Mora Lawrence, MD

I switched because of incompetent staff and long wait time. You can’t even be seen in an emergency, they will just tell you to go to to the hospital or urgent care. For what, a simple check up that takes 5 minutes at most?
The first time I asked to be seen I begged them and they opened a slot to return the same day, then immdiately after I started searching for a different primary doctor.
Top 5 reasons I switched to someone else:
* When they moved, they didn’t notify me
* They did not send test results until weeks later, and some pages were too faded to read
* At times you need to come in because it will take them forever to return calls
* They seem to need constant supervision because if you do come to ask for something, like test results from weeks ago that they didn’t bother to main, and the doctor is not in, you can find his employees simply doing nothing. For example I came Friday after doctor left and employee was on phone the computer was off and gave me a face when I asked for a printout, meaning she needs to turn the computer back on and long into system instead of waiting for the clock.
* I needed to go back and ask to add items that doctor requested, such as referrals and certain blood tests. Write down what doctor says, and compare with what employees write, to be sure they match.
It is a shame, because I really liked Doctor Mora. Unfortunately, he needs to instill some staff discipline. At fist I thought they are just working too hard, until my surprise visits and other issues made me feel they may be hardly working. Very sorry for saying that, because I did like them on a personal level.

Since Dr. Mora moved to his La Brea location it seems he’s too busy for his regular patients and the staff is limited. I’ve tried three times this year to get an appointment with him and was given a two month lead time. On the second attempt I even tried switching doctors within the same office and was told some story about my PPO insurance strict rules which is not true. Whenever I’ve called his office I have been placed on hold indefinitely. On my last attempt to schedule an appointment I had to go to Urgent Care to get treated and then have a phone consult with Dr Mora and I was told he’d call at a specific time which surely didn’t happen. I was given a reference by Dr Mora which was sent in the mail to me and unbelievably the phone number to the doctor recommended was incorrect. So here I go again calling the office… more wait time.

I was recently assigned Dr. Mora as my primary care physician. What a joke. I’m sick and his first available appointment is the middle of July. His nurse told me no matter the circumstance, I was not able to see him for well over two months. She said I was welcome to go to urgent care. Ridiculous. Why would I pay an unavailable doctor? What’s the point? One of the most important things about doctors is availability and consistency. On top of that, the nurse was rude. No thanks.

Anyone who had the audacity of leaving Dr. Mora anything less than 5 stars has never been seen by a real doctor. I was unable to hold down food or fluids for 4 months prior. My G. I doctor who no one should see WAS Dr. Carey Strom. You can look on Unilocal here and the only good feedback was from women that could only express how attractive he is. Do you really care how attractive your doctor is or do you want someone competent? After some testing he said there wasn’t anything he could see and prescribed an anti-​depressant to which my response was if I wanted a psych evaluation I’d see a psychiatrist. Within 48 hours I was rushed to the E.R. and my pancreatic enzyme level was way too high and I was just hours away from going into renal failure due to sever dehydration. I was assigned Dr. Mora while hospitalized and new within the first two visits this was going to be my new doctor. While some people associate professionalism with just apathy does not know Dr. Mora. He had made sure that I received the best care possible and wouldn’t have me released in the condition I was in. While at Ceders they were performing several different tests that included a colonoscopy and an endoscopy. In the pre-​op area who did I see Dr. Strom who did a double take. He came to ask me why I didn’t call his office so that they could perform these procedures. I laughed in his face and reminded him that he told me that there was nothing wrong with me and sternly said get the hell away from me. Dr. Mora is meticulous about his work and his care for his patients. I had to take my young daughter to the doctor and made an appointment. He treated her with a loving smile and genuine care for her well being. Something she was terrorized about seeing someone other than her old pediatrician. Dr. Mora is truly a man of medicine and I don’t think I’d be writing this review if it wasn’t for his care. I have been with him for the past 5.5 years and don’t plan on making any changes. His office is beyond competent and Dr. Mora is nothing like what these other viewers had to say. Just look at one reviewer who complained about his office not validating for parking. Just cry to your mommy about that. There is plenty of street parking and a few spaces left for his office right next store in a small parking structure. All of you negative people and those who try to shoot bullets to tarnish a man’s career is beyond contempt and isnt’ deserving of his care. If you don’t like him move on but don’t voice false accusations as there is no validity to them.

Finally finally, I found a nice doctor, I was seen on time, nice office and nice staff. He is also on La Bea, great location…

My first visit to Dr Mora today and I was pleasantly surprised. Nice front desk staff and I was did not have to wait at all. The Dr. was thorough and a nice guy. Glad my other Dr. stopped carrying my insurance. Nice to have a Dr. close by that is good. Make sure you ask for the address. They have recently moved in to a really nice space.

I love Dr. Mora but the staff are unacceptably unprofessional. The office is always over booked, the staff lacks basic customer service skills for the fact that they are very rude, and I can never get an appointment when I need it. I’m definitely looking for another doctor immediately!

Dr. Mora should not be a doctor. For my first appointment with him, he prescribed a medication for my headaches that almost sent me to the emergency room. I called his office to try and contact him because I was getting the adverse side effect of the medication. He was not available so I left a voicemail, and he called an hour later. He asked why I called, I told him my skull felt like it was on fire and I felt horrible, all he said was, «then why don’t you go to the E.R.» I was very shocked by his response because he had such an attitude. This doctor does not care about his patients. He will prescribe the wrong medication that will harm your physical well being. Do not choose him. I still have not received my results for my blood work, and it has been three weeks. I call the office daily, but I am always sent to voicemail. He also referred me to a neurologist that only talked to me for ten minutes, and prescribed a new medication for my mild headaches. This prescription was for people suffering from epilepsy. Taking that medicine could have inhibited my neurons. I wish I would have read the other reviews before choosing him. Do not make my mistake. If he doesn’t love being a doctor anymore, he should quit.

Not sure where these negative ratings are coming from, but they did not resembe my experience at all. Dr. Mora was incredibly attentive and spent more time gathering my history and getting details from me than most other doctors I’ve gone to see. Most of the time, they are in and out. He even came back in when I realized I’d forgotten something, and asked the nurse if he could still see me.
Friendly, thorough, and very even tempered in the realm of «doctor-​patient opinion balance» Meaning he’s very open to what you have to say and will insert his medical opinion where it’s appropriate.
The staff was also friendly and comforting. Convenient location!

I was admitted to the hospital for health issues.
He was one of the doctor’s assigned for my care. I ended up switching my primary doctor & making him mine. I like him & feel comfortable!
His staff is very nice & I also made him my son’s primary caregiver.

Dr. Mora has been my primary doctor for years, he is the best doctor that I trust, he has always been there for me no matter what time of day, what type of emergency I have. He is the reason why I do not mind paying over $ 100 a month for my health insurance at work, he truly cares about his patients and the staff are wonderful, I seen other practitioners Culver City, Beverly Hills, DTLA but I chose to be loyal to him, I also referred my friend to him and she is thrilled with his professionalism and the are that he provides to his patients, thanks Dr. Mora and for all you do! You are an amazing Dr. :-)

Dr. Mora has been our family doctor for over 10 years. We have always had good and timely exams and have received the necessary referrals. Sometimes it takes time to get an appointment, but I plan for that. The staff is efficient, although as a patient, I sometimes have had to make a 2^nd call. Dr. Mora is as sweet and caring as anyone can be – and that overrides the challenges that may arise.

my HMO insurance somehow decided for me that my primary physician would be Dr. Mora so i had no choice but to visit him after i was suffering from allergies for a few months.
be aware that there are 2 Mora’s at the office building he’s located at suite 416.
the front desk ladies were helpful in terms of providing me directions to the office and worked through my paperwork quickly however they did not go out of their way to be friendly, welcoming, or provide excellent customer service.
dr. mora did seem «aloof» at first however i think this is just how his «default face» is because he was actually very helpful with my allergies. he was interested in my personal life and tried to make a conversation with me — this is always impt to me bc it helps me feel like i can trust my doctor. he was also open with sharing his allergy struggles which gave me insight into mine. lastly, he was patient with answering my questions and explaining all i needed to know about allergies.
Parking: dr. mora does not validate with the parking lot next to the building so i had to find street parking. the whole appt took less than 1 hour so metered parking wasnt an issue for me.

I couldn’t tell if this guy was a robot, hated me, or hated himself. He expressed no emotion, the staff (all sixty of them) seemed unable to communicate with me as a customer that needed service– rather i felt like I was an inconvenience. Like I was at the post office.
He did get me the meds I needed, but I don’t see myself going back.

Dr. Mora is aloof and showed only slight interest in me, his patient. He performed extra procedures on me (full physical, full blood work) despite the fact that 1. all I wanted was a titer and some vaccinations; 2. he knew I had had a physical and blood work performed at another clinic about a year prior and I showed no signs of needing additional testing; and 3. he knew I was a student (my reason for needing the immunizations) and the costly, superfluous procedures would make a large dent in my check book.
The staff was neither friendly nor discourteous, but failed to notify me when my results were in.
My total bill (thus far; bills keep rolling in) is currently 3 times as much as it should have been, had I received only the help that I was requesting.
I now realize that I should have been assertive and demanded that the extra unneeded work NOT be done. An important lesson, I suppose; shall I give him more stars as thanks for imparting that priceless experience to me? Nah.

This guy appears to be a major quack. I went in for a general physical. Here are some highlights of my first and last visit to his office:
Puts tongue depressor in my mouth to look down my throat. Depressor is on my tongue for a total of less than 1 second and he barely shined the light inside to look.
Places the lighted ear scope magnifier into my ear for again, less than a second, and doesn’t even look inside.
Flicks my knee with the end of his stethoscope to test my reflexes, as opposed to getting the rubber hammer thing that’s sitting 2 feet away on the counter.
Takes my blood for routine cholesterol, diabetes, etc. tests. Says will call me with results. Never calls. I call in and I’m told «oh everything is fine.» Something tells me they didn’t even test my blood.
I don’t have a medical degree, but this guy seems to be in the wrong field. Perhaps he should consider a career change and challenge Gilbert Gottfried for the voice of the Afflack duck.