Shbeeb Imad, MD

Excellent Experience. Excellent Doctor.
I was on vacation with my family in the Southern California area. I was having severe pain from an external hemorrhoid. I honestly didn’t think I could make it back to the east coast on a 5 hour flight. I found Dr. Imad Shbeeb and I was very fortunate I did. When I first called, Debi the office manager explained they were booked solid. I explained my situation and she was able to squeeze me in that day. The whole staff Lorena, Nancy, and Dez were very professional. Dr. Shbeeb examined me and explained the situation and what he was going to do. I had some discomfort at first but in the end it was all worth it. My pain was excruciating when I walked in, I could barely sit. By the time he was done my pain was completely gone. I couldn’t believe it. Afterwards, I was very impressed Dr. Shbeeb had me sit in his office and explained everything from the post op care to proper diet to avoid having this happen again. I would highly recommend Dr. Shbeeb’s practice if you are in the Southern California area. Thank you Dr. Shbeeb.
Sincerely,
Matt G

Saw him last year for some pains I was having.
Dr Imad is great.
Very knowledgeable, no nonsense and gets the problem solved quickly.
They made it an effort to see me right away when I complained of my issues.
Staff was a bit off but it didn’t bother me.

This is challenging to write. I’m going to break it down. 1. Dr. Shbeeb is polite, fantastic bed side manners, caring and has a fine amount of knowledge. 2. His nurse is polite, available to take or return calls, and knowledgeable of the care and after care. 3. The receptionist, Deserie, dealing with billing issues wanted to pawn the billing off to their external billing. When explaining to Deserie that I wanted Dr. Shbeeb to know what was taking place, it took me three times to request before she advised me she will let Dr. Shbeeb know of the issue. 4. (Also posted to Unilocal under company Medx) BEWARE! I paid my medical bill, then got billed again. It took two of us to figure out the billing. The Medx representative said let me review your bill, then said this is your bill. I paid my bill in full. Then I got another bill and called Medx, they transferred me to voice mail. I called the doctors office and they got through in minutes, called me back and told me Medx maid a billing error. First sign of a company doing bad business is when they don’t use their company name when answering the phone. Second sign of bad business is when the billing company does not have their name, address or phone number anywhere on the billing. Makes me wonder how many people are getting wrongly billed again and paying the bill. Also how many senior patients are getting wrongly billed and paying.
Dr. Shbeeb, please change billing companies. Medx billing is confusing and appears unforthcoming with information.
OMG! A representative from Medx called me back and misrepresented herself saying, «I am with Los Alamitos Colorectal Surgerical». I immediately corrected her and told her she was misrepresenting herself as she is with Medx. She tried to correct herself and I told her again she was misrepresenting herself.

PLEASE DO NOT GO HERE. After countless times trying to make an appointment they called me months later and she left me a voicemail on my cell phone saying that I’m scheduled for surgery tomorrow. Never confirmed a date or even had a pre-​op. Then, they left another voicemail on my home phone voicemail disclosing private information which is against HIPPA. I think they are desperate for money.
I am so unhappy with the staff here. I got a second opionion from a different doctor and he said that surgery was not neccessary and it’s scary that a doctor is doing surgery on people that don’t need it. They are so unorganized and rude.
Go see Dr. Rad in Newport Beach!
I hope this review will help others when making a huge decision about their health and always get a second opinion!

There could not be a better person in the medical field than Dr. Shbeeb.. I know there are great Drs. But I am telling you I love this man. He never made me feel trapped in decisions is straight forward and honest.
You feel really vulnerable with the problems or reasons you might have to visit him. He was wonderful.
I love the staff they are all there to help.

I had good reason to seek a second opinion from this very competent & honest MD.
After all was good to go, I’d made amends with the office manager of the first surgeon & the MD over bad feelings from over 3 years ago, removed my 2 Star review and posted a 5 Star review & a 5 Star update, the prep work had begun, the Rx’s were about to be filled, I was about to preregister for the procedure which would have been tomorrow.
Then, I received a call on December 2^nd telling me that the procedure had been cancelled due to a special meeting that was held determining that there was a breach of trust (as the letter I received too stated) stating that because I was so unhappy from the last time-​they refused to do the surgery.
Now a procedure for what?
Well, on the advice of the AMA, I am not allowed to mention the MD’s name until the issues regarding this are resolved; some may remember the MD’s name from the reviews & updates, some may not or, never did.
Also, I must omit certain details but, may mention others.
So very eloquently let me tell you what went down when I saw Dr. Shbeeb:
I saw this MD on the referral from my Primary MD since the above had taken place, and I came to see him because I was told that just as in May of 2011, the lesions (now 4 of them had returned), needed to be removed ASAP and were at a point of concern; something you can get from smoking cigarettes is all I may say.
He proceeded to do the rectal & anal exam and then, a sigmoidoscopy
which upon completion, Dr. Shbeeb told me, «Michael, other than a few hemorrhoids, I see nothing, nothing, that would require me to perform a surgery or any other course of treatment that you are on currently and, that you must now stop because it is not necessary.»
Also, looking over the surgical report from May, 2011, he had a puzzled look on his face and asked me, «So why did you have this done?»
«This doesn’t make sense to me, just as much as to why you were told the other information which I cannot find any evidence of what so ever.»
So I told him, in detail and yet Dr. Shbeeb could find nothing conclusive in the report and was very baffled as to the language in the description of the procedure; he did see that some lesions were removed, asked me did they scrape, cut, just why & what repeatedly; truly his look was one of baffled & concerned.
Look, I don’t have what I was told I had, there are no lesions or tumors, I don’t have to continue (nor never did) the course of treatment for what I was told I had nor do I have to do what you get exposed to in an X-​Ray after the first of the year either.
I know many were praying for me, doing visual healing in their thoughts and thinking of me daily with positive energy sent my way; did this have something to do with it?
I don’t know, why was the procedure was cancelled all of a sudden, and for that reason; did someone misdiagnose me, I will leave that up to the AMA.
I will say this, my love, appreciation, admiration and thanks go out to ALL of you here on Unilocal,friends, fans or not; your messages of comfort were so helpful, especially to my Mom & Marty, who BOTH were literally emotional wrecks because of this.
My Dad’s Pulmonary Fibrosis was missed by the radiologist & his Primary MD in 2009 and only found when he went to a new MD for a chest cold that would not go away, that MD reviewed the reports, saw the disease, but it was too late, his chest x-​ray had his lungs looking like a honeycomb in a beehive by then; even after the bronchoscopy & biopsy, it was too late; how my Dad suffered and to watch him die due to medical negligence for the last 3 months of his life before he did die in January of 2011 is still painful, yet he chose not to pursue legal action.
Do you see the role reversal here, it is very similar but, because of my medical credentials & background, I was able to get into action and seek a second opinion when my dad did not, had he done so, he’d still be here today.
And guys, (just like the ladies) get a rectal smear, especially if you are over 50 or suspect something and get a second opinion always.
So, I give thanks to you Dr. Shbeeb, many thanks for finding the truth and. preventing me from having to go through any unnecessary procedures or treatments.
Also, thanks for your telling me, «You may keep those hemorrhoids if you wish Michael (G, thanks!), they are very small and if they are of no bother, we will leave them alone.»
«Just come back in February for a follow up or, if you suspect anything, come & see me anytime.»
In the end (pun intended!), time to move forward, time to be grateful and I recommend Dr Shbeeb MD as your go to MD for ANY symptoms.
I thought this was going to be my last, but now for MP, it’s beginning to: