Allergy Asthma & Sinus Center

**WARNING** Do not go to this office! (Dr. Mirzai and Dr. Quel) Rude and unethical. No compassion for the patient. In it for the $. Best to look elsewhere. (I was a patient for over 3 mo.)

I would advise staying away from this office. I spent a year and a half getting immunization shots here and the treatment was entirely worthless because i now know they were not administering them correctly. Another reputable doctor confirmed his first-​hand knowledge that the dilutions administered at this office did not increase with every shot visit, making the visits totally worthless. In fact, this office could certainly be sued for negligence if enough patients took the time to build a case.
I should have listened to my gut from the very initial visit — when simple rounds of testing (breathing, shots etc) had to be done over several weeks spread across multiple visits. While there are a few kind ladies here, the office is entirely disorganized. Every time I visited it was very clear that they had misplaced my files.
When I think back on some of the truly debilitating allergy flare ups I endured (epic, non-​stop sneezing marathons), the times when I had to pay $ 100 for nasal spray simply because I needed the spray more often than than the monthly date in which it was covered by insurance, yes it makes me very upset.
I now see an excellent allergist in Santa Monica and am happy to recommend him. The allergy tests were done during my first visit, one right after the other and it didn’t take more than 90 minutes. You can also use the site ZocDoc to find doctors in your area covered by your insurance. I really wish this recent slew of negative Unilocal reviews existed when I had begun looking for an allergist, and I hope you heed this advice. Please go anywhere but Marina Allergy and Asthma.

worst place ever!!!
I took my daughter to the clinic Dr Quel has in Culver City. Very unprofessional, an appointment was give and cancelled a few hours before, because authorization was expired. When you called to make appointments or any other issue they put you on hold for more than 45 minutes. Lastly, medical records were requested several times from my daughter’s PCP and still waiting for it. I really dislike this place. Even the doctor is very rude and don’t give time to patients.

It has been such a frustrating experience as a patient at this office. I initially started coming here because it was close to my home and my allergies were horrible. Every single time I come into this office I feel as though I am not given any attention or as though the doctors don’t even really care about what’s wrong with me. They just give me my skin tests, tell me what I’m allergic to, send me on my way. No explanations about my allergies or advice or suggestions on how to avoid dust mites or lactose. I’m now on my 3 skin test and the doctor cancelled my appointment an hour before. Completely unprofessional after I had waited a week and a half for my appointment because apparently this specific doctor, who I don’t even recall ever directly talking to, only works 2x/​week. I will be conducting my 3 skin test at a different location as I actually want to get better and want to feel as though my doctor wants me to feel better too! This place makes you feel like they just want your money.
Also, the office does not validate parking– every time you leave, you will leave paying $ 12 for parking.

dirty, and the Allergist smells like cigarettes while he talks to you, which is disgusting

PLEASE READ MY REVIEW BEFORE GOING HERE!
Where do I begin? Well let’s see. .
As a student finishing college, I had to complete 200 hours of externship. Sadly, this was the place I had to go. But Of course I had to do it, in order to receive my diploma I had to complete the hours.
Now to the good part.
I recommend ((NO ONE EVER GO HERE))
I’ve worked here before and sadly patients don’t see what goes on behind those closed doors.
So let’s start with the most disgusting thing!
The Medical Assistants are only ALLOWED TO USE ONE PAIR OF GLOVES A DAY! Yes ((A DAY)).. Imagine that? It’s suppose to be an Allergy clinic how can the Doctors & office manger allow that?
The office manager Liz is one nasty as person! Her office is a garbage bin, she is the cheapest person I’ve ever met ! I’m sure she’s the reason for the one pair of gloves a day. People don’t understand that they are breaking OSHA & HIPAA rules. Using one pair of gloves is not safe! When the nurse are touching you, just imagine all the other things and patients that they touch.. The elderly women who gives the allergy shots put the gloves in her pocket so when the next patient comes she’s ready to go.
People, I can’t express that enough.. This has been the worst clinic I’ve been too! I feel extremely bad for the patients that go there.. I truly feel bad. I hope people get to read my review and think twice about going here.
Now let’s get to the staff. Well those girls are nothing but %#@*&. Excuse my language. As a nurse, you should NEVER TALK ABOUT YOUR PATIENTS. And that exactly what these girls did. They would chit chat about patients in the hall ways.. They would call and cancel appoints for patients they didn’t want to see. How disgusting is that? I am from perfect but God knows I never disrespected any of the patients I’ve works with especially talking about them, while they are in the office feet away from me. .
A grown ass lady named U something, I think they call her Lola is the rudest person I’ve ever had to work with. She looked down on me for being younger and berly coming out of school.. She was also rude to patients! Shes the main one that talks about ALLLLLLLL the patients that go in the clinic. She’s also very nosy about patients charts. She looks through there chart to find out about marriage and things that shouldn’t matter to her. I couldn’t stand this grown ass women who acted like a child. She is a disgrace!!! She will act friendly and talk about you once you turn your head.
So I couldn’t work at such a dirty office! I manage to complete some hours here and left this clinic to an amazing Urgent Care where I actually got to learn so many things and that was actually clean!
This place is beyond nasty. I had many problems due to the fact I didn’t want to work in a dirty place. Sadly I didn’t have the choice to leave right away.. I got in trouble for using a pair of gloves for each patients can you imagine that? That is sad !!!
I’m beyond disgusted!!! Please don’t go here you might catch some type of illness they are beyond dirty I don’t understand how this clinic is still open.
I hope this was helpful.. Please email me for questions I would be glad to help. I can also go into more details about this place. I’ve worked there and saw a lot. Not to mention I had a fellow class mate who also left due to the dirty environment.. Again, any questions please email me.. I would be glad to help in any way that I can.. And also, for those who don’t know. They have 2 clinics and both are equally nasty.

I started coming here after moving to the area from New York (mostly because of the fact they are open on Saturdays and are 2 miles from work, which served me well for my weekly allergy shots)
And let me tell you, this practice is the definition of poor bedside manner and lack luster medicine.
Here are highlights from the last 12 months.
— it took them 2 weeks to get my allergy injections from New York, because they lost them (in their office)
— they gave me expired shots weekly for over 3 months before anyone noticed
— when I went back in for a new skin test (I was given the wrong test) then had to be retested
— at one point during one of my appointments the doctor was on a personal call the entire time and literally threw my results at me through a half open door
— the only time when I have gotten attention there is when they are trying to sell stuff to me, like allergy mattress covers
If you can help it, don’t go there… I can’t imagine you will find anything more disorganized, lazy, and incompetent.

Friendly and knowledgable! Great with kids!!! Set an appointment they have great hours. immunotherapy has really helps with my allergies.