and to get the heck out of his office I "agreed" to an ultrasound during a subsequent appointment. I have provided just some of the reasons why I stopped seeing him, but a final incident put me over the top. Medicare will pay for 6 testosterone pellets every 3 months per patient. If the patient (in this case obviously me) wants more pellets than the 6 he must pay out of pocket to the physician for the extra(s). I opted for 2 extra pellets, my expense being $340 ($170 per pellet) paid to the office of Dr. Nowzari.
Two days after this pellet insertion I removed the bandaging, per his orders, and found that one of the pellets had backed out of my hip and had adhered to the blood soaked dressing meaning I had not received the full 8 pellet dosage, 2 of which I had paid for.
NOTE: Prior to this wound care appointment I had made an appointment for the ultrasound, which I never remotely considered going through with to buy some time in finding another urologist.
When I returned for my wound care followup I showed him the bandage, which I had placed in a sealed plastic sandwich bag, with the white pellet (looks like a thick grain of cooked white rice) right in the middle of the bloody gauze pad. He turned the bag over several times in his hands, felt it and said he could not be certain it was a pellet that had come out. I looked at him in amazement and asked what else it could be. He stated he had no idea (Google testosterone pellet and you will see it exactly as I described it). That is when I realized I was not going to be compensated for the dislodged pellet and knew I would I would have to eat the $170, but derived some solace from the fact I would never have to see this individual again.
As soon as I left the exam room I stopped at the front desk and asked that all my records be sent to a well regarded urologist in my area that I had identified while biding time for the ultrasound appointment I was never going to attend and ultimately cancelled.
On 03/04/2026 I received TRT treatment from my new urologist, again asking for 2 extra pellets for which I would pay out of pocket. Guess how much the pellets cost? $60 for both. The Nowzari "not exactly a discount": $340 for two. I will let prospective patients of Dr Nowzari decide if he is or is not running an ethical practice. read more