Dano Jaculeen Ann, MD

Dr. Dano has always been wonderful to me. I really appreciate the time she will spend explaining things, and answer questions I didn’t realize I had. I definitely don’t mind the wait for such a great doctor, they are hard to find, and she’s amazing!

I had the worst experience I have ever had with a doctor’s office and this office actually hung up on me. They would not write a new prescription for acne medication and do a skin check in the same appointment. Dr. Dano was so distracted and busy throughout my appointment that she did not review my chart or ask about the medication I’m currently taking to treat acne. I told her the name of it and she stated she would send the prescription to Walgreens. Walgreens never received the prescription and Dr. Dano claimed our conversation never happened. She was in such a rush! She required I make another appointment and pay an additional $ 40 copay for an office visit to have a medication refilled that I have been on since 2006. Very disappointed with the level of care and time that is dedicated to patient needs. Listening skills need to be worked on.

Dr. Dano is very nice, but her front desk person is awful. She is rude and not helpful. She just hung up on me after I cancelled an appointment. I feel very disrespected and am surprised after all the poor reviews that she is still behaving this way.

Love this Dermatology office (Dr. Dano) and I also love the Esthetician, Lori– I saw her pretty often over nine years ago for peels and acne treatments. I scheduled a facial a few weeks go and my visit was yesterday, what a WONDERFUL experience, ladies-​men, go see her, she has experience and knowledge to treat your skin with the utmost care and I left without a mark on my face or redness! Seriously, book your facial now!

Great doctor, my husband has gone to her for 15 years; she’s been my dermatologist for 8. She is thorough and explains complex things well. She effectively helped me with my rosecea when all the other doctors were telling me I needed expensive treatments. I especially like that her office now calls you if she is running behind on her schedule– even if it’s only 10 minutes!

Dr. Dano is one of the finest physicians I have ever met. I am a cancer survivor with a complicated medical history. Twice, she has picked up on issues my daughters were having by ordering lab work and finding things that our PCP had yet to discover. I find all the staff to be wonderful as well. They work as a team and are capable and efficient.
I have read some of the reviews on this page and wanted to address the issue of wait time in the office that some have spoken about. I think that the job of a dermatologist is one of the most difficult in the medical profession in regards to scheduling. If I call to make an appointment to have a mole checked on my forehead, the scheduling staff will be very clear that it is only that mole that will be addressed on the visit and they can estimate how much office time to block out. And since the skin is our largest organ, before I actually go in for that visit, I may find something else I would like her to take a look at. Perhaps that mole turned out to be something suspicious and required a biopsy. Then she might run over the allotted time, and if I have her check a couple of other things that are entirely different issues, now she might be running really late. Dr. Dano is thorough. When you bring up a problem, she knows all about it and takes the time to educate the patient. To me, this is invaluable. I would rather sit waiting in the waiting room every time for a doctor who is this skilled than to visit an office that might always be on time with a doctor of lesser quality.
I think that we can help her by being very specific when we schedule. If she is running late, just know that she if giving the utmost thorough care to the patients before you and that she will provide that to you too. Bring a book. She is worth any amount of wait time.

I have experienced almost every form of rudeness from both Dano and her office staff.
In regards to the staff, they told me that I would have to come in ten minutes before my appointment time, which I did, but then they were late getting back from lunch and then I had to wait an hour until Dano could grace me with her presence.
Once I was in the room with Dano, she gave a cursory look at a spot on my back and said it wasn’t cancer. Then I asked about another spot on my shoulder and Dano cut me off. She literally told me not to ask her anything other than specifically what I had made the appointment for. I would have to make another appointment just to have her look at my shoulder.
So I wound up spending all this money (I don’t have insurance), on an hour of using their waiting room and 5 minutes of being talked down to by Dano.
When I tried to make another appointment about my shoulder issue (because it really is concerning), the office staff rudely told me that they didn’t have any appointments available for another six months.
DO NOT GO HERE FOR DERMATOLOGY.

I really like Dr Dano, she is very easy to talk to about any issue. She is very intelligent through and intuitive. What I have had issues with is the front desk staff can be rude or just very short with you, especially on the phone. I also have waited for 40 min past my appointment time, today being no exception it is now 42 min past my appointment time and I have seen an assistant but not the doctor.
So if you can get past the front office staff and don’t mind waiting, I highly recommend her!!!

Dr. Dano is great but cant say the same thing about her office staff.
Came in for a lunch apt and entire staff was away. They showed up a few minutes after my appointment time and then proceeded to call in two other patients whom they had booked for the same time. Not sure why they decided to book me for a time that they already had two other patients scheduled for, or why they showed up late for a time when they knew three patients where scheduled.
About a full hour past my apt time I got to see Dr. Dano, who was very helpful. I just can’t say that I’m very happy about spending 2 hours of my work day when I expected to only be there for one.

Dr. Damo is awesome… if you have tons of time to wait to get an appointment, wait to get in the exam room… wait once you are in exam room to see her.
I have been coming here for about ten years, but I waited my last half hour in their waiting room. I have probably spent five times as much time waiting to see her than actually seeing her.
If you don’t mind waiting an hour, she’s the best person out there to see. Very good doctor.

Excellent doctor, I HIGHLY recommend Dr. Dano! I saw Dr. Dano for the first time today for some acne issues and I must say that I was VERY impressed. I had no problems getting an appointment. I booked my appointment for today just last week. I found her office very nice, clean and comfortable. I didn’t wait very long in the waiting room or the treatment room. I thought all of the staff was friendly and efficient. Dr. Dano was clearly very knowledgeable, personable AND professional. Additionally, she just exudes genuine care for her patients. Great experience, I will definitely be back!

I had two appointments here that went well. I had to book appointments about two weeks in advance, but the wait wasn’t terrible and I found Shirien to be pleasant and helpful.
However, when I wanted to book a follow-​up after six months, I had no luck. Their voicemail greeting says they have a heavy call volume and will return calls to schedule appointments within 3 days. Over a two and a half week period, I left three voicemails and never got a single return phone call. I’ve now made an appointment to see another dermatologist.

I had a second appointment at Dr. Dano’s office, with the P.A. Shirien. As happened last time, I had a long wait. One guy who was already in the waiting room before I arrived walked up to the receptionist desk and said he had to leave soon and that he had already waited 45 minutes. Ten minutes later he was invited back for his appointment.
When my wait time hit 40 minutes I left.
When anyone or any business OVER-​books the person or business treats customers disrespectfully. It is disrespectful to people to structure one’s operations premised on customers waiting long periods of time because of OVER-​booking.
I know from doctor friends that this over-​booking method is taught as a medical industry practice. When I have challenged doctors about this they say, «Well, everyone does it.» What are we, 7 years-​old?
Treat people with dignity and respect. While the bottom line matters for any business, treating people well matters, too.

Since my initial review, I have had MANY subsequent appointments for both acne and, let’s call it, an unfriendly mole.
First and foremost, everyone with any risk factors (like myself, shame on me for tanning in a bed) or anything they think even might be suspicious needs to do themselves a favor and get full body skin cancer screening. I had my appointment with Dr. Dano in January, and she was very thorough. Throughout the screening, she gave me an education on skin cancer, skin cancer prevention, etc. I learned so much in those few (10?) minutes.
Here’s the real reason, though, why you owe it to yourself to actually see a dermatologist once a year, instead of just showing your GP a funny mole: My mole Dr. Dano immediately spotted and flagged for removal? Is a mole I would never in a million years have thought was weird. If you asked me to show you my top 5 weird moles, that one would not have even crossed my mind. But because a full body screen doesn’t let you self-​select and Dr. Dano is very effective, my problem mole was *immediately* spotted, removed and treated. I don’t think it’s a stretch to say that Dr. Dano could have saved my life, or at the absolute very least if you insist I be less dramatic, she saved me a Whole Lot of Trouble down the road.
I’m so thankful I convinced myself to see Dr. Dano and Shireen. So many people told me I was too young to be worried about skin cancer, but melanoma is the number one cancer in women in their 20s. If you think you need to see a dermatologist, listen to yourself and call Dr. Dano. Even if everything is perfectly fine, you’ll know you are taking good care of yourself.
Lovely ladies at the front desk, never a billing problem, lots of free samples and coupons, always quick to be seen (once they called me an hour in advance of my appointment to let me know they were running very late and to come at a specified time later that day – saved me so much time waiting at the office, why don’t all offices do patients this courtesy?!), both Dr. Dano and Shireen take the time to listen to me, and you know, possibly even saved my life.

I saw Dr Dano today, after making an appointment earlier in the week. Unlike the last dermatologist I tried to see, there was just a small (15 min) wait in the waiting room, before Michelle took me to the treatment room. Unlike other doctor offices I’ve been to, where you get a second «wait» in the treatment room, Michelle actually began interviewing me immediately asking detailed questions and making complete notes in my file.
Before she was completely through Dr Dano came in and listened to my issues. She was thorough, professional and very on her game. No idle chit chat and false friendliness: a professional delivering service. She explains herself well, and indicates where future options might go.
Candace, the second assistant then finished the session by providing samples, with coupons if I needed to buy more (some prescription, some not) later. She also was friendly and thorough as Michelle.
In all, I spent more than 30 minutes with the doctor and her staff and felt like I was treated professionally, courteously and most of all thoroughly.
Both the staff checking me in, and checking me out were thorough and efficient yet pleasant.
I will be back.

After trying many different dermatologists and not happy with any of them, I decided to try Dr. Dano a few years ago and I finally found a good dermatologist. I had a red mark on my face, can’t remember what she called it, but all of the other dermatologists that I went to told me there was nothing they could do about it. When Dr. Dano saw it, she told me she could freeze it off and that’s what she did and it has never came back. She has given me bioposy for skin cancer with minimal scarring.
She gives me an annual skin cancer check and takes her time to look at every mole. She gives me free samples of prescription medicine to see if it will work or not which saves me alot of money. I really like her and her bedside manner. She is friendly and treats me like a person and not a patient. She has never tried to upsell to me a fotofacial or any of her skincare services like other dermatologists do. I have never waited for more than 10 min for any of my appts. She is a REAL dermatologist.

I have been going to Dr. Dano for a couple of years and she is the best dermatologist and one of the best physicians that I have been to in my life. She is totally on the ball and upbeat. Very up to date on the latest research or medications, and she gives a lot of herself personally to each visit. She is obviously very, very intelligent, but also very friendly to her patients. I have found her to be generous and helpful. I highly recommend her!

This was probably my worst experience ever with a doctor. I made an appointment based on a recommendation from a friend of a friend. Here’s what went wrong:
1)made to wait over an hour past my appointment
2)when I finally got in, she literally did not take her hand off of the door knob. She acted so incredibly annoyed when I asked her info. about something unrelated to the problem I was being seen for. And after waiting over an hour PAST my appointment, she spent less than 10 minutes with me.
3)when I came back in for my followup visit, I was immediately given a printed note informing me that I was not allowed to ask about any issues other than those that I had made my appointment for
4)her staff made a billing error that drug on for OVER SIX MONTHS before it was resolved with my insurance company.
Dr. Dano was rude and her back office staff incompetent. I will say that I liked her physician’s assistant, though.

I saw a NP when I went since it was just a basic skin cancer check and she was absolutely wonderful. She made me feel very comfortable and listened and went over everything that was happening and what her concerns were. I have some cystic acne and have yet to find a really good product when they pop up so she recommended some and gave me samples to try. I admit I’m big on trying things first since they are brand prescriptions I don’t want to be stuck with a $ 40 tube of stuff that doesn’t work. That was the good part of the visit.
I was about to try one of the samples when I realized it had expired. I called the office and they told me to come in they would give me some new ones. I went in, they gave me a goody bag of samples and I left. Halfway down the hall I looked at what they had given me and realized it was expired as well. I went back in and POLITELY said «this is expired as well, is that okay to use?» She looked at me like I was totally putting her out (although there wasn’t one person in the waiting room) and called to the nurse and said «that girl is back again with the samples.» The nurse came out and I explained I was concerned that they were expired and she said I could still use them they just wouldn’t be as effective. HUH?!
That really turned me off so now I’m on Unilocal looking for a recommendation for somewhere else to try. :(

After medical students, medical malpractice lawyers are probably the worst group of hypochondriacs ever. Something about seeing all the bad health mishaps that can befall people can put you a little on edge.
So, early in my career I handled this case where this guy in his 30’s died of melanoma. Right then and there, I decided I’d better start getting regular skin checks by a dermatologist. Somebody recommended Dr. Dano to me, and I’ve been seeing her for a number of years. I really, really like her. She has a terrific bedside manner — no nonsense enough that I feel totally confident in her judgment and her professional opinion, but she’s also great about answering questions and never acts condescending or makes me feel stupid. I know a big part of her business is cosmetic-​type stuff like botox, microdermabrasion, etc., but she NEVER has tried to sell me any of these services or make me feel like I need them. In fact, she’s never even suggested them to me — the only reason I know she does them is because I’ve seen them on her website. It would be easy for a dermatologist to prey on people’s insecurities to upsell their products and services, and I so appreciate that Dr. Dano doesn’t do this.
Her staff is always very friendly and they always seem to be running pretty close to being on time (a rarity in the medical business, these days). They are also very generous with samples when I want to try something new on my skin, which is nice because some of these skin creams can be pretty darn pricey.
I also think Dr. Dano looks and acts just a little bit like Linda Fiorentino’s character in Men in Black. Need I say more?