I concur with the reviews that have one star. I also want to add that she did not refill a prescription she said she would after running my name through some system to prove I was not a drug addict and not doctor office hopping. People have medical issues that sometimes need medication. My insurance changed and I was now under THIPA and my insurance automatically chose her. Also, she is teaching student doctors, so they come in first and ask so many question, take notes, then say they will chat with the Dr before she comes in. WELL...all the notes that the student doctor took disappeared and are nowhere in my medical file and were never addressed by the doctor. You will also notice that when she is taking notes, she is just scribbling circles on the back of a paper. WTH? Long waits.... too long actually. I changed doctors quickly.... I am happy with my new choice. read more

THE WORST doctors office I've ever been to. You're basically working for them since they never follow up with you. In order to get things done, you literally have to call and check in with them every single day as if you're their supervisor. I won't get into detail but man, everyone is so unorganized here and won't get anything done unless you get mad at them. I don't know why is this office still opened. read more

I don't know, but this is far the worst medical clinic I've been to... it's super disorganized. From the staff to the doctors to the facility. It's a mess. It's dirty. read more

Dr Marina Raikhel is amazing doc she really cares about her patients and does thorough chart review. The medical students are exceptional, always on time, and really professional make me feel cared for. The staff is friendly and outgoing. Mindi was very nice, she really helped my ears through a difficult time. Highly recommended for PCP read more

Doctors Late to the first appointment horrible front desk wouldn't recommend. No courtesy to even tell me that the doctor is with another patient beforehand. read more

Worst place to come to even before COVID so disorganized have the nurses practice on you, girl poked me 3 times said she couldn't find my vein which clearly not hard to miss as well as her asking me if it was in the right place ? Like hi um your the experienced one here , they supposedly treated me for something I had but when I spoke to another attending doctor they said something completely different now scared before I was taking random medication they prescribed read more

Marina Raikhel, M.D - Family Practice Near Me - Lomita, California

I was very well taken care of at Dr.Marina Raikhel office. "Everyone was very kind, and it is nice to be treated well since you are the patient in need of help. The clinic has a very caring, smiling and laughing atmosphere for patients. I will continue to come here when my family doctor isn't available. I was very well taken care of." read more

I've been a patient for about 5 years and sadly today wasn't such a great experience for me. No longer going back. I work for healthcare as well, and to my knowledge I know patients aren't suppose to be treated how Vanessa treated not only myself, but a patient with prescription questions. Also, a labcorp employee walked in to pick up specimens and she said, "they're not ready yet, have a seat and watch Netflix or something". PCPs offices can be a bit hectic but the staff shouldn't take it out on patients. Vanessa, you picked this job, if it's not your cup of tea, you should consider looking for something that suits you better. If you're looking for an office that runs on time and is sympathetic, this isn't it, sorry. read more

I have been going to Dr. Raikhel for many years, she is very knowledgeable and compassionate. At times I have had to wait, but I know she taking care of her patients and will give me that extra time and care when she sees that I need it. read more

Dr. Raikhel is very rarely in her own clinic, she is operating it with a "remote control from Florida, every time I call, they say she is away in Florida. How many times have I waited 2-2:30 hours to be seen (had appointment) and when I said I cannot wait any longer, the staff puts you in the "room" only to make you wait another 45 minutes. R I D I C U L O U S and very upsetting. And when SHE finally comes to the room, she sees you for less than 3 minutes and walks away as you talk to her. I then have to run to the hallway to find her, but by then, she entered another "room". The other day I specifically made an appointment with her to express my dissatisfaction, and gave her a list of things that were wrong with me because I have not been able to resolve them with her due to her unavailability: she finally listened but only because I told her I want to change a Dr. due to the fact that SHE IS NEVER THERE. Her answer was: "Oh no, you should stay here, you have too many issues, no Dr. will want to handle you". How tacky For the past year I was not able to make 1 appointment with her and always ended up seeing her nurses practitioner who were more in tune with the patient and giving more than 5 minutes of their time. But they left and there is constant change of staff personnel. Oh, and another thing: when you come to the clinic to get your blood results, you cannot discuss other issues...."you have to make a SEPARATE APPOINTMENT" So if it happened that I have something to discuss while I am getting the blood results, I have to make another appointment to discuss my "other issue". For long time I was reluctant to change Dr. because in reality I like Dr. Raikhel on a personal level....and yes, I am also wondering what's this thing about insisting that I go to THAT Pharmacy on Lomita?....It's the Russian connection I guess. read more

By far the worst doctor. I had her for several years and am shocked she's still in practice! When she was my primary care doctor, I was a size 14. She was literally obsessed with my weight. I'm not one of those crazy "health at every size" people by any means, but I was aware of my size and was trying to lose weight. Over the years, she blamed pleurisy and chronic sinus infections on my weight. I've had tubes in my ears three times and had to have a hole in my eardrum patched due to chronic ear infections. Whenever I saw her, she would say my ears looked bad, but then focus on my weight. Instead of antibiotics or ear drops, I would leave with sample diet menus and worksheets of calisthenic routines. It wasn't until I got strep throat that presented itself in a weird way that I went to the ER and the physician on call checked my ears. He gave me a stat referral to an ENT, where I found out that my ear infection had gone beyond my middle ear. My ear canals were so swollen that the ENT didn't know how Dr. Raikhel had even seen into them. Aside from her "health" obsession, she is VERY research based, as others had mentioned. When I had what turned out to be pleurisy (a lung infection) she insisted that I was fat and had asthma and put me into an inhaler study. Again, it took a late-night visit to the ER to get an actual diagnosis. Her office experience is truly lacking. I would routinely wait HOURS for my appointment while drug reps were ushered in to see her, one after the other. The only upside to this was she would often give patients samples of drugs rather than write costly prescriptions. When I was her patient, she had a PA named Natasha. This woman was BEYOND cold and extremely rude. I had been seeing Dr. Raikhel for my ear, as well as chronic back pain that couldn't be explained. During an especially long wait in an exam room, I checked out my file. Every appointment stated my concerns/reason for visit and said the outcome and cause was obesity. No mention of inflamed ears, etc. Just that I was fat. AVOID. read more

The manager Jennifer was the best person In the office and the Kristin is awesome to they made my visit so amazing violet was amazing too taking my blood with out hurting me they rock read more

Dr. Raikhel is a great doctor. I have been coming to her for years now. Very happy with her as my PCP. Recently, Dr. Raikhel also included a Student Doctor called Rafi in her office. And he is AMAZING. He has really good medical knowledge, takes really good care of his patients, explains disease really well and is overall a very nice and polite guy. I would definitely have him as my care provider along with Dr. Raikhel. They are the best combination. read more

No wonder why this clinic has one star, is in very bad conditions, front desk people are rude, Plan parenthood has better installations and services, in this clinic they are so unprofessional, this "doctor" has been rescheduling my appointment for the last three weeks, with any reasonable reason. Anyways, I've asked my insurance to assign me another "doctor". Don't waist your time coming here, your health is first. You guys don't even deserve one star. read more

WARNING DO NOT GO HERE. This place is waste of time and money. I waited two hours to see a PA not even a doctor. I'm really disappointed in this place and I will continue with lomita and other organizations to get this place shut down so no one else has to go through what I or anyone else has gone through. read more

My name is Oksana Sams and I had my Abdominal Hysterectomy in May 05, 2005 when I was 38 years old. It changed my life forever after that I had to go though my process of divorced. I was diagnosed with endometrioses and my left ovary was enlarge to 7cm, a Physician Assistant Natasha, from Moscow, in family physician office of Marina Raikhel, MD in city of Lomita, CA 90717 send me to take a blood test CA-125 it came more then normal 35 units per milimitr Natasha told me the result so bad it could be a cancer and referred me to Louse H. Connolly, MD, Practice Limited Gynecology, who suggested me to do a hysterectomy. They both convinced me there was nothing could help me not to have the pain during my periods I had an awful pain each time during my period. I asked the Gynecologist to get a second opinion about my surgery she send me to Fikret Atamdede, MD, associate Professor Harbor/ UCLA Medical Center which confirmed the hysterectomy. The day before surgery May 04, 2005 when I visit Doctor Louse Connolly in her offce, she called to the Professor Atamdede in my presents and started to argue with him about my health insurance payment for my surgery and told him that she would be primary recipient of the insurance money than she asked me not to cancel the surgery. After she finished talking on the phone with him she apologized to me for this conversation I was shocked and understood that she did not consider me being present and understanding them. All that time those Doctors thought I do not understand very good English that why they used my confusion and just cheat me with the surgery. They used me to get my insurance money not for my health benefits at all just split money. They did not want to treat me with alternative medications when I asked Doctor Connolly she told me it was so expensive medication. After my hysterectomy I had to stay in Torrance Memorial Hospital for 3 days only and in a bed for more then two weeks because my low belly was cut and was stitched. Each times I tried to stand up it hurted me badly. The doctor Connolly visited me at Torrance Memorial Hospital one time only within three days my staying there when she took the staples of my belly. In the same room where I was there is an African-American lady who had her surgery as well but her doctor visited her every day and make her feel better to prescribe her different electric massages her feet and her back. I supposed to visit Doctor Connoly in two weeks after surgery for check up. I made appointment to visit her when I came to her office doctor Connolly was not there and the receptionist at the front desk told me that I did not had the appointment which she personally wrote on the doctors business card and when I showed her the card and asked her to speak to office manager Carmen who called the doctor to come to the office they made fun of me because I spoke English with accent. My ex-spouse filed divorced in the court and I was so upset of him and my neighbours around me who through an empty bottle Russian vodka in my back yard because they did not like me. I called police several times because they played loud music at night and drinking and taking drugs on the street. Also I was afraid that they could just harm my little daughter and my old mother so I decided to move to the Ukraine back. In September 2005 I moved to Ukraine. While living in Ukraine I visited my Gynecologist and specialists as well. They were shocked when they found about my surgery. They told me that in Ukraine doctors do not recommend to do surgery but a treatment of the endometrioses in my situation and Los Angeles Gynecologists made me disabled woman. I feel like that now. After I came to my city in Ukraine,I went as soon as possible to see an Ukrainian Gynecologist she started to treat my cervical erosion after my surgery ( before it become cervical cancer) for 6 months that was the result from the Hysterectomy which neither Doctor Connolly or Professor Atamdede form Los Angeles did not mentioned about it. Thanks to my Ukrainian Gynocologist I felt her support and her attitude in opposite of the Gynocologist in USA who did not want to see me after surgery at all. But now I think it would be better not to agreed to that surgery that destroyed my life and I feel my soul was taken out of me. So I do not know if I can live with that in my mind. It psychological trauma for rest of my life as well as a physical damage for my body. Besides my hysterectomy they removed my left ovary. The removal the ovaries in women is the biological equivalent of castration in males and is a form of sterilization. Removal of the uterus renders the patient unable to bear children and has surgical risks as well as long-term effects, so the surgery is normally recommended when other treatment options are not available or have failed. The both doctors did not recommend me other treatment. read more

I honestly don't know how this office has been up and running for so long. My advice is please do not go here.PLEASE. Very, very unprofessional and absolutely unsanitary!!! I had the opportunity to work here but it did NOT last even. Everything I've learned from school they did the exact opposite. Do yourself a favor and do more research before you settle on going here as a patient. read more

If I could make a negative star I would. The main reason is Betty her office mgr. I use to be a patient here but left when my PA left cause I couldn't stand the waits up to 2 hrs. WITH spots. I try to find positive in everything but nothing with this office. Betty is a first class BI#CH!! unfortunately ALL the staff know it too. Dr raikhel was a decent dr when I saw her which was once in 4 yrs. My whole family has changed dr which is too bad since this place is so close. SAVE YOURSELF THE PROBLEMS AND JUST FIND ANOTHER DR. IN THE FIRST PLACE! read more

At her previous location, there are other criticisms about Dr. Marina Raikhel making her patients wait too long. She has made me wait well over an hour way too many times. As of today, I am no longer her patient. Also, she and her staff are very callous. Especially Dr. Raikhel! Her office is filthy and cluttered. The main hallway looks like a rummage sale. read more

SInce moving to Lomita I've been going to Dr. Raikhel's office. For five years I've experienced little compassion, long waits (even if I had an appointment), no follow up calls or care to see a patients' issue all the way through, no resolution with any of my own issues, awful doctors/specialists that I've been referred to, only two actual visits with the doctor (every other time is with a nurse) and I could go on. You're treated like a number, like a person wearing a huge dollar sign on your head. I was called today and told that I had to have my appointment rescheduled because the doctor "just told the office" that she is leaving early on the day I had my appointment scheduled for. I scheduled the appointment less than two weeks ago, I can't believe a doctor doesn't have the decency to let patients know when she won't be available when appointments are made but instead just inconveniently calls up her patients and tells them they MUST reschedule. Their office is cluttered and distasteful, their staff treats you as if you're bothering them if you ask them questions, and their office manager does a piss poor job of resolving issues and speaking with patients. I will not go back to this office as of today. read more

GREAT PCP OFFICE: I was referred to this practice by my insurance and my 1st visit was 2 days before Christmas on a Saturday. They were actually open for walk-ins because "they wanted to be available for patients before the holiday"-How patient centered is that?! Dr. Raikhel immediately got my all asthma prescriptions refilled and some antibiotics to treat my chest infection and I was able to board a plane the next day and not miss Christmas. On my next two visits I have seen the Physician Assistant, Robyn and she is hands down amazing!!! She takes the time to address all your concerns and provides realist, easy treatment plans. She has assured me both visits "if ur insurance gives you an issue call me and we will figure out something else." Front desk ladies have been kind both over the phone and in person and processed my insurance correctly therefore no billing issues!!! Medical Assistants were so sweet and the one who deserves a shout out- I believe her name started with a "Z". Lastly, good appointment availability and better than typical wait times. Usually in and out with in an hour! Thankful to everyone at this office! read more

This place is gross. Lobby area is ugly and unfinished, half painted walls. The front office staff is loud mouthed, constantly shouting back and forth to one another across the office (they even have their radios on ) GHETTO and definitely do not conduct themselves in a professional manner. Totally turned off by this place. read more

The doctors there are very good. Especially Dr Ahn and Kristen. I have going to this office for about a decade. However the girls in the front change often and the good ones have moved on, so now we are stuck with incompetent, rude, and to be honest not very intelligent nurses assistants to make your appointments and check you in. Today I was not feeling well and attempted to go to my primary care physician as a walk in. Mind you walk ins are until 3pm. I arrived at 2:45 and signed in. Vanessa asked me if I was a walk in and I said yes. She said I'm sorry the doctors are not accepting any more walk ins. I politely asked if there was any way they could squeeze me in bc I am not well. She started to respond with what she told me before except this time with attitude. Obviously I don't feel well and don't need an abrasive desk girl speaking to me in such a way. This is a place where you go to seek remedy and counsel for your illness. This is what makes people change there primary care providers and I am considering it. I called to talk to the office manager and complain but I was put on hold for 20 min and no one picked up, funny right! I am now at urgent care trying to handle this. I hope this is helpful and if you are looking for a primary physician look around before you decide with this office. Again the doctors are great but some of the other staff quite frankly lack compassion and are as dumb as rocks. read more

Medical assistant doesnt know what shes doing at all. I waited for 2hours and end up leaving . She wants my insurance card. i ask her nicely to call my insurance to verify my name she said she needs my card because the phone no of the insurance is in the back of the card !!! Wow !! So i told her if she needs me to ask mr google for the number then i guess she realized that she can do that herself on her computer. No initiative she' s not helpful at all..the clinic is not even pack so she has all the time to help me . read more

I really don't like writing bad reviews but every time I go here I am disappointed. This place is very unorganized!! They once made me wait an hour just to tell me that they couldn't see me. Not only do they take forever to see you EVEN if you have an appointment but they even got MY CHARTS MIXED UP with someone else's! They told me I was fine (when I really wasn't) and then called me back to let me know they were reading the wrong chart...REALLY!?!?!? This is a rookie mistake that you DONT make when it comes to someone's HEALTH!!!!! I plan on switching doctors offices as soon as I can! read more

This is the worst Doctor's office. If I have an appointment at a certain time, they should not take more than an hour to see me. The doctor is extremely judgmental. I am so over this office. read more

A very disorganized office, Dr. Raikhel cancelled my first appointment with her the day before. They allowed my physical therapy to lapse even when they received a phone call that they needed to act. The Physician's Assistant during my annual checkup forgot to do the EKG on me so they asked me to come in again. The same PA forgot to sign a line on a form for xrays, so I had to go back in again. A couple of other oversights, but I think this gives you the idea. read more

A great Doctor and staff. Responsive, professional and at the same time, friendly! They practice good medicine at this office. A nice change to the Los Angeles hustle and bustle, the people here make you feel like you belong here and they remember your name and all that goes along with your case. Efficient billing and they will work with you regarding any questions you may have about procedures, diagnosis or billing. Been going here since '09 and will continue! read more

One star is a generous rating. I'd be done with her except my new healthcare doesn't take effect until Jan., 2015. She's very rude and abrupt and escapes at the first opportunity whether I had more questions re health or not. There was a P.A. (dark haired, heavyset female) who was also rude and condescending, talking down to me as if I were some senile old person when I have more medical knowledge than she has. Wait time is ridiculous. Patient rooms are cluttered and messy like some hoarder was living there. Very unprofessional; come January, I'm outa' there. Never again! read more

Unprofessional and rude, underpaid employees. The doctor is money minded, does not respect people and the staff is rude.

Enough is enough. That was my last visit . Patients come to the doctor's office to better their condition, not to get anxious and upset. First, one must have luck on his or her side to get an appointment with the doctor herself 3-4 weeks in advance. Next, a patient arrives at the appointed time and has to wait for at least 50-55 minutes to be ushered inside the sanctuary, weighed, and directed to wait in a cubicle. Then a patient waits for another 10-15 minutes to have his/her blood pressure measured and to answer questions whether he/she smokes or has allergies to any medications. Really? The answers to these questions are IN THE FILE because I have been coming to the same doctor's office for the last 7 years! After another 20-25 minutes elapse, finally Dr. Raikhel blesses the patient with her appearance only to escape 3 minutes later. You must be kidding me - waiting for an hour and a half to spend 3 minutes with the doctor. I am a professional as well, and my time is as valuable as that of Dr. Raikhel. Maybe doctor needs to consider scheduling fewer patients a day to avoid making them wait for a ridiculously long time. Besides, I don't know whether it's a negligence or incompetence to prescribe medications that should not be taken together. My latest visits have been a total waste of my time and money. read more