Deepa Ramachandran, MD

Dr. Ram is the best family doctor i ever had. I have been seeing her for the past 3 years. She is very nice and caring. Her staff are polite, responsive and very helpful. In any case of emergency, she always spends enough time for my appointment and since I have a pre-​existing condition, she checks me thoroughly which is very important in my condition, with many other medications that I am taking everyday. I trust her diagnosis and will highly recommend her to anyone looking for a family doctor.

Love this woman! She spends time with you answering questions and giving wonderful advice. Wonderful Family Doctors who really got to know you and your family like this existed in my grandparents time but great news is Dr Ram gives the thorough care like the doctors back then. She is also whip smart and thorough. I had a period of health difficulties the past two months and she and her staff bent over backwards and jumped through hoops to ensure I got the care that I needed and they made sure it happened fast. This was not easy since they had to correspond back and forth with my insurance company to get some testing approved. They did it without complaint and with patience and love. I have seen many doctors in my life and she is the one who gives the most thorough and loving care! Her staff is also wonderful and always make you feel welcome. They are prompt in their correspondence

Made an appointment for what I thought was a physical but ended up being a «pre-​physical» consultation. The wait was a little long, it took about three weeks to get the appointment, the office was a little disorganized and Dr. Ramachandran felt a little rushed, but more or less three-​star experience, though I didn’t feel that I’d really accomplished anything. Did get a flu shot at least.
At the end, the doctor walked me to the front desk to book my follow-​up appointment, to occur after I’d had bloodwork. I chose an appointment time and lab and got a little appointment confirmation card.
I had my bloodwork sent to them a week later and three weeks after the first appointment I was ready for my first real doctor’s appointment. Before leaving work early in San Francisco, having requested PTO, I called to confirm my appointment as I hadn’t heard anything from them. Ended up calling about fifteen times to get someone on the phone as I needed to know whether to leave work then. Finally got someone and after a ten-​minute hold, I asked to confirm my appointment one hour from then.
They had no record of any appointment scheduled for me at any time. And they offered no solution. The doctor was going on vacation so wouldn’t be available in the next two months, and I guess there was no way they could accommodate me after their mistake. I still have the appointment confirmation card for the appointment they somehow forgot to book.
Now I have to figure out how to transfer my lab work to a new doctor that can see me sometime in the next two months and whose front office can actually book appointments. Pretty negative experience, and I’m out $ 20 and five weeks as a result.

I would not recommend her to anyone. Yes, she is nice but the information she provided to my mom was incorrect.
History: My mom has been experiencing terrible back pain near her left kidney. She made her first appointment with Dr. Deepa. At this time Dr. Deepa explained that it couldn’t be a pinched nerve or pulled muscle because of the way my mom was moving. At this appointment Dr. Deepa ordered a ultra sound. Now, I went with my mom to the follow up appointment. During this appointment Dr. Deeps explained to my mom that she has calcification’s embedded in her kidney. She also told my mom that she has blood in her urine and that she would always have blood in her urine. Dr. Deepa said that if the pain continued to call and make another appointment and at that time order a CT or MRI. ONE thing that she did do was give us a name of a urologist if we wanted to see one.
Today (9÷24÷15): My mom went to her urologist appointment. When she showed up, Dr. Deepa’s office had NOT sent over the results of the lab work or the ultra sound as requested 2 weeks prior. The urologist office had to call several times before they sent the information over. During her appointment with the urologist it was discussed that the ultra sound did NOT show calcification’s in the kidney, in fact her kidneys are fine. He also went over her labs and it showed NO sign of blood in her urine. After further examination it was ruled that in fact my mom DID have a pinched nerve — something that Dr. Deepa ruled out immediately because of movement!
My mom is now being seen by and mind and body doctor to help her work thru her pinched nerve.
Not to mention that when my dad saw her, she thought it was more important to treat a pulled muscle in his shoulder than to treat his high blood pressure and high cholesterol! She didn’t even give him a prescription for them!

We’ve only been seeing her for a month, so I won’t give her 5 stars just yet, but honestly she is pretty darn close. I have been to many doctors and in general, I am pretty skeptical when it comes to them. I find many don’t care about their patients needs. Dr. Ram is the opposite, she definitely cares and she is very thorough and really talks to the patients about the issues they come in with and what she thinks is the best treatments and what they feel comfortable with as well. She is nice, young and easy to understand.
The staff there is also SO nice and helpful. I would recommend her to anyone who needs a GP in the area.

She is personable but unprepared. I have been twice and waited over 30 mins each time. First time I excused her but second time she came unprepared and followed up on nothing from the first visit. Very disappointed.

Dr. Ram is great! She is extremely thorough, takes her time and listens well. The office staff is also very helpful and polite.

1) Appointments run late
2)Rude office staff
3)Doctor barely spends any time with you
This is what happened :
I had an appointment at 1:30 PM for a annual check up.
I reached the office at 1:30 PM, while stepping in to the office I got a call from the front office nurse — ****, she sounded angry, said my appointment was at 1:15 PM and I was running late.
I went ahead to the desk and started filling in my details for check-​in, another patient walked in after me. After completing the forms I was asked to wait and the other patient who was early to his appointment was told he could see the doctor. Ok, no problem, it was a mis-​understanding.
2 patients and 54 mins after I was told I could see the doctor. They had me undergo a vision test, I saw no details of that report. When I asked about it I was told my «eyesight was fine».
I was given a hospital gown and asked to wait for another 10 – 15 mins.
The doctor came in quickly went over my lab reports and said she would be back in a bit.
13 mins later Nurse **** comes in and tells me the check up is over and I should go to the front desk.
They booked another appointment for me and said I was all set.
Later when I called asking for my medical reports, was told they had been uploaded on a website and I should register to access them.
Additionally the doctor ordered me to get tests done at their partner lab situated in the same office. I checked the price for the tests with my insurance, it came out to be 817 $. Left a note for the doctor asking if the tests were necessary, the nurse called me back saying they were not.
It turned out to be a really long affair though I barely spent 15 mins with the doctor, most of it was wasted waiting.
The rude and dismissive behavior left a bad taste. I definitely will not be going back to this doctor.
Edit :
3 months later I’m paying for things I never knew were done.

Dr. Ram is a wonderful doctor, and ensures you leave the clinic feeling much much better — just by her bedside manners and conversation skills, she can make the world seem a better place. :)
She has been diligent about followups, and always takes the time to understand what is going on. Her patience and genuine concern for her patients are obvious. She helps one understand what happens within the body and why it may be reacting a certain way. Another great thing about visiting Dr. Ram is the option her patients are given for Ayurvedic treatment — which is great. I find that all of these qualities in one doctor make for a fine medical professional. I always think of her before any other doctor. Would surely recommend her to those I know.