Thomas H Okamoto, MD

Dr. Okamoto is a caring and professional psychiatrist, at the top of his game, always up on the latest trends and their effects on patients. Scheduling is easy, staff is helpful, and he runs on time. (I saw him for more than ten years, so that’s consistency.) He’s a doctor who genuinely cares about his patients – and he’s really smart! What more could you ask for?

Dr. Okamoto is super nice and encouraging. He always calls me back right away when I leave him a message and his receptionists are super kind, good spirited, and gentle. He asks lots of questions and explains everything very clearly so I can leave his office knowing exactly what i need to know.

I’ve been seeing Dr. O for a year now, and saw him as a teen for two years. Therapists in the area have consistently referred me and other friends to him. He has a fantastic reputation and treats his clients with attentive respect. He’s continually studying the latest trends in medicine and works towards his client’s well-​being with the most minimal intervention necessary.
If there’s ever an issue between visits I can call and will get a return call from him within 24 hours – most of the time much sooner than that. His staff are professional and easy to work with. He just seems like a normal guy, which is saying something for a psychiatrist.
Not sure what happened to the other reviewer, but looking at her reviews of other medical provides gives me the idea that she may not be the best source.
I highly recommend seeing Dr. Okamoto. He’s a trustworthy person and an excellent practitioner.

If I could give him a minus star I would. Every single psychiatrist I have seen after Dr. Okamoto has told me, «He is THE WORST psychiatrist in all of Orange County! I get a lot of his old patients and have to fix them.» This says a lot! He has a very poor reputation in the medical community. If his fellow doctors hold a low opinion of him? You KNOW he is bad!
Dr. Okamoto has told me, «I do NOT know how to read a yearly physical lab report. You can take that back.» I brought him my yearly physical labs and he could NOT read them! He said to me, «I have not read labs since I was in medical school. I don’t know what to do with it.» Thus, he ruined my health with the meds he prescribed.
Dr. Okamoto put me on a medication that had a long disclaimer list of problems associated with it. I was concerned. He told me, «Don’t worry! I am a doctor! I will take care of you.» In less than one year I had my internal organs dying and was deathly ill. He told me, «Oh, don’t worry! There is a pill for that!» Said with a dismissive flick of his wrist.
I wanted off meds. He told me «no» and threatened to hospitalize me in the psych ward which is illegal under California Patient’s Right Act law and under federal law. He has no problem breaking the law. He has a «God Complex» and believes he is right.
I am in multiple organ failure due to Dr. Okamoto. I am dying. He did this to me.
I am deeply in debt paying for my medical care that Dr. Okamoto caused. He has not once covered ANY of my medical bills for the multiple medical conditions he caused.
A doctor who has been keeping me alive and cleaning up the mess Dr. Okamoto caused told me, «You nearly died six times last year.» So, yeah, Dr. Okamoto FAILED to take decent or even mediocre care of me.
The worst mistake I ever made was walking into his office. I wish I could go back in time and never meet him.
The kicker is this, I do not even have the condition he claims I have. It has since been discovered I have medical problems that mimic mental illness. I needed a MD to diagnose me and treat me and not psychotropic drugs which have cost me my life.
I have sat in the lobby and heard other patients screaming their head off at him and cursing him. it is not just me who is angry and upset with him. He has many of these patients.
When I left him and requested my medical records the office staff REFUSED to release my medical records to me for fear I would sue for malpractice. I am not suing. I will be dead before a lawsuit can reach court, so there is no point in a lawsuit. Medical records belong the patient. You own them. They are supposed to be given to you upon request anytime you ask for a copy. It is ILLEGAL to deny you access to your medical records.
I had to speak to an attorney to get my medical records. Then they sent me doctored records. I had to threaten to sue, call the AMA, call the District Attorney and raise hell to get my medical records. It took me four months to get my records and they are still not complete. Pages are removed to hide what he did.
The medical journals in his office are all over 10 years old. He does NOT keep up with research or new findings. He hasn’t read a medical journal since he was in medical school. His knowledge is out of date.
Dr. Okatmoto is a «fake nice» when you are a new patient. Once you continue to go him? Yeah, he is not so nice anymore. He makes a good first impression and then you find out he is not a nice person after all.
I do not consider being threatened, frightened of my doctor, scared to speak to him to be an ideal situation. His motto is this, «Do as I tell you off to the psych ward you go!» This is illegal, not even remotely nice and truly frightening.
All Dr. Okamoto cares about is money. He doesn’t sincerely care about helping anyone.
Under his care I became worse rather than better. Other doctors told me this is common.
If you dislike someone? This is the place to take a person you despise.