I was referred to Dr. Rodrigues by my very well respected Orthopedic Surgeon due to a recent Broken Humerus injury and he wanted a Medical "Clearance" PRIOR to surgery. After I made the appointment, I wanted to learn more about Dr. Rodrigues and he has lots of 5-Star reviews and a few 1-Star reviews. Based upon my personal experiences after several appointments, I would definitely side with ALL of the 5-Star Experiences. Dr. Rodrigues took his time and patience to understand my health issues and history and had several concerns and took immediate steps to coordinate the further in-depth tests Dr. Rodrigues made me feel like I am his only patient; he's a very good listener and expressed his genuine concern for my overall health! Additionally, Dr. Rodriques surrounds himself with an amazing team of front office, technicians and nurses who ALL were professional with high levels of Great Character, Integrity and Honesty Above Reproach! The Bottom-Line: Trust Dr. Rodrigues 1% and he will very quickly earn the other 99% for you to have 100% of your Trust in his Medical Abilities to Diagnosis your Health Issues and make the Appropriate Decisions to guide you to improve your overall Health! Thank you Dr. Rodrigues and Team for your dedication, kind and loving support and treatment during this very difficult Itime I am experiencing with this devastating fracture! Mr. Alcaraz read more

So happy I was referred to Dr Rodrigues by my surgeon Dr Scudday. He was very understanding of my situation, a patience listener, knew I needed an EKG for surgery and he spent time with me looking over the test answering all my questions. I expected the high blood pressure meds and although ace-inhibitors make me cough he was happy to prescribe something else that will work as well. His staff is knowledgeable, helpful and friendly, so nice when you are a new patience who isn't use to being in a doctor's office... I highly recommend him and his practice! read more

The only reason I'm even giving him 1 star is because he returned my calls when I called to tell him the sleep medicine he prescribed for me was not working. I went to him because he was advertised as a Sleep Specialist. The benzodiazepines that I had been taking for many years started making me very dizzy and causing vertigo. So, he prescribed me a non-benzodiazepine. That was just as bad. He then told me there was nothing else he could do for me and I should just stick with my old medicine because I had been taking it for so long. That is very bad medical advice to tell a patient to keep taking medicine that is making them dizzy!!! Luckily, I did not listen to him and went off sleep meds altogether. It's been rough, since I often don't get much sleep, but there is no dizziness or dependency on harsh prescription drugs anymore. read more

I just read all the negative reviews on Dr Rodrigues and am shocked. I have been a patient of his for about 6 years and have never experienced anything but the upmost professionalism from everyone in his office. read more

I went for a physical and never received a call back so I assumed I was fine. Months later I logged into my Quest account and results didn't come back normal. Doctor never called to let me know. Avoid. read more

WORST doctor on earth. WRONG diagnosis. WRONG prescription. Incompetent, and unqualified. MALPRACTICE. For his negligent treatment, he should be stripped of licence and stop causing other patients to suffer. I visited the doctor for exacerbated bronchitis and asthmatic symptoms. I was on time. 45 mins to fill out pages of forms, asking about family history etc. Waited another 10 mins. The actual doctor's visit: 2 mins. TWO minutes. He took 15 seconds to listen to my lungs, diagnosed i am not asthmatic, then when I asked what else i could do to help with this chronic cough and sleepless nights, he threw his hands in the air . He replied, "I DON'T KNOW!". He is a pulmonary and sleep disorder SPECIALIST. Well, his diagnosis is WRONG. FOUR, not one but FOUR other doctors have diagnosed me as asthmatic. Prior to seeing him, I visited with two online doctors. Both prescribed asthmatic control drugs to help me with my asthma. They told me to see a pulmonary doctor to have my lungs listened to. Dr Mark. listened and told me my lungs are NOT wheezing - WRONG. He advised me to STOP all my asthma medication - which I followed - except to stay on 2 of the drugs i was currently taking. I was on Advair 250 and Qvar 80mcg. He sent me to get a Chest X ray and to see an allergist. Until the appointment with the allergist, I waited for my mail-in medication of his prescription which was supposed to take 3-5 days to arrive. The medication took 2 weeks. And they were the WRONG STRENGTH! I called my pharmacist and they checked and reported Dr Mark's office took FIVE days to send in the prescription. That slowed down the filling of the prescription. Now the drugs arrived, but they were the wrong strength. Instead of Advair 250, i received Advair 45. Instead of QVAR 80mcg, I received 40mcg. I called my pharmacist and told them they had filled and sent me the wrong drugs. They checked and said the doctor office had instructed this prescription. They asked me to check with Dr Mark. I called Dr Mark's office. His staff explained the doctor merely sent instructions to "refill" my drugs which were on my file. I was bewildered. I had never taken drugs that strength. I have been on Advair 250 for many years. I had never been on Advair 45. That low dosage sounds like for kids? The staff advised i call my pharmacist. I called back pharmacy for the second time. The pharmacist explained that Dr Mark had NOT requested for a "refill". This was a fax of a brand new prescription. It is apparent that the Doctor has sent a prescription that is INCORRECT. I called Dr Mark office for the second time. The staff could not explain why but kept insisting my pharmacy made a mistake. They then offered to call back later to check again with the doctor. After much waiting, they finally called back. The staff then said the doctor will write a prescription of the dosage i usually take. Oh great. What about this current one that the pharmacy has billed me $80 for? "You can just return for a refund", she advised. I was flabbergasted. You do not return drugs. It is illegal. And no pharmacy will take a return. I stated that this is very clear the doctor made a mistake. One of the drugs was on my file and he should have known when writing the prescription. The other drug, since this is my first visit with him, he should have check what strength i take. He could have called if he had forgotten to ask me in his hasty 2 min consultation to dismiss me. Instead, he made a wrong assumption and wrote a arbitrary prescription that does not help me. At this point, i asked the staff, Maria, if they would please reimburse me for these drugs that i cannot use and cannot return. She scoffed and said they never do that. Well, i never in my life had a WRONG prescription given by a doctor. It is wrong for them to expect me to pick up the tab for a mistake that the doctor made. She then put me on hold. She came back and said, "Doctor say go ahead and take the current prescription until you see the allergist and we'll see what the allergist say". I could not believe my ears!!!!!!!! This is obtuse and stupid idea - he is instructing me to take the wrong drugs?! She then threatened to hang up. Meanwhile, while waiting for my appointment with the allergist, my symptoms got from bad to worse ( i stopped all my medication because Dr Mark had advised me to stop since he said I was not asthmatic). I was coughing so bad that i had to go to Urgent Care. The Urgent Care doctor, Dr Ngyuen, at Pacific Urgent Care listened to my lungs and confirmed I was wheezing and I was asthmatic. He put me back on all the medication that Dr Mark made made me stop. Following that week, I saw the allergist. He too confirmed my lungs was wheezing and I was definitely asthmatic. I was told to continue the drugs I was taking (all the ones Dr Mark instructed me to stop). Dr Mark Rodriguez should be stripped of his licence. read more

After reading the reviews below, I wondered if there might be some kind of conspiracy against Dr Rodrigues. My husband and I have been seeing him for years and we have been highly impressed with his Dr-patient treatment, his knowledge, his office staff and his general care. He seems to be genuinely concerned about our well being and carefully explains what he is treating us for and what our next steps should be. We have sent several friends to him and they have also been treated well. If an area is out of his expertise, he has been quick to suggest a specialist. I consider him the pivotal dr on my team. I would highly recommend him as an internist for others looking for a primary care physician. We have moved many miles away from his office yet continue to drive the extra miles to his office. read more

I am a new patient at this office, I wasnt going to make an appt. after reading reviews, I am so glad that I went. Front office is very uplifting and back office is even better. Mind you 2 of the girls do both. It was a pleasure from the time I walked in until I left. Thank you' Lisa Madrid read more

I would give the doctor a zero if i could. Staff was nice. When in his office, i asked Dr. Rodrigues if he would renew a medication i was currently taken. He said 'yes, this one time'. I TRUSTED HIM AND HE PRESCRIBED TO ME A DIFFERENT MEDICATION. When i called office to tell him he gave me wrong med, he said oh those both do the same thing.WRONG!!! Now i am struggling to get the correct medication and he doesnt care. DONT TRUST HIM!!! read more

take it from me, someone with personal behind the scenes experience, he is actually a HORRIBLE doctor. he is so damn lazy, he has his staff do ALL the work because he doesn't even know how to make a prescription on his own EMR System. he doesn't actually care for his patients. especially when they don't speak english! a lady came in for abdominal pain, he said it's nothing, decrease her metamucil and see and OBGYN, she kept trying to have me translate more for her but everytime I told him what she was saying, he just asked "does she want the flu shot?" and before she could say anything else, he just opened the door and walked out. If you need a doctor i'm Orange, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE AVOID THIS GUY ! trust me, you cannot put your health needs in his hands, because he doesn't actually care. it's just about money for him read more

If I could give this place Zero Stars, I would. So disorganized. Never saw the doctor, just practitioners. I felt disrespected, and they are lazy to retrieve my medical records from my former doctor who is now retired, and they were given to this doctor. I got a new doctor and My new doctor had to pull teeth to get any info and still is trying to get my old records, and I signed my record release forms to boot. I will never go back to this doctors office. They probably lost my records. They just don't care, period. Staff not friendly, also. Do yourself a favor, don't waste your time with them. Shame on them. read more

I was referred to Dr Rodrigues for pre-surgical clearance on several occasions. I found both his staff and the doctor very professional. The doctor made sure I was healthy to go through the surgeries. Also, when I mentioned another issue I was having outside of the surgical ones, he was open to discussing it and helping resolve the issue. If I lived closer to him, I would have him be my regular doctor. Even the Surgeon I see goes to Dr. Rodrigues for his physicals. read more

I have to agree with Kathy's review. I had seen a couple of internal/pulmonary doctors from the Hoag Hospital group when I had contracted pneumonia over 5 years ago. I was looking for a good doctor close to home to do occasional follow-up checkups for my own peace of mind. Every time I've seen Dr. Rodrigues he's been very thorough and detailed in my checkups. His front office and nurse staff have also been very professional and polite, if not engaging. My wife is making an appointment with him based on my satisfaction and I have no hesitation in recommending him to others. read more

If I could leave 0 stars I would! He didn't do crap for my dad. I was the one suggesting certain treatments. You're the damn doctor you idiot. All he cares is about getting paid. The girls up front are extremely rude on the phone. Always felt like we were getting scolded by the doctor or receptionist. I highly recommend not going to see him. There are way better caring doctors and staff around!!! read more

Understaffed. Their time is more valuable than their patients. Prepare to sit in the waiting room forever. Bring a pillow. Great timing. While I was there, a very professional and polite gentleman came in to complain that the office wasn't responding to his calls. They told him they sent him a letter. He then asked for the letter. They refused, danced around the issue and said they would have to look for it. He was persistent yet polite. I get a feeling this may not be the most reputable doctor or staff. read more

Office staff is friendly and efficient and the nurse practitioners I have seen over the years have been excellent. Dr. Rodrigues bought my regular primary physician's practice when he retired, and I have come to this office over the years for physicals and other various concerns - nothing very complicated. When I received an unusual lab report, which I handed to him, he did not bother to even look up the diagnosis I was given. Over the course of three office visits, he had nothing to say to help me, he spent as little time as possible with me, and when I asked him for a referral, his response was to shrug his shoulders and tell me that I had a condition that NO ONE could understand. Really? Google has more to say about it than my own doctor! I was very upset by this and the best thing he could offer was a tissue. This doctor is completely uncaring and inept. I did get a call after this appointment from his nurse or someone from the office explaining that they did indeed care - but no word from the actual doctor apologizing for my mistreatment. I went to urgent care and received far better care than anything I could have ever gotten from Dr. Rodrigues! read more

Called there office today and the front desk that answer was awful! Before I could even get my name out she said wait and put me on hold, which I get but how about "can you a hold a minute please:. I don't mind being on hold but GEE! I know offices get busy but you are the hub of the office. Then when she came back she was short and to the point. I think she needs training or a day off. Please help the girl. Will not call back :) read more

I've been a patient for a several years now and am completely fed up. I only saw Dr. Rodrigues a couple times - I was primarily seen by the nurse practitioner. The primary thing that has me leaving the practice is that the office staff and Dr. Rodrigues all treated me with complete disrespect and with disregard for my healthcare. The office staff is rude, unprofessional, disrespectful, and have absolutely no idea how to appropriately communicate with and help a patient, and they do nit understand that helping patients is part of their job responsibilities. A recent prescription ordered by Dr. Rodrigues required a preauthorization for my insurance to cover it. Over the course of three weeks I followed up with them 7 times. Each time I was told that It is a lot of work to do and that it takes too long for them, but that they were working on it. Each time I was told that the person who was working on it didn't have time to talk to me because they were too busy with other patients, but they would call me back to provide status. The one and only time I received a call back, I was told that the paperwork had been completed and sent to the insurance company -- which was a lie -- because one week later, after 2 more calls, when I called to talk to Dr. Rodrigues himself, I was told by both he and the nurse practitioner that the paperwork had never been completed. His very first comment to me, before he even knew what I was calling about, was to tell me to be quick because he had other patients to see. And then he then told me the same story about it being a lot of work and taking too long. We ended the conversation when he told me that he decided I didn't need the medication. Apparently the paperwork was too much for them, so my healthcare was being compromised. They clearly do not value their patients - every single one of them told me I was not important when they told me they didn't have time to talk to me. I find this to be absolutely unacceptable, unprofessional, reprehensible. I will never go back. They should not be in the healthcare business. They don't understand their role -- which is to care for the patient. read more