Dr. Lawrence David Dardick, MD

Excellent, thorough and very patient Doctor

Dr. Lawrence Dardick is not the standard UCLA doctor. He is about 20-25 minutes to each appointment. He requires an appointment for medication refills - not sure if this is to bill insurance or what but it’s unnecessary. Even after an appointment he would forget to send in the medication to the pharmacy. You then have to phone his office and wait until the end of the day or when he is out of clinic to have him send in the medication. This was frustrating and cumbersome. His office staff is also not the best with communicating. Overall Dardick is very unprofessional and. Additionally, he has made inaccurate medical diagnoses and has referred to other doctors that do not address the ailment. He does not listen to your medical needs or fully understand them. I would not recommend this doctor and I am glad to not be under his care any longer.

Dealing with UCLA is not great. Does not have the feel of an office that cares about an individual--just moving you through the system. They make sure you pay co=pays upfront however..... Dardick is a good guy and very smart--but he seems to be more into the computer technology than he is into treating patients. He is kind, considerate and conservative. He is also forgetful and not invested at all emotionally in a patient. Better than average treatment--good person--decent doctor---generic for the most part.....going through the motions

I've been seeing Dr. Dardick for several years and he's generally been good. Although recently I scheduled an appointment for a preventative care visit. I asked the doctor if my insurance pays 100% for this type of visit and the doctor said yes. A couple weeks after the visit I received 2 bills from Dr. Dardick. One for a doctors visit and 1 bill for blood tests. The doctor explained the doctor visit bill was because I had "additional concerns" and the blood test was an additional test the doctor ordered. This was never communicated to me prior to the service and I never approved the service. I was led to believe my preventative care visit would be free and surprised to see 2 bills. What's even more disappointing is that this behaivor probably happens with many families and they are forced to pay these bills. Doctor Dardick does not communicate clearly enough about additional services being rendered prior to performing the service, especially when the patient thinks the visit is free.