Parikh Abhay S MD

I got stomach issues for a long time. Family doctor doesn’t seems to investigate my condition. I had my stomach scope by another doctor back in 2006 but nothing was found. I felt so awful but no one seem to know what it is. I had went to see many doctors left and right. I actually went to see over 25 doctors over six years and no one care to run any test except blood test that only show very little. I know that my stomach was hurting and it got to be something wrong. Last year I went to ER HOAG hospital they are the worst. They found nothing or perhaps the ER doctor doesn’t know how to read the X-​ray and ultrasound results. My family and friends had gone to this doctor and are very happy with him. My boyfriend suggest that I go to him and they were right he’s the best so far of finding out my issue. It was my Liver not my stomach. Thanks to this doctor now I understand what my problems is.
Stress can causes stomach and liver issues. My diet was so bad I got fatty liver. He want me to start eating clean. Thanks so much to this doctor. He’s the best.

Hmmm. First, he nearly kills me, then his staff broke the law, refusing to release my records to me.
TMI Alert: Don’t read further if you’re squeamish. Some years ago, I had a colonoscopy from Dr. Parikh. He found a large polyp, too big to snip out; biopsy showed — to his surprise, given the size — that it was benign. We treated it with antibiotics. Then, there was a follow-​up sigmoidoscopy. The polyp was gone. So far, so good. Two days after the sigmoidoscopy, I was totally blocked, couldn’t get anything out, not even urine. I was rushed to the hospital, and was diagnosed with a colon abscess, which required emergency colon surgery. Thankfully, the surgeon was able to drain the abscess and stitch me up, without removing a segment of my colon or putting me on a colostomy bag. Anyway, it was a very close thing.
Dr. Parikh was kind and professional about it; he didn’t duck responsibility, acknowledging that the timing of my emergency suggested that the sigmoidoscopy might have scored the colon. As a result, I forgave him and let it go. I didn’t post this at that time.
Now, with a new doctor, it was time for my next colonoscopy. Yes, I had some rather severe trepidation, but it’s important to do it every few years at a certain age. The new doctor sent over a request for my file. On the date of the colonoscopy, my file was not yet released. So, I called Parikh’s office, and said that I’d like to pick up my file personally. To my astonishment, since it’s my legal right to take my file, they refused, citing policy. I said that they hadn’t released the papers to the new doctor, and that it’s my legal right to the file. They claimed to have received no request from the new doctor. So, I went in for my colonoscopy, with the doctor having had no access to my previous file. I told the new doctor what had happened. She was astonished, and said that she’d actually called Parikh’s office, immediately after sending her request for my file, to make sure that they had received it. So, they lied to me and violated my legal rights.
I’m uneasy about Parikh’s competence. But, his staff is a horror show.

DO NOT COME HERE. This Dr has the worst office manager/​receptionist I’ve ever encountered. She is extremely rude and not empathetic to patients at all. Not sure why a Dr would keep such a vile person to «run» his front office, who lacks bedside manners and common courtesy.
I will be telling everyone and my PCD about this referral and tell her to never ever refer people to come to this Dr. You’d have better success going on WebMD.

I gave one star for the staff of Dr. Parikh, mainly for the receptionist or office manager by the name of Barbara. I have to say Dr. Parikh is very professional and seems knowledgeable, but his staff lacks client service skills. I have requested repeatedly a statement letter from the Doctor indicating that he indeed prescribed my lab tests, but every time I would contact the office and speak with Barbara, she would promise she’ll have the letter ready for me, then I would get absolutely no response from her or anyone from the office with regards to that simple request. Moreover, when I would call, whoever answered the phone would place me on hold for more than expected from a doctor’s office. I fail to understand the staff’s inattentiveness to a simple request and their neglect to keep their promises. If a simple concern cannot be addressed, I can only imagine if I had had a procedure performed by Dr. Parikh and would have had physical side effects or any complications.

I visited Dr. Parekh several times for acid reflux and heartburn problems. Throughout my visits and for the several extremely severe symptoms he only suggested that I keep taking the antacid as suggested by my Primary and gave me a choice of some tests and recommended none. Even after asking him several times he hardly spoke about the possible causes of the problem I was having because «he didn’t know», he also did not ask any questions about my diet, lifestyle and other related issues that a normal doctor would ask.
Surprisingly after going to him several time over months, getting all the tests done as he recommended and taking medication as he prescribed, he didn’t know what test results like inflammation in my stomach may have been caused due to (or at least he didn’t think he should have shared that with me), he didn’t know what it could do if it lasts longer, or what my next course of action should be other than taking the acid blockers. To my amazement he even suggested that for some of the stomach related issues I should consult my primary doctor and not him, I didn’t know how to respond to him on that! I am usually patient with such stuff but his absolutely careless, «I don’t know, and «I can’t say» attitude, in addition to his complete lack of skills make me seriously doubt his qualifications.
He was absolutely useless, wasted my time and money, and did not take ownership of anything that he was doing or he is supposed to be doing (like treat the patient he charges). He even called me in for a visit even through there was no need for an actual appointment but just to give me a date for an endoscopy which he had already suggested during my previous visit. This was the worst experience I have ever had with any doctor.
Also, the women on the front desk are mean and keep messing the appointment schedules. I absolutely agree with the all the previous reviews about him and my suggestion is go anywhere, don’t go to him.

My wife had been experiencing severe heartburn-​type pains for weeks. She saw Dr. Parikh and he prescribed some antacid pills. They didn’t work. The doctor said to call if my wife was still experiencing severe pain after 3 days. She was, so we called. Dr. Parikh was on vacation. So, why couldn’t he have told us that? A week of severe ²⁴⁄₇ pain later, we went in for an endoscopy. Dr. Parikh endoscoped my wife, you know putting that camera into her esophagus and stomach, to see what was going on. He saw nothing unusual. It was such a let down. And Dr Parikh was terrible about it. We asked what it could be that was causing the problem. He said «I don’t know.» We asked, well what should we do, who do we go to in order to fix this.” Dr, said, «Go to a general practitioner and get some pain medication.» Umm, it was the GP that sent us to you in the first place, dilweed. He was useless. I wonder what his grades were in medical school, probably a D student. Shouldn’t we know that thing about our doctors?
Please, drive the extra 3, 30 or 300 miles and go to someone who knows what they’re doing.