Vinod Gupta, MD

if you read the Google reviews of Dr. Gupta, you’ll find one poor soul who had a heart attack after their initial consultation, and before their stress echo test. My experience was the same — fortunately minus the heart attack.
I had been experiencing minor chest pain and tightness (stress I’m sure), so I was referred to Dr. Gupta. On the day of my appointment they called to cancel a couple hours before, stating the doctor had an ‘emergency’. When I finally did see him, I waited a least 45 minutes past my time. He spent at the most 5 minutes with me, asking routine questions in a bored tone. I then got the stethoscope 2 times to the front chest, 2 times to the back. That was it, and I was herded to the front to schedule a stress echo test.
I had the stress echo test a week later, which I assumed showed no health risks since they scheduled me to come back a week after that for the results. Once again on results day they called and cancelled my appointment 2 hours before, using the ‘emergency’ excuse. I saw Dr. Gupta the next day, where he once again asked me the same questions in the same bored tone. He seemed ready to end the meeting, so i reminded him i was waiting on the stress test results. He then consulted a laptop for the details, told me everything was 100% and that he was «very, very happy with me». I wish the feeling was mutual.
In short, the archetype of an HMO physician, one who views their patients as product and not as individuals.

Went for my first appt with Dr. Gupta today. He was very kind, compassionate and thorough. The office was clean and his staff was very nice and competent. I felt like I was in good hands. Overall a positive experience with this visit.

In my entire life this was the worst medical experience I’ve ever had. Dr. Gupta rushed me out of his office after telling me that I had mitral valve prolapse. He did not even take one minute to explain to me the condition or what I should or should not do because of it. Because of this I sought out a second opinion which was very thorough. The doctor who I went to told me that it was impossible that I had mitral valve prolapse; she viewed a very thorough echocardiogram and said I did not have the condition at all! He misdiagnosed me entirely! The only way that he could’ve possibly thought that I had mitral valve prolapse would be if he were reading someone else’s chart! If you care at all about whether or not you have a heart condition steer clear of Dr. Gupta– he is grossly incompetent.