Bloomfield Ellie MD

Great doctor just takes a long time to see patients.

Eek! Me thinks not is right. This doctor treated me like a hypochondriac. True, I mentioned all my ailments. That’s what you do when you want help with them, right?
When I mentioned I was there to get help with knee and hip pain so I could get back to triathlon training, she said I needed to hang it all up, and be done with it. Because at «my age» I shouldn’t be doing anything but freestyle swimming.
She would have me in a rocking chair in my 40s if she had her way. Um… no.
She also diagnosed me with carpal tunnel without proper testing, which it turns out I don’t have.
I have since been to another doctor who took actual XRAYS and found spine issues causing the pain and tingling, and it is getting better now.
Don’t get me wrong she is a nice lady, but certainly not one that’s going to help me heal and get back to what I like to do.

Please note this review has nothing to do with Dr. Bloomfield as a doctor because I would have to actually get in to see her first to know what that’s like.
I just changed insurance when I got my new job. After a long process of dealing with Anthem assigning the wrong doctor (who was a geriatric specialist, which makes no sense because I’m in my 20s) I got Dr. Bloomfield as my PCP. I called her office to make an appointment because I’ve had a a really bad cough for weeks while trying to sort out the PCP mix up. The first available appointment for a new patient was over a month away! I told the woman I spoke with on the phone that I was sick and she just told me to go to urgent care. I had done that, been on antibiotics and did not get better. I need to see a doctor who can provide tests and do more long term care, not just throw antibiotics at me and hope it kills whatever I have. I thought that was the point of having insurance.
I asked if my appointment a month from then would include a full exam and she said no! She said it was just so we could meet. This is absurd. I’m sick, nothing from urgent care is working. What am I supposed to do? This is a terrible first impression. Thank goodness it doesn’t seem to be life threatening since I’ve had this for weeks but I’m worried about waiting until June to see the doctor and the damage I’m doing to my lungs. How long will I have to wait to see her for a real actual exam after the preliminary meeting?
I just want to see a doctor when I’m sick. I have a good job with a good health care package so why is that so much to ask for?!

I chose Dr. Bloomfield based on her middle age and location without any recommendations from friends. I took my chances based on her profile and found that my luck with her was not very good.
During my first year with her, she was pretty basic about routine health care and checkups. During one of my physicals, I asked her to refer me to a OBGYN to do my pap since I am a woman in my 20’s but she insisted that I stay with her. At the time, I didn’t realize that she just hated writing referrals.
At the beginning of this year, I went to see her about some pretty severe sciatic nerve and back pain i had been feeling for a couple months. I told her my symptoms and asked her many questions. Within 5 – 10 minutes of consultation, Dr. Bloomfield proceeded to tell me that sciatica is something that I will have to deal with for the rest of my life and that I should completely stop working out (which is something I love to do). She also insisted that I take Prednisone (very strong steroid) and told me that I was clinically DEPRESSED and asked me if I wanted anti-​depressants to feel «normal.» Clearly, I said no to ALL of those things. I was in complete and utter shock that she immediately tried giving me excessive amounts of drugs rather than try to assess the real issue at hand.
I left that day upset, dissatisfied and with NO referral to any specialists. I however agreed to try prednisone for a couple days to see if it helped, because, at the time this was the only option she gave me.
A week later I called her letting her know that the prednisone had not worked and that I was still in pain. She finally referred me to an MRI after much discussion over the phone. She then offered to prescribe me vicodin to control the pain, of which I denied again.
When my MRI came back clear, she never called me to discuss. I had to call myself and find out. I met with her again and she finally referred me to a neurosurgeon (not to her liking). Two weeks later, the neurosurgeon said that I had no spine irregularities and no pinched nerves.
It is a year later and still have issues with my pain that has actually spread to my back and down my leg. When I saw her one last time 2 weeks ago, I told her that I had done tons of research and had an idea of what my problem was. She told me, it doesn’t matter what the cause was… and that you treat it all the same… I could not believe her! I stood my ground and said that I wanted to be referred to a physical therapist and she told me none of her patients have ever felt better with Physical Therapy. I argued with her and finally got her to agree to a referral.
Upon receiving my referral, I noticed that the insurance had only approved 4 out of 6 PT sessions. I figured the reason why was because Dr. Bloomfield put down «acute sciatica»…excuse me, but one year of this pain is considered CHRONIC. I was so upset but figured it wouldn’t matter so much anyway because I just put in my request to not only change doctors but insurance as well.
Dr. Bloomfield is an intelligent woman, but has poor beside manner and regards all her patients as the same. She needs to understand that each person is a unique case. She is tough on referrals and loves to prescribe medications to you any chance she gets. I am so unhappy with her services that I felt adamant about sharing my story. If you are considering her, look the other way, ESPECIALLY if you have any real medical concerns.

I want to love Dr. Bloomfield because she was my doctor for years but when I had to change insurance and thus change my primary care, it was a blessing in disguise. I felt under-​diagnosed on several big issues and was left with a standing order of the z-​pack to deal with a chronic sinus infection rather than a referral to an ENT. I have been sick on and off for over a year and feel like Dr. Bloomfield just didn’t clue in. She is really stingy about her referrals even when you keep coming back with the same issue. You have to really demand a referral to a specialist and even then she shrugs you off. I am still dealing with my sinus infections and under her care was on antibiotics at least 7 times in a year. Her staff is lovely and she is really smart and relatively caring, but the last of referrals to specialists when you have an HMO is really harmful.

I’ve been with Dr. Bloomfield for many, many years and she’s the best. She always shows genuine concern and always nails down the diagnosis perfectly. I only wish she took medi-​cal but I’m will to find a way to pay because she’s so great.

Dr. Ellie Bloomfield came highly-​highly-​highly-​highly-​recommended to me.
By Hollywood’s greatest-​ever stuntman and wife.
They’re both long-​time Dr. Bloomfield patients and fans.
Their entire family is.
Fans, in fact, of the entire Ellie Bloomfield, MD, office.
Convenient to everything in Glendale.
— right off the 2, the 210, it’s perfect, right at USC Verdugo Hills Hospital.
… you just can’t ask for a better location.
It’s in the Jewel City, the greatest city in CA (Glendale) where traffic’s nil — Glendale just doesn’t allow traffic, bad cars, smog, smoke — even jerks can’t drive in Glendale.
Can’t even pass through — we have a drone that catches them at the border.
Factor-​in (that) the greatest PHARMACY on the planet is in the lobby — so the switch to
Dr. Bloomfield also means a home run/​grand slam in that respect.
So now you have the ultimate Dr. Bloomfield referral — the ease of getting there — parking there — the greatest pharmacy, etc.
What makes Dr. Bloomfield so effective, so great, so popular?
She doesn’t come at you in a «doctorish» way — doesn’t look at you like you shouldn’t be breathing the same AIR as her.
She’s funny, matter-​of-​fact, practical — and she’s all business at the same time.
What do you need — when do you need it — why do you need it — what are you symptoms, etc.
She’s highly intelligent, so you get highly-​skilled, practical, intelligent and funny.
She knows every doctor on the planet — has a great relationship with every physician in Glendale, Los Angeles, Pasadena —
Thus I’ve had four perfect referrals and fr awesome specialists.
@ (Keep in mind a lot of the specialists are right THERE at USC-​VHH — it’s possible you can walk INTO a specialist’s office eleven minutes after leaving
Dr. Bloomfield’s.)
I’m surprised Dr. Bloomfield and staff don’t CHARGE me more —
Rose, the receptionist — is enthralling, could talk to her for days — and if you’re hurting or need an emergency appointment Rose WILL/​CAN fix you up.
Rose will also refer you to various brake, auto, vehicle repair shops in both Glendale and the O.C. — she’s also a walking expert on the area —
The other Women are just as fun — a bit more subdued than Rose — so they work well behind the scenes — they’d just as soon you don’t ASK them their names (Kim).
Yesterday I got a flu shot, a favorable weight reading, a crucial Oral Surgeon referral — Dr. Bloomfield SPENT twenty minutes COMPOSING this referral.
Wanted, wants, needs it to be just RIGHT — she’s an excellent writer —
Most doctors write NEEDS TO SEE YOU and that’s it — takes them six seconds.
Dr. Bloomfield is careful to understand the problem — the best Oral Surgeon, the most convenient — one that FITS with your Provider-​needs, etc.
I love this office — I’d marry the entire staff if they’d let me.
People stop in all the time JUST TO SAY HELLO — yesterday during my appointment Rose had like six guys come in just to say «hey.»
If I’m IN the area — i.e. at my Ortho. Surgeon’s office — I go up and say «hey.»
Yesterday was incredibly busy — had to wait almost fifteen minutes — that’s the LONGEST I’ve ever waited —
«The holidays,» said Dr. B.
Dr. Bloomfield is the go-​to-​girl in the Glendale area — you need a Primary Care Physician and a great office — THIS IS THE ONE!
Thanks to Dr. Bloomfield and all her Great Staff for the great care going on four years —
More proof that Hollywood Stuntmen NEVER tell a lie!
Joe K