Kidon Mark T, DPM

SAVE YOUR CO-​PAY, find another doctor. Read the other 1 star reviews and I will be restating all the same things. I will not go back. It took a month to get in and when I did i got the doctor for 5 minutes and then the nurse for 10 telling me I have to wear clogs. (A type of shoe nurses wear). This was to help a painful pain in my heal. I told her I can’t because I’m a mechanic and have to wear work shoes. Then she said if you can’t wear those then we have to put you in a cast. Again I had to explain what part of I’m a mechanic don’t you understand. I have to wear work shoes. I got the deer in headlights look. After 10 min of a go around with her and no solution in sight I put my shoes on and left.

Dr. Kidon was nice and solved my torn ligaments issue. Insurance covered almost all the cost.

Let me start off by saying that I was a little concerned after reading the other Unilocal reviews but I had gone two weeks already without being able to wear shoes and in pain because of extensor tendonitis so it was either take my chances or wait another week for a new referral. I don’t know who helped me when I first got there but she was ok and the nurse that helped me and took my X-​Rays was also ok. The wait time was not bad maybe only about ten minutes. Dr Kidon was ok at the appointment and he was honest and told me that he didn’t know what was causing the swelling and inflammation so he wanted me to do some blood work. He wrapped my foot and ankle, which did help a little and prescribed a gel for inflammation. I would have given 4 stars at first instead of 5, because they do not validate parking but my story does not end here. The gel he prescribed was not covered by my insurance without an authorization by phone or fax from him, which takes 48 hours. I thought doctors were supposed to know about their patients insurance information but anyway I called the receptionist the next day on Wednesday and told her what happened. She said it takes about 48 hours and I told her that the doctor could call and get it done for me right away. She dismissed my request and said she would call me back. My foot is still swollen and hurting today which is Friday. I called the doctors office today since I never heard back from anyone and they are all off today along with the doctor and the pharmacy said they never called in the authorization or even the fax she said they would do. I feel like I paid $ 20, which was my co-​payment, for an Ace bandage. If your primary doctor refers you here I would put in a request for a better one with a better staff. If you don’t need a referral go see someone else that will follow through with the prescribed treatment. I had a follow up appointment for two weeks later but I just cancelled it. Good luck if you go here.

When you call the receptionist seems like they are distracted, not friendly, and not helpful. Appointments are available only way up. I went for two conditions dr. Kidon did not treat one until he put a authorization request for an ingrown that was already inflammed and a simple procedure. Oh well times have changed and quality has been compromised.

This place is not the same ever since their staff named Christina is no longer there. Bad customer service, I waited more than 1 hr to be seen. It’s hard to find a good Doctor with good staff.

I’ve been to see Dr. Kidon multiple visits for various foot maladies (fungal infections, in-​grown toe-​nails, a plantar wart). On the plus side, he greets you with a smile and handshake when he enters the room, is knowledgable on all things related to feet, and is great with his surgical instruments. On the negative side, he is always in a rush (you will be lucky if you see him for more than a few minutes) and has more than once asked me to schedule another appointment when I presented him with more than one (minor) foot issue during a visit. This gets really expensive and time consuming fast.
As far as scheduling and wait times go, it’s actually becoming easier to see him (I think it’s because other doctors have joined the office). When I initially started seeing Dr. Kidon, appointments were scheduled three to four weeks out. I’ve noticed the last few times I’ve scheduled it has been 1 — 2 weeks. Most of my appointments have been in the morning and I think on average my wait time has been less than 15 minutes.
So overall, he’s got good bed side manner, is great at his job, and can be booked sooner than before. I only wish I got more access to him once I was actually in his office.

He was terrible. I have mild neuroma that bothers me if I ride my bike for longer than about 3 hours. I told him that I didn’t want to do anything that would interfere with a triathlon 2 weeks from my visit. He gave me a shot of cortisone. I could barely walk for several days. He apparently did some other bruising and damage when giving me the shot. one week after the shot I called the office and told them how much it hurt. They prescribed anti-​Inflammatories and said, «we don’t recommend running.»
I made it through the tri but the neuroma was an issue – and it had never been at this distance. Also the bruising is still there a month later.
In a nutshell, he is dangerous.
I’m seeing Dr. Lai now. He seems very on the ball. I’m getting better and seeing someone who listens.

Dr. Kidon is great. He’s helped me out twice with two different problems – a fracture and plantar fasciitis.
I find him to be personable and most importantly, knowledge. The office staff and nurses are OK, about the same as any other small private practice doctor that I’ve been to. I was surprised to see so many one-​start reviews so I felt compelled to add my own experience even though I don’t like sharing medical information.

In my experience, health care is an oxymoron to the staff and doctor here. I came here because I’m runner and wanted an opinion about a recent injury. Without going into detail, it was so terrible, I made a formal complaint. Bottom line, always do your research before taking any treatment.

They loose a few stars because I just received a bill in the mail with NO explanation. I would not refer this place because they are NOT on top of their S***! I’m tired of having to constantly call them for updates! They were suppose to follow-​up with me in regards to a foot surgery over 2 months ago! They said they would contact me in a week… bULLSHIT!
There nurses are unprofessional and obviously do NOT care about their business. They are billing me for an initial office visit, which they said my insurance covered! WTF. I then proceed to ask the nurse more info. she said, «well, um. your insurance should have sent you a packet with what is covered.» I said, «I’m currently under my mom’s insurance.» She said, «well … then, ask your mom.» WTF is that? I hate this place now! such BULLSHIT. save your time & money!
I’m SO pissed.

THIS IS A LETTER I WROTE MY GENERAL PRAC. DOCTOR WHO REFERRED:
Dr. MakeMeFeelBetter:
I just thought I’d write you a follow-​up letter regarding my visit to Dr. Kidon, the Podiatrist whom you referred me to at my last visit to you.
First of all, my fee for seeing him was $ 40.00 (that’s my insurance for ya) and after waiting 45 mins in the waiting room, they called me in, an assistant took x-​rays of both feet. Then I waited another 15 mins until he came in. Making it a total of ONE hour of my time waiting for him. Now mind you, I had an appointment with him 3 weeks in advance.
He comes in, looks at my x-​rays, asks what I’m doing to remedy my feet situation, wiggled both my feet side to side for 10 seconds total, and said my Achilles tendon was tight on my right foot, wherein I explained to him that I had an ER operation to put my Achilles tendon back together due to slicing my tendons in an accident at home 35 years ago.
He looked at my foot x-​rays and said that I have heel spurs in both feet, which is causing me to have Plantar Fasciitis. He suggested I walk like an old person, basically sliding my feet when I walk, and not to bend, nor apply any type of bending pressure to my feet.
He asked me what I was doing to remedy this situation (I’m rolling my feet on a tennis ball, massaging fasciitis area before getting out of bed), and then proceeds to tell me to stop my foot exercises and tells me to take an anti-​inflammatory, and come see him in two weeks.
First of all, I’m not paying him $ 40.00 to touch my feet for 10 seconds, and to tell me to walk like an old woman, take an Advil, wait for an hour, pay for parking, etc.
Therefore, I’m writing to let you know he was such a waste of time!
Sorry I couldn’t give you better news regarding my visit to Dr. Mark Kidon. He was that bad that I had to write you to let you know about my bad experience, for your personal reference sake, since you refer him to your patients.
I look forward to hearing from you.

If you have a child do not take them to Dr. Kidon. Period.

Dr. Kidon is the best! very helpful and very professional. He was my second podiatrist for second opinion and he really wanted to get to the bottom of my heel pain. I have been given inections all the time from my previous Podiatrist, not really finding out what is causing thr inflammation. Dr. Kidon ordered a blood work for me and the results are very important since I will be diagnosed properly, finally, this time around.

I came to Dr. Kidon to have surgery on a Bunion I had on my right toe. It’s been about 7 weeks since my surgery and I’m sooo glad I went through with this surgery. Dr. Kidon was very professional and confident in his field of work and I would definitely refer him if you are in need of a great Podiatrist. His staff there were all friendly and in great spirits :) thanks for everything !

My husband had a hammer toe corrected in April and Dr. Kidon was great. He was very warm and had a nice bedside manner. He explained to my husband exactly what the procedure was going to be in layman’s terms. He was patient and took the time to make sure my husband understood the procedure.

I found Dr. Kidon through Unilocal and was very disappointed — not to mention horrified — after my experience with him. On my initial visit, I saw a doctor who I thought was Dr. Kidon, but later found out (after that useless visit) that I had unknowingly been scheduled with his associate, Dr. Java, instead. I came in for an infection and ended up leaving my second visit (with the real Dr. Kidon) with chunks of my toenails extracted.
In theory, he was treating my mild ingrowns and somehow also helping the infection. He’s obviously a fan of these toenail procedures and didn’t really give me time to process what he would be doing until the needle was in. I felt very rushed and pressured to have the procedures done on the spot, and since I had spent an hour waiting for the appointment and had already been in once before, decided just to get it done with. Big mistake.
He botched the first go around and had to do an additional, painful surgical procedure on one of my toes to fix his mistake. Four months later, I have another infection and something went really wrong with one of the surgeries because my new podiatrist realized that I have a second toenail growing OVER the original! How did that happen? He was shocked to hear about my experiences with Dr. Kidon. I would never, ever recommend him to anyone and would advise those looking to steer away.

Situation: Hurt the big toe on my left foot playing basketball a few months back (toe was bruised under the toe nail). The toe and nail on the toe healed but part of my nail was a little weird still. Bought new dress shoes and wore them twice. Think this led to an ingrown toe nail. Limped around for 2 weeks and it didnt’ get better.
Procedure: Dr. Kidon stuck this needle in my toe twice to numb it. This part hurt a little. Nurse came in and prepped my toe and made sure i couldnt’ feel it. Dr. Kidon came back and trimmed part of my toe nail. No pain and pretty quick.
Parking: Parking structure. Office doesn’t not validate.
*Everything seems ok so far. Will update if needed x_​x

My son has had problems with ingrown toenails. He has seen other podiatrists but the problem has come back. We went to see Dr. Kidon and wow, what a difference a Dr. makes. He is kind and understanding. He is very thorough and makes sure everything is healed up perfectly before he stops seeing you. I highly recommend this dr.

I came to Dr. Kidon for my ingrown toenail because of the Unilocal review I read. I didn’t want to go to a completely unsolicited person, so I decided to go to a Dr. that someone took the time to write about. I had a good experience with Dr. Kidon. He is straight-​forward, simple, and gets the job done with no pain. I had my first toe worked on three weeks ago and it’s almost healed and you can’t tell there was ever a problem. The only thing I don’t love is that his office is in a huge medical center, which means that you have to park in a giant parking structure (like a hospital). I was there for an hour and it cost me $ 4. Not a huge deal, but it’s not as good as free. The first time I saw him, I asked him a bunch of questions that he answered and we decided to go ahead and remove that pesky nail. The procedure was treated like a «no-​big-​deal» thing. He numbed my little piggy and went to work, explaining everything that he was doing along the way. He explained that it wouldn’t really hurt that much. During the procedure he put the part of the removed nail on this table and I could see it. I actually thought it was kind of cool. And I continued to ask questions about how he got into podiatry and what he was doing to my feet. Long story short, my second big toe is now wrapped and not in much pain. I have a follow up in two weeks. I would recommend him. Oh! And when a Van Halen song came on the office radio he also told me that David Lee Roth was his patient. I thought that was pretty cool.

Hey, my old podiatrist!
Kidon used to have an office right across the street from the PFCU on Glenarm and Fair Oaks. I always wondered what had happened to him.
Coming up, I had problems with my right big toe, in terms of ingrown nails. Life was a bitch. I only had Medical, and podiatrists don’t take it. I went to the emergency room at the Huntington Hospital, and nearly went into shock. The pain was insane.
After that ordeal, somehow the ingrown problem persisted. I was able to save enough money to have Dr. Kidon get rid of it once and for all.
We talked, and he’s a really cool guy – let me know that he hates the ER clowns. He’s heard tons of stories from other patients about them being tools.
My big toe received 3 injections of yummy pain medication, and in 10 minutes, the nail was gone. This was 12 years ago. As you can see, the memory lives on.
I’m happy to know that Dr. Kidon still operates in Pasadena.