Panossian Vahe R MD

My son had an appointment with Dr. Panossian at 2:45 pm. We did not see the doctor until about 4pm. After waiting a half hour, I asked the staff if the doctor was behind schedule. She replied that he was on time, but they were waiting for my insurance to get approved for the appointment. After waiting again, I asked when we would go in to see the doctor. She said we were up next, but we ended up waiting another 10 minutes before we were taken to a room. Dr. Panossian was not very pleasant or professional. He did not apologize for keeping us waiting so long. During the short time that he saw my son, he kept answering phone calls on his cell phone. He didn’t know what was wrong with my son (we brought xrays) and wanted us to get a catscan. We will definitely not return to his office.

Dr. Panossian is friendly and extremely knowledgeable. I scheduled an appointment for knee pain that I thought was a torn meniscus, but was actually early onset arthritis.
Physicians assistant, Dawn, is fantastic and is working with our insurance company to approve new procedures to treat my issue. I did have to wait a bit, as it’s a busy office, but am impressed with my treatment and care with this physician and staff.

I visited Dr Panossian at Huntington Orthopedics a few times during summer of 2013 for a broken foot. Huntington is a big office with several doctors, so it can get busy and a bit hectic in there. My experience was always positive. Office staff was professional and easy to deal with. The assistants and xray techs were friendly and helpful.
As with most Doctor’s visits these days, you shouldn’t really expect them to spend a ton of time with you shooting the breeze. Dr Panossian works quickly and dictates into his voice recorder faster than anyone I’ve ever heard before. If the Doctor thing doesn’t pan out for him he should rest assured that he can easily transition into a thriving career reading the legal jargon after commercials.
Dr Panossian was great though. He quickly diagnosed my injury, determined a treatment plan and answered any questions that I had. I saw him a few more times for follow ups and he was always cool.
If you are unfortunate enough to need the help of an orthopedic surgeon, I’d highly recommend him.

Dr P. worked on my rotator cuff in 2007 and fixed a tear in my meniscus o 8÷12÷13.
I «shopped around» in 2007 and chose him.
I wouldn’t go anywhere else.
He’s a great guy, listens well and if he thinks he’s God, he doesn’t show it at all as that is one thing I cannot and will not tolerate.
His staff, notably Dawn Reed, is a machine.
2 thumbs way up.

I showed up for a 10:15 am appointment only to be told at 11:18 am that the doctor didn’t know he had one more patient and had left for an appointment he had at 11:00 am. One of his nurses tried to put the blame all on herself saying she didn’t know he had one patient left. I don’t buy this. I don’t care about his appointment at 11:00 am. He had an appointment at 10:15 am which he decided to ignore. My wife overheard another doctor tell Dr. Panossian right before he left «Good luck at the DMV.» This is the 4^th or 5^th time this doctor hasn’t done his job correctly or shown he doesn’t care about his patients. This doctor is too busy with his personal matters for his patients.
My primary doctor will stay late to see all his patients. Dr. Panossian can’t even keep the appointments he has which are in the morning. I wasted my time and money having to pay for parking just to be sent away and asked to come back 2 hours later.

I don’t normally write reviews but thought this situation warranted one. It has been five months since my shoulder surgery and with Dr. Panossian’s guidance and a lot of physical therapy I am back to boot camps and outdoor adventures!
I am a very busy professional with a type A personality. I work out every morning before work and compete in various sports competitions. I was an athlete throughout high school and college.
When I dislocated my shoulder and was recommended surgery I was disheartened. I was given options but chose surgery because not only was my shoulder unstable, I had torn the rotator cuff and cracked the humerus. Among all of the highly recommended orthopedists and facilities for shoulders (and those specializing in sports medicine), I chose Dr. Panossian. He is professional, highly skilled and an expert in his field. Although he is busy, his team tries their very best to fit you in, especially in an emergency. If he’s running late, it’s because he is either at the surgical center or at the hospital tending to other patients. Dr. Panossian cares about the well being of his patients. He will answer any questions that you may have and tell it to you straight. I was a little skeptical that I could be put back together, have the same range of motion and be as active as I was pre-​surgery. A skeptic no more! I was also really nervous the day of surgery. Dr. Panossian put me at ease with his dry sense of humor while wheeling me into the operating room.
I’ve received plenty of compliments from friends and family about how well I’m doing post-​surgery and how they can’t tell that I even had surgery (you can barely see the scars). If you are looking to be coddled, go visit your physician. But for athletes and non-​athletes, alike, who are looking for a skilled surgeon who can repair them and get them back to where they were prior to injury, and with minimal scaring, I highly recommend Dr. Panossian! I can’t thank him enough for what he has done for me.

This is an imbecile, a real one. He does not listen, he is unprofessional, he takes very long lunch time knowing that his patients are waiting for him, not in waiting room, but in exam. room. He comes in without any apology. He thinks he is «God Given Gift To Mankind!!!»
I can not stand this stupid man. The office staff are equally rude and unprofessional. Messages are not returned, reports are not done and submitted on timely manner. The office will not return calls if they are celebrating one of their staff’s birthday!!! Overall, don’t use this facility, they care less for the patients all they want is money, money and more money. They see about 100 patients a day, that should tell you something!!! Yes, just making money.
I hate this doctor, I truly believe he is one of the worst doctors in Pasadena. If there is a list of «Worst Doctors In Pasadena» he should be on top of the list.
Run as fast as you can, and find a professional doctor worthy of your time and money.

i completely tore my acl and damaged my meniscus. he has taken great care of me. he is very personable. he was so on top of it that he was able to get me in to surgery the day after i saw him due to a cancellation. this was really helpful since my wife was pregnant. he has gotten poor reviews for his office wait time, but he must have listened, because now i rarely wait. his staff is both professional and friendly. i could give him 4 stars instead of 5 is because of the amount of time he usually spends with his patients. but what should i expect, he’s an orthopedic surgeon.