Dr. Faris was always kind and calming. He reassured me that my back injections would be painless and help afterwards. The staff was always up beat and made me laugh. They listened to my concerns and met all my needs. Thank you guys. Ms. Coleman

Submitted July 29, 2022

. He is always late to the point where I had to wait two hours to be seen. I took his and his office staff attitude because it is so hard to find a doctor that will give you opiates for pain. Another issue the new office policy that you must come every month at $357 a visit or he won't give you pain meds. Try calling his office to talk to a live person and good luck. You have to leave a message and you are lucky if they call you back. Luckily I finally found another pain clinic

Submitted Feb. 8, 2022

I was told at my recent visit it’s no longer pain management. It’s interventionist which mean injection,stimulators,.I was told every patient had their meds cut by 2/3’s that week. Very disappointed.

Submitted April 22, 2021

This doctor is routinely late for ALL appts. On June 7th, 2018 I told him he was 1.5 hrs late for our appt to which he replied he was sorry. At that point I told him ALL previous appts were also over 1 hr waits and could we show up an hour late for future appts to which he replied “then find someone else to treat you, I don’t need this” and stormed out of the room, slammed the door and refused to treat my wife. I understand doctors run late on occasion, but this doctor could care less of your time and does this on every visit. I find it incredibly rude when doctors are routinely late, can’t manage their schedules and are inconsiderate of others time. If this doctor can’t manage his own time, how can he be expected to manage someone’s pain. Find a considerate doctor respectful of your time. We intend to file a complaint with the Illinois State Medical Disciplinary Board, IDFPR. I recommend others do the same by Google searching “Illinois IDFPR”. They are located here:
100 West Randolph, 9th Floor | Chicago, IL 60601 or
320 West Washington, 3rd Floor | Springfield, IL 62786
Or by calling their 888 number to file a phone complaint.

Submitted June 8, 2018

This is the third time seeing the dr and is NEVER on time! 2-3 hour wait, when in pain, is not right!!!!

Submitted Dec. 21, 2017

My wife was refused service because she was car sick, as we were on our way to Dr Abusharif’s we stopped by Portillo's for a chicken sandwich. As we arrived my wife started to vomit because she was car sick. She fractured her ankle in three places, and was in tremendous pain. As I walked into Doctor Abusharif's office, I asked for a wheel chair because my wife has a temporary cast and the fracture was still causing her much pain. The first thing we did was go straight to the washroom so that she could clean herself up. While I was waiting for her outside the washroom, two of the Doctor's assistants were conversing with the doctor about my wife's condition. They were saying, I am not going to touch her because she vomited. How disrespectful? Yes, DISRESPECTFUL!!! A doctor talking and laughing about a patient, making remarks. As they put us in room, a so-called nurse came in and said that we had to reschedule because my wife was sick. Which they did not even bother to ask, why was she sick? I actually requested to talk to the doctor to talk to him about ETHICS but he refused to come in and see us in the patient room. Five minutes later the Oak Lawn Police showed up, I told them exactly what happened. My wife and I are Marines we served our time in the desert, is this how you treat veterans? At least in the Marine Corps we don't talk about our Marines in a negative way when they are in need of medical help.

Semper Fi.

Submitted July 12, 2017

The doctor is good. The receptionist is unprofessional, condescending and makes mistakes. they do not return emergency phone calls. The doctor isn't worth putting up with the grief.

Submitted April 28, 2015

The staff is wonderful and Dr. Abusharif is just amazing. I was so disappointed with my last pain Dr I didn't go in with the highest of expectations, but man did he beat any expectations I've ever had for any Dr. He's so warm, caring, and genuinely wants to help you! He doesn't want to drug you up and send you out. I am just so happy and relieved I've found him. I couldn't recommend him higher to anyone!

Submitted July 3, 2014

Although we were happy with Dr. Abusharif, his staff was beyond unprofessional and unpleasant. My first phone call, I had problems, stating I didn't have current x-rays, hence, I was told he couldn't see me. (Another doctor then took x-rays with no problem so I could see this doctor). It only became more difficult every visit. I was embarrassed and talked down to in front of other patients, not sure if I was even going to see this doctor or an intern (who was also talked down to by the staff) and often left my visits in tears. Having additional serious health problems, I called for 3 months to get some direction with no return call! I addressed staff problems with the doctor (he should know since this is his business). He was responsive and concerned. Unfortunately, the snowballing effect of this toxic staff didn't get better. Being so unhappy in their jobs, they need to leave since this is a fine doctor. Unfortunately, it's almost impossible to talk to him for the staff.

Submitted May 28, 2014

I have to say the one negative comment he got on here is WAY off. This doc is the ONLY pain doc out of 30 that would even consider seeing me for my condition (Interstitial Cystitis).Dr has been nothing but an AMAZING doctor, very kind, warm and willing to take his time to explain EVERYTHING to you. When I cried bc he said we only had one option to try and help me, he felt SOO bad and that shows he really cares. His staff is awesome and asks how I am doing whenever they see me. Obviously you know you HAVE to be on time to your appt, regardless of traffic. I drive 45 mins to get to the doc and ALWAYS leave an hour early to make sure I am there on time. You KNOW your co-payment and a doc does not and should not take a post dated check...if you don't have the money now, what makes him think you will have it later. Sorry, he is a great doc but does not cater to those that lack common sense. Him and his staff have done wonders for me and I am offended with that negative feedback.

Submitted Oct. 23, 2011