Sarah Lowenthal, MD

You ever read about those horrifying psyscho doctors in the news? This is another one of those cases to happen.
I went here once and am traumatized.
Sarah is delusional in her treatment and information. Pseudo-​intelligence spews as she talks and it scares me that she nonchalantly gives out wrong information. She’s gonna try to sell you on anything.
I didn’t have anything done to me because I left after asking to use the restroom.

Being a doctor is not easy these days. Hectic schedules, less reimbursement, patient care and less time. Dr. Lowenthal manages to shuffle all these components. And shuffle them extremely well.
I feel comfortable, cared for and listened to. Dr. Lowenthal is also funny and has a great personality which I think is a must for my doctor.
Her outside interests include fitness and yoga which I love as well. She practices what she preaches and is an overall kind and compassionate person. You can’t go wrong!

Dr. Lowenthall isn’t for everyone, but she’s PERFECT for me. She’s smart, she listens and she genuinely cares about my medical concerns. She also concerns herself with those items that I’m not focused on and reminds me to take care of myself to avoid high cholesterol, diabetes and high BP. I don’t always want to hear it, but she reminds me to keep my weight under control too.
If you need to have someone to tell you that you’re doing everything right or there’s no room for improvement, maybe you select someone else. If you want someone who keeps up with best practices, listens is authentic, takes care of herself so knows what it takes to help you live your best life, then make an appointment today.

I am so happy with Dr. Lowenthal! She’s smart, real and caring. She ordered the right amount of tests, explained everything, listened to me and really took a lot of time getting to know me. I felt as though she wanted a real relationship with me and was truly concerned about me. I recommend her without question. BTW, I was an ER nurse for 20 years.

Dr. Sarah Lowenthal is a young, relatively inexperienced doctor operating on a surprisingly old fashioned assumption: that there is no need to earn the trust of your patients, as the doctor always knows best. I had the shocking experience of being fired as her patient upon my second visit. After years of debilitating, unexplained symptoms and losing a great doctor who left the Bay Area, I was seeking a new doctor who could follow through on helping me find the root of the problem. I arrived at my appointment well-​prepared with a comprehensive history and list of symptoms, and having done a great deal of research on possible diagnosis. When I arrived at the office, I had to remind three different people of my correct name, this after requesting that my name be written clearly on my chart. I was put into a child’s examination room and left to sit among the toys, children’s reading material, and a sign about dirty diapers. Next, the doctor arrived and asked me a number of the same questions she had asked on my previous (first) visit. She refused to read the typed list I supplied of my symptoms («I don’t have time») or listen to my concerns about the necessity for a thorough evaluation of the symptoms. She insisted that she had «plenty of experience» with my potential diagnosis. When I tried to explain my reasons for desiring a more comprehensive testing process, she stated, «this isn’t going to work out.» She opened the door, and basically fired me as her patient. I have never been so poorly treated by a person in the medical profession. Clearly, the motto «do no harm» is something she never learned in medical school. You may have a better experience of her if you are willing to do her bidding without question… perhaps like a 5-​year old? The process was so humiliating and infantilizing, I did cry like a little kid once I left the building. I should have asked for a lollipop.
On the plus side, she had lovely hair. However, I imagine she’ll have some nasty frown lines very soon if she keeps up the negative bedside manner.

I went in for a shoulder injury after a car accident and Dr. Lowenthal was great. Dr. Lowenthal gave me a really thorough examination, she explained what she was looking for and gave me options to manage my symptoms. Dr. Lowenthal is friendly and knowledgeable. I would definitely recommend her.

I wish I had thought to read the Unilocal reviews before going with this doctor — make sure you search all entries on her; i.e., you can see more reviews of her on the East Bay Family Practice pages (there are a few of them on here.)
Being an East Coast transplant, I didn’t know anything about the medical practices in the area, so I let my insurance pick one out for me at random. They assigned me to Polly Young at this practice. I got sick before I could do my research, so I just went to the practice. Dr. Young couldn’t see me, so the practice assigned me to Lowenthal. I should have seen right through it — she was a new doctor who needed patients.
When I expressed my concerns, Lowenthal claimed to be an expert in all of them, and as I was too sick to think, I gave her lack of sincerity or confidence in her remarks the benefit of the doubt. Big mistake.
I specifically listed to her previous traumatic experiences that I needed her to be careful about, she assured me she was an expert in those concerns, but proved herself horrendously wrong. She re — traumatized me.
As for illness, when I went to her several times (i work in a characteristically germ-​filled environment), because I was tired of missing too much work and needed official proof I was sick for it, there was nothing new I learned from her. I seemed to know more about what to do, with Whole Foods for a pharmacy, than what she did, even though she’s the doctor and I am the patient. I came to her when I needed antibiotics if the infection didn’t clear by actions of common sense and tried and true remedies (varied fluids; rest but not without some movement and fresh air; soups made with garlic, cayenne, ginger, lemon, greens, etc; neti pot and salt gargling; and so forth); again, she would give me advice that i already knew and she knew that I knew.
It goes on, but I can’t even go there without wanting to upchuck thinking about it.