Mahajan Sumit MD

I like Dr. Mahajan. He is thorough and listens to me. The one thing is that I have to wait sometimes if it is late in the day. Other than that, I have been going to him for a year and a half and am pleased.

The front desk staff is very friendly.
If all you need is a general practitioner, this office will be fine.
Twice during my initial consult, he said to the affect; «Sorry, could you repeat that? I wasn’t listening». He was busy on his laptop.
He bills the insurance company for an «extended visit», even if you see him for just a minute.
He, and especially his nurse’s, understanding of pharmacology is minimal.
Twice his staff demanded that I see him before I could get a prescription refilled (that my previous Dr. had me on for about five years), and when I saw him, both times he asked why I was there.
He demands that prescription refills be requested through the pharmacy, but then he ignores the faxes.
He is pleasant, and I think he means well, but the wait times (typically over an hour) and the lack of a good nurse diminish the visit.
Update;
Now with a year of visits under my belt, I’m giving it three stars.
Still needs better co0ordination between Dr. and front staff.
Dr. Sumit is understanding and helpful.
Receptionist is nice, but the refill policy is poor. Even local pharmacies say it is one of the worse offices to deal with.

I’ve seen just about every doctor within 50 miles of Twentynine Palms. I’m young with recent onset chronic illness and all other doctors acted put out when I went to them for help, a diagnosis and treatment options — I was just a nuisance they didn’t have a pill for. Dr. Mahajan is the first doctor that not only picked up on the cause of my illness in the first appointment, but that was interested and willing to treat a case more complex than the sniffles. I highly recommend this doctor, especially if you’re dealing with any chronic or undiagnosed illness/​symptoms.
He’s the only doctor in 29 Palms, Yucca Valley, Palm Springs, Palm Desert, or Indio that I would even consider recommending — yes, I have seen that many. In fact, before Dr. Mahajan I was driving down to Santa Monica for primary care.
Making an appointment was easy, no crazy two-​three week wait times. You get to see an actual doctor (rather than paying to see a doc and being forced to see incompetent nurse practitioners *cough*Jones-Poland’s office*cough*).
The only downside I forsee is he seems to have the typical 15 minute appointment time allotments, which generally rush your time with the doctor and/​or leave you waiting in the waiting room 30 – 45 minutes if the doctor is thorough with patients when needed. He spent the extra time with me, though, and I didn’t feel rushed, but I could see it being a potential problem.