Pham Timothy A MD

My wife was Dr. Pham’s patient eight or nine year’s ago. Three times she had serious respiratory reactions after receiving allergy shots in spite of sitting in his office twenty minutes to make sure the shot site didn’t swell up. She had a delayed reaction driving home and couldn’t breathe. Dr. Pham lectured us that it was impossible; insisted the shots weren’t the cause. Needless to say, she found another allergist. Since then, every allergist and doctor we’ve consulted assured us it was the shots. Either she was given too high of a dose than she could tolerate, or, she reacted to the preservatives in the mix. That delayed respiratory reactions can occur in some ultra-​sensitive patients, and great diligence must be given.
If you’re someone with mild allergies, I guess he’s a great doctor, but for someone like my wife, who cannot leave home without an Epi-​Pen, Orapred and Benadryl, a doctor’s awards aren’t going to stop a life-​threatening reaction.

Dr Pham is a GEM.
I like to know as much as possible when it comes to the health of my children… and that entails LOTS of questions. Dr Pham is incredibly patient, very thorough and has taken time into his lunch and closing hours to speak to me.
He’s an amazing physician, as apparent by his many awards (America’s Top 100 Physicians to name one), but he is amazing with his patients, which I believe is equally as important. My kids just warmed up to him right away. When they are nervous about needles, he calms and reassures them that all will be well. And the kicker… it works!
The transformation has been huge with my children, who suffer (ed) terribly. I am so thankful to have been referred to him! And btw… every pediatric physician my children have seen, refers patients to Dr. Pham. That should say something.
*Bring your allergies here*.

I had a bad experience with Dr. Pham almost ten years ago. At the time I had just changed health plans and my new provider took a few days to register me as a member. When Dr. Pham’s office made me aware of the problem, I gave them a check for the full series of tests. We agreed that the check was to be cashed only in case my insurance continued not to recognize me — otherwise the office would just bill my insurance, as they did with other patients. To make a long story short, many months later, this large check was cashed even after Dr. Pham had been paid in full by my insurance company. It took several weeks to resolve the problem, during which time I was lied to or misled by staff, hung up on by Dr. Pham, and generally given the run-​around. I wonder if Dr. Pham needed the extra money to pay his rent. I had to contact the state medical board (on the advice of a lawyer) to get my money back. I never received an apology, nor compensation for the overdraft fees assessed by my bank. I am glad that Unilocal exists, so I can finally get this off my back. It was a horrible experience.
As for the quality of the medical care, it was OK but not great. We were looking for something subtle and didn’t find it — i.e. what could I cut out of my diet to stop having headaches. I was expecting too much. But I didn’t feel that the staff engaged with my questions and curiosity.

Highly recommended specialist for both adult and pediatric. Great bedside manner, detail oriented comprehensive lifestyle consultation, medications only when needed. Love his humanistic approach.
Office is located across from Methodist Hospital in a medical plaza. Tighter waiting room than some but the minimal wait is worth it. A separate children’s waiting room with TV and books. Staff are child friendly and courteous.
PERSONALLY: Emergency visits were scheduled on the spot even when the office was to close because Dr. Pham cares and stayed for us which we are grateful for several times already instead redirect us to ER, professionalism to his trade. A decent, humble, and fair person that really understands the different hats we were in life and relates his life with us.

Dr. Pham is the best! You can tell he really cares about his patients — he is always so attentive and caring. He is busy (as any good doctor should be!), but never makes you feel rushed. He will take the time to explain all medications and go over all of your symptoms in detail and really listen to all of your concerns. He’s helped me so much — I feel very lucky to have found such a great allergist.

My daughters and I are so lucky to have such a wonderful, caring and knowledgeable allergist, Dr. Pham. He is so positive, cheerful and confident of his abilities. My first child had severe food allergies at 15 months and my 2^nd one developed food allergies at 6 months. He was so thorough with the skin testing, making sure not to subject them to any unnecessary pricks or testing. He is so kind and funny with the kids, singing silly songs, making check-​ups fun, and calling my daughters «princesses» which they love. My 4-​yr old shouts «hooray!» and runs to the car when I say we are going to Dr. Pham’s. He is now also helping ME with starting allergy shots for environmental pollen and a new diagnosis of asthma.
He is so careful with my girls, who have severe egg allergies. When I bring the flu and MMR vaccines which contain egg to him, he is very conservative with breaking up the injections into several doses and coming back often to check their breathing and skin reactions.
I have paged him a few times regarding an unexpected food allergy reaction and he calls me back immediately and is on the phone with me however long it takes to make sure we are OK.
Everyone we know who lives in Pasadena and surrounding cities who have food or environmental allergies goes to see him — both adults and children. His waiting room is always packed (but most are for allergy shots) which is a good sign that his patients love him and keep coming back to see him.