Stepan Kasimian, MD

The doctor himself is actually a good doctor and I like him but the office and staff is so bad that I’m filing a complaint to the medical board. They were supposed to start me on physical therapy almost two months ago and still haven’t due to ridiculous reasons. I call and call everyday and they never return calls, my hip is now in pain and my lower back is in more pain due to the fact that I haven’t done physical therapy. I’m constantly calling them and they just ignore me. It’s really a shame because I know it’s not the doctors fault but regardless it’s his office and his staff.

The office is small, and the wait be a lil long, however almost two years after my back surgery I’m getting stronger every day Dr. Kasimian is an amazing and talented physician. I was scared outta my mind to have back surgery he made me feel very comfortable with making the decision to have back surgery. I strongly recommend this Doctor.

Dr. Kasimian is very attentive, professional yet friendly and didn’t make me feel like a product on an assembly line. His staff was amazing and all though I was a stubborn guy while in pain they really made me feel like they cared. The surgery went well and be sent me to Pearl Recovery sls in Beverly Hills which is great and I’m being treated with respect kindness and what seems to be true concern. Thanks doc to you and your staff.

Avoid this doctor at a costs. I don’t know how he is super booked and you have to wait 4 weeks just to make an appointment. Once the day came for my visit I spent 2 and a half hours just to see him, even tho the receptionist said it was going to take 30 min. Long story short, will never recommend nor see this doctor again

So I had a tear in my disk, and it had leaked fluid and degenerated it. I had gone to see quite a few doctors about treatment. I am not going to act like they are all incompetent or anything like that, but I never felt comfortable with any of them. A couple of them wanted to go straight into a spinal fusion, and some wanted to replace the disk. One even said that the reason I was in pain is because I just didn’t stretch enough. Never mind those pesky MRI’s that show all the damage, those things are useless. Some of them would talk into a recorder and not look at me, or speak with me directly. It was incredibly frustrating.
I know I am not special (despite what my mother tells me) but acting like you care, even if just for pretend will go a long way. Dr. Kasimian was great from the moment he walked in. He talked to me like a person, and was honest about the injury, and the future of my back pain. He also was the only doctor that wanted to go the path of least invasive surgery to see if that would work before doing something where there is no turning back. I had micro decompression surgery and everything went great, even though I am still recovering.
As far as the staff goes, I don’t see why the negative review for them. Maybe people haven’t been to as many doctors offices as I have, but the wait at Dr. Kasimian’s is completely reasonable. I was at another where I was there for over 6 hours. The longest I have ever been at Dr Kasimian’s office is an hour. That includes wait time and check up. The staff is always great, and every time I request something they do their best to get it done. Maybe I have to call them from time to time but give them a break. I understand I am not the only patient they are dealing with so it is understandable that it might slip their mind to get back to me right away. That doesn’t mean they aren’t getting me the info I asked for, or filing a request. They even tried to get me a new bed!
I have had nothing but great experiences with the Dr and staff and would recommend anybody to give them a visit, if you are unfortunate enough to need to see a doctor anyway.

Firstly, the office staff at both locations are very inefficient. They don’ t call you back and they never sent in my request for authorization of MRI and X-​rays until I kept calling them. The Doc specializes in spine– related conditions and doesn’t appear to be able to think out of the box! He did not know what was causing my pain and couldn’t recommend a referral. he just walked out of the room! He didn’t look at the X-​rays on the light board w/​me. He didn’t explain the written reports to me. The office does not write-​up your reports until you are actually there and have wait for this before the doctor will see you. He cancelled my first f/​up appt. with me a day before and called me in the evening without all the info in front of him, and with his child constantly interrupting him. He was very unprepared to have a thorough consultation. I received nothing but constant frustration from this dr. and this office.
If you have a choice, see a different Dr!