Dr. Satnam S Atwal, MD - Reviews Is this you? Claim your profile

Unfortunately he has prescribed incorrect/unintended dosage twice in less than two years. He doesn’t listen; clips my sentences. Takes phone calls mid-appointment in front of me (pre-covid in-person). Held in-person appointments without regard to covid till suddenly they were by phone. Based on the canned re-caps on how I’m doing; they are just wrong. I never visited such and such place. I can’t prove it but based on my experience with bp treatment over 12yrs, stable, same med; he withholds the stabilizer choosing to prescribing mo-mo. He withheld a refill after a missed appointment until he could reschedule; left me suddenly out of stabilizer and for a half a week or so; it was rough. The benzo; multiple refills. This is backward to my experience and I think he’s farming my insurance and holding the critical med back. This has resulted in mis-dosage as stated above. I moved here from the mid-west and Visalia is SO underserved. I’m not doing great. Still looking for help. Second site I’ve reviewed on; please avoid for safety unless you KNOW exactly the med you need and when to complain. He’s just a signature.

I received a list of providers from my insurance when I needed to find a psychiatrist. Dr. Atwal was the only one that was accepting new patients and could see me in the near future. Now I know why. I thought I had an appointment today. Turns out that it was last week and I had missed it. I explained that my purse was recently stolen along with the appointment card and that I never received a reminder call. The receptionist was condescending and argumentative and said I owe them $50 for a no show fee. I said I’d like to talk to the doctor about it and his attitude was even worse. You’d think that a mental health professional would be kinder and more understanding towards his patients but based on the other reviews I see it’s not only me. It’s really not about the $50, it’s about the disrespectful treatment. Shameful.

Worst doctor ever. He prescribed 9 psychiatric meds for me. It made me much worse. Went to Stanford medical center. The chief of psychiatry said that I was prescribed 6 meds too many. Especially bad was the time that I spent taking Geodon which was stopped immediately by my Stanford doctor. The Geodon caused damage to my brain and I have never completely recovered from it. STAY AWAY

I met the dr when I was hospitalized. He was rude not only to me but my parents too. My family's joke was take off the m of his first name and move the a in front of the n. He was that bad.

There should be over site of doctors and staff operating in that capacity