Ramineni Usha, MD

I am not sure what kind of miracles people expect from doctors, however I have had great luck with Dr. R. She listens and gives practical advice even if it is not what I want to hear in the moment. She is no nonsense and does not play into the ego… if you are looking for a logical approach versus one full of emotion and drama, Dr. R is the way to go. …however if you are looking to project your problems off to the doctor you may want to look for someone who is impressed with dramatics.

Horrible. My family trusted her to treat my sister for 9+ years. When we first brought her in, she gave her medication and it stabilized her. But through the years and especially during stressful times she would relapse. During these times, my sis’s husband would be able to make an appointment and bring my sister in to get re-​evaluated with Usha. But something changed about 2 years ago, my sister relapsed and Usha would not return my sis’s husband’s calls for an emergency appointment. When I visited my sister I saw how unstable she was and decided to call Usha myself, I left many messages until I finally was told by the front desk that my sister needed to sign authorizations for Usha to speak to me or my sis’s husband, which was fine, but after we faxed in the signed authorizations, Usha still wouldn’t return our calls. My sister ended up getting fired from her job because we couldn’t get any help from Usha. Then shortly after, my sis started getting violent and attacking us, so my parents took her in to see Usha. Usha asked my sister a couple questions, but my sister was lying and acting like she was fine. My parents started telling Usha the truth, but Usha didn’t want to hear the feedback and told my parents to leave her office. My mother said it was important that Usha know the details in order to treat her, but Usha proceeded to threaten to call security and threaten my parents that if they didn’t leave she would have my sister cuffed and in chains to the County Mental hospital. My unstable sister then became angry, because she feared being hospitalized. Usha told my sister she was no longer treating her and for everyone to leave her office. She is arrogant, disrespectful and does not care about her patients or their family’s feedback. Do not take your loved ones here. I will be filing a formal complaint.

Dr. Ramineni is exactly what I needed. She helps me deal with the chemical imbalance in my brain that causes my depression. She’s not a therapist, she’s an M.D. Even though it’s not her job to talk to me about my life, she’s always happy to. :) Now that she and I have found a good medicine and dosage for my needs, I just check in with her occasionally so she can answer any questions I have and give me a new prescription. A sweet lady and a very competent psychiatrist.

Very poor «bedside» manner and very cold. Not very personable and doesn’t seem to have much concern with her patients feelings. I would this a psychiatrist would be more sensitive since they deal with patients that already are having emotional problems.

I just saw Doctor Ramineni again today (my second visit). I felt like I connected with her on my first visit, and although I only saw her for one hour the first visit, she diagnosed me with the same thing that my Psychologist did, and I never mentioned that to her. She is «spot on»!. She listened to me, and was very compassionate. She is working with me on meds, and I trust her judgment completely. I’ll leave another review after a few more visits, but I am «positive» my review will be kind and positive. Thank you for both you and your office staff’s excellent service. A very satisfied patient, Carole Turner.

I’ve since had to change Doctors. I thought it was just her front desk staff that didn’t give a rip about their patients but when I paid a visit in person after she didn’t return my calls for two weeks, she didn’t seem to care either. I had an awful, embarrassing experience and I am so happy with my new Dr. GOOD RIDDANCE!

I love Dr. Ramineni! I too don’t know why the others are giving her a bad review. This doctor is so good that since I have moved over two hours away I still come to see her!
If you are looking for a great doctor that really knows what she is doing this is the doctor for you.
She is very quick to read people. No nonsense just great at listening and prescribing the right medications. Granted sometimes the person doses need to be tweaked but that’s to be expected from any psychiatrist.
I have bi-​polar disorder and since I have been coming to her she has me completely under control. I am stable and don’t have the ups and downs anymore. I had been to MANY other doctors and never even got close to being stabilized with my medications.
I agree with the others who love her also. If you give Dr. Ramineni a chance to help you she will.

I have been seeing Dr. Ramanini for over 8 years now.
I really don’t understand these other reviews. She is a GREAT doctor. And amazing with pharmaceuticals. I have been to quite a few psychiatrists over the years and she is really one I’ve come to trust. And my calls always get answered.
Now their billing and administrative staff could use alot of work — but the Dr. She’s really sweet, nice, caring and knows her stuff. If there were scheduling errors and you have been skipped over then it’s YOUR responsibility to go to the front desk and ask why. Not sit there and let it keep happening. People are human and like I said the administrative part of this company sucks. But I deal with it because Ramanini is worth it!

can you give a person 0 stars? This lady is the most horrific psychatrist and perhaps person I have ever been too-​and to validate my knowledge of psychiatrist I’ll admit I’ve been too more than just a few because i’ve moved a lot. I agree with Renee and Ellen and anyone else who gave her one star. Kat R. I am so sorry you believe that this lady has the ability to help you and your husband because I can imagine how AMAZING your relationship would be with a better psychatrist-​my heart goes out to you guys. and Louise S. Pull your child out of there are QUICKLY as possible. She has no knowledge about medication, which wait-​i will prove to you with concrete evidence of her lack of knowledge of prescription medication (and i hope this does not make my review any less credible-​but I know my medication and i know it better than this dumb woman, btw your child is prob. overdiagnosed– I went in there and she told me I had all kinds of diagnosis-​which your REALLY NOT suppose to do because than the person takes on this diagnosis or defines themselves by it. she didn’t refill my adderrall that i have been on for over 12 years-​its finals week? Anyways, I walked in there-haden’t seen my therapist or other psychatrist that are back in LA in sometime and I truly believe in therapy and psychology and what wonderful things it can do for a person (even if the person isn’t as crazy as me!-i’m a difficult case USHA i’ll admit that) First of all, she was extremely cold, I went to my appointment 30 minutes early had to fill out like 45 minutes worth of paper work and then when I asked if i could go to the bathroom really quickly before we got started she looked at me with her black evil eyes and the receptionist said no, she said rudely «i can wait for a few seconds». I went in there and just started crying-i’m having a really hard transition to San Diego and I thought being honest with her would allow me to receive the best possible treatment. It was our first time meeting, which she really knows nothing about me and usually, well ALL, psychatrist do not change your medication you have been on for over two years on the first appointment, especially if you are not complaining about any of them just that you need your anti-​depressant raised. not this condescending, unknowledgeable, black devil eyed woman who as far as I am concerned has NOTHING to offer anyone who needs help other than to tell them that she CAN“T help them-​that is what she said to me. I was crying told her i felt helpless and hopeless and she told me she couldn’t help me. FURTHEr, she would not refill any of my medication, some which are dangerous to just come off of, that i had been on for two years-​that were prescribed to me by one of the best psychiatrist in Los Angeles. And these medications have been working, she didn’t even really know me and refused to refill them? she never asked anything personal, very cold-​very sterile, just went through a list of questions, left the room twice to ask other doctors questions, it was sickening. I could see all the notes that she was writing about me-​which as a patient your not suppose to see the doctors notes and they’re suppose to be locked up in a cabinet. So i went in to this doctor feeling sad, crying, was honest, and she told me theres nothing she could do for me nor any psychatrist at psych inc. WHAT? no doctor can see me because of my depression and anxiety? what kind of place is this? and then she told me my pharmacist told me wrong information and said it in a rude voice. oh gosh and her total disregard for her patients feelings. I spent the rest of the day crying because she told me i was helpless and not kindly but rudely and rushed me out of her office. not to mention dropping my name outside her office in order to ask the receptionist questions. I brought in my old medication bottles-​some over a year old some just from last month BOTH the same-​she told me she did not feel comfortable prescribing me these medications, because i had a «drinking problem» UM… WHERE DID YOU GET THAT FROM? not once had i mentioned drinking, i checked yes I had got a DUI when i was 18 years old and i know PLENTy of people who drink once a year and have a DUI-​suddenly she has diagnosed me with a drinking problem with knowing nothing about me except a DUI i got when i was a dumb teenager 8 years ago HAHAHHAh. then on my mood stabilizing drug, the one that is used to prevent seizures but if you get to a certain dosage it can actually induce them-​look it up if u don’t believe me-​she told me this was wrong information, i told her i only will take 150 mg and will NOT take 200 mg, i get to fill the prescription and she had written my prescription for 200mg, when i SPECIFICALLY SAID i have been consulted by a pharmacist NOT to take that much. this was crystal clear in our discussion-​she did this in spite of my request. sickening excuse for a doctor. I would recommend seeing a bum on the street than paying 1 $ for this «doctor».

A WONDERFUL doctor. My husband and I both see her regularily. She never pushes medication or decides to play games with the prescription. She always makes a point to talk to us and get to know us and what is going on in our lives. Extreamly attentive and caring. She also took into consideration that my husband and I don’t have insurance. I’ve been seeing her for nearly 3 years now and I’ve never had a problem.

She «diidn’t notice I was on her schedule» and let me wait over an hour, while she took other patients.
She never asked me any specific questions in regards to the medication she was prescribing, never had any questions regarding my health, never wanted to know about the process of my treatment!!! She won’t recognize your face or your name because she sees her patients for less than 5 minutes and hands off a prescription.
Find someone who cares, honestly.

Insurance selected this provider for us and we tried to work with it for two years. This psychiatrist is supposed to specialize in treating children, however, her bedside manner wouldn’t charm anyone. Ramineni never could remember the patient’s name, nor how to pronounce it (it’s a very easy, common American name– yes, we’re in America– imagine, American names. How can you gain the confidence of a parent, let alone a kid, if you can’t remember the kid’s name– even after TWO YEARS?!). She seldom made eye contact, did not like questions asked, esp. about medication side effects or inter-​effects with other medications. She actually acted like she was getting a headache whenever I started asking questions; she would close her eyes and rub her temples, put her hand on her forehead and ramble the memorized side-​effects off the top of her head without ever even looking at me or even turning her chair to face me! As a parent with a child who has psychological issues, side effects of anti-​psychotic medications and their effect on a developing brain are extremely important. I don’t want to just take anyone’s word for anything without information to back it up. After all, doctors make mistakes ALL THE TIME. She basically made me feel like I was being rude and irritating for asking questions about antipsychotic drugs and not just taking her drug recommendations straight off the bat. She also seemed annoyed when we were hesitant to try new ones after we had really bad experiences with some of the ones she prescribed (imagine hives all over your kid’s body for a month because that’s how long it takes for the medication to get out of the bloodstream). Basically, she really is just looking to get patients In and Out, give them their ‘scripts, and get on with her life. We were only allowed 15 minutes for appointments, and she also sometimes took cell phone calls during appointments– as if the appointment wasn’t abrupt enough.
Psycare has strict rules about being on time for appointments, but the rules only apply to the patients– not the doctors– doctors are allowed to make you wait however long and if you’re not still there when they’re ready, you get billed anyway. Then, when you call their billing department, they put you on hold for ten mintues, dump transfer your call to another department, and the whole party starts all over again. I guess that’s their way of saying they don’t really want to deal with you. They also don’t call you back when they say they will. These phone parties happened whenever billing was messed up, and they made me SO MAD. Nothing is more irritating than sitting on hold listening to «how important [your] call is (repeatedly– like, every minute) and we’ll be with you in a moment» for WAY longer than «a moment” — I think my longest hold time was 28 ‘moments.’
Besides billing issues, calling and making appointments was also a highly irritating process. EVERY TIME you call they ask you for patient name and DOB– that’s fine. But then, when you jump the gun and give it to them anyway, they ask for SS#, then address. and if you give that too, then they want your phone number. Why? Well, because they want to «ensure your imformation is correctly updated.» Even if you called two minutes ago, or yesterday, or last week– they make you jump through these stupid hoops. I honestly think its a power trip they like to hold over people. «Oh, you think you already know the system, huh? Already prepared with your name and DOB, huh? Well– what’s your address? What’s your zip code? What’s your sponsor’s social security number? What’s your phone number?» In the end, I started just spewing off answers to every question they’d ever asked before they could ever ask them. All to make an appointment. Oh– then, get this! You’d say, «I need an appointment before the fifth.» (2 or 3 weeks out) Then they’d tell you, «Oh, gee– I’m so sorry. we don’t have anything available.» Then you get cranky and say, «Well, my kid’s meds run out on the 3^rd and it takes 2 days to fill them. Can you have the doctor mail a prescription and we’ll just skip the appointment this month?» WOW– instantly, an appointment becomes available in your time frame: «Oh, it looks like we can take you on Tuesday. Does that work for you?» Like she didn’t just tell me nothing was available two seconds ago. Do you know how many times this happened? At least 5 or 6. What the heck?!
On the plus side, we didn’t have to wait long in the waiting room very often once we got an appt. The office is nice; the staff are cold as fish. Parking sucks for anyone who doesn’t drive a ForTwo. Office does not accomodate for small children and they are not encouraged to be brought. Other than personal conflict, this doctor was always seeking new ways to medicate the patient. It is difficult to not feel like this doctor is a glorified legal drug dealer, since no psychological treatment is offered. If you want ongoing meds instead of meds + treatment, this doctor is for you!