Nicolai Foong, MD

I have spoken with another friend of mine, both of us feel that he was very unprofessional to female patients.
Felt violated and mistreated.
Update. … Strange. But do people pay to remove review.. coz I wrote one before. I was simply speaking the facts.
This doctor touched my inappropriately. He took advantage of an 19 year old girl. He offered stuff, which I declined.
Singing and playing piano. O. The speedo and swimming in the pool was weird.

I don’t understand all the rave reviews about this so-​called doctor. He’s unprofessional and has terrible, I mean absolutely terrible, bedside manner.
And he needs a good lesson on how to respect a patient’s privacy. Talking loudly about patients’ conditions in the hallway within earshot of the entire office is not acceptable.
If you don’t want to feel violated while you are being examined, GO.SOMEWHERE.ELSE. This doctor made me feel like I needed to shower after each appointment.
It was unfortunate that I couldn’t switch doctor while pregnant due to insurance policies.
I have switched OBGYN since the birth of my daughter and never looked back.

araceli h.
hi everyone, my name is araceli and i am a nurse supervisor that works in a neighboring medical facility by dr. foong’s monterey park office. i became pregnant at the age of 37 and my previous pregnancy was 14 years ago so being pregnant and with my risk factors age and hypertension i was very concern to find the best dr. and through word of mouth i found dr. foong, it turn out that 3 of my coworkers have been his patients at some point in time and also a few of my coworkers that also work at gmc hospital know him as one of the l & d dept doctors and they all say he is a great dr and has a very good attitude, i needed to hear no more i scheduled my 1^st apointment as soon as possible and had the best prenatal and delivery experience, from the 1^st apointment to the last i was never disapointed. dr foong has very courteous and great staff from the front desk to the back office all the girls where great and dr foong has a friendly and positive attitude, he took his time to talk to me and answer all my questions always, dr foong and his staff where always very efficient and on top of what test where due and insurance approvals it was pretty effortless being his patient and by the way he also speaks pretty good spanish.
needless to say on delivery day i had an amazing experience i was in the safest hands and care of the best dr, it was a scheduled induced delivery, i went in at 7 am and delivered my daughter by 6:30am the following morning and dr foong visited me several times trough out the day and night and inbetween he kept calling my nurses for updates, thanks to dr foong i delivered a healthy 9lb 6 oz baby girl!!!
i highly recommend dr foong and his staff they are an amazing team…

My name is Christine. I was Director of Rehabilitation who supervised 90 patients and 20+ physical/​occupational/​speech therapists and I knew a lot of doctors! Whatever my review today — everything is true!
I know Dr. Foong for many years and I recommands all my female friends so see him and one time my friend from Taiwan needed urgent care, Dr. Foong took great care of her and gave her medicine with very good private pay rate, so she was OK and continued her vacation in our USA!
I had seen him for couple years until my companies used Kaiser whick only allows patients to see OBGYN in weekday. I ignored my health until this year I needed a biopsy. My another OBGYN told me I have to go to surgical center to have a minor surgical procedure: whole body anesthesia, somebody has to stay with me almost whole day and after that 3 – 4 hours I can’t do anything alone! I have very bad allergy this year: sneezing, asthma and I never have any anesthesia before and there is risk for me. I was so depressed, so scared, and so sorried — I didn’t know what to do until I saw Dr. Foong. He told me he can do the procedure in his office and he did the biopsy in 5 – 10 minutes and the price is very reasonable (he saved me at least $ 1200 and more if I had the biopsy in surgical center)! He solved the problem just like that! I teared and really appreciates him!
Dr. Foong is very special young doctor: he is very smart, passionate, popular (he is a great doctor, a lot of patients love and trust him just like me!), very knowledgeable with great skill. Right now I buy the Blue Cross PPO which he accepts (most of great doctors accept it) to follow Dr. Foong and pay attention to my health.
Dear Dr. Foong: Christine bows and say THANK YOU, THANK YOU, and THANK YOU!

Dr. Foong cracks me up. He’s just the most affable man you could have as a doctor. He’s knowledgeable, friendly and will take the time to answer whatever questions you have. He’s been my OB-​GYN for the last three pregnancies now and I would recommend him to anyone. This Monterey Park office is his main one, but he does have a smaller one in Arcadia, which I’ve been to as well. The Monterey Park office is older and certainly shows its age. I mention this because some people like nice, new doctors’ offices and such (well, this isn’t one of them). The Arcadia one, though quaint, is nicer.
He no longer accepts Medi-​Cal like he used to, only cash or private insurance for those who are wondering. He’s just built such a successful business that he doesn’t need to deal with the government on payments that take forever to come, plus he decided he just wants to take on fewer patients because he’s been doing this for so long. He is at the Monterey Park office six days a week (Monday– Saturday), though the hours vary because he has his morning appointments on Tuesdays and Thursdays at his Arcadia place.
With both offices, you’re pretty much in and out in about 45 minutes. The wait time has gotten so much better since he’s cut out his Medi-​Cal patients. My complaint (as is with most doctors) is you do end up waiting past your appointment time. Doctors think their time is important; well, our time is important too. Dr. Foong has a tendency to talk really quickly, repeat the same stories and ask you the same questions during different visits, so sometimes you may feel rushed or like he’s not paying attention, but that’s the way he is and has always been for the last ten years that I’ve dealt with him, so pay that no mind. He’s still a good doctor and gets the job done.
Fun facts: He’s a Chinese doctor who speaks at least three dialects of Chinese, English and Russian (even his name is Russian because his mother was a ballet dancer obsessed with the Russian ballet). He was born in England so he does this hilarious British accent. For fun, he performs as an Elvis impersonator. And he’s actually REALLY good at it too– just by weird coincidence, he was one of the acts at a charity function I attended; it came as a weird shock when I realized who it was.
Check him out if you want a good OB-​GYN. He makes you feel comfortable from the get-​go. You won’t regret it.