Marjorie M Yong, MD

Dr. Yong and her staff are amazing! It is so wonderful to have a doctor who really cares about you and listens to your concerns. It is so refreshing to have a doctor who explains things in terms that I can understand. I highly recommend Dr. Yong and her staff!

Dr. Yong! My Bad, I thought I had already left a review. Dr. Yong is hands down, the best doctor I’ve ever seen. She genuinely cares about her patients like their her children. Seriously, I’ve never met, heard of, or seen a doctor like her. Not only is her personality amazing, she’s a genius in her profession.
She finally diagnosed and resolved a sleep disorder that had been misdiagnosed by 20 other doctors for the past 20 years and had caused me all sorts of other problems. I was taking an anti-​depressant for depression and anxiety, but it was never depression or anxiety, it was a sleep disorder.
When I saw her, it was so bad I wasn’t able to function at all. She spent a lot of time explaining everything to me and it made perfect sense. It should be common sense, especially for Doctors. it’s shocking to me that psychiatrists and other physicians prescribe hardcore psychiatric drugs without checking someones sleep. It’s simply common sense — If you’re sleep deprived for 20 of 30 years, you’re going to feel like doo doo and it’s going to wreak havoc. It destroys your neurotransmitters, dopamine, serotonin, etc.
The challenge is we usually don’t realize we are sleep deprived. We think we’re getting enough sleep when in fact, we never go into Stage 4 sleep which is what our body requires to heal and repair itself. A sleep specialist like Dr. Yong can test all of those things. You go there and spend the night and you’re hooked up to some wires and other stuff and monitored. Her «bedroom» is very cozy and the mattress and pillows were like 100 times better than mine. I slept better there than I had in years. The tests results backed what Dr. Yong had suspected. Now I’m being treated and I feel better than I have in a very long time. The difference is amazing. Energy, drive, motivation, is all back. She saved my life.
The 1 negative review from «Lucy K», I would imagine has nothing to do with Dr. Yong and probably the patient should look at her part in whatever happened. Making a comment insinuating Dr. Yong is a scam and a rip off is absolute nonsense.
I was struggling financially and there was some expensive items I needed and I didn’t have insurance. Dr. Yong and her billing office couldn’t have been MORE flexible. There isn’t enough time or space to explain how amazing she is.

Love Dr. Yong and her amazing staff! She really does care for the well being of her patients, she listens, reviews your medical history in detail and tells you the truth about your health. I went to her knowing there was something wrong after gaining 26 pounds in one year but I thought it was due to stress with a new job. I was extremely wrong after requesting all my past medical records and getting lab results she made a plan to get my diabetes under control, had me meet with her dietician Debra and referred me to the specialist needed to improve my health issues. Happy to say I have lost 15 pounds and my diabetes is under control (no meds). Jess in her office is amazing. My daughter is now a patient as well.

All i have to say is that if all doctors would have cared the way Dr. Yong does, our world would have been in a different place. Dr. Yong listen, she check your family history carefully, and she gets all necessary tests done with no short cuts! I am glad i have found our new family doctor, and highly recommend her.

Dr. Yong is one of the most caring doctors I’ve ever met. I’ve been seeing her for about 4 years now and my life has change dramatically. The first year and a half I lost 70 pounds, I’m able to play with my children at the park vs. watching them only. I have so much energy and feel so much younger. Dr. Yong and the staff have helped me change my life and I’m truly grateful. Thank you Doctor for caring!

Excellent care and service from Dr. Yong and her whole staff: close attention to detail. She approaches weight treatment from all angles– My sleep apnea went undiagnosed until I met Dr. Yong, and treating that condition has made an enormous difference in my life.

Probably one of the most caring doctor there is. Just by the the way she answers your questions and concerns, you know that she listens carefully and try her best to help /​heel you.
The staff at her clinic is always friendly and inviting.
Beyond being a GP, she also specializes in Sleep disorders and weight loss management, which is a great advantage if you need help with it too.
Better have one good doc who knows a lot!

Dr. Marjorie Yong is the best! Dr. Yong and her staff have always taken detailed time with me to make sure they are hearing my concerns. Each time I have been in (and I drive from San Diego) she has gone above and beyond to address my health. I have had successful weight loss with her guidance and learned more about what my blood work numbers actually mean! At one point, she referred me to an ocular oncologist at UCLA after seeing a suspicious bump on my lower eyelid. I was so happy to have a doctor looking out for my well being even though it was outside of her specialty. If you need a great MD, do not hesitate to go see her, the detail is unlike any other.

I wanted to give a good review for Dr. Yong because my husband said he had a really great experience with her, but unfortunately mine has not been the same at all and 5 months later I am still dealing with BS billing problems I incurred from Dr. Yong.
I went in just for a regular check up/​physical. The doctor wanted me to get a bunch of blood work done and used her recommended hospital across the street. Unbeknownst to me this was a children’s hospital who billed all of my medical work done as outpatient care under separate charges for each one. Under my insurance outpatient care runs me $ 100 per stay whereas preventative blood work (as this is the case) would be covered at 100% and no cost to me.
I dont know if Dr. Yong has a deal with this hospital or what but its a total scam. So now I am being billed $ 300 for some routine blood work because its at a hospital and not just some blood work lab. Thanks a lot doctor — way to consider how this is billed and the cost it comes to the patient. Im not sure if your getting a cut on this and thats why you refer everyone there but it is an UTTER RIP OFF! Instead of paying nothing I am expected to fork out over $ 300 even though i spent no more than 5 minutes there!
Not only that, after I got my blood work and went to follow up with the doctor about it — she noticed I had high cholesterol and instead of discussing it wth me and realizing that i have a family history of it she shuffled me over to her nutritionist, who made me keep yet another POINTLESS food journal. She went over my first one and said i ate great and asked me to do another one and come in. Awesome, let me do the SAME THING I JUST DID, come back a week later, you guys collect ANOTHER copay and I get absolutely NOTHING out of this visit. The doctor spent less then 2 minutes with me going over my results. I could have just had them faxed over and saved the time I wasted going over there.
I dont recommend this doctor at all. Its a total rip off!

Dr. Yong is my favorite doctor ever. I was a sick child and grew up in and out of doctors offices and hospitals and she is by far the most concerned and knowledgable MD I’ve ever worked with. I originally went to Dr. Yong for help with weight loss after a bad experience with a quack and she was warm and helpful saying it would be ok and that she would help me, and she did! I’ve since gone to Dr. Yong for any medical need and have made her my GP. I can’t thank Dr. Yong and her office staff enough for being so kind and taking such good care of me. I live all the way on the other side of LA and it’s more than worth the drive and the distance.
Sincerely,
Marlene Fenton, Los Angeles, CA

When I went to see Dr. Yong I had been successfully losing weight for quite some time but I was struggling with not being able to sleep or getting very little sleep on a daily basis. I was eating well and exercising regularly and my weight loss suddenly came to a standstill and soon I began to gain weight. I suffered daily with headaches and literally felt like I was losing my mind from not sleeping. My work was also starting to be affected as well. I almost forgot to mention that I work graveyard shift! Even if I «caught up «on sleep over the weekend or on my days off I always felt tired and ask if I had no energy. That was when I was referred to Dr. Yong, she truly changed my life. After the first consultation with her, I was scheduled for a sleep study and was seen by their nutritionist. I was diagnosed with sleep apnea and fit with a C-​Pap machine. It definitely took some getting used to but Dr. Yong and the C-​Pap machine have changed my life. I began to sleep for at least 5 hours at a time and felt very well rested when I woke up. The headaches were also diminishing and my energy level was increasing steadily. I was also losing an average of 1 to 3 pounds a week. I have always eaten healthy and exercised on a regular basis but I wasn’t getting the sleep that my body needed. I see Dr. Yong and the nutritionist Debbie on a weekly basis and they have both taught me about lifestyle change and the importance of sleep. I now keep a weekly food log which helps me to stay on track with my food intake. I was fighting a losing battle and without the proper sleep there was no way I was going to win. There are so many other diseases that one can suffer from because of the lack of sleep, including heart disease, dementia, obesity, diabetes, high cholesterol, and many others. I feel like I have prevented a lot, if not most of these diseases by seeing Dr. Yong and learning about the importance of proper sleep habits from her every week. Dr. Yong has a genuine and heartfelt interest in her patients. I always feel like I’m visiting family and friends when I go to my appointments. There is a sense of family with the office staff and they truly make you feel at home while still maintaining their professionalism. Dr. Yong is thorough and takes the time to explain everything fully. She answers any questions or concerns and always assures me that if I need anything or have any questions that I should call her right away. Dr. Yong is a true gem and I am very lucky to have been referred to her. She truly has given me my life back.

If you are at Dr. Yong’s for weight loss, they may work for you. If not, stay away. I was (still am) dealing with a strange type of disorientation and dizziness along with other issues, and for about one year I was continually diagnosed at Dr. Yong’s with a vitamin B12 deficiency, even though my blood work taken about six months after the issues started showed my B12 levels to be normal. Every single time I went in, I was given a B12 shot or pills most of the time, and quickly sent on my way.
I was eventually referenced to a neurologist, but this was only after almost a year, and a year and a half of whatever I was having. Also, I should mention that at one point after returning from two months abroad, it took about two months to even book an appointment, with calls and voicemails, emails, etc. seemingly not getting through at all.
(Update: Shortly after posting this review, I got an email from Dr. Yong, that clarified quite a few things as well as apologized for the delay in scheduling an appointment, as I mentioned in my last paragraph, saying they would take measures to improve that.)
(Update: I’ve been in touch with Dr. Yong via email for the last few weeks, and she’s been wonderful and extremely helpful, such as giving suggestions for tests and offering to read through my results via scans, even though I now live abroad and am no longer an ‘official’ patient.)

Wow, Dr. Yong and the staff were so incredibly sweet! The staff dealt with my numerous phone calls all with such a friendly disposition. Dr. Yong took the time to make sure I was not only being cared for, but really learning. Plus I got an appointment at 630, that’s pretty rare for a doctor’s office.

The most caring and compassionate family doctor. Dr. Yong truly goes out of her way to make sure that you are healthy and happy! It’s rare to find doctors who genuinely care about your well-​being and not the bottom line. I would highly recommend Dr. Yong and her practice to anyone looking for optimal healthcare.