Thomas G. Quinn, MD

Make sure you ask about costs before you visit this office! I had a 30 — 45 minute office visit with the Physician’s Assistant, Michelle Gordon-​Canning (an appointment she was almost an hour late for) at which she asked me some questions and took my blood pressure. For that appointment, I was charged $ 591.
I’ve learned my lesson. I certainly won’t be going to Dr. Quinn’s office again, and I won’t go to any doctor without asking about costs up front.

HORRIBLE! Dr. Quinn was over an hour late for our first appt. When I mentioned I have hyperpots he didnt seem to know what I was even talking about. So he put a 24 monitor on me. I had to take two buses and bart to get back to his office to drop it back off the next day. They NEVER called back. EVER. I called the office for 6 Weeks and was told every time that somebody would call me back. Never even bothered to give me my results.

Awesome cardiologist. Very detailed. Super thorough and interactive with patients and family. I highly recommend him and his services. Thanks doc!

I was referred by primary care physician (heart mumur). Appt. was made quickly, staff was great when I had to reschedule. He asked a lot of ?‘s and was able to retrieve a pretty good background on my health history. I had to get an echogram on my heart, that was scheduled the next week. Follow-​up from the echo was quick over the phone cause I didn’t want to travel to Oakland just for results. I think Quinn is your average doctor pretty ok.

Dr. Quinn is very thorough. He makes sure every test is done and completed before he says anything, although if you ask questions he answers while letting you know this is a general statement. Having to see a Heart Doctor can be very intimidating. Dr. Quinn has a gentle, professional manner that puts one at ease. While you wonder if some Doctors read your chart at all, you know He almost does a study of your chart before speaking to you. His questions go straight to you as you and not some generic species. His explanations are clear and understandable (direct when need be) but never harsh.
His office staff has to be one of the most remarkable group of people I have had the pleasure to deal with in a Medical Office setting.
Thank you Dr. Quinn for taking care of my Mother and myself.

I’ve been a patient for awhile and I’m been satisfied. Their office partners with an arrhythmia specialist (shares some office space a few days a week) so you can have your ‘pacemaker’ check and cardiologist visit in one appoint. Dr Quinn has contacts at Stanford if you need major surgery (re: getting it going /​contacting the right people is easy). He is attached to the hospital next door if you need minor (less than a transplant) things. As to the complains in the other reviews (which prompted me to write this btw). you want one Dr to be reading all the reports to see the big picture /​know exactly what is going on with you. Also; most people (that would be me too) are scared to not see their cardiologist frequently when going through something like heart failure treatment. When Dr Quinn’s people were suggesting I didn’t need to come in as often (maybe once every three months instead of once a month) I was the one worried about it. I definitely didn’t feel they were pushing for extra visits. Also; my insurance company also wanted me to have regular visits. They’d mail me letters and call all the time to make sure I was in regular contact with a Dr for my heart issue… so I think regular visits are standard procedure.

Despite $ 3,000 in billed services, I never actually met or was seen by Dr. Quinn. Instead, I was «managed’ by his assistant, Michelle Gordon-​Canning. I wonder if Dr. Quinn know just how incompetently his office is run? After completing several sets of tests, I was told to come back to see Gordon-​Canning. I waited in the examination room for 45 minutes and was about to leave when she came in. What emergency held her up? None. The reception desk simply forgot to tell her that I was waiting.
Gordon-​Canning proceeded to tell me the results of tests, all of which I had already been given by the other doctors and assistants who had performed them. (Gordon-​Canning performed none of the tests.) Why had she insisted on an appointment just to deliver this non-​information? «We think it’s more personal that way,» she explained. Duly noted.
Then, surprise, a bill for $ 225 for this useless visit. I guess that’s what Dr. Quinn’s office means by «personal.»

I was referred to Dr. Quinn by my primary care physician in El Cerrito. I definitely liked his staff, who administered needed tests, and I found the doctor very confidence inspiring. He is obviously very thorough and strikes the right balance, neither overwhelming the patient with technical jargon, nor talking to them — in my case me and My daughter — as though they were not very bright ten-​year– olds. I will certainly go back to him should I require further cardo-​vascular attention.

The techs are really great, but the doctor is not.
I found this man had serious communication problems. I went to another doctor for a second opinion the second doctor said, «Well, Dr. Quinn really blew it.» Evidently the holter test which Dr. Quinn said was normal actually had a number of irregularities. I would never go back to Dr. Quinn.

I was diagnosed with a heart murmur at a routine physical and was referred to this office for an echocardiogram. I have some positive
and one or two negative things to say about this office.
The good: They were able to get me in for a same-​day appointment on a Friday afternoon, which was great.
The tech was fabulous. She allowed my partner into the room, and told me all kinds of neat stuff about my heart and about the test. I am familiar with these tests because my kid has a heart thing and gets ECGs all the time, so perhaps this is why she felt comfortable showing me the different heart parts. Whatever the reason, it made me so much more comfortable to have an active discussion going on instead of the cold silence that can so often accompany such a test.
The only negative thing was that I waited a week for a result., and still didn’t get one until I called them to ask for it. The electronic medical records at my primary care doctor’s office showed that the test had been completed, but there was no result in the system. When I called Dr. Quinn’s office myself to find out the result, they said he had only read the result the day before (nearly a week after I had the test).
The upshot is that if you are nervously awaiting the results of your first echocardiogram, this office may leave you hanging a bit longer than you might like – but the tech will be very nice to you. Luckily my test was normal, so it wouldn’t have been a big deal, but if it had turned out I had a more serious condition it could have been a problem. I recommend using them, but be sure to follow up with them if you have not heard anything for a few days.