Berjis Faraz, MD

I cannot say enough about Dr. Berjis and his Walnut Creek office coordinator, Megan, who go way above and beyond the call of duty for their patients. To both of them, thank you. Highly recommended!

My experience and care with Dr. Berjis is phenomenal. His exceptional, knowledgable care has completely changed and saved my life with CD. Coping with the most upmost precise care, has completely changed my well being and eating healthy. Dr. Berjis, is very open to alternative care, that can or help improve the quality of life. Truly this doctor and his medical team are informative, direct, clear, trustworthy, supportive and caring. I would highly recommend Dr. Berjis and his team. I’m very grateful for his remarkable care.
Thanks

My first (and only) appointment with him, he kept me waiting for over an hour. Much of that time (after they put me into a room) I heard him arguing with someone in the room next door. As I suspected he would, he wanted to do a colonoscopy as a first step to solve my problem. The procedure went fine, but he didn’t find anything to indicate why I was having my symptoms. He didn’t tell me this until I had the nurses call him back so I could ask him. Otherwise, I don’t know if I’d ever have heard anything other than the results of the procedure. I found him patronizing and not very helpful for my issue. A lot of gastroenterologists are making big bucks by setting up their own centers. It’s kind of a racket.

Dr Berjis, Megan and staff are very caring and supportive. Constant contact and follow up have made my experience dealing with my UC a lot easier, thank you!

I have been seeing Dr. Faraz Berjis for the past year. He came highly recommended by a family friend who is himself a widely respected doctor. Dr. Berjis proved to be everything I value in a doctor– experienced, attentive, trustworthy and caring. Dr. Berjis clearly knows his stuff, yet he does not have the arrogant or condescending nature that some doctors have– he explained things to me patiently and clearly. Notably, it became clear to me by the way he listened to me, his advice, and follow through that Dr. Berjis cares about me as a person. I respect Dr. Berjis and trust him implicitly. If you are lucky enough to be in Dr. Berjis’s care, count your blessings. I sure do.

Dr Bergis also saved my life. Having experienced tumors in March 2014 in my abdomen the consensus from each of the medical team was that I had dodged a bullet and the cancer was out. Dr Bergis continued a complete review of the results and searching for any abnormalities.
His persistency to find full satisfaction with the medical results was only resolved when after 9 months it was determined that the cancer had spread to my pancreas. Had I followed the path of blood tests and scans; the cancer would be discovered. It would have had another 6 months or a year to grow. That may well have resulted in further incursion to other organs — and I am trying to keep them. I have the second surgery and the surgeons were all amazed at the process of discovery and it was the result of Dr Bergis. I am lucky to have had the benefit of his care.

I saw Dr. Berjis about four years ago and still have very strong feelings about the experience which lead me to write this Unilocal.I went to Dr. Berjis for GERD and he recommended an endoscopy (which was performed in the Walnut Creek surgery center.. a very difficult drive for my friend who drove me there and back). Dr. Berjis was patronizing before, during and after the procedure. When I was wheeled to the recovery area his assistant, Oscar, banged my gurney against the wall and yanked the IV out of my arm in a merciless and horrible fashion. There were no witnesses and I was still slightly sedated, so I had no way to communicate this to anyone. An appointment was scheduled to follow up with Dr. Berjis at the Berkeley office. When I arrived I was put into a waiting room where someone had been smoking. I waited there for 45 minutes. After developing a horrible headache, I went into the hallway where assistants told me I needed to stay in the room for privacy reasons and that Dr. Berjis was working with a computer software technician and would be with me soon. I insisted on a new room to get out of the smoke smell (obviously someone else had to wait in that room for an inordinate amount of time too!) and waited another 10 minutes. I finally left the office, losing my co-​pay and 2 hours of work time. Immediately I wrote a letter to Dr. Berjis and outlined what happened to me in his office and the surgery center but he did not respond. There is absolutely no reason that any health care professional should treat patients like this. That his employees are abusive is a reflection of the way he runs his practice. Find another GI doctor. There are plenty out there and your health and well being should be on the top of your and your doctor’s priority list.

Gastroenterology is a good specialty for Dr. Berjis because he is an asshole. On my first (and only) office visit he tried to refer me for an unnecessary consultation because, I later learned, he gets a referral fee each time he refers a patient for consultation there. He then tried to schedule my colonoscopy at his Walnut Creek surgicenter, even though I was seeing him in his Berkeley office, which is right next door to Alta Bates hopsital, and despite the fact that I live in Berkeley, so that getting to and from Walnut Creek (especially after being sedated) would have been much more inconvenient for me. Why? Because he gets much more of the profit at his surgicenter than he would if he did the procedure at Alta Bates. Alta Bates is my insurance company’s preferred provider and his surgicenter is not, so I also would have ended up paying a much larger copay if I had gone along with his plan, yet he never brought this possibility up. Forget Berjis and his whole greedy group. Find some doctors without dollar signs in their eyes.

I had a very good experience with Doctor Berjis. I found him to be patient and to listen to my concerns. I had previously had a colonoscopy in Maryland with a doctor so bad that I ended up in the hospital for 4 days due to blood loss because she nicked a portion of my colon. This experience with Doctor Berjis was 100% different! He was cautious, gentle, and caring.

I did not have such a great experience with Dr. Berjis. He did my first (and so far only) colonoscopy. Afterwards he asked me something like, «Do you remember anything?» to which I replied «I think I remember some pain.» He muttered something that gave me the distinct impression I’d said or done something strange while under sedation, but wouldn’t elaborate. In a followup conversation I asked him directly, and he replied «That’s between me and God.»
Not going back.

I’m a new patient of Dr. Berjis (as of mid 2008) and have been pretty impressed. He is personable and seems to take the time to actually listen to what you are saying. Also, I had a stretch of time where I wasn’t covered by insurance, and he helped me out by giving me enough samples of my medicine to float me for a month. I haven’t had a lot of contact with him or his office, but so far, I’d say he’s a class act