Nora Tee, MD

Dr. Tee always is the primary physician for my whole family. Yes, the wait could be a bit long. But she cares about her patients. She spent a long time explaining stuff. And she listens too. To me and my family, we will be seeing her until she retires.

I really wish this Doctor can go to hell. She is such an scam. She charges for medical samples which is not suppose to be for sale. And she recommended my grandpa who is a cancer patient to go buy some pyramid scheme super vitamin when she gets some shit commission. Really? You are a doctor that see 30 – 40 patients a day and you aim for commission on sales. Fuck you! Please avoid seeing her, she doesn’t care for her patients and all she care for is MONEY. How is she still in practice? I don’t know. The only reason why my grandpa has to stay with her is because she saw him when he had cancer and other diseases. If it were me I would switch but due to insurance we are a bit stuck. JUST AVOID THIS OFFICE AT ALL COST! Workers and Doctor is shit!

This my 3^rd years having Dr. Nora Tee as my family dr.
She is a friendly, nice, kind, and understanding doctor. She is always willing to listen and gives you an useful health’ advices, with all your complaints, health problems, and questions. Our family come here for general check-​up every year, and consultation.
Dr.Tee often gave my family discount, such as for Dr’ consultation’ fee, twice of time Dr. Tee did not charged us for consultation which usually other Dr. does.
Regarding a waiting time: Yes, it takes about 1.5 hours. I think the best way to avoid long waiting time is come bit early if you are a walk-​in pt OR make an appt.
They opened at 9am, so I usually come at 9am as a walking pt.
Hopefully, everyone has positive, nice experiences as I have.

I changed doctors, its that bad. the staff is seriously rude! and the wait takes forever. the only one I actually found helpful was Nora’s nurse practitioner I believe her name is Stephanie

It’s a Chinese office that caters to Chinese. They have their way of doing things that don’t always fit with western ways… cluttered, crowded, load, seemingly disorganized, sometimes abrupt… yet, IMO, Dr. Tee is worth it.
My wife is Chinese. I am a 62 year old anglo American man who makes and usually attends all of my Chinese (only) speaking wife’s doctor’s appointments.
You will seldom hear Chinese complaining about the wait or atmosphere in this office, as some reviews have posted. If you are not Chinese nor understand Chinese ways of interacting and doing things, do yourself a favor and find another doctor. If though, you don’t mind waiting for a highly competent, professional, empathic doctor who’ll make certain that you get every test for every potential health issue that Dr. Tee considers necessary, then she’s the doctor for you…
BTW, my wife and my averaged wait time was ~45min to 1hour. Not much different than any other doctor’s office I’ve visited over the years.

Rarely do I get so livid that I feel compelled enough to write a bad review about a doctor but I felt it is my civic duty to warn other citizens about this horrible office. I get it, doctors are busy. They studied for years to help people live better lives. But there is such a thing as bad doctors and good doctors. Here’s the short of my experience:
1^st visit– Went in for a routine physical and waited 1.5 hours after my appointment time to see the doctor. Meanwhile, multiple pharm reps went in before me and didn’t come back out for at least 20 minutes. I was annoyed it took so long but Dr. Tee was decent enough during our interaction so I figured it was just a fluke that day that it was so busy. I booked a followup appointment for the next week.
2^nd visit– Had an appointment for 10:30am thinking it would cut my wait time. Guess what time I saw the doctor? 1pm!!! That’s 2.5 hours of my precious time! And this was a week day! As I patiently waited in the waiting room, at least 3 pharm reps went in to see the doctor (did I mention Dr. Tee is the ONLY doctor in this office?). I kept asking the staff why it was taking so long and they kept assuring me that I was the next patient to get called in. Being that this was my last day to use my current insurance, I had no choice but to wait it out. Eventually I was called into the back office where I was put in a room to wait for the doctor… and wait I did. Dr. Tee was in a room with another patient for at least 30 minutes and after that, she went to talk to her staff for another 15 minutes. My time spent with Dr. Tee after that horrendous 2.5 hour wait? About 10 minutes– max. I left on the verge of tears for being so livid that I wasted so much time waiting. NEVER again I vowed.
Staff/​Office/​Cleanliness– My overall impression of this office is that it’s older and somewhat disorganized. I had my blood drawn and a vaccination done during my 2 visits and I felt that the procedure room could have been nicer and more clean looking. Also, the staff lady who did my shots and handled the needle did not talk to me at all during the process but more so motioned to what I was supposed to do (like, stick out my arm). I know this is an office catering to Chinese-​speaking patients but dude, a little bit of customer service please? After all, I am letting you stick needles into my arm. Also, the office staff seem to be good at playing the «blame game». When I asked several staff why it took 2.5 hours, they were like.“well, the doctor comes in late…” and «the patients like to talk to the doctor and ask questions». Sorry, but for a general doctor’s visit, it should never take this long. She’s not even a specialist!
Anyways, since I had a lot of time to observe the dynamics of the doctor’s office, I think that Dr. Tee is a nice lady who does seem to take the time to listen to her patients and talk to them, she has HORRIBLE time-​management and office management skills. If you have your own practice, be more mindful about your patient load, stop seeing so many pharm reps, and get to work on time!

Dr. Tee is the only nice and welcome lady in her office, she always has a smile on her face. She does things carefully and slowly with all her patients to make sure that they get what they need to know without any question before they leave her office.
I gave them 2 starts because anyone else in the office are totally different from Dr. Tee. They don’t smile (they look piss off at any time), they don’t speak more than 5 words (whatever you ask them, the ladies there will just answer your firmly by saying «NO»,“YES”,“You can go in now”,“Go ask your doctor”…
When they called me regarding about my blood test and urethra test, the lady just told me to finish my pills then I will be fine. However, when I asked her questions, she didn’t know what kind of virus cause me sick, she didn’t know what I should be careful with. At the end, she hung up on me without saying anything, not even a goodbye as a normal human being.
I only go there when I have time and energy to deal with those mean people in the office. Specially when you are sick, when you are worrying about your health, I can guarantee you that you will get piss of by them.

Dr. Tee is such an awesome doctor.
I go to her for just about everything and despite her long litany of patients, she’s always friendly and patient to listen. Her jovial manner also helps to put me at ease — be it a blood test or a simple checkup.
Her office doubles as an official vaccination clinic.
It’s one of the few official areas in SGV which administers Yellow Fever vaccinations (for going to the Congo), H1N1, Chicken Pox, and just a myriad of other shots.
What I love about her is that in addition to be very –patient, she’s also very personal — meaning she’ll actually take the time to look at how much was charged to your visit, shot, test etc and recommend deductions. Yes– I had one of my vaccination fees waived. She’s also proactive in looking out for you — in whole, making you aware of new technologies or news that you might be interested in.
I highly recommend going early in the morning (the office opens at 9A) and skip the Saturday visit (really long lines).