Thomas Chin, MD

Don’t go to this office. I really think both Dr. Tam and Dr. Chin really hate their job and the community itself. The office is not kept clean or organized. They looked numb and the receptionist don’t really like working there. Dr. Tam is really a competent Allergist since she’s been in the Asian community for the longest but I truly see her fading her career out. Just check out another Allergist unless you are really desperate. Dr. Tam will feed you some medications right away to make you feel less sick.

I now know why this place has such bad reviews. His wife or partner Dr. Pearl Tam should be added on this page too since the two work as a team. She talks to the patients while he prescribe the meds.
I was referred to Dr. Tam by my regular Dr to get a allergy shot and some in-​depth advice to control my allergies. I got neither. Dr. Tam made my condition worst by giving me her kind of allergy test. Telling her what I was allergic to she insist that I must take her test before she proceeds to treat me. Her test made my condition worst since she pricked my arms 48 times with extract that I told her I was allergic to. After finishing her test she left me in a back room forgetting about me for 20 mins. Next Dr Chin came over and prescribed over the counter meds. When I ask about the shot I came to get, they told me to come back another day. After what they did to my arms I don’t think I will be coming back. I had to go back to my regular Dr to heal the mess they made on my arms.
Also the place is really a hoarders mess. There is also no such thing as Doctor-​Patient confidentiality here since both Dr Tam and Chin likes to talk about your condition out loud in the hallway and reception waiting area. They also don’t bother to talk or evaluate their patients since they are too busy eating and chit chatting.
Also if Dr. Tam ask to do a allergy test you should leave right away. It is unsanitary, painful and will make you worst. She uses the same needle to puncture your skin on all the different allergy extract making the needle mix with all the different extract. Both of my entire arms became bubble and red the next day.

I’ve actually been a patient of his for many years, and he was a very good MD at the beginning but things have changed significantly over the past 10 years. I’ had eczema has a child, and instead of prescribing tons of medications, he was able to identify the foods that triggered my eczema through a food diary and I was able to control it.
However, recently when I went back due to an eczema flare, his wife forced me to do an allergy test and the entire office was overall very rude. The ointments he prescribed weren’t covered by my insurance, and my pharmacy had called them about drug alternatives. They called me asking me what I would like to do, and I asked for an alternative that my insurance would cover, and I hear Dr. Chin in the background loudly yelling that if I don’t want his meds, I shouldn’t be coming to see him.
Well guess what, I won’t be seeing him again.

I went there a few summers ago and it was just an odd and uncomfortable feeling. I went in because my mom was over-​parenting about a really bad sunburn and tan.
Fact: I’m Chinese, not too pale, not too dark. As soon as the doctor saw me (not even in his office, but in the hallway), he exclaimed «WAH! YOU ARE SO DARK! DARK LIKE A PUERTO RICAN!» I was just shocked.
Oddly enough, they also put me through an allergy test. It was far from his specialty so I was a bit confused. The way the test was administered was really sketchy. It was a skin test. I’m not sure how these tests are really administered, but the nurse used the same needle and «sanitized» it by quickly touching an alcohol pad. It turned out I was allergic to corn, trees, pollen, dust, cockroaches, beef, and a handful of other things. The «doctor» said I should be living in a bubble. I’m a pretty serious carnivore with my favorite protein being beef. I drank lots of soda at the time — with a critical ingredient being high fructose CORN syrup. I never suffered a reaction and I still haven’t.
This dermatologist needs to have his license revoked. It is incredibly unorganized and filthy.

Dr. Chin and the assistant will straight up lie to you about food allergies so they can con you into getting weekly treatments for years.
I came to him with a bacterial infection on my skin and he asked if I was allergic to any foods and if I’ve been tested before.
Eager to test me, they found I’m allergic to oranges, peanut butter, eggs, and basically a random assortment of foods that I’ve been eating all my life.
Unconvinced, I had a second opinion and found out I’m not allergic to any of those.
While waiting, I remember seeing other patients he has managed to con with this trick come in for their weekly allergy shots.
STAY AWAY.

I went there over the weekend because I had an eczema flare up and couldn’t get an appointment with my regular doctor. This place is dirty, unprofessional, and overall not an environment that should be giving medical care. There were files everywhere and it looked like a scene out of HOARDERS. I have private insurance and the receptionist did not know what to do with it. They wanted me to pay $ 100 in cash when my insurance card clearly stated that a specialist is only $ 40. When I gave them my flexible spending card they told me they couldn’t take it as they don’t have a credit card machine.
The nurses put me on a nebulizer where the tubes were cleaned in a child’s sand bucket. Everything around me just looked very dirty and unsanitary and I am sure the place would get shut down if I reported it to the board of health.
The nurse tried to rush me in filing out my file and had the audacity to tell me to just put anything on there. GEEZ, this is my medical file and she wanted me to just put anything.
When I finally did see Dr. Chin he didn’t even ask to look over my skin. He just read my files and immediately started prescribing me things and giving me coupons for the many creams which he has plenty of. All in all, he prescibed 7 different creams for me which I am supposed to put one on top of another and I have to repeat this routine 3 to 4 times a day! This is crazy.
When I got home, I ended up emailing my regular dermatologist and begged her for help. I went to see her the next day and she said all the creams Dr. Chin prescribe for me are unnecessary and his advice is bad medicine.
After this incident, I am never going to see another doctor in Chinatown again.