Charles Niesen – Ams Neurology

Had migraines since I was 7 years old and as I got older I would have as many as four a week!
Dr. Niesen put me on a medication (I forget the name) that didn’t work for me personally (it caused weight gain, slowed my metabolism, etc.).
I told him I didn’t like the prescription I was taking and he put me on Topomax instead for about 4 months.
I have been off the medication for several months and my eating, sleeping and exercising habits are no different and I haven’t had a migraine since. Not even the weather causes me migraines anymore, or not drinking coffee.
Dr. Niesen cured what seemed like it would be a lifelong curse. He is extremely knowledgeable and professional: From what I remember when he explained migraines to me he continually is in touch with local universities for the latest research on neurology.
I 100% recommend him.

Don’t go to him!!! He was falling asleep during one of our appointments and the next time I didn’t have money to pay for parking. So I had to wait tell someone came out to park for free in the front. I was 13 minutes late n he wouldn’t take me he had to reschedule and when I went in he said I have to pay 40 dollars for being late the last time. He can’t see my daughter tell I pay. He’s money hungry GO TO A CHILDRES HOSPITAL WAY BETTER !!!

I am a physician, and have known Chuck Niesen for many years, and have worked with him as a referral pediatric neurologist on many patients. He has directed the pediatric neurology program at Cedars, until going into private practice. He is one of the most skilled, knowledgeable pediatric neurologists I have ever known, and is one of the kindest individuals as well. When I see one star reviews talking in a derogatory manner about «this surgeon» when Dr. Niesen is not a surgeon, I have to wonder about the motivation of the people writing. As a doctor, when I see that a patient is angry because extensive testing was done which turned out normal, I have to ask «what would you have preferred? that the testing showed a serious disease? Or that the doctor was not alert enough to look carefully for the cause?»
I just had a close relative ask for a referral for his young child, and without hesitation, recommended Chuck Niesen.

My daughter suffered a concussion at school last week and after her pediatrician examined her, she recommended that we see Dr. Niesen to better diagnose the severity and treat it because he uses a newer approach. His office squeezed us in that afternoon and I am so grateful for the referral. For full disclosure, my other child has been a patient of UCLA neurology for 9 years so I am very experienced with how pediatric neurologist work. Dr. Niesen was very thorough and recommended a treatment which helped her heal in about half the time as traditional ‘rest’ treatments. He also called us every day for an update (even on Saturday and Sunday) to check her status and answer any questions. I was surprised to see the negative reviews here but as someone with a lot of experience with pediatric neurologists, I was very confident our daughter’s care and grateful that we were referred to him.

I am not sure what is wrong with this doctor and the office.
Given that this doctor is a pediatric neurologist, his patient load will consist of children with special needs. Finding a pediatric neurologist is hard because most of them have high caseloads. I was able to easily schedule an appointment with this doctor which immediately raised my suspicion.
I am not sure if Dr. Niesen is not a competent doctor or if he has a personality disorder in which he convinces parents that something is seriously medically wrong with their child for pure pleasure or greed or both. It is hard to tell because he is well spoken. He ran some blood and imaging tests which came back normal. Thank god it was an outside hospital or lab determining the results. And by the way, the doctor predicted they would not come back normal. After predicting the results would not come back normal and scaring us parents, he took his sweet time to get back to us. We had to call several times to get the results.
Well, after all these first order diagnostic tests came back normal he decides to order a very specialized test for a set of syndromes which are all devastating and fatal. The basic tests come back normal but yet he is convinced our child has this devastating disease. We clocked out at that point and our child is absolutely healthy.
I do not like to personally call people out like this but this is serving as a public health message especially when they apply to a protected population such as special needs children.

NEVER AGAIN!!! Got a 2^nd opinion and I urge anyone that goes to him to get one as well.

I didn’t have a problem with the appearance of the office, because they’re under construction. But the Dr… He was FALLING ASLEEP while I was talking to him!!! Then, he asked about my brother’s medication, and I didn’t know how to pronounce it properly, and he was quite rude about it. He was totally unprofessional, made me call home so I could SPELL out the medication, and when he pronounced it to me, I was like… how in the HELL did you not understand me when I said it? I wasn’t off by much. You’re just rude and go home and sleep, instead of sleeping while I am talking to you. smh

My co-​worker had a really bad experience with this office. The secretary/​nurse was rude and unprofessional. He totally needs new staff but until then I would stay away. Also recommend u get a second opinion if u decide to consult here.

I have been through several Neurologists, and I finally found an amazing one. Dr. Niesen always spends the time needed and more during our appointments. He is kind, sincere, and commited to my son’s needs. His entire staff is friendly, kind and helpful. All calls are answered and returned VERY quickly. He has exceeded all my expectations.