Chan Mark MD

Dr. Chan is THE friendliest pain specialist I have worked with. I got to see him pretty close to my appointment time, the 3 or so times I’ve seen him. We made a plan, I stuck to the plan, and he communicated there isn’t much else he can do for me. I saw some great physical therapists and learned a lot from them. I acknowledge that Dr. Chan did what he could for me, and that there are limits to what western medicine can accomplish.

Great doc. Very thorough and caring. Beautiful office space. One BIG problem.
His appointments are ALWAYS 45 minutes to an hour late.
The parking lot is expensive and I don’t appreciate having to pay so much to park and wait…
I do like that he had an onsite accupuncturist. She’s really good as well.

I saw Dr. Chan about two years ago for a bad case of whiplash induced neck and shoulder muscle spasm after 6 months of physical therapy with little improvement. After one visit I was 85−90% better. I still have neck pain at times, but it’s manageable. He’s the man!

Four years ago I saw Marc Chan for a simple out patient injection and left paralyzed. I remain unable to work and have had to have several surgeries since to correct back problems I began to have from not being able to walk without having to drag myself up stairs. I am in great pain and can barely function after years of in and out patient therapy. Has anyone else out there seen Dr. Chan and been rendered paralyzed? I’d really like to know.

I know doctors don t spend much time with patients these days. Still, Dr. Chan is the worst offender in this respect. My doctor referred me to him for a problem of stiffness in the left side of my body. She assured me that he would order an MRI and really find out what the problem was. Under the HMO plan, she could not order an MRI. He saw me for about 15 seconds. He did not even look at my leg or my back or anything. He tapped on my foot and ankle. It was I who suggested that perhaps it was sciatica — based on a comment a frieend had made. He immediately said that was what it was, without any thorough investigation or evaluation. He never explored other options. He never ordered an MRI. He never even ordered an X-​Ray of my back, just my hip and knees, which my doctor had already ordered. So if it was sciatica, how come he never considered my back, which is where the sciatic nerve originates? Months later, I continue to have my problem which has now become chronic. I have consulted physical therapists and chiropractors who suspect that the problem maybe something more than just the sciatic nerve. But Dr. Chan never explored those possibilities. Dr. Chan does not care about his patients. I wonder how many hundreds of dollars he billed the insurance company for those 15 seconds? Really he should not practice medicine; he is just there to earn money..