Dr O Medical & Wellness Center

I think that the only thing that this place is really concerned with is making money. I have to give Dr O credit for running a very through blood test and then finding I had hashimotos. That was where the level of care stopped. She went over my blood work in about 5 minutes and just said stop eating gluten. Which was great she then put me on iodine a supplement that she just happens to sell.
I went ahead and booked a follow up for two weeks just to ask a few follow questions. After waiting almost an hour one of her staff came in and asked me «why did I want to see the doctor today?» huh?
Then the doctor came in and basically said that unless I wanted to switch over to the functional medicine side of things ie pay $ 5000 then our work together was kind of done.
What I have now found out later is putting thyroid patients on iodine is the worst idea ever alot of your thyroid symptoms come back ten fold when you have increased levels of iodine.
I also found out that my levels were not in optimal range which she never even discussed.
I have now found a committed DR that is helping me get my thyroid levels in range.

I have been a patient at Dr. O Medical since August 2014. While I have met Dr. O, I am normally seen by Mr. William Martinez, one of her P.A.‘s I have no issue with being seen by a PA and I find Mr. Martinez to be a caring, intelligent, intuitive provider of health care. I am not a fan of big pharma and Dr. O’s practice is largely based on more holistic approaches to medicine than just «prescription writing». Recently I received a letter from Dr. O regarding the decision to require a subscription payment from each client. While at first I was upset about this added cost, I was quick to realize that healthcare reform has not been kind to doctors, especially those who care deeply about their patients and want to have the time to listen carefully to them. I have been a patient at practices where insurance companies dictate the amount of time the physician can spend with me, the types of brands of drugs they can prescribe, and the treatments I can and cannot have. Because I have enjoyed such a high quality of care at Dr. O medical, I decided to stay a patient. I can always get a same day appointment (within reason), Mr. Martinez has almost always been on time, and my appointments are never rushed. I am very happy with the services I have received, very happy with the treatments and supplements, even those that my insurance would not cover. I know people who pay substantial subscription costs to be a member of certain medical offices, and some of these doctors do not even take insurance any more — they just give you a bill that you can turn it for reimbursement. I am thankful for Dr. O’s and her staff, especially Mr. Martinez who gives me excellent care.
On a final note, I have been a citizen of a country that enjoys socialized medicine, which is not in fact free, it is very expensive when you take in to consideration the taxation rate. The socialized medicine I was familiar with was not quick, adaptable, easy to access, or timely. I much prefer the system we enjoy here and I am willing to pay for extras that I can afford. It’s nice to have the choice.
I have had many interactions with the office staff and assistants and have never had a single issue. I have always been treated by name and with utmost respect.
If you want to be a real person to your provider, and not just a case number, you want to consider Dr. O Medical.

***3/​10/​2015 I am modifying this review in light of recent circumstances. I received an email and a call from Dr. O concerning this review and the treatment I received. She was very understanding and very apologetic. We talked for a bit about how to remedy the situation in the future and she seemed genuine and agreeable. As I have stated in my previous review, I do believe that Dr. O is a good doctor but that her PA’s undermined her. I have been assured that this situation has been remedied. I thought this was a very professional response to the situation and I was impressed. So I will increase my rating to 3 stars for her professionalism.
I am still not sure how I feel about the program as a whole, and would likely not repeat it, but I do think Dr. O is knowledgeable and helpful, at least for less complicated cases than my own.******
The only reason I am giving 2 stars is because the clinic is very nice and there was never any wait time. Also, the staff is very nice. I even like Dr. O; my problem is with her program. I went to her because I was looking for a GP that would be able to look at my health issues in a big picture type fashion. I have thyroid issues and am headed down the track to adrenal failure so diabetes and heat problems could be in my future if not addressed now. I agreed to her program with the understanding that she was going to help treat me long term as a big picture GP. The program is basically the HCG diet which can be supplemented with phentermine. Okay, so the HCG diet is kinda counter-​intuitive because it’s against anything you have ever learned about nutrition (and since going gluten/​artificial sugar free I’ve learned a lot). But Dr. O assured me that this was to basically jump start my body into weight loss with the idea that my while my problems caused me to gain weight, the weight gain exacerbated the condition; so the idea was to force the cycle to break. I followed the diet closely (which I was upset included artificial sugars as an option), but still didn’t achieve results. Instead of searching for more reasons as to why, they accused me of cheating regularly. I expected this so I shrugged it off but it really bothered me when they did it a couple of times. Nevertheless, they eventually added phentermine to my repertoire. The point of phentermine is appetite suppression so you can stick to the HCG diet… but I found myself forgetting to eat entirely! or when I did eat, force feeding myself. I did see weight loss on phentermine but with constant unpleasant side effects: forgetting/​not wanting to eat, elevated heart rate, jitters, constant hyperactivity, sleep problems, and eventually elevated blood pressure… I was on phentermine for almost 3 months and lost only 20 lbs barely even eating!
To top it all off, I had recently been in a car accident and was on lots of pain meds while awaiting spinal surgery. One of my meds was a corticosteroid which could inhibit some weight loss, but I couldn’t get through the day without the pain meds. I was actually told by one of her PAs that ‘I needed to decide how much I wanted to lose weight because the steroids were going to work counter to the program’…I was appalled! I explained that I couldn’t be without them because the pain was too much; she just shook her head and shrugged and said «your choice». Unbelievable!
There was definitely more going on with my health than what they were addressing. Of course they took me off the phentermine when they noticed the elevated blood pressure, but I wasn’t weaned off; just cut off cold turkey!!! THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE! Phentermine is an upper that can only be taken safely for brief periods of time because it is addictive. Cutting off cold turkey= withdrawal which has just as dangerous side effects as high blood pressure. I actually ended up in the emergency room for heart palpitations because I was incorrectly weaned off. By this time I finished the HCG program and was basically told to let my GP know the results. I was confused and told them I had understood that Dr. O was to be my GP and was told that ‘she doesn’t do that’. I was in withdrawal for 2 weeks.
SO basically after taking out a loan to pay an exorbitant amount for a program that didn’t work for me no matter how much I tried, I was left with an emergency room bill, a giant loan, and no GP. What a waste of time, money, and effort!