Nirupma B Rohatgi, MD

I went from being able to treat my allergies over the count to nothing works in one season. A coworker recommended me to Dr. Rohatgi and she looked me over .gave me a nasal spray that worked that day!!! By day three my nasal passages were open again and I was back to my old self. Her office and staff are very friendly and professional. I definitely recommend her!

Dr. Rohatgi is an excellent doctor. She listens sympathetically, asks the right questions, and comes up with workable solutions to your symptoms. In D.C.‘s environment of of arrogant, abrasive doctors, Dr. Rohatgi is a breath of fresh air. She listened to my preference for blood testing as opposed to skin, diagnosed my nonallergic rhinitis and provided me with a nasal spray that actually works. She makes an effort to not over-​medicate her patients and is excellent at looking at a patient’s ENTIRE history and examining your problems within the bigger picture. I wish I had gone to her first.

Go see Dr. Rohatgi if you like getting brushed off, misdiagnosed, exposed to hazardous waste, experiencing violations of HIPAA, and dealing with an incompetent staff and billing office. First off, when I arrived at Dr. Rohatgi’s office, I found the place to be disgusting: a thick layer of dust everywhere… at an allergist’s office! Her staff do patient intake, including asking private questions related to medical and mental health history, medications, weight, etc. in a room without a door that is adjacent to the waiting room (the office is tiny). I heard everything about the depression meds that the guy before me was taking, and I’m sure he now knows exactly how much I weigh and why I had come into the office. While sitting getting my blood pressure taken, I noticed that my chair was pushed up against a box of hazardous waste (discarded needles from allergy shots). The box was wide open, overflowing, and I was essentially sitting on top of it. One slip of the rolling chair could have sent me into that box and at-​risk.
As for the actual allergy testing, one of the nurses was being «trained» to give me the allergen injections and had no idea what she was doing. Dr. Rohatgi ended up running out the back room and telling her that she was using the wrong set of testers. Absurd! Long story short, Dr. Rohatgi couldn’t figure out what my allergies were, gave me some ineffective medications (I went to see another allergist afterwards who gave me different medications that actually worked), and insisted that my allergies must have been caused by dust in my apartment and that there was nothing she could do for me. She made me watch a VHS from 1992 about how to clean your apartment, and sent me off with an exorbitant bill (that actually was miscalculated, and ended up overcharging me). DO NOT GO TO DR. ROHATGI!

I had 3 days of hives and was suggested to go to an allergist before my travel abroad. I checked the Unilocal reviews and decided i would go to Dr. Rohatgi. The staff was very pleasant and the Dr. is very nice. She decided that there was no reason to do a bunch of tests on me and said that since it only happened once in my life i should make sure i bring benedryl with me when i travel. I respect that fact that she didnt put me through a whole bunch of allergy tests! I enjoyed this experience!

I have horrible seasonal allergies. This spring was the worst ever for me — so bad that one day I had to take a sick day from work because I was so miserable. I’ve seen several doctors and taken dozens of various allergy medications over the years, but nothing every worked. One visit to Dr. Rohatgi and she immediately suggested a medicine I’ve never tried before. Bingo! Almost 100% relief in a week. Three weeks later and I’m still feeling amazing. Now that’s what I call results. Now I’m feeling terrific and can actually be outside and enjoy this beautiful spring weather without wanting to rip-​out my eyeballs!
Please note that Dr. Rohatgi is only in her DC office a couple days a week as she also has an office in Gaithersburg.

Lots of other allergists (one in particular who has incredibly showy offices in DC) just throw random drugs at you without even paying attention to what you’re telling them or without taking a scientific, thoughtful approach to diagnosing you. Dr. Rohatni blows all these other allergists out of the water. She is kind, patient, and is absolutely committed to figuring out the fundamental problem, not just treating whatever sympton you happen to be showing that day. She helped me to see that figuring this out would be a process, and helped me to understand that I am empowered to figure out how to make myself healthy. She definitely does not over-​medicate; she is always trying to reduce your drugs if that is the right thing to do. And she makes sure to only allow you to change one thing in between visits (and keep the other medicines/​situations as the «control»), so she and you can be sure to identify what is working and what is not working. Dr. Rohatni is probably the best doctor I have ever been to. And I think her staff is very warm and friendly and helpful!

Dr. Rohatgi is one of the kindest doctors I’ve ever seen. She is knowledgeable, attentive, patient, and has wonderful «bedside manner.»
I don’t normally spend the time to review folks, but her service stands out as one of my best experiences.

I had a wonderful experience with Dr Rohatgi several years ago. I went in because my fall allergies give me incredible, unending headaches and needed a tweak to my stack of pills. We went through several rounds of testing (the dreaded pricks) and she was very attentive and personable. We broke it up into multiple sessions because the cat allergen wrapped half way around my arm but unlike the last Dr who tested me and paid little attention in between, she prevented me from going into partial anaphylactic shock. I suppose this is just ‘her job’ rather than something praiseworthy but I felt comfortable in her care and in her office and highly recommend her.

Dr. Rohatgi diagnosed me when no one else (even the gastro she referred me to who had the lab results in hand) did not. After years of being sick I actually know what’s wrong — for the most part.
I do agree her front desk staff at the DC office are haphazard at best. I don’t rely on them for anything if I can help it.

Highly recommended. She is very kind and knowledgable. And for the most part I can get in and out of the office quickly to get my shots. All of her staff is very nice as well. It’s true they do not take credit cards, but I find that the patient care here is absolutely EXCELLENT.

Dr. Rohatgi is a great doctor. I have decreased my meds and felt better since moving to DC and seeing her. Very recommended!

Dr. Rohatgi is a wonderful doctor — to get a full picture also see reviews about her in the Gaithersburg area as she practices there too.

I did my first allergy test here in the summer and it just took me a while to finish writing my review. I had an 8am appointment, and was referred to her by my doctor. Dr. Rohatgi was actually manning the front desk (and didn’t realize she was the doctor at the time I arrived!) and was very friendly and told me to take my time with the paperwork. She then brought me to the back to review my medical history and spent at least 40 min asking me questions and was very thorough. She then had her assistant, Marina help with the testing as she watched nearby. Both were very nice and knew what they were doing. They administered a a few more tests, where I found out I was allergic to dustmite and mold (thank goodness I recentl moved out of a basement apt in dupont!) and it did make sense why I had some bad breathing problems for the past 2 years. I was there for about an hour and a half and I have to say not one second was wasted waiting for the doctor!

I am a big fan of Dr. R but her front office staff could knock several stars from ther rating. There is a lot of turnover and once you get used to one person giving you a shot they move on and someone new is brought on board. Sometimes you have to wait to get your shot quite a bit but as far as diagnosis and care Dr. R can’t be beat.

A few years ago, I became horribly sick, at one point coughing 24-​hours a day non-​stop for about six weeks. No one, not my regular doctor, not the ER doctors, not the urgent care doctors, could figure out what was wrong with me. After repeated diagnoses of bronchitis (despite me telling them that several rounds of antibiotics and inhalers had done nothing) everyone started implying that this was all in my head and that there was nothing actually wrong with me.
Thank goodness one of them told me to go see Dr. R! She was the first doctor who told me that we would get to the bottom of my problem and I would get better. When you have a mystery illness, you have NO idea how comforting that is! Sure enough, she discovered my severe mold allergy and helped me identify where I was getting exposed, and I was better in no time. Her calm, caring demeanor and thoughtful explanations are wonderful. I can’t recommend her enough.

Dr. Rohatgi is my favorite doctor in D.C. She’s thorough, thoughtful and kind, and her help staff is friendly, too. I walked into her office with pretty bad seasonal allergies — the usual symptoms plus some mood effects (couldn’t get out of bed, felt depressed). She helped me get through that season, and then got me on allergy shots to help the following year, this latest allergy season. The shots helped a lot — I needed much less medication this year. I highly recommend Dr. Rohatgi.

One of the best doctors in the DC area! She really cares about her patients. Thanks to Dr. Rohatgi I can live without constantly suffering from multiple seasonal and non-​seasonal allergies. I have recomended her to many friends and coworkers. She is great with kids too!

I am now able to enjoy spring in D.C. because of Dr. Rohatgi. I never really had noticeable allergy issues while growing up on the West Coast. After moving to D.C. two years ago, my allergies hit me hard and last year was unbearable. Dr. Rohatgi helped me be proactive about my allergies this year and she has done a great job! She is very professional, pleasant, and effective. She is not a believer in prescribing the strongest drugs that are out there once she sees you for the first time. She has provided me with non-​medicine and medicine methods that greatly help me. And, her study of my allergies didn’t stop at the first visit. She has given me «homework» to do throughout the year, which includes having to be very aware of my symptoms so that she can determine the real causes and aggravating factors. I’ve recommended her to everyone I know who has allergy issues, including my fiancé — who is a big fan too.

I’ve recommended Dr. Rohatgi to many friends for any allergy problems. She gave me an incredibly comprehensive overview of what I can do to minimize the impact of my allergies. She genuinely cares about her patients, is highly knowledgable, and it’s always super quick and efficient whenever going in for an appointment. Five stars for sure.

I first discovered Dr. Rohatgi at the recommendation of a coworker. Since moving to DC ten years ago, I have developed severe seasonal allergies (thanks a lot, trees) and couldn’t function for 6 – 8 weeks at a time each spring. Dr. Rohatgi is a no non-​sense kind of a lady, a straight shooter who will not waste anyone’s time. I’ve gotten my seasonal allergies checked out by her, as well as random stress hives, and each time she miraculously pinpoints to the cause and prescribes appropriate meds to deal with them. That said, she never overprescribes, which is always a good thing. Whenever I sat around the office waiting for allergy testing results to show up on my arms, I always see numerous patients go in and out of the office for their daily or weekly shots, all of them addressed by name. Dr. Rohatgi operates out of the Foggy Bottom office 2 – 3 times per week, and she is in her MD office for the rest of the week, so make sure you know which one you’d like to go to. She can get in new and last minute patients in pretty quickly too.