Shahab Mehdizadeh, MD

Like some other Unilocal pages I’ve seen with fake reviews, the positive reviews on this page also seem fake – if not fake, then they’re untrue and overly exaggerated, to say the least.
Here’s my impression of Dr. Mehdizadeh and his receptionist after my visits:
(1) Disorganized receptionist: Good luck getting her to send in a needed prescription. I must have called about 5 times to have them send my prescription. And guess what? they never did. So I finally had enough and changed my doctor.
(2) Unprofessional: He was text messaging and laughing on his phone while I was telling him about my serious illness. Then, after realizing how rude he was, he apologized and tried to act as though he was listening.
(3) Money over your health: I felt pressured by him to do an endoscopy even though an endoscopy was simply not needed at the time. But for GI doctors, as you might know, doing endoscopies is easy money.
(4) Careless: Promised to give me a call to go over our plan of action, but never did. When I called his office (like 5 times), the receptionist finally told me that he was not going to call and instead wanted me to see him at the office — so that he could make more money.
Hence, I strongly suggest that you save money and time by avoiding doctors like Mehdizadeh – especially if you’re suffering from a serious and time-​sensitive illness.

If I could give Dr. Mehdizadeh 10 stars I would. I can’t say enough good things about this man. Not only is he a knowledgeable and phenomenal doctor but he is a truly caring human being as well. Out of all the doctors I have had to see lately because of my health condition Dr. Mehdizadeh stands apart from any other doctor I have encountered because he is actually passionate about what he does and absolutely genuine in how much he cares for his patients. After the frustrating process of seeing numerous doctors who misdiagnosed me which furthermore led me to the ER many times, all doctors would just use the last resort and try to tell me I was anxious and anorexic (when I was NOT) Dr. Mehdizadeh was truly heaven sent. He was able to properly diagnose me and has worked closely with me during my recovery. He and his front desk coordinator are always beyond pleasant, helpful and accommodating. I would highly recommend Dr. Mehdizadeh.

I love this doctor not only is he professional but has a good sense of humor. It annoys me to read stupid comments about him. He saved my moms life and is still taking care of her. My mom has been his patient since 2008 and she absolutely loves him. He takes his time with all his patients and is always on top of things. One day my moms stomach was not doing well and we rushed her to cidar Sinai it took him less than 30 mins to go see my mom he just wanted to make sure she was doing good (eventhough they had told us he was in a procedure when we called to tell him about my mom) he is an AWESOME DOCTOR. Would definitely recommend him. FYI he speaks perfect english

Just had my colonoscopy with Dr. Mehdizadeh, and I will be sending all my friends and family to this wonderful doctor. He is intelligent, personable, funny, thorough, and spent a great deal of time with me after my procedure.
I’m really dismayed by a couple of these bad reviews that have absolutely no bearing in the truth. I’m wondering if they are confusing him with another doctor. He speaks perfect English, and is a highly skilled doctor. As to the comment dated 7÷27÷11, any medical professional would insist on seeing prior records before writing a prescription for a drug. The patient could have just gone back to their original doctor and asked him to refill the prescription. That is just common sense in my opinion.

Thank you so much for all of your help and for your time.

I was a bit put off by the Unilocal reviews mainly because one bad review seemed authentic and most of the rest did not.
I went to see the Dr. on 7/​6, at which time I was getting refills for prescriptions I was on, the Dr. did not write one of the presciptions, opting to wait for my medical records, I signed and requested for them that day.
It is ⁷⁄₂₇ today and I am getting withdrawals from a medication that I should not be stopped, the Dr. is not returning my calls, I had to have called 20 times since this time. I hope someone comes through with the actual prescription because doing this is just flat out wrong, I can’t see any other way around it, the Dr. should know the medication says on the bottle «Do Not Stop Abruptly.» That or his medical malpractice should require him to do more training.
On ⁷⁄₂₈ they call me to let me know that my refill needs to be filled by my primary care doctor. After I leave a Unilocal review? This isn’t Dinner I ordered I was trying to get a PRESCRIPTION, this is about the most unprofessional I’ve ever been treated by a Dr. in my life.

Just wanted to share my extremely positive experience with Dr Mehdizadeh. I was referred by my doctor who was out of the office on a Friday afternoon. Dr Mehdizadeh was able to take me after hours, got the right diagnosis and spent considerable time on a late Friday afternoon making sure that my tests were scheduled so that I did not have to spend hours waiting in the ER. After my test came back positive he made sure at 10PM Friday evening that I got scheduled for surgery immediately instead of suffering through an entire night or letting me sit in the ER. In short, I could not recommend him high enough. Too bad Unilocal only allows for 5 stars.
P. S. I read Sara’s review and was surprised by her opinion. I know for a fact that this is untrue «Dr. Mehdizadeh is unprofessional and rude. He can barely speak English, let alone read or write it.» so I will have to take the rest of the review with a grain of salt as well.

I was referred to this doctor by my primary care doctor. I always Google a new doctor before I make an appointment and I was hesitant to use Dr. Mehizadeh because there is one very bad review on Unilocal.The reviewer said that the doctor couldn’t speak English very well. I was alarmed by the review so I called my primary care doctor to voice concern and to ask for a different referral. My doctor said that Dr. Mehizadeh’s reputation was unparalleled, that I shouldn’t take the reviewer seriously and that I should see Dr. Mehdizadeh; I’ve trusted my primary care doctor for nearly 20 years and this was my first Colonoscopy, so I proceeded to make an appointment for a Colonoscopy with Dr. Mehdizadeh.
First of all, the staff at Dr. Mehdizadeh’s office is fantastic. Everyone was so helpful and I was called at home several times to check and see if my experience with the prep for the Colonoscopy was going alright. I can’t speak highly enough about his staff!
I really loved the Doctor, he’s young and I was surprised to find that he speaks perfect English with not even a discernable accent, so I’m really not sure what that reviewer is talking about!
Everything about the Colonoscopy was easy. I drank the stuff at night to clean the colon, got to the surgery center at 6:30AM, met with the doctor beforehand, had the procedure at 7am (I can’t remember anything) met with him afterwards (he gave me a picture) and was home by 10am. I will recommend Dr. Mehdizadeh to all of my relatives and friends; I can’t imagine that it gets easier than this!
Do I abuse the semi-​colon? Speaking of colons.

Shahab Mehdizadeh is one of the gastroenterologists who is affiliated with this business. He is a young doctor who was trained at some of the best institutions in the country, including Cedars Sinai — UCLA’s fellowship program. He is still highly involved Cedars in their teaching program, mentoring young doctors.
Unfortunately, that’s where all the positives end.
Dr. Mehdizadeh is unprofessional and rude. He can barely speak English, let alone read or write it. More notably and most importantly, he is an incompetent physician. I know of many individuals, including myself, whose procedures were totally botched by Dr. Mehdizadeh (PM me if you want more information). When we all tried to contact Dr. Mehdizadeh for elucidation as to what went wrong, he gave us a perfunctory answer, and then ceased taking our phone calls or responding to letters altogether. His office assistant casually told me that she was instructed NOT to take any more messages from me or to take my calls. Aside being unprofessional, this kind of behavior borders on sanctionability by the medical board. I still haven’t gotten an answer as to why my procedure was botched, and what I can do about it.
If he’s not already, Dr. Mehdizadeh will soon be the subject of a lawsuit. Last I heard, Tower Digestive kicked him out of the group, and I would bet that he will lose his medical license very soon due to his total incompetence.
Please do your research. He seems nice at first, but he uses his manipulative personality to overcome his total lack of medical knowledge. There are far better gastroenterologists out there who do a better job, who won’t puncture your colon during a routine procedure, and who will try to make a wrong situation right.
Be on the lookout in the local press for a pending malpractice lawsuit.