Chan Lee Tat MD

This doctor Lee T Chan is terrible. Not only is he unprofessional in dealing with my family, he also does not do his due diligence when it come to patient care. He is suppose to review results before a procedure and neglect to do so in our situation. How hard is it to review a lab result? Exactly! When questioned about it, He pushes his responsibility as a «Primary» physician to other specialist doctors to do the work and dodges the question. Then he ends the conversation by having up the phone. So unprofessional! Who tells their patients why you have so many questions and ask am I the doctor or are you the doctor? Taking advantage of elderly that do not speak English well is not a nice look. He takes no responsibility and I absolutely agree with the «precious a.» [ll I can say is he’s a terrible doctor & if anyone is looking for a one, he’s definitely not who I’d recommend]

Dr. Chan is currently my mother in law’s pcp because her old pcp is retiring from the practice. My mother in law recently suffered from a minor stroke & was finally discharged home. During her hospital stay, he told the hospital staffs he’d make his visit to check her condition but NEVER showed up. When she finally went home, her blood sugar was outrageously high. Dr. Chan specifically told both my mother in law & my sister in law he’d adjust her insulin dosage & reduce the number of injection. Guess what? When my sister in law picked up the prescription, the medication was totally different from what he had told them verbally. She double checked the prescription & he wrote the wrong dosage. Right away, she calls him to verify. His response was «between 35 units & 25 units is only 10 units different & will make no difference if she injects 35 units instead of 25. But let’s try 25 units for now & adjust later as needed.» Ok, he made an error & did not even admit or apologize.
2^nd, he refused to write a prescription for the meter test strips because he said her insurance only allows 1 test strip usage per day. How pathetic does this sound? I’ve never heard such thing that insurance only allow diabetic patients to test his or her blood sugar 1x per day only.
All I can say is he’s a terrible doctor & if anyone is looking for a one, he’s definitely not who I’d recommend

Dr Chan Lee Tat is the most compassionate and thorough doctor! He is always thinking about what’s best for his patients overall vs just treating symptoms. He is my 84 year old auntie’s doctor and treats her with extreme care and compassion. We feel very fortunate that my aunt has Dr Chan advocating for her health and quality of life.

These are first impressions as I just became Dr. Chan’s patient after moving to SF and the Richmond District.
He was very thorough and focused on wellness, not just ailments, as other reviewers have noted. I liked him as a person, maybe not medically significant but I feel we will be able to communicate better because of it.
I was disappointed by a couple of moments in our discussion. One was when he scoffed at the diet my previous doctor had recommended to me and that has worked well for me. The other was when he asked how I chose him and I mentioned an online review site (not Unilocal), which he clearly considered a stupid way to choose a physician. Time will tell whether I conclude, as one other reviewer did, that he isn’t willing to listen to me or other doctors I’m seeing.
I care about this issue because I stayed with my DC-​area primary care physician for 30 years precisely because she treated me as an adult participant in my medical decisions. I’m not willing to be talked down to as was perhaps normal for doctor-​patient relationships in the past.

I have been a patient of Dr Chan’s for 11 years. In that time I have found him to be attentive, dedicated and careful in his treatment of me. His office has also been very good about squeezing me in when a sudden illness or condition has arisen. I think what I like most about Dr Chan is that he listens carefully and considers what I have to say in making a diagnosis or suggesting a treatment. It’s that somewhat rare situation where you feel like your doctor is also a partner in helping you best manage your health.

I’ve had good and bad experiences with Dr Chan as my PCP. When I first started seeing him in 2000 he was really helpful. He spent a lot of time with me, answered questions, listened and let me be proactive in my health care.
But then in 2005 I got sick and he was unable to figure out why. After a while, he decided that my illness was all in my head and stopped listening and stopped reading the reports that my specialist sent him.
I still strongly believe that he is/​was a great doctor for the care I received for over 5 years. Another plus is that he returns calls within a half day when he is in the office so I wasn’t stuck next to the phone for hours/​days waiting for a return call.