Mike E. Vasilomanolakis MD

Dr. Mike is one of the finest Cardiologists California has to offer. I don’t know what Anastacia is talking about as the office staff is top notch and exceptionally patient friendly.
Dr. Mike saved my life! He listened intently to what I had to say regarding my query of a warming sensation in my heart. He attempted to give me an EKG on the tread mill however being out of shape, I only reached about 6 minutes. The EKG was normal however Dr. Mike was not satisfied and scheduled me for an angioplasty almost immediately. He found two coronary occlusions one 95% and the other 85%. i.e. I was a walking corpse. He put in two stints and normal circulation was regained. Dr. Mike not only knows what is going on he has a bedside manor superb in quality and knowledge. This is a Doctor that treats his patients like humans and not like cattle. He is thorough and asks questions exclusive to the patient and spends the time seeking a solution.

0 stars the office manager, receptionist, billing department and dr refused to schedule me an appointment even though i have three types of insurance that they take. I wasn’t told until four phone calls and an hour later that the dr. Told them he doesn’t want to see me as a patient. I simply called the office and asked if they were taking new patients. I was told yes but first i needed to call billing to verify my insurance before i could schedule an appointment. After i called billing i called the receptionist back to schedule and they said i needed to call billing again because i had forgotten to tell them something so i called billing again and was told to call the receptionist again. I tried again to schedule an appointment and asked for the office manager who said the dr doesn’t want to see me. When i asked why she said it was because they do not take insurance referrals or self referrals and that i would have to get a referral from my primary care even though my insurances do not require referrals. I was so frustrated! I couldn’t believe even though i told them a million times i was willing to pay cash for my copayment or whatever wasn’t covered by my insurance they acted like i couldn’t afford it because the cash price is $ 800. I have three insurances i am sure that it is mostly if not fully covered but they tried telling me they could charge me the cash price If i wanted to come in. How ridiculous and preposterous that office manager tried to take advantage of me by charging me cash or else no appointment. After all that time wasted and personal information given i would never want anyone else to go through that. They are frauds they collect all your social security number birth date insurance info address phone number family info and then refuse to treat you. I wouldn’t be surprised if they are scammers selling identity fraud information. I have never written a review before but stay away from this office!!!