Lisa Matzer, MD

I don’t know why there are so many bad reviews on here for her. She’s a great doctor. I came to her because I kept having heart palpitations and a fluttering feeling in my chest so i wanted to see a cardiologist about this. She had me do blood work, and after the blood work she decided to do an ultra sound as well to make sure everything is ok. After the ultra sound she had me wear some monitor for a day to monitor any abnormalities. I have never been to a doctor that does such extensive testing to make sure everything is ok! After the heart monitor she had me do a stress test. Every time I have a concern or question the office gets back to me right away! They are amazing! I would recommend her to anyone one that wants to visit a cardiologist.

Dr. Matzer is wonderful. I have seen her twice and she is reassuring, knowledgeable, and absolutely has given me the personal attention I wanted.

Dr. Matzer is really nice, but whoever does her phone & email correspondence (Alex? Or someone) is a real asshole, super mean and condescending.
Ultimately, I have congenital heart disease, a particular case that Dr. Matzer didn’t really know much about so I wasted my money and time going to her. Go to UCLA if you have serious heart issues.

My first thought when i found out that basically she runs her own office was… hmmmm she must not be very successful or she would have a big office staff. After visiting her office and seeing her, I can’t say enough. She is professional, efficient, and VERY communicative… unusual for a specialist! She seemed so knowledgable and i love that she communicated everything to me. I would recommend her a million times over!!!

I had seen her on the doctors TV show and she was talking about the effect of stress on the heart. I have heart problems in my family and I have a lot of stress and I was worried about my heart as sometimes I can fltl a fluttering in my chest and sometimes my heart felts like it is going really fast. I had seen my primary care doctor and he did an EKG which was fine but I still felt bad. I decided to see Dr Matzer and I am very glad that I saw her. I liked the personal attention that I got from her and she took what I had to say seriously. Long and short of it, she had me wear a holter monitor for 24 hours and figured out what my problem was. I have seen her a couple of times since then over the past year. It has always been a great experience for me. She answers all my questions no matter how dumb or weird. I feel really comfortable with her. I feel lucky that I found her as my doctor.

I had to offer our experience with my husband’s appointment with Dr. Matzer. We had read all sorts of glorifying reviews on
, so we went to her with high hopes. Unfortunately, we had a different experience.
The GOOD: For our first appointment, she was on time, and greeted us personally to take my husband’s blood pressure herself (which we liked). She seemed to be very attentive to our concerns, and discussed which tests needed to be done that day.
The BAD: On our second appointment, she was running late, and didn’t get us in for 45 minutes. On that visit, she was short with us, and seemed to be distracted. She didn’t answer several questions that we had about his newly discovered condition (a congenital heart defect). And it was clear that she had NOT received the information she had asked for (which we had emailed to her three days prior to our appointment). And when we brought it to her attention, that she didn’t receive this information, she acted nonchalant, as if it wouldn’t have mattered anyway. So our number one complaint is the bad communication in her office, overall. Her assistant, who is very hard to understand over the phone, failed to give her our messages on several occasions. As well, either he did not give her an important e-​mail we sent, regarding super high blood pressure after starting the pills she prescribed for him; or else she simply did not return our call.
Her assistant suggested to us (in a patronizing way) that it never happens that a person’s BP would go UP after starting those scripts (his personal diagnosis, we assumed). And he suggested that, «it was merely my husband’s anxiety over having to take a few tests that day.» I left a very abrupt message asking him how many patients did he usually see himself, and why hadn’t we heard back from the doctor about his unusually high BP? Fifteen minutes later, we got an angry call from the doctor, who said she was very busy, and could only speak for a moment. And only then, did she acknowledge the need to take him off of the new script, and replace it with a different medicine altogether. And only after we had waited all day and night for a response from her, regarding our very real concern about his unusual reaction to that medication.
And let me just add that this happened AFTER she told us how serious my husband’s heart condition was, and added that he could, «DROP OVER at any time!» [her words, not mine]. So, to give us a diagnosis like that, and then be completely unavailable for questions, concerns, or more importantly, his reaction to the medicine she prescribed for him, in my opinion, is unacceptable.

I was being treated for high blood pressure by primary care doctor in Burbank for a number of years. I was not that happy with the results. I decided to go see a cardiologist. Dr Matzer took me into her office and got my history. She did not have some nurse have me get undressed in a cold exam room. She then personally took me to the exam room and took my blood pressure. I really like the personal attention. She also ordered some special blood tests that my primary doctor had never ordered. My next visit after the blood work came back she changed my medications and I finally have my blood pressure under better control.