Nasr Hugh S MD

lol… I read some of the reviews and I totally agree, he is very rude and has no compassion. He has a big Harvard chip on his shoulder. it’s funny how a person can have the finest education or status and be so pompous and rude. Yes he is a good Doctor and knows his profession, other than that, he has a personality of a door knob.
As far as treating my medical conditions, I will continue seeing him. I can handle his rudeness.

One star is being generous in rating Dr. Nasr.
My first experience with Dr. Nasr was over a year ago. Although I wasn’t thrilled with him at that time, I dealt with it. At that time he told me «if you just need a doctor to fill your prescriptions, I can be that doctor.» I thought that was odd at the time… a doctor that just wants to fill prescriptions and never want to test me or see me?!?
I decided to take the initiative and make an appointment to see him. After all, it had been over a year and he was still filling my prescriptions without having seen me all this time. The first available appointment was a month and a half away. When I arrived, the front office never greeted me when I walked in. I signed in and took a seat. I sat… and sat… and sat. I listened to the two front office staff chat with each other and talk on the phone to their family. After 25 minutes, I kindly walked up to the desk to ask them if they needed anything from me. The staff then began getting my file ready. One positive thing I can say is once I was processed at the front desk, I was in the patient room shortly thereafter (10 minutes). After spending 10 minutes with the nurse taking pulse, going over medications, she said the doctor will be in soon. She left the door open in which I could overhear Dr. Nasr talk to the office staff about the patient he just finished up with and he said «she is too complex and needs to see someone else.» He then went into his office and a minute later emerges and enters my room. He said a quick hello and sat at the little desk flipping through papers the nurse had left. He then proceeds to ask about my history. I am dumbfounded because this was the second or third time seeing him and I had previously discussed all of this with him then. After a few minutes of questioning me, my wife spoke up saying «he has seen you before.» He says «oh» and turns to look at the laptop (as if finally looking at my file). He then starts In with more questions he should know the answers to. I told him my primary doctor and cancer specialist had recently medically disabled me. He FLIPPED OUT when I told him this and he began yelling at me «I dont believe it» and that he «is disappointed with my primary doctor» and called my cancer specialist a «feel-​good doctor.» He proceeded to yell at myself and my wife and call me a cheat. I never asked to be diagnosed disabled from my other doctors… they did it on their own… and this guy is calling me a cheat like I am trying to pull a fast one. He refused to read into my file or check me out and told me he would no longer see me. I was in shock! I just waited 45 minutes to be yelled at for 5 minutes by Dr. Nasr! I requested my money back and left in disbelief. I would not refer my worst enemy to this guy. He should not be in practice!

I have been a patient under Dr Nasr’s care for many years. He takes his time with you and works with you. Some doctors rush you through a medical appointment. He’s a great guy and a wonderful caring, knowledgeable doctor.

I was quite surprised by the low reviews Dr. Nasr’s office received. I went to him for a medical condition that requires the expertise of an endocrinologist.
Upon entering the office, I was met by 2 ladies at the window. They were very helpful, kind, and fully of smiles. After filling out paperwork, I was called to the back and a another sweet and gently speaking medical assistant took my vitals and I answered a few questions.
Shortly after, Dr. Nasr came in. Me was very kind. He was very attentive to my concerns about my condition and family history. We went through a slew of sympthoms. He looked over my records, talked to me about adverse reactions with other medications, and pretty much a game plan to get me into recession and keep me there. We joked and laughed a bit and then he got me some information to read up on and a prescription to help me regain some normalcy.
I’m very thankful for Dr. Nasr. I appreciate his time, his knowledge, and his help.

What a TERRIBLE office and staff! Upon walking into the office for my 1:50 appointment time today, I enter into the dark (as in no lights on in the entire waiting area) and walk to the desk where I see the receptionist (also the intake nurse) sucking on a lollipop. I said, «Hello» and let her know I was there for an appointment. She eventually must not want me filling out paper work at her counter because she comes out to the waiting area and turns on some lights.
2:17p.m. I am taken into an exam room. The intake nurse (remember the receptionist?) takes my pulse the old fashioned way… count, count, count, for 60 seconds. She then gets a few background questions out of the way and says the doctor will be in.
Sure enough, a few minutes later Dr. Nasr did come in. He let me know his name but made no attempt to shake my hand, or exchange ANY type of pleasantries. He sat in his chair and began reading my file. Then he looked up and questioned if I was there for a metabolic issue, to which I said no. I then told him several problems that I am having with iron levels, vitamin deficiencies, etc (all things that endocrinologists cover) and he looked at me and boomed, «Why would you think I am the doctor YOU need?». He did not want to hear that I had been referred or that I had common complaints that people seek an endocrinologist for. He told me to go find a different doctor.
I am shocked by this doctor’s rudeness and close mindedness. He actually did me a favor refusing to see me, as if this is how he is upon meeting someone new, I am sure his bedside manners do not get any better.
The only consolation is that he assured me he would not be charging me for today’s visit when I let him know I did not want to be charged for my time in his office. Thanks Dr. Nasr for an hour lost in your office, feeling like somehow I am a bad person for following my primary care physician’s recommendation of seeing an endocrinologist, and now having the pleasure to sit on a real endocrinologist’s wait list for an appointment.

My 86 year old mother, an insulin dependent diabetic for almost 50 years, asked Dr. Nasr for a prescription so she could test herself 4 times a day instead of 3. Just once more before bed, because her blood sugar had become quite unstable. The incredibly rude and loud mouthed Dr. Nasr told her NO, medicare wouldn’t like that. I gladly took my mother to another Dr. and they said of course you can test your before bed, and were disgusted that Nasr gave her any problem. I hear his son is just as bad.

The office staff at Dr. Nasr’s Palm Springs Office are just plain rude. They behave as though THEY are doing YOU a favor by doing their jobs. After being a patient of Dr. Nasrs for years– I have decided I am not going back to him. He can thank his Palm Springs Office staff for my decision.

Dr. Nasr is a great and caring doctor with a great staff.