Dr. Saeed Sadeghi, MD

A Meeting with a friend who has cancer with Dr. S Sadeghi was excellent. He preformed a bone marrow procedure in his office and my 77 year old friend never felt a thing. Absolutely perfect. Plus his assistant Leara W. was absolutely perfect! Leara is friendly, polite and professional. We are so happy to have had such a perfect visit/experience. Thank you to both.

I am glad to have him as my doctor. As a patient who understands my prognosis, I believe he presents the best treatment options for my disease. His approach is admittedly optimistic, while not sugar-coating the reality. I would imagine most people do not want to be in a position where they need to see an oncologist. The negative reviews here seem to me to be more about the patients than the doctor.

I am lodging a formal complaint against Dr. Sadeghi. I was referred to him from another UCLA specialist as part of obtaining a diagnosis and treatment of a difficult condition. On the initial visit, he started off being somewhat condescending, and my gut told me that this was not going to be a good option for care. Sure enough, when I came in for the third visit, he opened the door, saw me, and shook his head basically to show that he was not happy I was there to ask for further help. After I asked him what could be done or tested further, his response was that he treats sick people and he didn't think I was really sick because I didn't have cancer or a blood condition. He said that I should not focus on my symptoms (even though a previous doctor asked me to keep a log of them). When I brought up my abnormal blood test results, he said that they were not really that far beyond normal range. He basically told me that I wasn't sick and that he could not do anything for me. I asked him… for a referral to another specialist, and he said again that I was not sick. I have since been diagnosed with a definite illness and I'm being treated by a doctor outside of UCLA. Yes, I was sick even though Dr. Sadeghi wanted me to ignore my symptoms and just give up trying to find the answers. I cannot understand why he is allowed to be associated with UCLA. My experience with him was hands-down the worst I've ever had with a doctor. I hope that UCLA responds to my formal complaint and that he is not allowed to treat anyone else as poorly as I have been treated by him.

Please do not trust this so called doctor. My mother had esophageal cancer but instead of treating her, Dr. Sadeghi told her in the cruelest and most rude manner imaginable that he could do nothing to help her and that she had at most 6 months to live. He wrote a prescription for her to be admitted to hospice. When we tried to ask him questions, he would angrily respond that there was nothing he could do. In fact, he wouldnâ??t even let us finish our questions, angrily interrupting us and telling us that he was not going to treat my mother any more no matter what. After less than 5 minutes in his office, he got out of his chair and was about to storm out of his office. At that point my mother and I begged and pleaded with him that if he didnâ??t want to give her any more chemotherapy â?? which he didnâ??t â?? that he prescribe a cancer pill we had read about over the internet. Finally, with huge reluctance, he agreed to do so. Instead of dying within 6 months as this doctor had… predicted, this cancer medicine â?? which we requested and the doctor never recommended or suggested - allowed my mother to live a year longer. Indeed, my mother would have lived much longer and could have even be cured had this doctor actually treated her rather than considered her as good as dead. Every time my mother and I visited the doctorâ??s office, he was very rude and inconsiderate and spent very little time with us. He would twirl in his swivel chair with a snide smile on his face, and answer our questions in the most condescending manner possible. In my motherâ??s final month, she could hardly get out of bed. We called his office several times and left messages for him stating that we wanted to ask questions and request adjustments in the dosage of her medicine. But his staff called us back and told us that the doctor mentioned that he could not help unless we visited his office. This despite the fact that the good doctor was fully aware that my mother was so weak that she could not even get out of bed, let alone visit his office. Please, please, please, if you care for your loved ones, stay away from this doctor.

Obviously, very bright. Good sense of humor. Busy, but caring.

Extremely knowledgeable. Outlined plan and delivered as promised and more.