Dr. Samir Philipbhai Macwan, MD

What a wonderful care team . Thank you Dr.Macwan and Charles for your kindness and knowledge. Truly appreciated!

It took Dr. Macwan’s office two weeks to return my phone call regarding an appointment. After they called me back, I was told there was another six months wait for an appointment to be scheduled.

This doctor was unprofessional, rude and treated my 81 year old month with disrespect. She asked the assistant how much longer of a wait after being in the room for 30 minutes. Dr. Samir P. Macwan came into the room later and told her she needed to be more appreciative that she even had an appointment with him. He scared her to the point that she didn't want to be in the room with him alone and chose to leave the office without treatment. She was in tears and shaking after her experience with this Doctor.

This guy has way too much self-importance or is highly afraid of inheriting another neurologist's mistakes. My doctor referred me to another neurologist for a nerve conductivity study, then referred me to Macwan for follow-up. We agreed to an appointment time and date. How Macwan didn't communicate his rules to other providers is beyond me, but verbatim from my doctor, "Also, Dr. Samir Macwan (neurology), to whom we had referred patient for input on his leg pain, will not see patient because he has 'already seen another neurologist"; apparently this is one of Dr. Macwan's strict rules... and this applies EVEN if the only thing patient saw the other neurologist for was his nerve conduction studies.'" The office staff phone etiquette is mediocre, at best. Keep shopping, folks. Life is too short for things like this.

Credentialed from a foreign unknown university as most doctors from Eisenhower Medical Center, Macwan is acceptable as an initial contact but should not be the ultimate diagnostician. Go to LA or San Francisco.

This doc years patients as a generic group rather than as individuals. He refused to address pain issues but rather refers to pain management factories. He injected me with an NSAID when I had already told him I was on a maximum dose of oral NSAID. Why? He refuses to prescribe or administer controlled pain meds even under restricted conditions of supply. Rather he passed the buck to pain factories.

Complete explanations. Rapid response to My Chart queries. Nice guy on top of it.

Easily irritated by informed patients.

abrasive and cavalier to patients discomfort

I waited an hour and 10 minutes for this doctor to show, and he never did. I would like to know what this man was doing during MY appointed time. He didn’t even have the courtesy to come and talk to me during all the time I patiently sat waiting. This guy needs to eat some humble pie as he has apparently a very big ego and no bedside manner.