Moses J. Fallas, MD

Dr. Fallas saved my life twice. He showed me a great kindness, which I will not go into here, but to say I am forever grateful to him. He is a wonderful doctor and a lovely and humble person.

Dr. Fallas was recommended to us by the best radiologist in L.A., Dr. Leslie Botnick. Dr. Fallas explained the pros and cons of my husbands sports hernia surgery, and the haste to get it done sooner rather than later, to avoid the danger of an emergency surgery. He explained the possible discomfort my husband may have, but 2 hours after the procedure at La Peer medical facility in Beverly Hills, Alan and I enjoyed a lovely brunch at Nate N Al’s. Alan took 1 Tylenol that night, and another Tylenol the night after, and that was it for pain and discomfort. He never took or needed the recommended opiate pain killers, thank heavens.
With Dr. Fallas’s approval, and after a 3 week recuperation, Alan is playing tennis again this week. We give him the highest rating. Thank you Dr. Fallas!

He has Horrible Bedside manner that borders on rude and condescending. I ended up with a hernia after he operated on me for Gallbladder surgery. When I went back for the follow up to have the stitches removed he wasn’t there and his staff member said. He had to go to Cedars for a Gall Bladder surgery. «You know you have to jump on those right away.» Also while I was on a gurney in brutal pain at Cedars Emergency they made me cough up $ 500.00 bucks even though I had insurance by saying «the surgeon» would feel «more comfortable» if I put up $ 500 as good faith. I was in so much pain I just gave them my card. To this day I have no idea where that money went and neither does my insurance company. I could go on but suffice it to say my friend also got stuck with him for emergency surgery at Cedars and to this day still hates the guy. He’s a condescending jerk in my opinion and not that great of a surgeon since I had to have another surgery to repair what he screwed up. I would avoid him like the ten plagues.

While he seems to be a knowledgeable surgeon, I had the same billing issues as the other reviewer and felt like the only thing he was interested in was money.
He also has fairly bad bedside manner and refuses to see patients before surgery!!!
If you have a choice, don’t use him.

He saved Gershon’s life. Literally. Great personality and truly gifted.

I definitely agree that Dr. Fallas is a gifted surgeon. However, I believe deep in my heart that he dropped the ball when it came to my beloved, 78 year old mother. Dr. Fallas was my mother’s surgeon for a number of years. She was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2002 and she lived another 13 years following this diagnosis — a spiritual and medical miracle. In September 2014 my mother went to Dr. Fallas complaining of severe stomach pain. He sent her home and told her he would schedule her to be admitted to the hospital to get a colostomy bag soon. My mother went to the ER two days later, in even more severe pain; she was admitted to Cedars Sinai. Two days later, BEFORE she got a colostomy bag her colon ruptured.
Before she went to the ER I talked to her about why Dr. Fallas hadn’t sent her straight to the hospital, from his office, to get the colostomy bag. She said she didn’t know, he only told her to go to the ER if the pain got worse, which it did. Because my mother’s colon ruptured, she was unable to start any form of cancer treatment; her pancreatic cancer had returned. My mother was in ICU at Cedars for five weeks. She had a number of surgeries, performed by Dr. Fallas. I am convinced that if he had sent her from his office to the hospital, my mother would be alive today.
The cancer had returned and her oncologist had given her nine months to live without treatment, and two years to live with treatment, but because her colon ruptured and she was very sick and weak, she was unable to receive any form of cancer treatment. After five weeks at Cedars, my mother was moved to Kindred Hospital where she died a slow, painful death seven months later. On April 7^th, my mother died from pancreatic cancer. Her grandkids, family, and friends, could have had more time to love with her IF Dr. Fallas had not sent her home from his office that day in September. If her colon had not ruptured, she would have been able to start cancer treatment in September.
Lastly, for months, my mother would cry and ask me to call Dr. Fallas, she just wanted to talk to him. He never returned my calls or came to visit her while she was in Kindred Hospital. In retrospect, when my mother first started to complain about her stomach, I should have taken her to City of Hope to get a second opinion on the best plan of action for her condition. Writing this post is therapeutic for me as I grieve the loss of my precious mother knowing that my mother did not have to die that way.

I’m writing this the evening of my laparoscopic gall bladder removal.
Seriously. Less than 12 hours ago, i was out cold and on the table.
For anyone facing gall bladder surgery, THIS IS THE ]DOCTOR.
I now know why his parents named him Moses. He leads scared, worried, surgery-​freaked patients out of the wilderness and into what i can only classify as a super simple recovery.
ok. maybe i’m just lucky or have a high pain threshold. but i’m convinced it’s because he is incredibly talented, careful, and, well, basically the best there could be at this procedure.
Shout out (also) to The Center for Surgery in Beverly Hills. Smart, experienced, caring staff. I felt very calm and safe with them. Just a great facility.

While the actual «bedside manner» and professionalism of Dr. Fallas himself is beyond reproach, the billing practices and «sign-​your-​credit away» mentality of the office staff and manager leave much to be desired, taking what might be a 5 star review down to 2 stars.
My experience came about after I was referred by my doctor to this office for examination of a cut on my thumb, suffered while I prepared a pre-​New Year’s dinner with some recently purchased EverPro knives (side note: great knives, VERY sharp!) My girlfriend had helped me bandage up the wound pretty tightly, but we felt I should make sure no stitches were required, since a call to the local emergency room confirmed that such a visit would cost between $ 300-​$ 600. Seeing as the holiday season had left us with some big AMEX bills coming due in January, we decided the more prudent course would be to visit my normal in-​network doctor and decide what needed to happen — we knew he would be fair in his billing, from past experience. Since he was not quite sure if the injury required stitches, we were referred on to an associate of his, the office of Dr. Fallas. As we sat in the waiting room filling out paperwork, my concern was that if I did indeed need stitches, this whole exercise could end up costing as much as the low end of the emergency room visit estimate, a few hundred bucks — what a bummer that would be, but if I needed stitches, then so be it. Finally we saw that doctor and the good news was that based on his quick and efficient examination of my thumb, a sterioscopic bandage or three over the next few days should be all my thumb needs and with that, I was much relieved and on my way! Not only did my thumb not need stitches (which promised to be painful), but I didn’t need to incurr that increased cost for a «surgical procedure»…yeah! So then imagine my surprise when a couple of months later (the office may be slow, but they pack a whammy when they finally get there!) I receive a bill for a «repair» S/​N/​A/​G/​T 2.5 cm in the amount of $ 325 — wow, there goes all my holiday money from family for a band-​aid! No amount of rational conversation with the office manager and billing department could sway them from this figure, which certainly surprised my personal doctor who had referred me – apparently, that is the going rate at Dr. Fallas’ office for putting a bandaid on someone’s finger and telling them that they do NOT need stitches! Wow, what the hell do they charge if they actually DO something?! So in wrapping up my review, I would be VERY dilligent in questioning ahead of time what you are going to be paying at this doctor’s office (they apparently don’t take a lot of insurance since my Anthem BlueCross didn’t count for the doctor’s visit). Oh, quick update, I was informed that they misbilled me initially and it is actually only $ 275 for the visit and bandaid… what a relief!