Jim Savage, MD

Jim Savage is the doctor to my family and many friends’ families who have been in San Francisco for some time. I used to go to One Medical and have found Jim’s preventative style + holistic + western medicine combination is the best of any doctor I have seen. There is a reason he is the doctor to celebrities that visit San Francisco and live here. He gives 110% in every visit I have had with him and truly cares about his patients.
He is a constant book is knowledge and never stops learning to give you the most up to date medical information.

Dr. Savage is the man. Took the time to get to know me, and gave me some career/​life advice in the process.
They have a lab in the same building, so if you need blood work/​urine tests, it’s a very easy transition.
Would definitely recommend.

He is my primary care doctor for 2 years. And he is the best doctor. He explains everything clearly with different books, booklets, and internet resources. He gives good advice and he is very polite ! He is the best doc in the bay area. Before him i was struggling always with many different doctors, but now I am very happy and really appreciate his help !

Jim Savage is super knowledgeable, candid and cool. I found Jim via Unilocal & could not be happier with my experience. Quick diagnosis, simple advice in layman’s terms, prescriptions sent directly over to CVS, easy insurance billing… my best experience with a internist yet!
Similar with other experiences mentioned on Unilocal,Jim went on a few tangents and dropped some serious knowledge bombs all over my brain, dude should seriously be on Jeopardy, he’s like an Asian Ken Jennings.
Unlike a few other experiences mentioned on Unilocal,I thought his staff was super polite & easy to deal with! I swung by at 5PM on a Thursday and got a same day appointment at 7PM.
Location is amazingly convenient, he is right between the JW Marriott & Union Square + second floor if you hate elevators.

Not only did Dr. Savage efficiently treat me, he also educated me on earthquakes and solar flares. He has quite interesting theories. Some people might find this tangential — and I assure you, it was — but life is too short not to relish and savor in the tangential among the banalities of life. Think about it, he’s just trying to make the most of his day to day existence and doldrums as you are. You’re there for an adverse event in your health, but he sees millions of adverse events daily. Tip of the hat to ya, Dr. Savage — and thank you!

Very poor service leading to a several hours of wasted time.
I scheduled an appointment with Jim Savage’s office on ZocDoc. They mis-​listed their business as accepting insurance from my provider.
For some reason, this information did not seem to be something that was worth telling me before my appointment. So, I filled out all my forms online, and left work several hours early to show up for my appointment … only to be turned away upon arrival.
This is incredibly poor service. I would not recommend working with a doctor’s office that places this level of value on its clients’ and prospective clients’ time.

Dr. Savage has absolutely no bedside manner and his office was extremely rude to me when I called regarding my lab results. They have a lot of difficulty communicating with patients and were unapologetic when I had to call them several times to get an explanation.
They called me an hour before my appointment to tell me that the doctor was running an hour late. He showed up 1.5 hours later and the appointment took much longer than necessary.

Jim Savage is an incredible doctor. He saw me after I had been to an urgent care where they misdiagnosed me about a really nasty cough that I had for 2 months and could not shake. He’s different from any other doctor I’ve ever had because he really cares, he informed of long term effects of a cough and most importantly, he helped me get better within 4 days.
He is blunt, honest, brilliant, and a fantastic doctor. If you want someone to coddle and baby you — he’s not the right doctor for you. As for the wait time — I think I waited ten minutes.

Just walked out of the doctor’s office after having waited more than an hour. I already told the person when I set up the appointment that I wanted the first appointment of the day, any day, since I’m coming in for anxiety and I don’t do well waiting in a small office. She said that they can only do last appointment of the day for anything related to anxiety. Ok. So I came in a little early for my appointment on Sunday to get the paperwork done and waited. And waited. And waited. And more than an hour later, I was finally brought into the doctor’s room, but no doctor. So I’m already anxious in the larger waiting area. And I got more anxious in the smaller treatment room. After another 30 minutes I couldn’t take it anymore and ran out. I feel horrible and I can’t in good faith recommend this doctor if this is his policy for patients with anxiety: giving them only his last appointments when he tends to run late.

My husband and I were traveling to San Francisco from Chicago on vacation when I arrived I was a mess I was so sick. The concierge at my hotel recommended Dr. Savage. I called his office, they got me in within a few hours, yes I had to wait a bit in the waiting room, but that is more typically than non-​typical and I was happy to be seen by a Doctor. Once I got into the room and he came in, he quickly diagnosed me with sinus infection, bronchitas, a fever and likely on the verge of getting strep. He immediately got me on two Z packs and I was feeling much better within 48 hours. I had a great experience with Dr. Savage.

1.5 hour wait time, poor customer service, and I didn’t even see a doctor.

Horrible wait times. Asked me to come at a certain hour and I came in 5 minutes early, but ended up having to wait for almost an hour and a half before getting treated.
I don’t think this place has the same idea of what an «appointment» means.
I ended up having to apologize to my colleagues for delaying our scheduled meeting, twice (as I was initially certain I would be treated soon), and that is very embarrassing.
If you have lots of time to spare, this place could work for you. If you value your time and punctuality, don’t bother coming.

My friend had an appointment for an hour and a half ago and we are still sitting in this waiting room… Another person waiting for about as long as we have has had to call and cancel a meeting… We are starving and I’m about to tip over from boredom.

No nonsense doctor, knows medicine and attentive staff. You may have to wait but you’ll most likely be seen the same day. He likes to to take his time with his patients

This is total bullshit I have towait 1.5 hours to be seen ??? Totaly unacceptable.
Either staff fucks something up or they just are terrible people. I can’t believe I’m still waiting here it’s been hour and A half since my scheduled appointment time

Dr Savage was great. I’m on vacation and have got a sinus infection and eye infection. They got me in same day and now I have some medicine to make me better. Thanks!

Best doctor in the Bay Area. I can down with strep throat and had no insurance. My girlfriend took me to see him and he took care of me. Didnt cost too much and I felt much better.
Funny guy and makes jokes too.

Pros: I was able to be seen at 6pm on a Sunday.
Jim is very knowledgeable on an array of subjects.
Areas of Improvement: Had I read Jim’s responses to less than favorable reviews, I would have gone somewhere else.
Why?
Reason 1: Major HIPPA violations all over Unilocal responses. No one’s medical/​personal information should be shared with others (let alone displayed on the Internet) without their express consent. I would be absolutely appalled to see my information strewn around in such a matter and am surprised no one has launched a complaint to the California Medical Board.
Reason 2: Degradation of clients-​Yes some people can be out of line, but as a medical professional and an individual trying to gain clientele, you should never belittle people (I.e negative comments about job titles). Learn and grow from the criticism. Making snide remarks does little for your reputation, especially when it has nothing to do with the matter at hand.
Reason 3: Did not feel the intake process justified my diagnosis. There are way too many people being told they have a sinus infection without due diligence.
To summarize the Unilocal reviews: Jim is a knowledgable and conversational doctor with great business hours.
However, listening to the patient’s concerns, bedside manner, and the ability to take constructive criticism are areas that could use further development.
If you’re in need of timely service and a thorough doctor One Medical Group is an absolute blessing.

This doctor is a joke and behaves highly inappropriately. Dr Savage started of the conversation with telling me that many patients don’t know that they have lumps in their anuses until they start playing with themselves in the shower. He also mentioned that there is no need for sex toys if you have the right shower head. Just to clarify — I was there to seek advise about my head which had nothing to do with any other parts of the body!
In addition to this Dr Savage was wearing a dirty t-​shirt and also made remarks about him having pretty women as patients previously form Russia and started rambling off about movies and TV-​shows with attractive women.

I live in San Francisco and woke up with a high fever, sore throat and raging sinus infection. Normally I would have seen my regular internist in Castro Valley but I just wasn’t in any shape to drive.
Using the Unilocal app I found Dr. Savage downtown and called his office at 7:30am. He is also on the United Healthcare PPO list. The receptionist was very nice and was able to book me an appointment at 10:45am that same day. I only waited about 15 minutes before Dr. Savage came in, took one look at me with a fever and said I had the flu. I thought it was just a bad sinus.
He gave me a very lengthy explanation of how sinuses work and showed me some alternative ways to blow my nose in order to prevent future infections. Although I felt like I was dying from a fever at the time, I did try to remember these techniques because I am going on a long international flight later this year and thought they could be helpful.
He had me out the door within 15 minutes with several prescriptions. One of his receptionists called three different Walgreen’s to confirm they had Tamiflu in stock before processing my script — wow, really nice service!
I not sure why Dr. Savage has such mixed reviews because I thought he was a terrific primary care physician — friendly and efficient. I’m glad to see that he responds to negative feedback on Unilocal and defends his reputation.