Dr. David Albert High, MD

Dr. High went above and beyond to help me during Christmas weekend while the office was closed when my mother was sick with Covid and had a potential scare of shingles. He responded to me immediately and helped to alleviate all our concerns and came up with a plan for treating my mother at home. I cannot thank him enough!!!

I was sent to Dr. High more than two decades ago when I had a small lump on my thigh. He examined it and said, "It's nothing, but ..." It was a malignant tumor and he removed the tumor without causing any of the tissue to leak. I saw him twice a year for five years and started seeing him again annually for a thorough skin examination. He has a great bedside manner and is always willing to explain what he is doing and what he is finding (or not). He has a great way with his patients and he is extremely thorough with his examinations. What more can you ask?

I have to admit that the wait time can be long at times, BUT it's because he spends time with his patients and is very good at explaining what is going on along with the steps to follow. I love how he is cautious but not cut and test happy as some I've been to. I had a basal carcinoma on my ear, and he was very good at testing and referring me to Dr. Lawrence who is excellent. The only acceptable solution to a shorter wait time is if he cloned himself: this way he could spend enough time with everyone.

It takes about 3 months to get a general check up with the Dr. (that is if his rude staff doesn't put you on hold and then hang up on you as they did to me). When you are at the office you usually wait about 30 minutes to get taken back, then another 30-45 minutes in the room. Dr. High then looks at your skin says "okay we can continue the same care and medication I will see you back in 6 months." He and his staff are unorganized, rude and have no sense of patient care whatsoever. His new office is made up to be a Hollywood facial-skin care salon. Very disappointed with this Dr. and practice.

The doctor prescribed several rounds of steroid cream for a rash that he could not diagnose. When it flared, he and his staff suggested using even more of this steroid cream. Long story short, it thinned the skin so much that there are permanent stretch marks. He said cultures came back negative, but he took them while on the steroid cream and also at one point when I was on an anti-fungal cream. This produced false negatives. I went to a new dermatologist and it turned out to be a yeast infection (tested positive after stopping all creams for a few weeks) and she nailed it by looking at the entire medical history. Appointment wait times are very long, office wait times are very long, and their staff is disorganized. Also, apparently you should only be on a steroid cream for a maximum of 2 weeks and you should use it very sparingly.