Gilbert Cardiology

I took my 86 year old mother to see Dr Hojjati — his treatment for her was not good and I’m a Registered Nurse with some understanding of what is acceptable. He was all about running tests and seeing her every 3 months despite the fact that she was stable. He insisted on running a TEE (kind of echocardiogram) and he could not even get the tube down her throat — but billed for it anyway despite getting no results. Then he recommends her to have open heart surgery and he never got the test completed (the TEE) to prove she needed it. Remember she’s 86 — not the best candidate for any surgery and she told him she would not have it done. He did not like that and despite being a cardiologist, did not seem to think treating her medically would be a good option. He wanted her to have a stress test and that too was unable to be completed. My mother ultimately went to her PMD to be cared for and she has been living well and happily for the last 2 years and not under any cardiologists care. She has quality of life — something that Dr Hojjati does not take into account for his patients.

Took 3 days for a Doctor to call me back, then to only have testing on one day a week makes this office impossible to deal with. Find someone else, these guys don’t care.

As a new patient intending to be, I called this morning. I was put on hold for the longest time. I guess early call interfers with front desk coffee break. !!!

Worst staff and rude people at the front desk. They did not care about patient care or service. Never got a chance to see the actual doctors there but we were done after dealing with the ladies up front to make a simple appointment. Went to see another cardiologist at Cedars Heart Center.