Yamada Alan MD

To me trust, education, and experience are the 3 things I look for in any medical practitioner. Dr. Yamada has all three. You can easily check out his solid education and experience by going to his website. However, I want to share with you why I trust this doctor and would recommend him to other people.
A couple of years ago I had a problem with urinating. I was taking longer than usual to start so my primary care doctor referred me to a urologist in Beverly Hills. That urologist seemed really professional and immediately had me do some expensive procedures – cystoscopy and urodynamic testing. He also scheduled me for a lot of followup office visits and put me on medication – tamsulosin. The drugs did the trick. However, I got tired of driving to the frequent follow up visits every few months. Thus, after about a year, I decided to see Dr. Yamada since he was closer to my home. At my first visit Dr. Yamada looked over my previous records and examined me. He recommended that I try physical therapy to try to treat my problem instead of just using drugs. I am so glad I took his advice because it worked! Right now, I no longer need to use tamsulosin.
To give a fair review, I will state both the pros and cons of seeing Dr. Yamada. The only negative I can think of based on my visits is that I had to wait about 20 minutes before I saw him. However, considering I had to wait on average 45 minutes to see my previous urologist in Beverly Hills, this is not that big of a deal to me.

My appointment is 11AM. I arrived around 10:15AM. Because I depend on Dial A Ride. I checked with the front desk if doctor could finish by 12 noon on this 1^st of my visit to doctor. I was told that NO PROMBLEM and that would be long done. By 11:20AM that I was still at waiting room. I went to front desk and was told that they were getting me a room now. By 11:40AM, I was still in the waiting room. I approached another front desk person. She told me that it is impossible that doctor could finish seeing me by noon. At this time the original front desk person came back and tried to take me into an examination room. It is almost 12 mins to Noon. I questioned her about could doctor finish seeing me at noon. She told me that she could take my history and I could come back. I than told her that you wanted me to pay again in order to see him? why am I here and paid it for Not seeing a doctor? I told her to just cancel my appointment. She than took me out to the examination area and opened the door to be out of there. I told her that wasn’t I getting my copayment back? She than very angry and showed me a very inpatient face and shake her head. I saw Dr. WAS EATING on my way out of the patient examination rooms area. When I was at waiting room, I saw several drug companies representatives in and out of the office. I guess that patients are not important and they can always come back later to this office. I just don’t understand that why drug company representatives are more important than the patients to the doctor. The food must be tasted much better than the patients.

1^st I need to disagree with Jason. Jason I would much rather have a good Dr who truly cares and talks to me like I’m a real person, not just a white coat that does not relate.
With that said Dr. Yamada has taken me thru a year that has had a lot of up’s and downs. He took the time to truly find out what was wrong with me and gave me all the options. He has been a partner in this medical journey and gave me hope when I had none. He has been patient and supportive with any issues I have come across since I have been in his care.
He is one of the rare doctors that is in this profession because he cares about people and their well being.
I would recommend Dr Yamada to anyone who needs to see a Urologist.

If you need to see a urologist… He is the one to see. He makes something serious … well a little more tolerable. If you want to be with a guy that is truly down to earth you should see Dr. Yamada. If you are like another reviewer (jason) and get flustered over jokes and conversations that you would have with a friend… then don’t go see him. I wonder why he «thought you were a serious guy??» with your review!!! hmmmm??? The truth is doctors don’t have all the answers, but the best ones give you a great opinion, usually are right, and try to make you feel at ease. I have to admit the reception area needs some work… some attitude adjustments. There are a few policies to work on to make the patient experience easier… and friendlier. –1 star for the poor reception area…

Dr Yamada used the words «hardon» and «cum» during my examination. Then, he accused me of being «kind of a serious guy». He went on to completely flub my diagnosis. Finally, he had his tech perform an ultrasound ON THE WRONG PART OF MY ANATOMY.
I’m leaving a crummy review here because all of those medical practitioner review sites are a joke, but honestly this doesn’t feel like enough. I’m considering writing a report to the AMA.

Dr. Yamada and his staff are wonderful! For years I was reluctant to go to the doctor, but from the first visit, they really set my mind at ease! They were very gentle and respectful, and tried to explain everything to me before I did it. The first time I was there, my appointment ran past closing, but nobody made me feel like an inconvenience.
Much to my excitement and gratitude, after only 3 visits, I have noticed a change for the better! He’s done what he could to help me save money, while treating me very well.
I was having a rough day last time I came in, but Blanca, the receptionist, asked me how I was (with a lovely smile) and that really helped. Also, Amanda, one of the nurses, has been very kind to me.
While I do not wish urological problems on anybody, I highly recommend Dr. Yamada and his lovely staff! He shares the office with Dr. Andrews, who I have heard is very good as well.