Tripty Gandhi, MD

Excellent doctor. Straight forward, to the point, positive minded and very friendly. Went to Dr Gandhi for many issues and she solved them and guided me in the right direction. Her approach is very positive and friendly which makes a patient feel very comfortable. Would definitely recommend her for any family.

Front desk: sign in, not bad, get greeted appropriately.
Dr. Ghandi: came to her to test out my new insurance. She had terrible bedside manner, whether seeing you in person or on the phone. I’m not sure if this is due to her being Indian. Maybe in India, there are a bunch of patients so you need to be brisk, but she’s brisk to the point of being almost rude. «Who are you?», «What is it that you need?», «You are pre-​diabetic.», are the few things that come out of her mouth. I keep thinking every time I converse with her will be different, but she is still unbelievably rude. Definitely seeing a different PCP soon.

This review is for all GREEN CARD (i-​485) APPLICANTS
My husband and I first visited Dr. Gandhi for our Green card medicals late August 2015. My husband was born in India and had his old vaccination records. I was born in the UK, but the hospital I was born in had since shut down and I lost my vaccination records during shifting a long time ago.
Looking for a physician: When I was looking for a physician in the Santa Clara area, Dr. Gandhi was the only physician who picked up the phone almost immediately and mentioned that she could give us all the records in a day. When we went to visit her, she mentioned that we would ONLY require 2 vaccinations for the Green card application — Tdap and MMR. We were charged $ 300 (for my husband for the Tdap vaccine) and $ 360 for me (for the Tdap and MMR) (the company paid for this cost)
In December, we received an RFE (request for further evidence) with 1 word in our RFE: Varicella. This is a very important note to all of you. If you are above 18, there are 3 vaccines required (and NOT 2): Tdap, MMR and Varicella. 2 of my husband’s colleagues also mentioned that they went to Dr. Gandhi and both of them received an RFE for the Varicella vaccine. If you happened to have had chickenpox in the past, if the Doctor annotates the form with «VH» (meaning you have had chickenpox in the past) it should be fine. We did not want to take the chance however and took the Variella vaccine. Also, pl note that if you received an RFE, you would also need to take the 2^nd MMR vaccine (a month after the first shot). We were charged $ 320 for the both of us this time (the company did not reimburse this amount since it was the doctor’s error).
I strongly recommend however that you check your vaccination sheet very carefully and ensure all 3 of the vaccines are given to you — MMR (2^nd dose if you get an RFE), Tdap AND VARICELLA. Also, if it is Flu Season, pl pl ensure the date of the Flu Shot is also specified. For the other vaccines, the physician, can mark «Not Age Appropriate». The charges were higher than we’d initially have expected. Dr. Gandhi seemed to have done the RFE’s correctly, although she is very quick and we were a little worried about whether the forms were signed and dated. We eventually got our Green cards 2 weeks after we sent across the revised medicals (just before New Years Day). It did delay things by a month however.
I do hope this review helps all of you with your Green card applications. Best of luck.

Been patient of Dr. Gandhi for many years now. She tries to accommodate you if you have an urgency. Sometimes that may not work in your favour since there could be others who might need her attention. Overall she is a very caring and good professional. Strongly recommend her.

I went to Dr Tripty Gandhi for getting my immigration medicals done. i. e for Green Card. She actually suggested me to get my vaccination stuff done at my HMO hospital, as it was covered. and it would cost me $ 200 less, as my vaccinations would have been covered by my HMO.
I had waited for 15 years for my Green card and was impatient, and asked her for immediate appointment. She understood my predicament and helped me with all the tests.
I got Greened without any issues. I would hate improper medicals causing delay because it should be the most hassle free papers required v/​v other immigration prerequisite documents.
Dr. Gandhi is highly professional and she is upfront about the charges. I did some shopping around. Actually my earlier vaccinations were done more than 10 years ago and had lapsed, so I had to go through the procedure again, else it would have cost me lesser.
She is not covered under my medical insurance else, I would have her as my regular physician.
She and her staff are very friendly too.

Got charged $ 215 for first office visit and $ 150 for second. Took my wife to another primary care center for same symptoms got charged $ 19. Was new to the area and unknowingly came here. Will never go back

My wife has been going here for about 2 years and Dr. Ghandi has been great. She is knowledgable, thorough and cares a lot about her patients.

I wish I could give a lesser rating. Highly incompetent doctor and staff.

very good service, given right care. Had a nice experience in her treatment.
5 is apt for the ambience, service and experience.
Bhavana Jagan

I went here twice. My first visit was not that great. She didn’t care much but gave me a medicine and asked me to go to a specialist. Second visit was comforting.

If you have Covered California they will charge you more than it said in your copayment ($ 90 dollars more) the front lady and medical assistant are very welcoming and friendly. First time here appointment was at 8:30 am. Doctor Ghandi saw me at 9:15 write blood test, took a sample of my mouth, gave me a referral to an allergist she didn’t took more than 10 minutes… she did not stop or sit to talk to me about my concerns, looks like she is in a big hurry (I think she could improve her bedside manners, be more attentive and sit an listen to the patient) the ph assistant is a nice lady… I will give them a chance… for now ²¹⁄₂ to 3 stars is the most I can give them, I will come back an update my review.

Does not accept Travel Insurance of any kind so if you have family visiting from outside US then give her a miss. I had booked appointment through ZocDoc and mentioned the specific insurance that my family was carrying and if that was going to be accepted.
My question was not answered, my appointment confirmed and it was only at the clinic that I was told that it would not be.

I went to see Tripty Gandhi for my Green card vaccinations. I am really scared of shots and decided to take all 3 shots I needed at once because I wanted to get it over with. She was very nice and patient with me. 5 stars!

I find it to be very interesting that there are 3 PAGES of one star reviews that are hidden and «no longer included in this business’ overall rating». Otherwise I most certainly would NOT give her 4 stars! I believe that two stars would be fair.
This Dr sends you for a lot of tests, and some may not be necessary. She does not keep to her business hours, and if you are a working professional, good luck! You will need to take time off work every time.
At my first meeting with this Dr. she had me do a sweep of blood tests, which DID turn out to be useful I am happy to say. Yet her bedside manner is abrupt and she is very opinionated. What I mean by that is, I am living in MY body, and I KNOW when something is amiss. She did not listen and dismissed my concerns. That is not what I believe a Dr should do. Yes, they know more about the human body than I do, however I am the expert on oddities within MY body. Please listen and help to guide me to the correct diagnosis.
I would not recommend this Dr to my family and friends. My enemies however…

Dr. Tripty is our family physician for many years. She is attentive, smiling and, give you good suggestion and reference but her office sitting is small if you bring your baby in the stroller, park it outside of the office. We are happy with her service.

I had gone to this doctor when i first relocated to bay area. My first visit with her was fine though she pestered a lot for taking chicken pox vaccination which I had already taken. I got fever because of that whose treatment continued for a month.
Next time I had gone for treating UTI but she recommended innumerable blood tests for which my insurance was billed heavily! Also, she prescribed that I had diabetes and wanted to put me on pills ! After consulting another doctor I came to know that i just had prediabetic condition that too very minimal which doesn’t require any medication. She suggested some scans which i am not sure if they were needed at all. Just for a small issue I ended up paying most of my deductible for this year !
I think she is very expensive doctor and tries to prescribe lot of expensive lab work and scans.

Service and wait time is decent. The only thing they lag it to educate there patients related to financial matters. So i had a bad experience with this doctor related to financial topics. She and her staff are not transparent with financial charges.
I went for annual checkup and she told me to do some test and she confirmed that all where part of annual checkup. Later i found that some test where not for preventive care. Also her staff called me discuss annual checkup blood report and said it was part part of my annual checkup. after few weeks i get a bill saying second visit was not part of annual checkup and I need to play for it as deductible.
Advice, before going to her make sure you discuss all financial maters and reconfirm.

Not impressed. After moving to the bayarea, this was the first doctor I went to for a general checkup. Her office staff wasnt very accommodating. They don’t have space or accommodations for moms with strollers or young children. It’s a small office, crowded hallway which made it hard to move around with an infant. Everyone is different but I like docs with good bedside manner, and dr. Gandhi didn’t make me feel comfortable. I felt rushed and uneasy. I didn’t fel like she did a thorough checkup either, based on previous experiences.

Tripty is cool. She gets to the point, doesn’t pontificate too much and is very approachable. I went in for a check-​up — she was patient and heard me out fully and provided some really good suggestions and tips (for back pain management.).
She’s also on ZocDoc which makes scheduling like super easy.

I went to this doctor for annual physical after reviewing her ratings as we had just moved in to the area. I should have read the filtered reviews in Unilocal.
She is no doubt knowledgeable and knows her stuff as a family physician. we would not visit her again due to her lack of professionalism. Here’s why
1 She had ordered several lab tests which were not covered by insurance, which we realized only when we got the bill from diagnostics. This, when we had clearly indicated that we were there only for our annual physical test and were in good health.
2. She made both my wife and I visit twice. The second visit was to just hand over the lab results of annual physical. She said everything was normal and charged us her usual high consulting fees both times, which we had to pay out of pocket
Her staff was good and were helpful in getting the appointment.