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    Martin J Backman, MD

    2.7 (84 reviews)
    Open 7:30 am - 5:30 pm

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    Belle C.

    4 stars for Dr. Backman who was very professional, knowledgeable, and took the time to answer my questions. 5 stars for Danny in the front who is amazing! He is professional, patient, friendly, and genuinely nice. The other two female front office staff on the other hand, need a little more guidance on professionalism, hence the lowered rating. 0 stars for the office response to calls and/emails. Here's my experience making an appointment: - took me calling every 10-20mins for 5 hours before I was able to speak to someone to schedule an appointment. I wish I was exaggerating, see receipts attached - was told my referral "was not in the system" even though I confirmed it went through from BOTH the insurance and from my PCP office. Even when I gave her the correct referral #, she "didn't see it in the system". Was forced to call back and forth with this office for 7 hours trying to get them to acknowledge my referral in order to merely schedule the appointment. I kid you not. - was not allowed to schedule an appointment while they were looking for my referral even though they are booked out until April (I asked to be put on the next avail appt since they are already booked out so far but was denied until they could verify the referral... so this means they want me to wait 6 months after waiting 2 months to get verified and another 4 months to have an appointment to be seen?!?) - unfortunately only got the female staff member every time I called the office and she was very short tempered and curt - I was able to get my PCP to fax the referral to them (unlike this office, my PCP took care of it within 30mins). Lo and behold, my referral is valid. But when I offered to email them my copy of the referral, she refused even though they have a working email for patients to submit paperwork - the lady picking up the call sighed every 5 mins, gave me attitude, and refused to do anything until my "referral was verified" Ok, I was willing to give her the benefit of the doubt and pretend she was having a bad day and give them a pass, but my experience at the office on the day of the appointment was unfortunately worse. Day of the appointment: - walked in and immediately without even greeting me, was sharply barked at by one of the 2 female staff that day to sign in and sit down. no greeting, no formality or any other polite conversation, just attitude - when I was checking out, I asked about paperwork Dr. Backman agreed to fill out. Was told it will be $25, cash only. My husband was in the car, I asked if I could go get the cash and come right up. Was told ok. But when I approached the window 5 mins later after grabbing the $$, was told with attitude "Ma'am, sit down, we will call you in order". Ummm, you told me to come back to the window and already took my name off the list, so which directions do you want me to follow? - then, she turned around and rudely told her co-worker "these people can't follow directions to sit down" while I was STILL STANDING IN Front of her - I explained the situation to her coworker when called, and she took my money for the paperwork with no apologies for the experience - the entire check in and check out experience was handled unprofessionally, and as a RN myself who understands the trying times of being a healthcare professional post-COVID, there was just no excuses I could come up with to justify the staff's behavior. - told the doctor I needed a estimation of work clearance, to which his response was: I need your test results first. Then, On the day of the test, I show up to the office, and they hand me the work clearance letter before the test was even finished. TDLR: good doctor, but needs new staff and better coordination of care

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    Jessica G.

    I was referred to Dr. Backman first but because I had so many scary bad experiences with different drs and because he is a bit far I didn't see him and chose Dr. Bonyadi instead, because I was scared I couldn't drive that far with my legs being so weak. Today they weren't hurting as bad so I made it there ok. If I went yesterday I definitely wouldn't have been able to drive that far! Thankfully today the pain wasn't too bad. I found handicap parking the whole lot was full! Big building. When I got to the door the office was closed I was worried they forgot about me to be honest. But at 12:30 they unlocked the doors and i got inside. It's small yet cute inside, the front desk guy is really friendly, I spoke to a girl when I first tried to make my appointment and she was a bit rude so I got a little worried. The guy up front I wish I remembered his name but he is really helpful and kind. There were other families in there after I arrived, one lady and bf were so sweet I talked to them a bit the lady had a stroke too and one sided weakness like me. I told her I think I had the same but my last doctor didn't give me any answers so I had to find a new doctor. She had a similar story. I wished her luck and told her i would pray for her too. When Dr. Backman came into the room, he is was caring and has a soft voice and didn't rush me. I brought all the tests I had done at my other neurologist that was rude and from my hospital stay and er visits and my neurosurgeon. He is sending me for more MRI's and CT scans for my brain, neck and spine. You know when u forget everything you wanna say? I did, even when he asked me questions but I figured next appointment I will be more prepared since I will get more scans done and we can actually talk about them and he can finally tell me what is going on with me neurologically. I think i have had strokes or something with these episodes I have had. I guess it is hard to sometimes see that on brain scans or it could get missed if you have had a stroke in the past. I went through so much that caused these episodes to happen to me and my body to breakdown the way it has. But I have good feelings about this doctor like he can help me and give me answers finally!! It's scary enough knowing something is wrong with me neurologically and not being able to walk or drive on days that can be really hard on me. But to have an uncaring doctor like before is really disheartening and not give me any type of answers as to what is wrong with me neurologically and not inform my other doctors so they can help me too. So I am really hoping he can help me. I really appreciate you caring and seeing me Dr. Backman, I truly hope you can help me and on our next meeting you can give me some sort of answers. Thank you for being so kind on our first meeting I really appreciate caring doctors who actually want to help their patients it makes this health journey less agonizing!! I will write another review when I see him again. Have a beautiful day :) Aloha

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    The doctor is grumpy and staff is super rude. I would not recommend this office. The care was so so.

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    I absolutely agree with previous clients ,I can't make an appointment..I have called few weeks and office is closed

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    Front desk was incredibly rude and condescending, heard great things about Dr Backman however.

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    We never got to see the dr. No one picks up the phone. If you leave message no one will call you back. We are switching to another dr.

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    Worse doctor ever I missed 2 appointments and doctor close my chart seriously that's not professional at all

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