Cedars-Sinai Spine Center

Unfortunately the doctor I saw here, Resa Oshiro, MD no longer works at Cedars. She was absolutely fantastic, and took a great deal of time to explain to the implications of my relatively complicated back issues. When she left, I was then treated by Steven Hsu, MD who is also very good, albeit quite young. Fortunately Ted Goldstein, MD is amongst the best in the world and was readily available to assist Dr. Hsu in my care. Very satisfied with all the care I received and would definitely return should any further complications arise.

DR. Rasouli really screwed me over and lied to me about an artificial disc device that did not work at all the way he said it would. The positive reviews you see on here are from people that work for him. If i try to leave a bad review on
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on him it won’t let the review go thru. I had to pay $ 10,000 out of my pocket for the device and the problem was worse. I needed up with severe Si joint and back pain. I asked him how often i can get pain management treatments. He said every 6 weeks. I had so many injections i am now borderline osteoporosis. I had to go on disability and eventually retire early because of my condition. Life is hell. Thanks a lot Mr. Rasouli.

It is a pleasure to be treated by Dr. Rasouli. I would recommend him. He is professional as well as kind and explains things.

When it comes to spine matters you are in the best hands in town. Hands down the best doctors. I’m dealing with herniated discs in my neck. After having several MRI’S I knew I was in the best hands. As I could not be more happier with Dr. Roy Nini and Dr. Siddique the surgeon is top of his class. Dr. Siddique is honest as we don’t say that much about doctors.
If you are looking for a real spin center look no place else. You are in the best hands when it comes to any spine matters. Hands down Cedars Sinai has the best doctors in town. I could not be more happy with the results. If you need a second option or surgery don’t look anyplace else.

t’s a smooth operating system they have here. You can have an MRI and within the half hour the doctor and review it and tell you his prognosis. Awesome!!! The staff is very helpful and friendly. Glad that our insurance allows us to come here even tho we live about 1.5 hours. If you haven’t found the answers to your medical condition then coming here will get you those answers!!!

bad spine surgeon who called a rare cancerous tumor a fracture and let us think we were ok for a year before seeking other treatment. what’s more the doc didn’t like insurance reimbursement for 5 min consult despite being in-​network and so decided to charge for «x ray assessment» after being paid in full already. how about just being honest from the get-​go and saying: i don’t like what insurance companies pay me, so i don’t accept their full reimbursements. or don’t be in the network, dude. because most surgeon consults ARE just x-​ray assessment. ask if you go here what the hidden costs are before you see the spine surgeons. but really, i don’t recommend you seeing these people. they are greedy and frankly, quite bad at what they do. beware theodore goldstein, a professional insurance scammer, and dr rasouli, who cannot read an x-​ray beyond telling you about a broken bone.
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I highly recommend Dr. Rasouli at the CS Spine Center. I saw Dr. Rasouli when at age 26 I started having severe back pain. He was extremely kind and willing to take his time in explaining my condition and my options. I never felt rushed during office visits, he willingly answered as many questions as I could come up with. And most importantly I felt I could really trust his judgement. I made the difficult decision to have spinal fusion surgery but with his assurance felt comfortable in that choice. Now, almost a year later am 100% med free and almost completely pain free as well.
Dr. Rasouli provided me his email address to ask him questions after surgery and between office visits, which provided me invaluable piece of mind. He always responded in a very timely manor, even on nights and weekends.
I could not have asked for better care then I received from him and Cedar Sinai

After about a month from my previous post the person responsible for all the issues in this establishment no longer worked there. Ever since, I have had amazing care. I requested emails to let me know when they had sent the request for care for my workman’s comp case, and they emailed me as requested. The front end staff call back now when you call them. All emails I send are replied to very quickly, usually within an hour.
Summing it up, the service here is now as amazing as one should expect from Cedars! So happy they’ve eliminated the issue and are so on top of giving the best care possible.

Just came from The Spine Center at Cedars. They were very attentive, friendly and thorough. I didn’t have time to finish my new patient paperwork then sit and space out for 30 minutes. Someone was right there. The nurses, X-​ray technician and Dr. Baron were all easy to talk with. The doctor was thorough. Although a little rushed, I felt confident with his recommendations. I’m very comfortable working with them to get to the bottom of my spinal issues.

Dr. Rasouli is one of the kindest most compassionate doctors I’ve ever had the pleasure to meet. He takes his time and explains everything in full detail so that you have a full understanding of what is going on. He is also the only doctor I have ever met that responds to my email messages immediately. I highly recommend him. If you are unhappy with how his staff handles your questions, billing or Worker’s Comp, tell him and he will made certain they take care of you.

Dr Kim and Berkley don’t care about you as a patient or a human
They just want to milk money out of you.
Horrible staff and doctors. They are slowest to respond if they ever do. They ask for you to do everything in cedars even if you aren’t covered cause it’s easier for them
Ricardo his assistant is a liar and never returns calls.
They don’t care about anything but money !

So I was in a car wreck. T-​boned by some assface who wanted to save himself the cab fare after a night or drinking. During the time I was about 22 years old. It would take my about 30 minutes to make it from my bed to the restroom 20 feet away. Covered in sweat, arms trembling At one point I was shamefully wheeled around in a wheel chair. Thinking about it really makes my blood boil. But I’ll keep this as short as possible because the whole run down would be pages long of disappointments and phony bull$hit 6unt «doctors» that take your money and refer you to their big paramedical sponsor to dope you up with $hit to make you dependent and screw you. They will screw you so hard, your pockets will be empty from buying their meds and the problem never gets resolved. Each will have their own opinion of causes. From pain management to rip off chiropractors to «family doctors».
Cedars-​Sinai spine center knew what they were talking about. They got to the point, figured out the problem and provided a list of options for treatment. They took me off the Celebrex that my previous doctor prescribed (2.50 per pill!) to a cheap generic pain killer that last even longer and cost me only a few cents! They sincerely wanted to help you. You are not treated like a meal ticket! Really happy I found this place. Today through regular exercise, stretching and knowing the early symptoms and taking the right meds when needed. I am pain free and living like a normal person. Thank you Cedars!

My current diagnosis wasn’t making sense to me and I wanted to get a second opinion now that I’m on a different provider. After receiving treatment at Cedars previously, I figured it couldn’t hurt to check out the spine center there. I’m so glad that I did. Erin helped me to set up my initial appointment and was so so helpful with sorting out my insurance. Their waiting room and offices are immaculately clean, and I scored the one with a view. Additionally, their front desk team is very friendly, and their nurses are just delightful. I was in the waiting room for less than 5 minutes when they called me in, and I had the pleasure of giving Amy the run-​down on why I was there. She was incredibly patient while I recited my ridiculously long medical history/​allergy list, and must hold the record time for filling out all of that paperwork.
Dr. Berkley is just as wonderful as the rest of the staff. He was very knowledgable, provided thoughtful feedback, and I felt like he actually listened to me as a patient. His bedside manner is awesome, and it was really refreshing that he didn’t try to push surgery or heavy narcotics. While I’m still not quite sure what’s going on with my spine yet, I’m happy knowing that I’ve finally found a doctor who wants to find and treat the problem, not just the symptoms.