McCalmont Camilla, MD

I called in to schedule an appt because my hair was thinning. The receptionist over the phone was very nice however I was told that the consultation was free. So I go into my appt and get sat down in the Doctor Mcalmont’s office. By the time I get done explaining all of the possible reasons for my hair loss she lets me know that she is not the doctor and the doctor will be in a few mins. What?! Ok fine. Next thing Dr Mcalmont comes in shines a light on my head and says «Yup, it’s male pattern baldness ««I would recommend Rogaine» Wtf! Really?! Don’t you think I would have tried that already? I felt like I knew more than she did about my thinning hair. Anyways I get hit w a 150 dollar bill for her great answer. Thanks for nothing! I feel like I got robbed and lied to. They don’t even offer derma pen treatments here. It’s a nice building and gives you that 90s vibe with the old carpeting though. One star for that!

Dr. Pai has a great bedside manner and is very knowledgeable about how to protect one’s self against skin cancer. She did a thorough check with her iPad, which she uses to monitor my skin across multiple visits. I highly recommend Dr. Pai.

This doctor is a wonderful dermatologist! I went to her office recently for a skin rash and she immediately prescribed me an ointment that cured it within 4 days. She was kind, caring, very easy to talk to, and if I have any skin issues in the future I would not hesitate to go to her again. I called in the morning saying it was urgent and they told me to come in the same morning for an appointment. The staff are very efficient! The doctor really is very personable and smart.

Dr. McCalmont is very professional, kind, and caring. She took as much time as was needed to explain my dermatological issues. She was very knowledgeable, patient, and friendly. Her staff was great too. I completely enjoyed seeing her and will return as needed. I highly recommend Dr. McCalmont.

i can not say enough wonderful things about Dr. Camilla and the staff at the center! Soooooo incredibly kind and caring! There was an insurance mix-​up because of the BS! that is Blue Cross Blue Shield Pathway PPO and had nothing at all to do with Dr. Camilla’s office. When i arrived i found out that my insurance actually won’t cover them even though it says so on the BCBS website (BCBS Pathway PPO is HORRIBLE!!!) but the Dr. offered to see me at a reduced rate because of the mixup even though it was not their fault at all, and was so incredibly kind and helpful– even though they knew i would not be coming back afterwards because of lack of coverage, they still treated me as if i was one of their own on-​going patients. Really, one of the very best experiences i have ever had in the hell that is health care in the US. If you have need of a dermatologist then Dr. Camilla and their team at the center is the ONLY place to go!

6÷30÷2014 TODAY, I had a thoroughly nice appointment with Dr. Camilla McCalmont. Her Office being located about 7 blocks from my home in El Cerrito… once before, I had had an appointment with her… but whose business, in the mean time… I had, errornously heard, had been CLOSED. Come to find out, it is NOT CLOSED, at all! I was able to get an appointment for the removal of a Squamous Cell Skin Cancer which had been diagnosed by Pathology Services, Inc., on 6÷18÷2014 …my having seen a General Practitioner with Sutter East Bay Medical Foundation Offices in Albany CA ~ who had collected a skin sample on 6÷13÷2014. I was notified on 6÷23÷2014 that I had a Squamous Cell Cancer, that should be removed. The next early AM, in talking with a friend about it, she asked me which Dermatologist I would be seeing. I told her that I was going to try to get an appointment, with a Dr., who I had never seen, up on Telegraph, in Berkeley. Friend said: «what about Dr. McCalmont?» I said, «her practice was CLOSED»…friend said, «No, she was able to purchase her practice back and she is seeing her Patients.» I called Dr. McCalmont’s Office and I was able to get an appointment to get the Cancerous growth removed, one day less than a week away. Dr. McCalmont is the nice Dr. that I remembered having seen several years ago. What a relief it is to have a good Dermatologist, once again.

I have been to Dr. McCalmont a several occasions and she has always been great. She is consistently thorough, responsive, knowledgeable, and very helpful.
I would recommend her to anyone, whether with a serious skin problem or a regular checkup.
However, HER PRACTICE IS CLOSED
I tried to get an appointment and there were none left for the next 7 months. She is apparently semi-​retired and won’t see anybody new or even old patients like me unless we can wait 8 months or more.

We saw Dr. McCalmont once and decided that we would never see her again. We found her to be rude and uncaring.

I’ve been going to Dr. McCalmont for a number of years and find her to be extremely knowledgeable, direct and professional. She found an extremely subtle basil cell on my shoulder and the biopsy and treatment were very well explained and clear. She’s a real derm, not one of these psudo-​derm/​skin care people and her focus seems to be on skin cancer. She’s treated both my parents for years for various skin cancer related issues (too much sun in their youth) and they wouldn’t see anyone else. Lastly, I always tend to ask around to other docs who they think is good in the derm field in the bay area and her name always comes up.

She was very kind and professional, but I didn’t feel like she was giving me her full attention. I waited in the examination room for my paranoid skin cancer check-​up for almost an hour and she breezed in and out in under ten minutes.
She’s probably right that I didn’t need that much attention, but I’d like it anyway… I feel like I learned more about skin cancer from Vogue, which seems a little weird.

Professional and articulate, she was able to explain her diagnosis to me (a surprisingly rare quality with doctors these days).