DR. MISHKANIAN; RUDE, UNINFORMED, LACKLUSTER, JUDGMENTAL.

This place is just the worst. I was assigned to this HORRIBLE doctor by Blue Cross...thanks guys! Needless to say, I'm calling my insurance today to tell them I refuse to pay so much for insurance coverage only to be assigned to a careless doctor.

I didn't have an appointment but arrived at 9am on a Monday morning. Wait time actually wasn't too long before I saw the doctor. She was cold and unwelcoming from the beginning. She chastised me for only being on Albuterol to manage my asthma. Ummmm, I didn"t have insurance until recently and couldn't afford to see a doctor and pay for insurance. But she told me again that I shouldn't be using my inhaler as much as I was. Ok, I get that, but I had no other option.

She writes me a prescription for 3 asthma meds. She doesn't tell me the dosing or what the 3rd drug's side effects are. Then they stick me in a room and mumble something about blood workup. At this point I get a little panicky. This clinic is filthy. There are dirty fingerprints all over the walls, holes in chairs and doctor's tables covered in duct tape (and no protective sanitary paper), and a biohazard trash can with NO LID! wth, that is disgusting.

Thank god they were apparently just referring me elsewhere for blood workup. I was going to refuse to have it done there seeing the conditions. Then they basically shuffle me out the door. UHHH BUT WAIT! I have questions. Dr. Mishkanian didn't ask me if I had any concerns or questions leading me to believe that she wasn't done seeing me. Oh, they make me wait another 15 minutes to see the doctor again.

When she comes out I tell her I'd like a referral to see a Pulmonary specialist. She says, "You don't need one." I explain that I've had one for 25 years and I would like to continue to see one. "That's not necessary." I have a lung disease that has been watched over closely my whole life by a specialist. I'm not going to let some low-level doctor tell me otherwise. Dr. Mishkanian gives me so much attitude and reluctantly scratches down some Pulmonary recommendation. Why the hell does she even care?! I asked her how many months my prescriptions were written for. Two months. Then I asked, "So I'm supposed to come back here every two months to see you and get new prescriptions??" She responded with a snarky, "Yeah you would. But just go to the pulmonary doctor and she will do it for you!" OMG. I've never dealt with such an unprofessional doctor. She then told me I would have to see that doctor every month or two to get refills. I responded by telling her that every pulmonary doctor I've ever been to has written me a prescription for a whole year. That's totally standard for many doctors. "No they won't." she told me. Are you kidding me? THIS LADY IS A NIGHTMARE.

AVOID DR. MISHKANIAN LIKE THE PLAGUE. SHE IS A NUTJOB.

Submitted July 21, 2015