Houman Solomon, MD

The actual medical procedure performed by Dr. Solomon was actually okay and has held up years later (which is why I gave him 2 stars instead of one) but the reason for this 2 star review is for things that many other one and two star reviews cover. I was referred to Dr. Solomon a while back because I needed a hernia operation after an ultrasound confirmed that I had a hernia that needed to be repaired. My initial appointment with him went about as expected. He seemed a bit arrogant at first glance, and “all about the facts”, but oddly devoid of compassion - which didn’t mean much to me at the time, but I wish I had given heed to these warning signs at the very beginning! He examined me and said I believe you need to have your hernia operated on, and I agreed with him so we set up the surgery. It is also worth mentioning that I never saw him without medical students following him around, whether it was in his office or in the hospital for surgery - like he was holding court to show… how important he is. My surgery was initially scheduled for 10:00 am and they ask you to come in 2 hours early to do paperwork and prep. The day before my surgery I got a call from his office. They said he had something clear off his schedule and asked if I was able to move my surgery 2 hours earlier at 8:00 am. I was fasting and knew that I would be getting hungry sooner than later so I was happy to get it over with earlier. The next day I came in at 6:00 am to get started. (Here is what other negative reviews have mentioned) I did my paperwork which went fast and they put me in a gown and took me to the pre-op area around 6:45 am…where I waited for hours because Dr. Solomon was nowhere to be found! They called him every hour and he didn’t even pick up. Finally at 11:00 am he answered when the hospital called him and said he would be there as soon as he could. I was looking back at my paperwork and I checked in to the hospital at 6:00 am, and was given my pre-op antibiotics at 11:00 am when they actually talked to him and he confirmed that he was on his way in. I proceeded to wait another 3 hours until 2:00 pm when he finally strolled in, with a student by his side and when I asked why he was so late he arrogantly smirked and simply said he wasn’t able to make it. Instead of having me come in 2 hours early, I wish they would have called and said he wouldn’t be able to do my surgery until 2:00 pm. It was almost as if he purposely made me suffer longer, and then he was extremely smug about it. So from the time I got to the hospital till the time Dr. Solomon got there to do the surgery was 8 HOURS!!!!! - Absolutely inexcusable!! Normally in a situation like this I would have blown a gasket and raised a huge stink, but because it was just before my surgery, I didn’t want to upset him or make him angry before he was about to do a major operation on me so I let it go. But I need to emphasize how hungry I was by this time, having not eaten anything since 6:00 pm the night before - not to mention having been in a hospital gown on an uncomfortable pre-op bed in a brightly lit area with other people for 8 hours. I have had many friends who had hernia surgery and every single one of them has emphasized how much pain they were in after the surgery and truly needed strong pain meds to get them through the first few days (which is understood to be a normal part of this particular surgery). After the surgery, Dr. Solomon told me and my girlfriend that he would not be giving me pain medication but that I should alternate taking 4 over the counter pain pills, and that would be enough for the pain - so I did that for a couple of rounds until I woke up in the middle of the night writhing in pain and couldn’t stand it, so I called the emergency on-call number and spoke to a doctor who said he would get me some pain medication. A few minutes later Dr. Solomon called me and tried to gaslight me saying that I shouldn’t be in that much pain, but that he would send

Very clear explanations

Doctor was very nice caring and professional

Clear. Good listener. Empathetic. Knowledgeable

Very direct and informative

Dr. Solomon did not listen to me or attempt to have a conversation. He made assumptions and possibly looked at notes from other providers but DID NOT ask me about current progress. He threatened to discontinue treatment if "I didn't do what I was supposed to do" very off putting.

Dr soloman is great very knowledgeable and great pt care

Do ur self a favor don’t go near this man it’s been a nightmare since we first met him in the Ed 4 yrs ago at Torrance memorial CA had to use him two time for hernia rude human doesn’t care about you we should of done our homework before letting this butcher into our life’s we will be goin to Torrance hernia center this time around

Dr. Solomon performed laparoscopic hiernia repair surgery on 2 hernias. Prior to the surgery, we discussed the procedure, recovery and my many questions that provided me a comfortable feeling. Surgery was performed and recovery has been as expected. Dr. Solomon is an excellent surgeon and is highly recommended.

Very friendly and accommodating!