Santa Clarita Health Center

I’ve been coming to this place for a while since I’m able to with my insurance. The place is always clean. You never know how the front desk workers will treat you and same with the nurses. Some are friendly and others are just plain rude. I hate when I call to schedule an appointment and all the lines are busy and I end up having to be put on hold for like five minutes. This health center should really invest in an online appointment system, especially because most of us are signed up for the MyUCLA Health Portal thing. That’s just my opinion. My rating is four stars solely because of these issues. As for the doctors, I have to say that most of them are really good. So here are my views on the doctors I’ve seen since coming to this office for about 8 years now:
1. Dr. Roseman: He retired, but he was a very good doctor. He was respectful of my privacy when it came to my physicals. He was always so kind and knowledgeable.
2. Dr. Brown: this doctor just never has anything nice or good to say to you. Some of her words have came off as disrespectful, and I’m not the only one who has that opinion. Basically, I would never use her as a doctor again unless I was dying or something.
3. Dr. Miesel: I was sad when I found out that she no longer worked here because she was flat out fantastic! She was always so kind and upbeat. Her smile and positive energy was contagious! She is the only doctor who actually looked at my family health history and compared it to my health and explained how certain things are genetic and what I should watch out for. When I got hit by a car, she took care of me well. Everyone in my family loved her. She made coming to the health center not so scary! Haha.
4 NP Ana Mangini: I came to her for an issue I experienced a few months ago. She is nice and she did help me a lot with my issue, but I was frustrated at the same time. When she saw my blood pressure reading, that’s all she obsessed about. So that was kind of annoying to me because even though I know that high blood pressure is bad, I was there for something else.
5. Dr. Richard Kim: Just recently, I decided to see him for issues with my back. I decided to give him a try because I had seen Unilocal reviews from other people who liked him, so I took a chance. I’m glad I did because he was very nice from the moment he walked in. He asked me about my problem and really took the time to evaluate what was happening before making any decisions. He even went on the computer to show me a diagram of the spine and explained to me what could be going on in my back. I was surprised because no other doctor has gone the extra mile to do something like that for me. He is extremely knowledgeable and thinks outside the box. I felt comfortable being around him and I would definitely come back to him for any future appointments!

Dr. Richard Kim is the best doctor ever!!! And one of the smartest!!! He answers all your questions until you fully understand them and is very patient. He is sooooooo amazing!!! I’ve followed him from many offices and now drive an hour to see him if I need an appointment. He is seriously amazing! And actually cares!!!

I have only been seen by a doctor once at this site and it was an average experience; however, for the past couple days I have been trying to make a same day appointment with no luck. This was never a problem in the past for my daughter when she has needed to be seen. Most of the time she goes in the doctors seem to be in a hurry to get to the next patient and don’t spend time to get down to the heart of the problem. Even if the doctors here were great, it would not do me much good if they don’t make their services available to members when they need it. I figure by the time I get in to see somebody I will either have gotten better or will be dead.

I wish Dr. Kim were still at the Toluca Lake facility

Dr Richard Kim is the best doctor I’ve ever had in my 5 decades of life: extremely knowledgeable, very direct (but with a sense of humor), excellent listener, thinks outside the box, very up-​to-​date in the latest medical discoveries/​trends, open-​minded.

My first time here was last week to meet with Dr. Laura Meisel for a physical at the Motion Picture & Television Fund office. I was worried because the nurse told me how busy it was that day but as soon as Dr. Meisel entered the room I knew she wasn’t going to rush her time with me. She made me very comfortable and I could sense how knowledgable she was just from the little information we swapped.

Located right next to HMNMH. The new parking structure is Great.