The Angeles Clinic and Research Institute

Angeles clinic is not a very good feeling place. No fruit. Nothing. Just crap cheap candy. And nurses that don’t seem eager to want to help you when you need to go to the rest room. It’s a joke. You wait for over an hour to see the dr Kathy chung. It is not a secure place on there chemo either. After leaving there to ceder. It was the best move ever. I had an excellent experience at ceders like night and day. The nurses at angeles clinic are not that experienced either. I was pricked wrong many times. Also the place isn’t friendly nor do they really seem to care about you. This is an awful set up and just go look at it you’ll run. Go to ceders and right away you will see a difference. It is 100% better drs, nurses and healthier and safer I will never recommend the dr nor clinic it was terrible. From a DCIS PT.

This review is based off both locations (Santa Monica and Wilshire) and Lawrence Piro, MD. Dr. Piro is by far the best doctor I have found in my whole life. He loves people and truly cares about his patients and even their familes. He also is the smartest person (genius status) I have ever met and speaks both doctor lingo and patient lingo. He goes on and beyond what a regular doctor would do and allows you to have his cell number to text or call him incase of an emergency. The Wilshire location is nicer, because it’s a newer (modern) building, but the Santa Monica location has larger rooms, take your pick. Since Dr. Piro is the President and CEO of The Angeles Clinic, I doubt he would hire doctors that are not at the same level as him; however, I haven’t been a patient to any of the other doctors personally. But rest assured whoever you see you are in good hands. Hopefully you can get an appointment with Piro, but I know he’s very busy and travels a lot. I am very lucky to have found this doctor years ago and I consider him to be my doctor and friend for life.

Unbelievably unhelpful staff at the front office of the radiology department. I’m shocked and amazing at how useless and rude they are. I“m doing extra research to find any other facility that does the sort of test I need.

This place is on the vanguard of medical care for we who suffer a grave disease. At first blush one may get the feeling it is bursting at its seems but that has to do w /​its success rate & becoming high demand due to its word of mouth recommendation from all over this country (and world). From Martin taking your pulse, Audrey the clinical trial nurse to the wonderful staff in the infusion room, all are exceedingly competent & caring. An example of an attribute that separates this I’ll say intimate clinic w /​other facilities is your input on scheduling is both considered and paramount.
I only was filled w /​gratitude the eight months I flew down there from Tacoma, Wa area to participate in a clinical trial. I felt enlivened & full of appreciation every time I approached Dr. Hamid’s office & staff.

this place has so many problems… I would not recommend it to anybody

We cannot say enough great things about this place. Our oncologist Dr. Hamid was incredible. We were referred here for a clinical trial from our physician in San Diego. We also went out to MD Anderson in Texas as well as Moffitt Cancer Center in Florida. Both Dr’s that we saw recommended that we see Dr. Hamid too since we were living in Southern California. Dr. Hamid was so personable and when he had to break some bad news about a brain met that had appeared he could not have been any more compassionate. We had already been treated with a few drugs for melanoma and so finding a trial wasn’t easy. Dr. Hamid would not go with that. He found something for us that he was able to bring out to Los Angeles and we were the first ones on it. The staff have all been incredible! So friendly and welcoming. Make you feel like you are part of the «family». It’s a easy location to get to. We were mostly treated at the clinic on Wilshire. I would recommend anyone to The Angeles Clinic that has cancer and looking for a team that will fight with you.

While reading some of the other reviews, I will agree with a few things. Although you really cannot judge The Angeles Clinic on an overall basis as everyone has a different physician.
I love my Oncologist. He has got to be one of the most caring doctors I have ever met. I did see another Dr. once while he was on vacation and I thought she was horrible. I had to call her for my test results, even though she promised to call me. He beside manner stunk. I will not drop any names here, but she could take a use a few lessons in how to deal with sick patients.
The exam rooms could use some updating, but this is not Beverly Hills. If you want elaborate rooms, go to BH and see a doctor who does not take insurance. I do not need treatment at this point in time, but have seen the treatment rooms and agree, they are pretty depressing. Again, you can go anywhere for your treatments even if your doctor is located here.
I have dealt with many Oncologists over the years with friends who had cancer along with my father who past away from Colon cancer and to this day I blame his doctor. Oncologists have a tough job, dealing with people who could be terminal at some point. They really should have a decent bedside manner.
Overall The Angeles Clinic is a very decent place. People need to learn to speak up to their doctor if they have issues, they are not god and are ordinary people just like you and I.

First of all, while the waiting room is OK, the exam rooms are shabby; reminiscent of a third world clinic… cold and worn. The front office has issues as wel; privacy and discretion are not things they value.
My appointment was with Dr Cathie T Chung who first came in, unkempt and unclean with someone else’s chart. She was unprofessional and callous and needless to say, I left the consult before it was over in tears.
If anyone is looking for a positive healing environment for cancer treatment, this is NOT the place to be. I recommend the Beverly Hills Cancer Center just minutes away from here.