This will be detailed because I want to be accurate & convincing. I switched from another…read morecardiologist's office that was initiating a "boutique" or "concierge" billing system of $1500 to $2500 per year to have better access (email & cell phone), and quicker responses. This did not cover office visits, labs, or anything medical, which would still be charged per item. I told Richard Taw of this & he said that he didn't have such a billing system. That turned out to be untrue. Soon I learned that he had an "optional" concierge system costing $650/year for better & frequent access. After a number of office visits & different scans, it was determined that I needed open-heart surgery. I chose to go with a Cedars-Sinai surgeon, Dr. Khoynezhad, who specialized in aorta repair. A couple months after the surgery, the Cedars-Sinai surgical team, figuratively speaking, handed me over to Taw for monitoring & continuing cardio check-ups. So far, so good. I was in Taw's office for some records or billing reason & mentioned that I needed to ask a couple of questions about how much longer I needed to take 2 meds & when I could start exercising. The staff said that could be answered easily via phone or email if I joined the $650/year club. Otherwise I had to schedule an office visit to ask those 2 questions. I had also been encouraged on previous visits to join this $650 club, but demurred. I made an appt & came back the very next day. 5 to 8 minutes with the doc & those 2 questions (the only questions) were answered. I got the bill later. The AMA has billing codes to define & guide billing. A 99214 Level 4 Comprehensive Visit (out of 5 levels of Office Visits) includes a 1) detailed medical history, 2) detailed medical exam, & 3) medical decision that entails moderate complexity. The severity of the problem must be moderate to high. The doctor/patient face time allows up to 25 minutes. This Level 4 exam was billed at $125; whereas lower level exams involved smaller charges going down to approx. $44 for a Level 2 10-minute exam. Medicare determines billing, & scamming them is fraud. I asked the counter staff why this 2 question 5-8 minutes was Level 4. They said it was the doctor's decision & I only noticed it now because it was January, my yearly deductible hadn't been met, & thus I was paying most of the $125. Otherwise if my deductible had already been met, I wouldn't have noticed the charge. Did my unmet deductible make this overcharge right or ethical? Since the so-called "exam" did not involve any of the 3 requirements, did not involve a medical decision of "moderate complexity", and didn't come close to 25 minutes, to me this was a scam to bill as much as he might get away, and most patients wouldn't know which way was up. While I contemplated this scam or overcharge (my opinion) for a couple of weeks, a dentist was going to do a root-canal & requested a medical clearance from my cardiologist. He refused to cooperate! I phoned him and explained that I was perplexed. Richard Taw said the dentist wanted me to stop taking the blood-thinner med (Plavix) before the root-canal, & Taw DIDN'T "UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION", whether it meant to stop taking the med forever or just before the root canal. WHAT? I understood this basic question. Taw then detoured to the concept that he couldn't comment on the surgeon's prescription that I take the blood thinner after my surgery. I said that was nonsense for two reasons. 1st, the surgeon handed over my continuing medical care to the cardiologist, Richard Taw after a couple of months. This was now 3.5 months later. 2nd, Taw had already commented on the meds & told me that I didn't have to take the blood thinner after 3 months passed, which was 2 weeks previous. In addition, 3 weeks previously, another dentist needed to do an implant, and it took 2 weeks of repeated contacts and cajoling to get Taw's office to give a medical clearance for that. It was tough getting it, but he did give a medical clearance already for the dental implant. Apparently, Taw didn't like to have to do extra coordination (or paperwork) with the dentist unless I joined his $650/year club. To enforce this, Taw was simply going to refuse to cooperate and refused to give necessary and required medical services. Notice, I did not append the preface "Doctor" before Taw once. That implies a level of respect and professionalism that I believe R. Taw doesn't have. For self-entitlement, Taw gets a 5. However, self-entitlement is a negative. For professionalism, Taw gets 0 stars, but Yelp only goes down to 1 star. I ended my last phone call (requesting the medical clearance for my dentist) by telling Taw he was "fired". I don't want self-entitled individuals thinking that their patients simply faded away or switched doctors. He was fired for a lack of ethics & sense of responsibility.

I came to Dr. Taw through other patient recommendation, primarily because he is focused on…read more"Preventive Cardiology." I found him thorough and straightforward. Since my workup I have stayed in touch with his office and found that he and his staff are following - - with apparently great success - - the Esselstyn Regimen: eating differently by eating a plant based diet. Dr. Taw, who is a long term runner and seemingly healthy person, has committed to the new heart-healthy discipline, along with other people in his office, and they all have dramatic results in terms of better cholesterol numbers and considerable weight loss. Other cardiologists MAY mention diet changes but Dr. Taw actually practices plant based eating HIMSELF and can counsel his patients, as he did me, on how and WHY to change the way we eat. He puts his money where his mouth is. Because of his influence I have lost weight and dropped my cholesterol to below 100, TOTAL! I feel much better and I found that the eating plan is very doable. His office staff have developed recipes and their whole approach is truly life changing. So, suffice it to say that Dr. Taw has probably saved my life. I guarantee that he has extended my life. Frankly, sometimes you just get lucky. On this recommendation I just got lucky. Marc Liotta Lafayette, California

He is a terrible dr. he took a ton of blood tests and never ever responded about them. Just a…read morecomplete ghost. I had to follow up with primary care Dr. who had referred to him. I told my dr. Don't ever refer him to anyone else. Also during my whole visit which took much longer than needed bc he kept texting his friends about trip to Cabo he was leaving on the next day. It was just so unprofessional it was the craziest experience ever. I've never had such a bad experience with a dr. Go find another dr. Dr. Piro or Dr. Fisher in Santa Monica are great!

Extremely rude, extremely unprofessional and he doesn't know what he's doing. He's very confused…read moreand I don't think he's a good doctor at all not professional whatsoever. I would not recommend this man.

This is beyond the worst experience I've ever had with a physician. I came into the office with…read moresevere pain in my back, and was told to come back in 5 hours. Already not okay. Went to an urgent care facility, which called Dr. Mirahmadi's office. The office said that I can't be there, and that I was told to come back and my pain couldn't have been so bad that I couldn't wait for an appointment. Went for my appointment. Told them about the pain, and told them that I thought it had something to do with my kidneys since I've experienced that kind of pain before. They did some tests, but did not tell me the results. But gave me some extra strong pain medication. The next day, the pain got worse, and I ended up with 101 degree fever. I was brought to an urgent care and an ER, both of which told me minutes after testing that I had a severe infection that was close to spreading. Every time I recounted the trials to doctors or nurses, they always said "You should get a new primary care doctor." Well, I am. And I want everyone else to know what a terrible clinic this is. Incredibly unhelpful staff, and the doctors clearly have no idea what their doing if they give a person with a severe infection pain medication. Also, I went in on Wednesday last week. It's now the following Tuesday, and they STILL have not called me with the test results. Don't trust this group. Don't go near them. Do not bring them your business. They are clearly not interested in helping patients.

The secretary who works for Dr. Mirahmadi, Azam khanum, is very cordial. This is an important part…read moreof the patient experience, in addition to the competitive knowledge of the physician. The office does everything that it can to make patients understand what is going on and how to efficiently treat a patient. This is my true testimony. Azam khanum, thanks for all that you do.

I have been going to my primary provider nurse praticioner Joanna Goll since at least 18 years…read moreminimum: she is so savvy and knowledgeable! She is also very caring and helpful I truly love her

Front staff sat unhelpful. When told I couldn't access online due to no WiFi, the two…read morereceptionists sat there and didn't say a word. Didn't offer WiFi or the contact number for my insurance carrier. Just... sat there. Didn't offer to look up my account, didn't offer to get my connected to my insurance carrier, didn't offer to have me fill out paperwork while they handled it either. I asked for the number and she gave it to me. I walked out to call my carrier, gave her the insurance number. I was brought back after a few minutes (my appointment time was skipped over because of the odd standoff up front). The nurse or PA was quite diligent with his forceful, commanding instructions. Albeit, he was very, very clear on where to turn down the hallway and what door to walk through and what chair to sit in. Would I have been more entertained by his mannerisms had I not had such a bizarre time up front? I don't know if I can honestly answer that. He refused to call me by my middle name, the name I go by. The name on my identity cards, the name on my account even. I decide to explain why I'm frustrated after my experience up front, and apologized for my intensity upon walking in, to which he argued with me about literally every single word that came out of my mouth. Every. Single. Word. Granted, I wasn't the kindest about my front counter experience. I gave him the information he asked for, offered to give him whatever data he couldn't pull up on the computer. Previous bloodwork, ultrasounds etc. then Blood pressure vitals taken etc. I apologize AGAIN and he proceeds to holler at me for the name argument. Telling me I'm arguing with him and he hollers as he storms out of the room. Look... I'm scared. I'm a at specialist because I need a specialist to help me. I don't need front desk to be rude. Complacent. Unhelpful at best. Then the nurse or P.A. To be condescending at unbelievably argumentative. I left without being seen by Dr Tavanaei (don't even know if that's the doctor seeing me because I can't read the name written out on my paperwork they gave me). Now I have to go back to the drawing board and find a nephrologist to see if I'm, you know, dying or something. But hey, so glad that dude feels powerful putting me in my place and the front desk ladies got their job handled. Also... they should inform their patients that their parking garage is cash only.

Dr. Cohen I REALLY hope you read this review. #1 you should fire Karen. She's the most…read moreunprofessional rude person you could have to represent your practice. After two children under your care for 5 years I needed to come back to see a professional pediatrician to check on my daughters bronchitis and get a second opinion, so I made the phone call for an appointment. After being denied to come back because it wasn't a well visit and that I had chosen to pull my daughters out last year Karen has the audacity to tell me that I should just go back to my old doctor and ask someone else to see her. Number ONE, how can a reputable pediatrics office DENY service to a sick child? Per Karen, they don't just see anybody off the streets. EXCUSE ME lady, but my family is not anybody off the street. Number TWO, the receptionist was to adamant about the $250 yearly fee to be paid in full at the visit. Okay lady, seems like that's all you guys care about? How about just getting me the appointment and we can take care of it when I get there? Number THREE, since when did yelling at a customer become appropriate? Number FOUR, I must have told more than 10 families to ask for Dr. Cohen at Cedar's. With this kind of team Dr. Cohen, I'm sure i'm not gonna be the only one NEVER COMING BACK!!!

My daughter and i were on vacation and dr cohen happen to be at the same resort!…read moreI was concerned about a spider bite she had gotten the night before and asked someone we had met by the pool if they knew of an urgent care close by. They then walked me over to their pediatrician who checked my daughter's foot with no hesitation! My daughter is fine and thanks to the kind nature of dr cohen i was able to relax with my family on our vacation rather then spending it in an urgent care! Took time out of his own vacation to check out my child...now that is a great pediatrician!!!

DR Soufer is a great person , knowledgeable, compassionate and smart doctor and his office staff is…read morevery professional, thorough and well chosen . I can't thank enough to Dr Soufer, his associate Dr Nikamal and Sharlene our nurse and the rest of the office staff for the great professionalism and compassionate care they've been providing us for the past four years. He is always there for us when we need him. He is very experienced, always prescribes the right meds, the right blood/imaging diagnostics testing to insure good healthy living for an 85 years old father and his aging fifty something son :) The office staff is very pleasant to work with, appointments, in office or tele visits are scheduled and held in a timely manner and communication is always running via phone and email using electronic records that are always at patient's disposal. Also he has a great network of specialist doctors that he works closely with , in case specialized care or needs are there, including hospital or nursing facility If you're looking for a good doc to take care of your health needs he is the one. Thanks Dr Soufer for everything you 're doing for us and all your patients. Keep up the great work !

Dr. Soufer is an excellent physician. As my primary care doctor, he has been guiding me through the…read moremanagement of a diabetes diagnosis. The office staff is extraordinary -- friendly, helpful, and understanding. They consistently accommodate my schedule and make every visit a positive experience.

Dr Kreitenburg is a professional and honest doctor. I happened to had my issues to be more…read moreneurological so he suggested me to go to a neurologist and he even refunded my office visit which indicated his integrity and professionalism. He also have a helpful assistant LeeAnn whose a brilliant coordinator and communicator. Highly recommended.

Very surprised by the good reviews here. I personally found Dr. Share to be overly confident and…read morenot at all thorough in his approach. I have an LDL above 200 (hypercholesterolemia) with a significant family history of cardiac-related events, and he was quick to send me on my way without any treatment plan or follow up tests. No scans, no statins, no further conversations. Was just told that I was unlikely to have an immediate risk due to being (barely) under 40, after pulling up a guidelines chart and seemingly reading it incorrectly. I've since seen a cardiologist through UCLA that was substantially more detailed, and the experience was night and day. Doctors are not infallible, and shouldn't be seen as the ultimate authority on truth. Always advocate for yourself, and seek a second opinion when necessary.

Dr. Share is compassionate, very smart and one of the best cardiologist in Los Angeles. He treats…read moremy brother who has heart disease and we both trust him implicitly. He also has the best bedside manner