Dr. Tam and his office are the best ! He is not just in it for allergies like other immunologists…read morein our area, he is a fantastic immunologist. He keeps my son alive and healthy . He explains everything and his staff has always been kind and helpful. We are more than grateful for his thoughtful care.

I'm very appreciative that we have an expert allergist in Marin County. He and his staff are…read moremeticulous with their care. They are a very busy practice in a small space and do everything they can to make sure you receive safe care. Thank you to them all.

I have been remiss in not updating my review. I did Yelp about a negative experience I had one day…read morebut everyone has an off day and overall I have to admit I have had quality healthcare from Dr Tam. I think I've been a patient w him for at least 20 years. I've moved from the county and I still drive the bridge to continue to see him. I find him to be intelligent, attentive, ask questions and try to get to the root of whatever is causing the symptoms of my allergies, and managing my asthma.

We went here twice for my son's allergies. The second time we had him tested for food allergies…read more Dr. Strub was decidedly unhelpful. When we had questions about what the causes of his allergies may be, she simply responded with comments like, "Look at the sheet I gave you at the last visit." The kicker was when she suggested we limit his milk intake, which she mentioned we had talked about during his first visit. I said that the nurse said they tested for it during this visit and it was negative. I asked if it would help anything. She chuckled and said, "No, but do it if it makes you feel better." I'm appalled at this flippancy and lack of professionalism, and knowledge on Dr. Strub's part. It's as if she wasn't even trying to be helpful. We certainly won't be going back.

Dr. Fast should be your first phone call if you have an allergy or immunology issue. Allergies and…read moreinfections can be misdiagnosed or ignored, with dire consequences and suffering if not treated early and accurately. I had a mystery pain that doctors could not figure out. Dr. Fast is smart and kind. She listened to my story for 5 min and was able to rapid-fire triage and provide a rare infection as a possible root cause. She proposed a simple test -- taking ibuprofen -- to confirm or rule out the infection. Imagine that -- instead of making me go get an elaborate, inconvenient, and time-consuming blood draw at a blood lab to confirm or rule out the cause, Dr. Fast gave me a free, self-administered test: take ibuprofen during a pain episode, if I don't have pain, it's the infection, if I still have pain, it might be something else. She is a genius with a big brain and a giant heart. For the Yelpers who didn't have the same experience, well, maybe they just don't understand competence and compassion when they experience it? I had to meet a lot of doctors in my mystery pain journey. Honestly, Dr. Fast is the best. She's a great communicator and one of those Harvard University/Yale Medical School/Stanford Medical School experts that could be talking on TV. In spite of the fact Dr. Fast could brag about going to Hahvahd, she keeps her impressive credentials to herself, is down-to-earth, is a great communicator with excellent bedside manner for all age groups and walks-of-life, including kids, seniors, young and middle-aged adults. Please google Dr. Katharine Fast and be blown away that the Internet agrees with me that she's the best allergy and immunology specialist in San Francisco and the Bay Area. You should book an appointment with Dr. Fast if you want an accurate, brilliant, approachable, and nice allergy and immunology expert on your side.

I really appreciated my visit with Dr Fast. She listened to me, thought things through, and…read moreempathized with my desire to get back to what I consider to be normal, not just a "clinically normal". Plus she was funny - she kept things light hearted and amusing all along! I can tell that she cares about the human, which is relatively rare for specialists.

I can't begin to describe the difference in approach and care that the professionals here at…read moreLatitude take versus our previous allergy doctor. If you have a child with allergies and are looking for a place to help you navigate, manage, or mitigate those allergies, there is no better place than Latitude! We had previously been taking our then 1 year old to another doctor after we discovered that he had an allergic reaction to peanuts. Without any references to guide us, we chose a doctor that was simply close to us and in our insurance network. That doctor only did a skin test and from that alone determined that our son had nearly 12 allergies to some degree or another. We stayed with this doctor for nearly a year as we did food challenges in order to help our child hopefully become desensitized to most of those allergies. And every visit was challenging mostly because it's not easy keeping the attention of a 1-2 year old child in a small room for 1-2 hours at a time! Fast forward several months and we were getting frustrated with our previous doctor as there was never really a long term action plan given to us by them. We did eventually make some progress with some of the nuts but even after a year, it wasn't clear to us where we were going and what the final goal was for all of the allergies. Then a friend referred us to Latitude and I only wish we had started here first! To begin with, the facility is super kid friendly! The waiting area is spacious with chairs and tables for the little ones. The exam rooms themselves have padded play mats and the staff bring in tons of toys for our child to play with while he is here! The staff are also super friendly and are clearly very experienced working with unpredictable toddlers! But perhaps more importantly, we feel like we are finally getting the appropriate care AND are finally being given actionable steps to help our child with his allergies. To start, unlike our previous doctor, our allergy doctor here recommended that we do a blood test for our son's allergies. Blood tests are far more accurate than skin tests with far fewer false positives. This was something that was never suggested to us by our previous doctor! And as it turns out, our child is only allergic to 3 things! Not 12! Additionally, we finally feel like we have a plan in place to help our child which is a huge relief! I could probably go on about how much better our experience with Latitude has been, but the bottom line is this... if you have a child with allergies and want the best possible care for him/her, you really should look no further than Latitude!

After our daughter had some initial food reactions to a couple high allergen foods, as first time…read moreparents we were a little overly cautious and asked for a referral for allergy testing. Our doctor is through Providence and they referred us to latitude food allergy care which is somehow also through UCSF. Getting the initial appointment was not that hard. It was a video visit with the doctor who went through our history and given that our baby was less than 8 months at the time, it wasn't a very extensive history. The doctor was very dismissive about a lot of things even though we had done our research and were following a lot of the allergy guidelines which was difficult to hear as parents. She was pretty convinced it was a certain thing and that we would have to go a certain direction ( and ultimately she was wrong on both accounta),so we got scheduled for the allergy tests. We were told that we would have the skin test, and they told us it would be a scratch test but this is really misleading. They really do puncture the skin and it was a lot more intensive than what I remember allergy testing that I had not that long ago was. The lady who did the actual hands on skin test was lovely and very kind and we really enjoyed her, but other than that, the entire experience from start to finish was lackluster at best. Trying to get people on the phone is absolutely impossible unless you're trying to get your initial appointment. I understand that it is a chain and that they have locations all over the place so they have to streamline their call centers, but if you really need to get a hold of somebody they'd never call you back. I needed to change our follow-up appointment after the skin test because of naps schedules and I left multiple messages for them and nobody ever called me back. I ended up sending them a message through the portal and canceling it via text. The appointments are very expensive even though they're in network and I didn't feel like at the end of the day they told me anything I didn't already know. I ended up canceling my follow-up appointment with them because the experience was so terrible. The only positive is that they were able to get us in quickly so if she really did have some life-threatening allergy, we would have found out early but because she didn't, the whole situation ended up being sort of unnecessary. Other folks that I know had to go there as well and they had very similar experiences so it wasn't just us and our young baby. I wonder if it's always like this or if because they are the only place to go that they can get away with this kind of customer service/ patient care. Glad I don't have to go back!

Do you believe in magic? Well, it's not magic but science. We don't quite understand NAET…read moretechnique but it works! My 12 year old kid woke up one day and had terrible bumps and rashes. We went to see our pediatrician who recommended a western allergist. After 12 blood tests and 3 months of Zyrtec and Benadryl, my kid was still breaking out everyday. Finally we went to see Dr. Chau. He was able to isolate the causes, treat them and voila, gone! I highly recommend going to see Dr. Chau if you have chronic allergies.

Dr. Chau has been an incredible doctor who uses the NAET allergy elimination technique to help my…read more7year old clear his many allergies. I was referred to him by a coworker's wife and was very skeptical that this non-evasive and kinesiology based method could eliminate a severe dairy allergy. After about 10 treatments to clear other basic allergies, we got to the dairy treatment and 3 days later my little guy was eating pizza for the first time in his life. I am a believer! Cat allergies, also gone! Next up, nuts!

My first visit and I'm sitting in the waiting room. They email you paperwork that's filled with the…read morethreat of them canceling your appointment for any number of things. Having your printed paperwork filled out upon arrival. Not being late. Confirming your appointment or it will be cancelled. All this to say that the office is incredibly hard to find and parking at the building is sparse and most spots are painted for another building next door or individuals who work is special office. Feels like Marin for sure. This office appears affiliated with latitude food allergy testing. I was referred to them and had an online visit where they dismissed me and told me I needed a full service allergy clinic. Which is what it seems like you get if you're referred to both as I was. It will be interesting to see how this goes.

Dr. Kallepalli is very professional and knowledgeable. Great doctor. The front office very friendly…read moreand helpful. Highly recommend.

Somehow Dr. Reid was more curious about what specific Asian heritage I was than helping me get…read morebloodwork done, allergy tested and stable by Dr Gendo who took my symptoms and anaphylaxis visits to the ER seriously and was able to diagnose as Mast Cell Activation Syndrome promptly.

The only reason this is two stars instead of one is the front office staff. They were diligent,…read moreprofessional, and kind. Complete juxtaposition to Dr.Reid. I went in to see Dr. Reid because of some hives and my usual doctor was booked out far in advance. When I explained my situation to the front office staff they assured me Dr. Reid could assist in the matter. I had already seen my dermatologist, who has my trust and respect, and we agreed on the root cause of it. My dermatologist suggested seeing an allergist to see if there was anything further they could do. When I explained the root cause to Dr.Reid that once again, both my dermatologist and I agreed on based on the derm's other patients and my personal health history, Dr. Reid said "oh that's bullshit." Throughout our 45 minutes together he kept bringing it up as "bullshit" a total of 5 times. Not only are they unprofessional and disrespectful, but what's more worrisome is their completely dismissive attitude; for a doctor to not even consider possible root causes with data to back it up, is extreme cause for concern. They continued to speak poorly of my other medical doctors without even knowing them. Touting that "my primary and dermatologist should have been able to control my hives." But after doing what Dr. Reid prescribed for an entire week, I am still in no better shape. Lastly, he is a poor communicator: 1.) I didn't feel heard because I would explain in great detail "what happened" and he would immediately ask "okay so what happened?" and when I would ask him to clarify what further information he required, he would get irked at me. I've never had so much apprehension come from a doctor. 2.) He often interrupted me. He asked for my history of hives and when I would say "back in 2015 I tried this facewash and it gave me hives.." he would interrupt me to say "you can't call it hives because you don't know what it was." It was completely unnecessary and the third time he tried to interrupt me when explaining my history I finally said "OR whatever you want to call it." My medical team at the time diagnosed it as hives and it was treated as such, so constantly "correcting" me isn't fruitful. Needless to say, it was an utter complete waste of 2 hours and $40. I will never return.

No idea where these 5 star reviews come from. My experience with Dr. Lodewick constitutes the worst…read moremedical care I have ever had. I went to his office for help with food allergies and it was pure chaos from start to finish. If you are a woman advocating for your own health, you need to listen to me when I tell you to look elsewhere for your allergist. Ask your insurance to assign you to a different medical group if that's what it takes, because this doctor will not help you. I mean that. I came to the office due to sudden-onset food allergies that had resulted in 2 episodes of anaphylactic shock and nearly dying at age 34 from shellfish and hibiscus ingestion. I needed real guidance and to learn if I had any other dangerous allergies I didn't know about. From the start, the experience here was difficult. It was a 5 month wait for an appointment - they then 'lost' my booking, and I had to wait 2 additional weeks to see the doctor. Dr. Lodewick speaks about 1,000 words per minute and is always itching to ditch the room and go onto the next patient. I think our visit probably lasted around ten minutes and I felt highly pressured to "wrap up" so he could leave. This was so different from my past allergist, who I'd met with after my first allergic response. She had reserved a full hour for my appointment and actively encouraged me to ask questions and learn from her, and called me to follow-up. She took time to explain things to me and I left her office feeling confident and informed. Conversely, I left Dr. Lodewick's office feeling scared, overwhelmed and confused. The major red flag of our visit comes next. Dr. Lodewick claimed he had access to 2-year-old blood tests I had never sent over to his office or authorized for release. He did not show them to me. He also could not explain to me how he had them when I asked, and instead vaguely muttered, 'yes, yes, they're your tests from Kaiser, the nurse and I looked at them together.' I now theorize that he made a dangerous administrative error and thought someone else's tests were mine. He claimed these past tests showed no evidence of food allergies, but that's impossible. My old blood tests indicate crystal-clear food allergies. My former allergist (a board-certified Kaiser allergist in Oakland) had walked me through them carefully so I could see what she saw. There is no question on this point. That day, his nurse did a skin prick test and, upon seeing a mild but visible welt, remarked to me, "Oh, looks like you definitely have a shellfish allergy!" I agreed. Dr. Lodewick rushed in later, glanced at my arm and said, "No, there's no evidence there. The bump isn't raised enough to note." I tried to point out the welt, but he just shook his head and changed the subject. Dr. Lodewick was apparently convinced that the (imaginary?? hallucinated, it seems, by me, another allergist, and Dr. Lodewick's very own nurse) tests indicated I was allergic to exercise, not food. He told me that hiking solo or going anywhere at heightened elevation was no longer medically advised. I started to quietly tear up; I am profoundly active in the outdoors. However, the moment he noticed I was crying, Dr. Lodewick threw a box of tissues at me and ran out of the room. It was a very dehumanizing response. He returned 10 minutes later and concluded our visit by saying he had no idea what was wrong with me, but that I should take Zyrtec everyday and consider Xolair if a fresh batch of blood tests didn't reveal anything new. He did not give me a timeline for next steps or tell me any negative side effects of Zyrtec. (Unfortunately, I found out first-hand what those effects are: catastrophic weight gain. His office charged me $20 when I called to ask for an alternative medicine. "Just get Claritin!" the nurse snapped, and hung up. That's $6.66 per word, but who's counting?) In-between this appointment and our follow-up, I had 2 hospitalizations due to (drumroll) food allergies. I called Dr. Lodewick's office each time and left a message. His office never called me back. Dr. Lodewick devoted three (3) minutes to our followup visit 4 months later. I requested a referral to a food allergy-specialized therapist, and he straight-up refused, telling me instead to 'just find anyone who deals with anxiety.' After hearing my bullet list of recent allergy events, he said he couldn't help me, but recommended Xolair. He did not mention Xolair's black box warnings, $10,000 price tag, tell me how the hell it works, or ask me if I had questions. God forbid. Interestingly, he ALSO didn't explain why he hadn't signed me up for Xolair many months prior when it could have been protecting me from life-threatening anaphylactic shock all along. I guess that'll remain one of life's great mysteries! Oh wait, I know: it's because Dr. Lodewick is an objectively negligent doctor. Like I said: get a different allergist. PS to this day I have never had an allergic response to exercise

Wow! Hard to overstate how great a doctor Dr. Lodewick is. He's a great listener, kind and even…read morefunny. He never made me feel rushed. I came to him as a new patient with a complicated medical history. He'd clearly looked at my medical records very closely before meeting with me. He suspected that my longtime diagnosis might be wrong and prescribed two tests to find out. The tests proved his hunch correct. Another doctor missed this for nearly a decade. I'm deeply grateful to Dr. Lodewick for his thoroughness and insight. Also, his practice has the resources to perform the specialized tests I needed, which was made the experience seamless.

I am changing my review after a recent office visit - what a difference There was a short wait and…read moreDr Rubin was pleasant, informative, interested and thorough. I was impressed and hope this becomes the norm. My elderly mother has been a client of Dr. Rubin's for many years. I have accompanied my mom to visits and we have had to wait for more than an hour each time. I have found Dr. Rubin to be rude and short with both me and my mother. She flat out said that her concierge service is "less than what cable costs" and my mother should join to avoid waiting.

Signed on for thousands of dollars to be a concierge patient. Sent WRITTEN instructions to not…read morecharge my credit card for quarterly fees before they spoke with me. They charged me without speaking to me first and my husband was still with his concierge doctor. Tried to make a simple zoom appointment with the incompetent staff for weeks. Most times I called the line was busy and when I did get through I was put on hold. Then when I told a friend (whose husband is a doctor) she informed me they had the same issues with Dr. Rubin's staff and quit her practice.