Dr. Alex De Moraes has been my physician for roughly six months. As a healthcare professional…read moremyself, and an executive focused on patient experience, I couldn't be happier with my decision to join his practice at Napa Valley Personalized Care. I initially decided to seek out a new physician because I was extremely frustrated with the amount of time my previous doctor spent with me during the appointment. If I spoke to him for more than five minutes I considered myself lucky. Add to that the frustration of multiple lengthy delays in the waiting room when I had arrived 15 minutes ahead of time as requested. The final straw was when my doctor read a lab results wrong. Fortunately, I had reviewed them myself before the visit, and was able to correct his mistake. It's scary to think of the mistakes that likely routinely happen and go unnoticed by less informed patients. Dr. De Moraes has been spectacular. He spends the time with me to talk about my holistic well-being, rather than the symptoms that brought me to the clinic that day. He is personable, thoughtful, thorough and when I leave his office, or speak to him on the phone, I don't worry that something might have been missed. On one occasion the pharmacy I go to made a mistake on a prescription late on a Friday evening. I was sure I'd have to wait until Monday, but he was available to correct the pharmacy's mistake while I waited and there was no issue. I think what I like most is that he remembers my name as patient, which is what prompted this review. I saw him in the grocery store weeks after I'd seen him and he remembered my name, and asked how I was doing. How crazy is that? My previous doctor wouldn't have known me if I was the only person in the room. Would your doctor know you? I'm extremely happy with my decision to choose Dr. De Moraes as my physician. As I mentioned, I'm a healthcare professional myself and can be very critical of the broken system we all have to endure. Dr. Moraes made has made my healthcare easy to manage and immensely less stressful. I would recommend him to all my friends and family and trust him with my well-being. Thank you Dr. De Moraes!

My mother was under the care of Dr. Alex De Moraes at The Meadows Of Napa Valley Skilled Nursing…read moreFacility while convalescing from surgery for a small bowel obstruction. While the most alarming incident -- involving verbal abuse -- occurred just before her discharge, there were other episodes of negligence during her stay there that can be attributed to Dr. De Moraes. During her stay at the facility, my mother was having very severe breathing problems related to chronic heart failure and post surgery complications. Dr. De Moraes was very resistant to input from both family and cardiologist regarding my mother's heart failure-related breathing issues that are relieved by diuresis. He was extremely upset that I was advocating for urgent attention to this matter and he complained vigorously when I consulted with my mother's cardiologist from UCSF and asked her to call him. The first time Dr. De Moraes spoke to my mother's cardiologist, he denied any signs of fluid overload in my mother and rejected the possibility that this could be causing her breathing issues. Based on my experience as her main caregiver and, seeing that her breathing continued to worsen, I contacted my mother's cardiologist once more and asked her to please call Dr. De Moraes again to try to get him to begin diuresis urgently. After speaking to the cardiologist the second time, Dr. De Moraes finally proceeded to prescribe a version of the recommended treatment. However, Dr. De Moraes refused to administer the medication in the correct dosage and manner and, had my mother complied with De Moraes' dosing, it would have been in great excess of what has been determined as the maximum dosage she can tolerate without experiencing acute kidney injury. My mother, knowing this, was able to refuse the quantities that Dr de Moraes had prescribed and instead she took the medication according to her cardiologist ongoing recommendation. Soon the diuresis began and within 24 hours, her breathing began to improve dramatically. After a few days at The Meadows Skilled Nursing, my concern was increasing about the care of my mother was receiving under Dr. De Moraes and so I began to make plans for her discharge early the following week. Beginning on Saturday afternoon, my mother began having painful spasms and cramping in her rectum and anus. After multiple telephone calls to the facility alerting them of the situation and suggesting that they evaluate her for a fecal impaction, the head of nursing examined her late Sunday afternoon and consulted with Dr. De Moraes. I assume they concluded she had hemorrhoids because De Moraes prescribed Hydrocortisone cream which was administered 16 hours later. All day Sunday, all day Monday and all morning Tuesday, my mother was experiencing waves of spasms and cramping every 15 to 20 minutes and would cry out in pain with each of these episodes. I continued to make contact Head Of Nursing by phone and was told that the doctor had decided the plan of treatment and that I should not continue to interfere. Finally, on Tuesday morning when she was about to be transferred back home, I insisted that they not release her without the doctor examining her. O was told he Had already seen her but actually that was before the fecal impaction symptoms emerged. So I insisted they allow me to speak to the doctor directly by phone. He became very upset with me, calling me the worst family member he had ever had to deal with and saying that I was creating a "barrier of care." I told him that I was acting out of love for my mother and that I was very concerned that she was suffering from a severe fecal impactation and did not think it was a good idea for them to release her from their care without addressing the acute condition and determining whether or not she was in any danger. At that time he made several threats about refusing to discharge her and cutting off our ability to communicate by FaceTime during the rest of her stay (this is all taking place during the Covid-19 crisis and visitors are not allowed into the facility). He finally agreed to examine her and within five minutes was in her room. Upon examination, my mother was found to be fecally impacted and the impaction was cleared. She was then discharged and transported home. The pain did not come back and has not come back since. Her 48 hour ordeal was now over. However during the process Dr. De Moraes proceeded to verbally abuse my mother calling her the worst patient he had ever had, a disgusting person and other such things, and saying that she "didn't deserve to be alive." My mother has been very upset in the time since she experienced this abuse. Her memory of the constant waves of excruciating pain, the negligence and the doctor's verbal abuse run through her head throughout the day causing her a great deal of PTSD-like distress. She has had several nightmares involving the doctor as well.

Great patient rapport and listening skills, with easy to understand explanations & diagrams.read more

Went to see him for strained shoulders. He showed me some exercises and was to send them to me but…read moreI never got them. I asked for pain medicine he said 800 mg Motrin 3times a day. I ate two servings oatmeal then took first 800 mg and got ill feeling. I asked him for something else so he then sent me a letter dropping me from his practice it is ok because he wasn't very helpful was he

after 3 months of pain and suffering, after seeing 6 Doctor, regarding the excruciating pain in my…read moreright leg, Dr Bodor came to the rescue, took me in the same day I contacted him and his staff, gave me a shot that immediately made me feel so much better. I recommend to everyone that has issues with back pain or needs an immediate treatment to relieve or cure the symptoms. Go see this awesome doctor and his helpful staf, you will be very happy and thankful, just like me.

AMAZING DOCTOR Staff…read moreare nice and caring His nurse is understanding The doctor has his own research center He is top in his field Check him out.... Non steroid shots

Dr Suard is an incredible physician. He is not only extremely knowledgeable, understanding, and…read morecompassionate but he also is caring, professional and personable. I have been going to Dr Suard for 30 plus years. He has helped me get through many life altering issues and I cannot say enough good things about him.

Dr Suard is one of the most caring, supportive and knowledgeable Doctors, that I have been…read morefortunate to have in my Life. He goes " above and beyond" for his patients. I am truly blessed to have him as my doctor. Thank God , I am his patient.

Dr. Vaziri is Amazing. He is very thorough explaining why I was having all of the issues i was…read morehaving. He saved my life. The office personal is very professional and kind. They have a very clean office and are always willing to help us as patients. I received great care and highly recommend him.

Dr Vaziri is very friendly and really listens to the issues I am having. My appointments almost…read morealways start right when I walk in, theres never a long wait.

Incredible doctor! I'm highly impressed with how he approached and is handling my knee issue. Look…read moreforward to continuing care with him.

Dr Freeto treated me like another surgery # in a factory instead of showing any empathy. I don't…read morebelieve he would even recognize me outside of the office. He didn't like that I asked for a second opinion. He didn't like that I had to reschedule my surgery due to a family emergency on the East Coast. He called one of the other Doctors in his own practice an A-hole. I reached out to try to make an appointment to talk to him about the situation & he ignored me & had his assistants tell me I was no longer welcome in his practice. His EGO is bigger than his skill. This is how he treats a patient prior to surgery? I'm really disappointed in his lack of compassion & not even taking the time to talk to me. I am always happy to share more information for anyone that wants to contact me.

Dr Huffman's staff member was very very rude to both me and my primary care doctor's staff. I can't…read morecomment on Dr Huffman since I didn't meet him. His staff member ( I was told there are 2) was so condescending, unprofessional, and nasty to both of us that I decided (with my primary care doctor's blessing), to go to Golden State Ortho in Walnut Creek, which offers a very professional and friendly environment, staff, and physicians. I have been a clinical nurse specialist for a long time and have only been treated like this once before within the same practice/ Napa Valley Ortho/ back in 2019. I was going to give Huffman a try since he is a different type of specialist than the one I saw in 2019. However, even though Walnut Creek is more inconvenient than Napa, I'm very happy with Golden State Ortho. Until doctors start being responsible for their office staff's approach to patients, the patients will be unhappy with the doctor before they even meet her/him, the disrespectful and unprofessional tone being set by the staff. hope Dr Huffman sees this review.

The office is very welcoming. Dawn and Sara are responsive and helpful. Dr. Huffman Is exceptional,…read moreboth in terms of clinical skill and bedside manner. One of the best physicians offices that I have ever been to.

Though I've yet to be seen elsewhere, I love coming here. The assistants are sweet and…read moreprofessional. The midwives are so easy to talk to. Laura was my midwife (sadly I'm leaving) and when I first met her I knew she'd be awesome. I also saw Lily the midwife and felt a similar connection. The only person I didnt feel comfortable with was Dr. Soloman :( I'm sorry. But it's 100% ok because everyone has a different bedside manner. Anyhow, They are moving downstairs to 250 instead of the third floor. They offer 3D/4D ultrasound now. And they are very informative and want you to attend the classes offered by QVMC. I look forward to my visits and am sad to say goodbye :(

I highly recommend this practice. Dr. Rebecca Levy quite literally saved my life through her…read morewillingness to listen, take time, and tweak medications. It is a lost art in the doctoring world, in my opinion. It's a lost art, now that I think about it, in MOST of the world. Dr. Levy has been the most professional, understanding doctor I have ever worked with. I am blessed to have found her, and recommend the practice without any reservations.