William J Grimm, DO – Desert Primary Care

I can’t even begin to explain how much I love Dr. Grimm and his office staff. At first I saw Gordon his assistant and just like David B said, I felt like I was on an episode of Greys Anatomy. He looked like a TV doctor so I was a little intimidated. He put me right at ease and was great. He left to go work with doctors I think in Hati or some other impovershied country. I have now been seeing Dr. Grimm. He is wonderful, I can’t say enough nice things about him. I have been very sick and we can’t seem to find the cause even after hundreds of tubes of blood and tests, but he has not given up. When you become a member of his practice you get his personal cell in case of emergency and even though I hate to bother him late at night or on weekends, he has always answered and called in prescriptions for me or helped me when I had an alergic reaction to a medication. I don’t have health insurance and he understands that and is always trying to help me with specialists who will take me without insurance. I never feel rushed when I see him like I have with other Doctors. He listens to you and takes his time with you. I am from Boston where we have the best hospitals and doctors in the country but none have ever treated me with respect, caring and kindness that Dr. Grimm has. I absolutely love him and his staff. Jessica and Jamie. This is the best practice I have ever been too and even though MVIP is kind of pricy to join, it is well worth it for the care you get.
I reccomend this practice 100%

Dr. Grimm and his staff are professional and warm. Highly recommended.

Fantastic Doctor, wonderful staff. Couldn’t ask for a more compassionate, caring group of people.

I have never seen Dr. Grimm since I was under the care of Gordon Sanford PA-​C. The care by Gordon Sanford was amazing. I have never felt more taken care of at a medical practice than I have by Gordon Sanford PA-​C. Sadly, the practice is changing to a more cash pay type of practice called VIP MD starting this May. I cannot afford $ 1800 per year for this service. I am so bummed. I will miss Gordon. Someday, if I am wealthier, I will definitely go back.

I relocated to Palm Springs from another major So. Cal City and was referred to Dr. Grimm’s practice. Of all four visits I have made his office I have never been seen by Dr. Grimm and have only been seen only by his Physician’s Assistant. The office staff was cold, indifferent, and never even asked how I even came to choose their practice. This «mood» seems to permeate the practice. At my request and with a signed release, I understood that the office would request copies of pertinent medical records from my previous out of town physician. I assumed that this had occurred and that the review of my medical history was the basis for subsequent decisions made regarding my continued care at this new office. After a number of «mis-​communications» from this medical practice, having my prescriptions screwed up by the Physician’s Assistant and experiencing what I considered to be the worst medical attention I’ve ever recieved, I decided to change my choice of medical practice. I went to Dr. Grimm’s office and requested copies of my medical records to take to my new physician’s office. I expected that the records forwarded from my previous physican would be included in my records. I was surprised and dismayed to find out that the records for which I had signed a release from my previous physician had, in fact, never been requested and did not exist in my file. Anomylies identified in recent blood work requested by this practice were never relayed to me with any recommedations for appropriate behavioral changes.
Visiting this practice made me feel as though I was just another of the many «cattle» that they «processed». In sharing my experience of this practice with local freinds, I was surprised at how many of them have heard the same complaints about this practice. I have since found a far more caring, attentive, and truly professional physician who treats me with care and respect.

Been my doctor for 6 years.
Amazing man. Like a young country doctor of long ago, but totally on top of his profession. Many times I wait for up to an hour past my appointment time to see him. Why would I put up with that? Because, while the health care providers tell him he can’t spend more than 15 minutes with a patient (or is that down to 10 now?), he pays absolutely no attention to those rules. If he needs 30 — 45 minutes with you, you get it. He listens to your body, he listens to your ills.
He talks over a plan with you. If he doesn’t know what is wrong, or he needs other opinions, he has a fine roster of referrals he gives to you. I have been referred to several people over the years, and every one, including the lab he uses for bloodwork etc., is just nothing short of stellar. He obviously does his homework (though when he has time to do that is a wonder). Here is a man that embodies the Marcus Welby tradition, and is a total credit to his oath.
He has a very good PA (Physician’s Assistant) Gordon Sanford (who is way too perfect looking to be a doctor… no matter how many hours he has worked). Gordon reminds me of the movie doctor. In every scene, even if he has done 26 surgeries and seen 75 patients in a day, looks like a GQ model.
Carol, Dr. Grimm’s nurse, makes The Amazing Kreskin look like an amateur. How she juggles all the patients, and tasks she has to do in a day, and still keep a warm caring smile on her face, is beyond the perfect Florence Nightengale. She is an angel is the medical world.
There is another new ‘nurse’ in the practice now. She won’t last long. She has very poor bedside manner, and is cool and inefficient. I can’t remember her name, but I doubt if she will be there by my next visit. I can’t imagine such a wonderful practice putting up with the likes of her very long.
If you are lucky enough to be able to get into the patient roster of this practice, you have found one of the best on the West Coast.