Nishio Midori J MD

Dr. Okereke practices in this office, and she is wonderful. I give her 10 stars. However, the staff is dumber than a bag of rocks.

I was referred to Dr. Nishio Midori by my family doctor for Lupus, I called her office two times left messages, no one called me back. I was in extreme pain, so I called again and again finally got someone from her office who didn’t introduce herself on the phone, I was told that She Would not accept New patients, I asked if she could give me appointment with the other doctors in that office, she said the person who makes the appointment Only Calls patients on Fridays, I gave her my name and contact information, waited all day Friday, no one called me! Again I was in pain so I called few days later, same story, as of now still waiting for the phone call!!!
I don’t care if She is the best doctor in the area, this is unprofessional and unacceptable, if they ever call me I would tell them what they should do with the appointment, specially after reading the honest reviews in this page.

I was referred to Dr. Nishio by my orthopedic Dr who I won’t mention his hame. I saw Dr. Nishio 2 times. The first time wasn’t bad as I did not know her. The second visit i waited 1 hour and finally say her. The third visit i arrived on time, and waited 1 hour then was told by her nice receptionist that the dr was running 1 hour behind and that I could either wait or reschedule. I was at this time livid after leaving work losing pay, arriving to the Dr’s office on time, and having to sit and wait and wait and wait. I told the staff I did not blame them for it was not their fault but that I would reschedule but I refused to see Dr. Nishio ever again. I made an appt with her colleague to which I ended up cancelling as my issue resolved itself. Dr. Nishio is constantly late, makes you wait for at least 1 hour then has you wait another 30 minutes to see her as you sit in the patient room. I have been things to do with my valuable time. I raised a stink about this entire problem to her staff and told them that Dr’s have rules that if you cancel within 24 hours or less you will be charged for an office visit. So I told them that I was charging her for my lost time/​pay. A week later I was contacted by her office staff only to be told that the Dr does not pay people back (to which I knew she wouldn’t) but it was the fact of the matter that she makes her patients wait and wait and wait. She even told me that I should wait until I retire which is at least 10 to 12 years down the road before even considering having knee replacement surgery. Are you kidding me? Are you serious? I will never go and see her or her associates ever again. If anyone is smart they would not chose her or her colleagues as your physicians.

Thank You to Dr. Nishio — she has been so helpful in easing my pain through a difficult time these last two months. I appreciate her knowledge in so many areas, and her skill at discerning the right locations for trigger point injections. She seems to be one of the rare hold-​outs against cookie-​cutter evidence-​based mind-​numbing medical practice in her ability to think outside of the box and make a difference for people.
Thank you also to all of the staff there. They were helpful in getting me in when I really needed it.
BTW — Dr. Nishio is a Rheumatologist. There is not a Unilocal category for this specialty.
Kathleen Toups, M.D.