Morris A Balfour, MD

Dr. Balfour is a gem. He has taken excellent care of several of my family members, including myself and my foster daughter who succumbed to Cystic Fibrisis. He has treated my family for miscellaneous maladies including tonsillectomies, hearing issues, ear infections, and has removed growths from my husband’s neck and ears. He couldnt have given better care. He is very kind, with a heart of gold. I highly recommend this wonderful doctor.

My wife went to Lodi Memorial Emergency becuase her throat was closing up, and she was having a hard time breathing. She had a severe toncil infection that requried the «ON-​CALL» EAR NOSE AND THROAT SPECIALIST TO BE CALLED IN for a consultation. They called Dr. Morris Balfour.
This guy never bothered to get into a doctors coat. He looked descheveled. His first interaction with us was rolling his eyes and saying my wife was on medi-​cal and medicare. When he was corrected that we were on private insurance, he only got more rude.
He then told us he was going to do a procedure that was required a local anthestic. I then interrupted him, and told him that he can not use that anthestic, becuase my wife will stop breathing (and will require an epi pen). He then literally got angry that he had to perform an emergency toncillectomy, becuase my wife was sick.
My wife was taken into surgery, and the doctor told us he would meet us afterward in the surgery waiting room. Immediately upon entering the waiting room, my 11 year old daughter and i were told that we had to leave since my daughter was not 16 years old. We were told to come back in an hour, and that they would have the doctor call me if they finished before we came back to see my wife to her room. That call never came.
We met my wife in recovery, and then we were promptly kicked out of Lodi Memorial Hospital again. They told us to be there at 7am so my wife can be sent home by 830am the following morning.
We arrive at 7am, and then we waited around for 4 hours for Dr. Balfour.. He arrived at 11am and was rude, condescending, and a jerk to me and my wife all over again. He told me that he came to the surgical waiting room, that he didn’t see us, so he left. I asked him why he didn’t call us… he responded, «It was late and I wanted to get home,» It was at this point that I had to control myself extensively. I was excited to never have to see this jerk again, and we could be on our way. Little did I know that was not the case.
At 4pm, We got to the pharmacy to pick up the prescriptions to find that the anti-​biotics are the most expensive one they carry. $ 400 for one prescription. So I called them doctors office to have someone contact him to get him to write a different prescription. At 5pm, He called me back at my number and asked me what was wrong, and I told him that $ 400 for an anti-​biotic is crazy, can he please prescribe a cheaper anti-​biotic? He agreed and asked what pharmacy we use. I told him the pharmacy and the location. He then got short with me and demanded that I find him the phone number. I again, bit my tongue and I pulled the number off my cell phone from google. I gave him the number and he told me it would be taken care of. At 10pm, I went back to the pharmacy. There was no prescription there except the $ 400 one. I said there must be a mistake. They had no prescription. I then called then office for the doctor, and they connected me to the Doctor again. This time he started yelling at me saying, «YOU DONT HAVE THE PRESCRIPTION BECAUSE YOU GAVE ME THE WRONG NUMBER. I HAD TO LOOK UP THE NUMBER MYSELF, AND I SPOKE WITH THE PHARMACIST.»
I asked him whom he had spoken with? What pharamcy? What location? What number did her call?
Dr. Morris then yelled, «DO YOU REALIZE WHAT TIME IT IS?»
I asked him, «You are ***king kidding me, right? Who do you think you are to treat people this way? Who do you think you are to treat a patient this way? Could you not have easily just picked up the phone and called me if there was a problem with number I gave you, or with getting us the prescription within a timely manner? Who ***T in your cereal that you have decided to be so ***king unprofessional with my wife and I? How dare you Sir!
He then hung up on me… Well Doctor Morris Balfour, you sir are unprofessional, rude, discourteous, and if you dont want to be disturbed in the evening to do your job… STOP BEING AN ON-​CALL PHYSICIAN AND RETIRE!