Mirkarimi Morteza

Wow. I should’ve come here first to see what is the review before I go to my appointment. I just want you know there are two the father and the son.
To be honest I haven’t seen the son I saw the father. This is the first time in my life I see doctor like him. First it the first meeting with him he should be nice and smile cause this is the first really treatment for patient and make the patient comfortable. He came and didn’t even ask me how am I doing.
He doesn’t know much about what he is doing. I know exactly what I have and asked him for the referral and labs he was refusing to do any of these. He is sticking with his information and not want to listen which is very important skills for the doctor to have.
It’s obviously that he didn’t take the degree from here he probably just had the exam cause there are lots of skills that USA teach the medical student about.
Overall if you want a good health and good doctor to take care of you. DONT EVER GO TO HIM

Horrible!!! Don’t waste your time with this office! First time meeting Dr Mirkarimi was a nightmare! He yelled at me because I couldn’t remember the gazillion long name of my newly prescribed drug. It was clearly on the form I gave him but he was too lazy to even take at look at it. Needed a referral to a specialist (would only be 30 secs to give me a name and fax my info over) but after 2 months, still no call. I called them multiple times, kept going to voicemail or being told someone else would call me back. No wonder they said they’re desperately accepting new patients. Avoid this office at all costs!!! Changing to a new primary doctor.

Dr. Morteza Mirkarimi is okay, but the receptionists are absolutely useless! They are extremely REACTIVE (if that) and far from proactive. It takes me 10 calls back and forth with them and express scripts to get anything solved, they are stuck in the dark ages as far as technology goes, they never call you back, they never know what’s going on even after you «spell it out» for them, and their attitudes flip like a switch when you try to give them corrective criticism. They will never change. Go somewhere else that will give you the medical attention you deserve, especially if you have a chronic illness. If you have Diabetes I highly recommend Scripps or Dr. Sandler wayyyyy more than this endocrine «specialist» that will never tell you or educate you on new devices, medication, or technology.

No answer for the past two weeks. Did they close?

HORRIBLE bedside manner! My first appointment was to introduce myself & go over my medical history in order to ensure any future appointments would be seamless (as I have existing prescriptions). He kept asking me why I was there.
Additionally, over a 3 week period, I called the office 11 times requesting an appointment &/​or a referral for a dermatologist as I discovered a raised mole on my back that is black in the center. Their voicemail claims they will return calls within 24 hours. I still have not received a call from them.

Do you like being lectured about how your health insurance works? Do you like being told that you’re wrong after explaining your medical situation to your physician and then being denied treatment? Do you like it when your doctor raises his voice at you and interrupts your every sentence so you can barely get a word in? Do you like being treated with the utmost disrespect by an entire clinic staff? If so, this is the place for you!
I recently switched GPs and came here to continue treatment for an injury from 2013. Dr. Mikarimi was not only unhelpful, he was also disrespectful and unprofessional. He had the nerve to tell me that the visible (not to mention painful) swelling in my wrist was nothing to be concerned about. When I told him I had medical charts to show this was related to another injury, he told me that I was wrong and that I needed to «let him do his job.» I asked for a referral to a sports medicine doctor and he denied me, stating that he is «not a dispatcher.» His medical training is outdated and his bedside manner is abusive.
One other thing that weirded me out: the MA who took my blood pressure instructed me to flex my arm and keep it elevated in the air… I know that’s not how you do it and she fought with me about it. The arm is supposed to be relaxed with a slight bend in the elbow and elevated to heart level while resting on a surface, but whatever, I’m not coming back anyway.

If it wasn’t for Dr Mirkarimi I would have given these people 0 stars. They are THE WORST front staff I have EVER dealt with in my life. Maybe not ALL staff, specifically Sonia. Seems like she got her MA Certificate at a sale price because it’s obvious she didn’t get the full lecture on people skills and courtesy.
I am sure she is this way because people who are patients at this office are mostly Medical holders therefore they can not «choose» any better.
In Geriatrics which is Dr Mirkarimi’s specialty there MUST be kindness, patience, understanding and most of all compassion. Sonia has NONE, she is in the wrong industry, she would be best at a the Zoo, cleaning cages, she might feel more in her habitat.
I am completely appalled by her attitude and it may even be that the doctor might not be aware of how his office is being ran. So sad.

I have crappy health insurance, which is why I ended up at Mirkarimi’s office. I’m now changing my health insurance so I’m no longer forced to be a patient of his. This will cost me dearly in $, but it will be worth the peace of mind.
His staff is rude, he’s beyond rude, and doesn’t listen to a word I say. I suspect he thinks women are inferior beings (I expect he’d prefer to discuss my health with my husband because, clearly, women are too silly to understand «big» words).
I’ve been to this doctor three times now, and I’m done. He’s cold, arrogant, too full of himself to listen, and he’s taught his staff to be the same. Never again.

1. He got bored with my list of ailments on my first visit.
2. CVS told me they’re ‘old school’ so prescriptions take an extra week
3. He didn’t know the side effects to a drug he prescribed me and told be to «google it!» He said, «go home and google it, this time is for writing prescriptions, not a classroom.»
4. I got discharged from their care after I stepped between him and my girlfriend because he was talking aggressively to her.
He is always accepting new patients for a reason, keep looking.

I don’t know if this is against ethical standards of conduct, but I went to see Dr. Mirkarimi, and I complained to him of recurrent chest pain. He refused to examine my condition because he explicitly said that I need to make a separate appointment so that he can bill my insurance separately. I left the office deeply disturbed because although thankfully I am OK now and my chest pains were not a serious condition, I believe he had a duty to properly and adequately ensure I was not at risk of a heart attack or a severe health problem. In any case, I don’t think this should have happened, and really hope this never occurs again to any other patient.

I was very surprised to see a poor rating for Dr. Mirkarimi. I recently was seen in his clinic, and was very satisfied with the treatment I received from him and his front desk staff. As a healthcare provider myself, I understand that it is difficult to please every patient, but I have no complaints about my experience at Dr. Mirkarimi’s office. I was a new patient without an appointment, and was seen within minutes of arriving to the clinic. The staff was friendly and processed my insurance and paperwork right away. Dr. Mirkarimi was very thorough and took an adequate history and evaluated my symptoms. He provided me with an appropriate prescription. and best of all… I got better! So, I don’t know why people have negative comments to say about this physician, but my experience with him was excellent.

The first review on this forum is ludicrous… Doctor Mirkarimi is one of the most competent and professional Doctors I have ever had! Not only does he ask questions and provide great knowledge to his patients, but he is a happy very nice man! My first visit was over 10 years ago and let’s just say my health was marginal at best… I worked out but did not eat right or take care off myself they way I should have… After my initial visit Dr. Mirkarimi provided me the information and solutions to my Heart and weight issues… I know at 40 feel 20 and lost over 55 lbs and Blood pressure and other key elements of my health are cleaned up! Doctor I thank you for your dedication to your community! Keep helping those who choose to listen to your expert advice!

This was the worst doctor I have ever been to. I went in there and he gave me a medication that no pharmacy carried because it was so outdated. No problem, things like that happen. So I get to the third pharmacy and an older lady is working the counter and was familiar with the prescription that the Dr. had given me. She remembered it from the old days she says. It isn’t possible to get this anymore she says. No problem I think, the guy didn’t get the memo. The pharmacy and I called and faxed for two days to try and get him to send a fax to the pharmacy for a a new prescription. Something that actually existed. The staff at the doctors office keep telling me that the request for a new prescription was on his desk. I called back on the second day, after they told me he would send it the day before, and requested that they send it while I was on the phone because I was waiting at the pharmacy. The lady gave me attitude and hung up. Do not go there those people suck! Oh, and I never got the prescription.

Last time I checked we lived in the United States of America where our freedoms and liberties have afforded us equal rights as both men and women. I have not been treated so poorly by a doctor in all my life. Horrible treatment, rude and unprofessional staff. They said they do not keep records of blood work orders on paper, WHAT!!!