Shawn Nasseri, MD

Never felt more comfortable with a doctor. He is friendly and professional, but personable. I am an actress/​singer and my voice is my tool for my work. I feel so grateful knowing that the best is taking care of me, and honestly has my best interest in hand. The nursing staff is above and beyond as well. Always friendly and going out of their way to make me feel comfortable. Thank you everyone for taking care of me!!!

Dr. Nasseri is a great surgeon, no doubt. However I agree with others posting here, that his manner during office visits can be off-​putting. Be prepared for a rushed visit, sometimes silly demeanor and sloppy follow-​through. The last visit he prescribed testing which was not necessary, caused me a lot of anxiety only to come out negative. Expensive too. At the end of the last office visit, he forgot to include the prescriptions he mentioned in the exam. The office staff had to go find him to retrieve them. His head was somewhere else. I’ve lost confidence and will seek another provider.

I am not an avid Unilocal-​er, however I felt it entirely necessary to take a few moments to articulate my appreciation and respect for the exceptional care that I have received from Dr. Shawn Nasseri.
Being in the music business, my ear, nose and throat, and the interconnectedness of them all, has been an integral part of my daily ability to perform (pun intended). From my very first visit to Dr. Nasseri’s office to my most recent, his staff have always been the most friendly, attentive, organized, and efficient that I have ever come across in a doctor’s office; tea and water are always offered and his staff makes the extra effort to check and see how you’re doing while Dr. Nasseri is with other patients.
Whether it’s an ear, nose and/​or throat issue that you’re having, Dr. Nasseri always has a game plan and even a back-​up plan if your e.n.t. system does not feel like cooperating. He is consistently available to answer questions via email and phone, business hours or not, and makes sure he gets back to you even if it’s on the weekend. On a specific Saturday afternoon, I was taking an antibiotic and felt that I was having a reaction (despite not formerly being allergic to it). So, I paged Dr. Nasseri via the live personnel answering service he has in place for such circumstances that occur outside business hours. Within minutes of him being paged I received a phone call from Dr. Nasseri. It is precisely because of this type of care and concern for his patients that he has such an outstanding reputation.

Dr Nasseri and his wife Bita are the best. They are an incredible team. My teenage son had chronic sinus infections. We saw countless doctors and surgeons, who all agreed he needed sinus surgery. Dr. Nasseri was the only doctor we saw where the anesthesiologist (his wife, Bita) was present each office visit prior to surgery. She wanted to know in detail every allergy and reaction to medications that he has ever had. She then sent us to an allergist before the surgery to make sure there would be no complications. I knew we were in good hands. The surgery went smoothly and my son only used pain pills twice, and then merely used Tylenol for a few days. Dr. Nasseri’s follow-​ups after the surgery were amazing. He called the day of surgery and the entire weekend. He gives his patient a special sinus mix to avoid infections after surgery, and schedules follow up visits weekly, then bi-​monthly, then monthly, then every few months and so on.
As doctors, both Shawn and Bita are 5 star. No wonder they are on the SuperDoctor list and Dr. Shawn Nasseri is on the internet front page of the Hollywood Report’s Top Doctor’s list with Seth MacFarlane. They are expensive but worth the peace of mind of a successful surgery and recovery.
The only issue I had was the payments get mixed sometimes up since there are 3 separate billing offices being paid for one surgery.

I have been seeing Shawn for the past five years and I can truly say he saved my life. I was referred to him after months of being sick. I had a cold that developed into bronchitis and was misdiagnosed by another doctor. I was sick for four months before seeing Shawn and he brought me and my voice back to perfect health. If you want to see someone who cares about you GENUINELY as if you’re family. Go see him. I went a year without seeing him and when he walked in he remembered right where we left off. That’s a doctor who not only is amazing at his job, but loves and cares about his patients! Five stars just isn’t enough.

I had been a patient of Dr. Nasseri for several years — well over a decade. I’m a singer and voice actor, so the health of my vocal chords is paramount to me. He certainly has been good to me as a doctor, but the last time I went to see him due to a long bout with laryngitis, his office had lost my chart. He had an entirely new and inept staff. I waited well over 90 minutes to see the doctor. I had a 3:30 appointment and I didn’t leave there until 5:20pm. I live about 20 miles from Beverly Hills, so with traffic I didn’t make it home until 6:45 pm, and I had to scramble to arrange for someone else pick up my kid from school. The assistant prepped me for a procedure that didn’t need to be (and wasn’t) done, and every time a staff person walked into the room they commented on my being a new patient. I found this very disconcerting. After seeing me for an abrupt 5 minutes, the doctor told me to schedule a follow up appointment in a few days if my voice wasn’t back by then, which I did. Thursday late afternoon I called to cancel it because my voice was well enough and I had booked a job for Friday morning.
They sent me a bill for $ 100 for a late cancel. I can tolerate a doctor who falls behind schedule once in a while, but I cannot tolerate a doctor who thinks his time is more important than mine. Not one person, not even the doctor, apologized for the extraordinary delay. To be charged $ 100 for canceling the night before is totally unacceptable, especially given that I had to wait an hour and a half to see him, and had to rearrange the schedule of my entire family because of it.
I thought about calling to complain about the charge, but in the end paid it, simply because I was weary of having to defend my time to a doctor’s office that doesn’t even remember I’m a long standing patient. It becomes exhausting to argue these points and is ultimately a waste of time.
I hope he is in the process of training his new staff. As for me, I think it’s time to find an ENT in Pasadena.

This reviews are BS.
One star is to much for this doctor.
I’m a cash pay patient. I was referred to him by one of my friends. Dr. Nasseri is known to work with celebrities, that have so much money that they don’t care how they spend their money. His staff are awful, careless, rude, ignorant. Finally it was time to meet the doctor He walk to the door asked me few questions. Then start talking all this plans he has for me and bunch of BS that only put money on his pocket. After he was done I asked him all this plans u told me would fix my nasal issue. He said yes for sure. The whole procedures would cost me almost $ 15,000.
I asked him I will think about it and let u know. I went to get an second opinion with a doctor in century city.
He fix my issue with only $ 1200.
I will ask you to stay a way from this office. Unless u have so much money that you don’t care where you want to burn it.

Let me start by saying, although I am a frequent Unilocal user, I RARELY write reviews. I am tough customer with high service expectations so you can imagine it takes an extraordinary experience to impress me… and cause me to want to write a review.
My experience with Dr. Nasseri was nothing short of remarkable. It’ll all started one night when I was out with friends at a UCLA gathering after a big football win against CAL when one of our friends got into a scuffle with a student from CAL.
Before I knew it, someone had blindsided me and severely broke my nose. I immediately contacted Dr. Nasseri and he agreed to see me Saturday morning on his day off.
Unfortunately, my nose had internal bleeding and needed surgery performed that day — if not, the cartilage in my nose would literally melt away creating an even bigger problem. As you can imagine, Dr. Nasseri rushed me to the operating room on his day off and performed surgery on my nose. Actions speak louder than words — my nose looks and functions better than ever before!
I would HIGHLY recommend Dr. Shawn Nasseri!

Dr. Nasseri is one of the finest doctors that I have ever been to. He is smart, caring, gentle and a brilliant surgeon and ENT. I have referred many clients, friends and family, some who had no success or relief from with other ENT’s, and they were very relieved that they found Dr. Nasseri. Dr. Nasseri is an astute diagnostician, a great listener, who cares deeply about his patients. He is responsive and his office staff is friendly and accommodating. Dr. Nasseri is devoted to his profession as he loves being a doctor, and treats his patients with respect, humor, compassion and concern. He has the best bedside manner (they really should do a tutorial for medical schools as he makes you feel completely at ease) and is thoroughly trustworthy. He goes above and beyond, for every one of his patients. Dr. Nasseri is a gem and we are so grateful for how well he has taken care of us over the years.

Dr. Nasseri is the best doctor I know and one of the best people. He is not just a great doctor but is very caring and generous. After my surgery a few years ago, he actually made a couple of house calls. I would never see another ENT, unless Dr. Nasseri sends me to one for a second opinion!

They are doing terrible work there. I called in to ask the price of the visit and was told it’s $ 250. At the time of the appointment I confirmed that it’s $ 250. They didn’t mention that there could be other costs. I had to wait for Dr. Nasseri to come in finally after 45 minutes. He took some tests without informing me in advance that he will need this and that and it will cost this and that. The whole time he was rushing and left while I still had questions. After that they gave me the bill for $ 800. They told me that the test will take one week to complete and they will give me a call. One week later no call, so I contacted them and the test wasn’t ready still. They completed it two weeks later, still no call on their side. I have no confidence in accuracy of that test now, which cost me nearly $ 1000. This is a slowest office ever, they don’t do their job well, considering the fact that they take huge money out of patients, they are suppose to do everything well. There are so many EXCELLENT, HONEST doctors, who care about their patients, so please do your research well and find someone who doesn’t sit there solely for money money money.

I can honestly say Dr. Nasseri is not only the best doctor I know, but also one of the kindest people I’ve ever met. Before seeing him is been terrified of doctors (I had a horrible experience in the hospital when I was younger). Dr. Nasseri was so kind and patient with me. To the college kid that have him one star, you’re mistaken and I disagree completely. I could not afford my surgery but he so generously gave me a discount. Not only are his staff so nice, but also his beautiful wife Dr. Bita who is often times there is also so sweet! Dr. Nasseri was right on the money when diagnosing me, I had a rare strain of the flu and after going to three ENTs, I finally found dr. N and he diagnosed and treated me. Going to dr. Nasseri and dr. Bita and is one of the best decisions I’ve ever made! Thank you dr. Shawn and dr. Bita! You two are truly AMAZING!
If you want excellent care make sure to schedule an appointment!!!

THE BEST ENT YOU’LL EVER FIND!
I had many issues with my sinuses and had vocal nodules. So as a singer i was very frustrated with this. I went to many doctors and had different opinions and different procedures and nothing worked.
Not only did Dr Nasseri fix everything, but I have never had an issue with my throat or sinus again. Plus my singing is stronger than ever!
On top of his professionalism and amazing skills, he and his staff are the most accommodating, passionate, and thoughtful people I have ever encountered.
He may have a very star-​filled clientele but no matter when i called or what problem I had they would help me right away and did everything they could for me.
I will always be eternally grateful to Dr. Nasseri and his staff for not only giving me my voice back, but for making it better than I ever thought it could be!!!

He is the best of the best and there is no one I would rather go to. He always takes care of me and has been there for me for 10+ years. He did an amazing job on my surgery and I recommend him to everyone!

Like Shawn needs another good review — but I am passionate about my doctors — so I wanted to add one more! Shawn is the nicest but most competent ENT I know. I have seen him since he was in his original practice downstairs and have brought many of my family and friends to him — they are also trilled. He really gets the the bottom of things and cares deeply about your health. If you want top quality medical care in an ENT — Shawn Nasseri IS THE MAN!!!

If you need an ENT, then Dr. Nasseri is the right choice. He’s smart, caring, and knows his business. I’ve been a patient for almost 10 years, and he’s the only doctor I trust with everything ear, nose and throat.
You may have to wait a little, but he’s worth the wait. He’s spending time with his patients, and you will get that same time when its your turn.
His surgical skills were excellent. He fixed my deviated septum, and my recovery was quick.
If you’re in need of an ENT, then look no further!

The reviews on here are just peachy.
While Dr. Nasseri is no moron when it comes to medicine, he is a crook. As far as skills go, he’s actually quite talented.
I was supposed to undergo surgery with him. Of course, being that he’s a «Beverly Hills hotshot,» and has celebrities paying full price for surgeries, he doesn’t care about insurance. Anyway, I am not a celebrity, or a millionaire. I am just a college student in-​training who loves music, and was given the gift of singing. And with that gift comes the responsibility of care. I went to Dr. Nasseri thinking that I was getting top care for my voice. I couldn’t technically afford it, but I was willing to shell out whatever money was needed in order to get the proper care, as I have gone to several ENT’s who didn’t know a thing about voice.
Like all of you, I was in awe of Dr. Nasseri’s talents at first; however, when it was time for the overpriced septoplasty, naturally, I couldn’t afford to pay $ 12 000. He said he’d give me a discount. Well anyway, I spoke to one of his snarky assisstants, who seemed to be about as excited as a piece of toast to speak to me, and informed me to send her an email explaining my situation to her, and that she’d forward it to Dr. Dollar signs. I never got a reply, so I assumed I was being given the cold shoulder because I’m not a Beyoncè or an Adele, so I didn’t matter.
Fair enough, I decided to find another doctor who does accept my insurance, and I stumbled upon a wonderful doctor at Cedar’s Sinai. I showed her the scans I had done at Dr. Nasseri’s, and explained to her the whole deal with the surgery, and listed the procedures Dr. Nasseri wanted to perform on me. Well, guess what? It turns out he wanted to charge me $ 4000 extra for 2 unnecessary procedures. She quite literally said «see those dollar signs next to the procedures, that’s why they were medically necessary. To be politically correct, this is unadulterated BS.» She called another ENT in order to get another opinion, and he also said the same thing; moreover, to get a third opinion, I went to another ENT who also repeated what the two doctors before him said.
Dr. Nasseri simply cares more about making a buck, than about the patient’s health.
Dr. Nasseri knew what he was doing, and this is where the «he’s talented bit» comes in. Those procedures were not invasive, and carried no risks. They were simple enough to carry out without harm, and put on paper when the bill came to make an extra buck. As far as talent goes, as you can see by the positive reviews on here, he is quite skilled with his hands. I recommend him only to those who want good care while being robbed at the same time. But if you’re an average-​joe with a musical gift who is willing to pay extra in order to get quality treatment, I suggest you find someone else who actually does care about you as a person, rather than about your waller, and celebrity status.
It’s a disappointment that the medical world is filled with thieves like Dr. Nasseri who only care about making money, rather than genuinely help people.

I cannot possibly say enough good things about Dr. Nasseri.
If you are a singer and have ANY issue with your voice, he is the man.
I had gone through countless ENTs and not one of them knew a lick about treating singers. Kaiser was a joke. I finally found Dr. Nasseri.
We tried everything and yes, I did need surgery (which was performed perfectly). I recently had another bout with my voice after closing a show and he, again, fixed me up.
He understands the life and needs of a singer. He stays calm (even when I don’t) and actually cares about you. He is so knowledgeable about everything that effects the voice. He was the only one that seemed to know that my thyroid condition was making my voice hoarse. (That would have been a nice thing for my regular doc to tell me)
He doesn’t take any insurance but they will bill your insurance co. (note that Blue Cross doesn’t cover any out of network anymore)
Dr. Nasseri is seriously the very best. I am forever grateful to him for giving me my voice back.

Navin’s review is right on the money. Dr. Nasseri is a gem– truly one in a million. His excellence as a doctor and his kindness as a human being are unsurpassed. I have suffered from frequent sinus issues and infections and have not needed surgery, but if I did, I would trust him without one bit of hesitation to operate on me. Sinus issues are frustrating, but having a doctor like Nasseri to help me through has kept my spirits high when they easily could have gone south. I truly believe his attitude and caring nature are part of what helps his patients get better faster. If I could give more stars with 500 plus signs after them I would!!!

I’ve been seeing Dr. Shawn Nasseri since 2006 and he has become a father to me. Literally, he calls me his «Indian son».
He is THE ABSOLUTE BEST. If I could give him more than 5 stars, I would.
He is an incredible doctor, top-​notch surgeon, and most of all, a GEM of a person. Many multi-​platinum and Grammy award winning artist trust HIM with their throats, ears and noses. He has more platinum plaques gifted to him than most recording studios. So if they trust him with their money-​makers, he can damn sure take care of my average self!
But he treats every one of his clients like family, like a star, whether you’re a recording artist or not. He goes above and beyond — fits me in his schedule even if his day is crazy, calls in prescriptions over the weekend. I don’t know another doctor that cares like he does. And his warm, friendly staff follow his lead; they’re empathetic and make the office feel like a home away from home.
Some surgeons are trigger happy to slice you open. Not with Dr. Nasseri. He explores all options before surgery. Case in point: me!
I’ve been a complicated case.
I had about a dozen throat infections in 18 months. Ridiculous! With no other options, Dr. Nasseri took out my tonsils. The surgery was flawless. (But recovering from a tonsillectomy, especially as an adult, is anything but a walk in the park — you’ve been warned.)
I continued to get sick. Thinking allergy issues could be the root problem, he referred me to The Allergy Clinic in West LA, where I discovered how allergic to this planet I am. I started allergy shots and a customized allergy regimen, which has helped a lot.
I was getting sick less often, but was still getting sinus infections every 2 – 3 months. So last year, we did a sinus surgery. That was a complicated procedure, but he also handled it flawlessly. (FYI, tonsillectomy recovery was exponentially worse.)
Besides a recent encounter with the flu that’s going around, I’m doing AMAZING! And all thanks to Dr. Nasseri.
All in all, he has saved my life at least a hundred times, and I will always unquestionably trust my life in his hands. Thank you Dr. N!!!