Behzad Behmanesh, MD

Dr. Behmanesh is up there in my top two favorite pediatricians that we have ever had. I was really surprised at some of the low ratings he received.
The receptionist is very friendly and on our first follow up visit for our newborn, she recognized us right away from the hospital the day before and greeted us with such welcome.
As for Dr. Behmanesh, he is so kind and great about making us feel comfortable and answering our questions. He doesn’t just say yes, no, that’s OK, that’s not OK. He educates us and helps us understand the WHY’s which reassures us and puts our minds at ease about the well-​being of our newborn.
He is not judgmental at all (I’m appalled at how many pediatricians are super judgmental!) and he is patient our baby and patient with our questions and concerns.

I could kick myself. I thought I wasn’t fair in not giving the Dr a chance based on his receptionist. What a mistake I made. OMG Dr Behmenesh is just as HORRIBLE, if not worse!!! Rude, condescending and has zero bed side manner. We practically ran out of there. Next time I will go with my initial feelings!

Dr. Behmanesh is one of the best doctors in the town. He is very friendly and patient with my concerns and questions. He always returns my calls which other doctors never do. Love the front desk girl she is very sweet. I would highly recommend dr behmanesh and his staff.

Dr Behmanesh has been super and has helped out tremendously with our baby boy Luke. Our son has eczema and he gives us free formula and lotions to try all the time for his skin. Small little office, I like it. To me it means he knows all of his patients and is close to them unlike these other doctors that see 100+ babies a day and don’t remember you.

So when I gave birth to my first daughter she was assigned to him and we just kind of stayed with him ever since… Now I have Medi-​cal for my kids, so keep that in mind so that this review may be complete and you have all the information, so I feel I can leave a good and helpful review… So when my second daughter was born she was having some difficulties with her eyes. As a parent this is something that I feel is important to me so my daughter being a patient it should have been important to not only the doctor but to his staff as well! But it seems that they could truely care less not only about your feeling as the parent but for the child who is there patient!
In my last encounter with the receptionist she basically accused my daughters opthomologist of scamming the insurance system by charging for procedures that were never preformed! Being that the optimoligst is the only one trying to do anything for my daughter I think that the problem doesn’t lye in the outside it Lyes in the fact that the staff in this office just don’t care about there patients! Just that fact that your concern as basically the face of the office is not to help me as a parent but to talk bad about another doctors office should make you sick!!!
So I would never say to not go to this office… Trust me it took me 7 years to figure out that this type of treatment shouldn’t be tolerated… I would say if your looking for Doctor who doesn’t care enough to hire decent staff to care for the most precious gift in the world, this is your guy!
Ps my kids will never be in this office again!

Dr. Bemanesh is the only pediatrician both my kids ages 3 ½ years and 15 months old have ever seen. He is a sweet, caring doctor and has a gentle way with babies. He is always smiling and very friendly. What I like most about him is the fact that he doesn’t jump to putting kids on antibiotics for every little thing and is not inlined to prescribe them as a precautionary measure. In fact, he discourages it, which as far as I’m concerned, is looking out for their long term overall health.
He recommends following a strict CDC vaccination schedule. So, if you have issues with that, he is not for you. At all of our appointments he asks several questions about each child and has certain information he is looking to ascertain. I have doubts about those saying he asks nothing. That just doesn’t make any sense at all. I think that parents need to realize that a check up is just a check up. If all is fine and well, great! It isn’t always necessary to sit and chew the fat. When I hear that everything is fine and well with my kids, I’m out the door, grateful for healthy babies and don’t really want to spend extra time hanging around in a place where people bring sick kids. Um, Germs? Maybe that’s just me. Some parents could just sit there and go on and on and on about their kids and can’t understand that maybe others have needs that may be a little more urgent. I’m on a tangent now but as a newish parent I’m finding that some parents can be some of the most annoying, self serving, self important people that expect others to just be in just as much awe of their little angels as they are. It cracks me up! Im saying this because some of these reviews seem unfair. As far as his staff goes, this is about him not them. They certainly could be friendlier. But I think they are very busy.
We sometimes have seen Dr. Jila, his partner when he is unavailable and she is also a great doctor. It’s nice to have her perspective as well.
I have only one issue with Dr. Bemanesh and that is he recommends breast feeding for only one year. I don’t agree with it and I also don’t understand when it’s been widely accepted and encouraged by both World Health Organization (WHO) and American Medical Association (AMA) to nurse for at least two years.
Lastly, don’t expect a fancy office. It could use a makeover. I have noticed a few minor upgrades. But we go for Dr. Bemanesh.

Horrible receptionist, bad and mad attitude, never im going to came back. She is so rude I dont know how she can work with kids, fire her, I went 4 times and any of those time I got any good attitude from her. when we go the doctor is because we want to resolve health problems, and not because we want to get more.

Horrible receptionist with a horrible attitude the doctors dont really care about what you have to say. The doctor hurried me along when I had questions. As a first-​time mom obviously I would have questions but they didn’t seem to care. I will be changing pediatricians today!

Poor bedside manner! Spends no time addressing any issues outside from if you’re child is physically sickles leaves so fast no time for any questions. And the staff is even worse I asked the desk girl a question and she answered what! In a annoyed tone. WTF what kind of doctor is this? And his staff is the worst I have ever encountered!!!

Dr. Behmanesh is a great doctor. I never once had the feeling that he was trying to hurry me along. My daughter was born on Tuesday and she had some complications. He was doing everything possible to ensure his patient was going to be ok. He did want my daughter to stay longer because he didn’t like how slow some results were coming back but I went against his wishes to do what I thought was best for my family. He pushed formula but my daughter had lost a lot of weight so again, he was looking out for his patient.
She had her follow up today at his office and his staff was friendly and sweet. The office was clean and the receptionist made sure there wasn’t anyone sick in the waiting room as to protect my newborn. I didn’t get any attitude or see rudeness to other patients.
Dr. Behmanesh spent a good amount of time with my baby today and he gave me several opportunities to ask questions and he made sure I understood what was being said.
As an protective, worried, overbearing mama, I think he handled me very well.

My advice for anyone considering this practice is to run quickly and far away.
To begin with, the receptionists and nurses toe the line between stand offish and rude. Most of the time I felt as if I was putting them out by asking them to do their job. Requests for paperwork were never completed in a timely manner, and for people who have a profession where dealing with children is required, they seem to have barely restrained contempt for the kids that pass through the office.
The doctor himself seems to not care at all about his patients. He wants to quickly get things over with, so that he can see the greatest amount of patients in a day. While this might allow him a more substantial income, it really shortchanges the kids. I however, was willing to tolerate his perfunctory manner as he seemed harmless enough. That all changed when he MANHANDLED my child. To get my little baby of 6 months to turn over, he yanked on my baby’s arm roughly and caused him so much pain that he didn’t stop crying for 20 minutes (this coming from a baby that hardly ever cries). One would think that after 30 years being a doctor, he would know that babies need to be handled with care.
Overall, there is no redeeming quality to this practice. I would’ve given zero stars if I could’ve. DON’T GO HERE!!!

Dr. Behmanesh is the only doctor my 5 month old has ever seen and I think he is very friendly and caring to my baby girl. I have no complaints with him, he is always sure to explain everything and gives good advice. However, the nurses are extremely unfriendly, even rude! They are very short with you and always seem to be in a horrible mood, one of them especially. I’ve never met such grumpy nurses, especially at a pediatrician’s office! I had the choice to pick another doc, but Dr Behmanesh is literally in my neighborhood, it’s very convenient. I do have to say though that the doc office is very dirty and shabby. Looks very rundown. If it wasn’t for Dr. Behmanesh being so nice I would stop going to this doc office in a heartbeat and that is why this place gets 2 stars, like the doctor but nothing else about his office.

Looks like Lance A is out to reverse bad reviews on Persian doctors??? Hmm? Pretty low and shady… We’re on to you buddy! Nice try!