Dr. Cynthia See

I’ve always had wonderful experiences with Dr. See! Really attentive, sympathetic, and professional. You can tell she really cares about her patients. She’s been treating me many years for IBD. I visited many other physicians with no luck but Dr. See finally figured out what was wrong with me. Since treatment began, my IBD has been in remission for the most part and my symptoms have been a lot better. I’m really thankful to have Dr. See!

Excellent doctor! Incredibly personable and easy to understand. Very skillful and competent with her management. Love her. Definitely 5 stars!!!

She was great about diagnosing the issues but now I’m no longer seeing her for my GI because all she does is prevent surgery and give me too much medication and says that the medicine will help my damaged GI surgery be fixed. I have been seen by a different GI specialist and when I said what she said he looked like he thought that was the most stupid thing he ever heard. He himself, did an endoscopy and confirmed I need to completely redo my surgery while doctor See has been avoiding it for a year which put me through misery and having to drop out of high school. She wasted two year of my life with pain in the ass games of «oh the meds will fix it». No I need the surgery. She needs to go back to medical school and realize PHYSICALLY DAMAGED THINGS CANNOT BE FIXED BY MEDICINE and I am quitting a couple of doctors saying this. She was great up until two years ago. I don’t regret ripping her a new one earlier this year when she decided to put off the surgery. IM DONE I want to have a normal life, bye doctor see because you’re just causing more problems and stress. I recommend USC OR UCLA and if you have HMO you have to be on top of doctor sees office staff and her because she forgets to do shit she said she would do and the office staff never ever remembers to put in referrals. My mom basically had to harass them with phone calls for five years.

Dr. See saved my life. When I was 14 she insisted on performing an endoscopy and we discovered several ulcers and precancerous cells. It’s difficult to set up appointments with her because she’s helping so many people. Trust me, she’s worth the wait. I am so grateful that our paths crossed… I don’t want to think about what could have happened if it wasn’t for her aggressive practices! She’s been my GI for 6 years and after this year I have to move on from a pediatric doctor and although I am very sad about I trust that she’ll guide me in the right direction. Thank you Dr See for saving my life, I am forever grateful!

I’ve never written a negative review but I feel compelled to warn parents after our family’s terrible experience with Dr. See. I too wish I could give less than 1 star. Dr. See misdiagnosed my child, over-​medicated her and then refused to sign our school medical authorization form allowing our child to have her much needed medication given at school. Because Dr. See never got around to signing the form (after a month of waiting) my child suffered at school and her problems got so bad we had to switch specialists and repeat unnecessary testing because Dr. See refused to return phone calls and emails to get our child’s medical records. I’m pretty sure this is against the law. I cannot imagine a person so careless and cold when it comes to a child’s medical needs and care. I hope any parents reading this take it seriously so your child does not have to go through what our child has. Dr. Cynthia See is negligent.
Also, the office «staff» is unprofessional and hardly ever answers the phone. We waited over an hour for every Dr. visit once we finally had our appointments.

I wish I could give less than one star. Do not take your child to Dr. See.
Our three year old saw her for chronic bloating, stomach pain, diarrhea and lethargy. Dr See felt she had reflux (Gerd) and recommended an endoscopy asap.
After the endoscopy she stated that she had severe reflux, ulcer, hiatal hernia and inflammation. She started her on Zantac twice a day. When the biopsy report came back she stated she would only give the results in person. Weeks passed as we waited for our appt to get the biopsy results. The day before, her office called to tell me that they forgot to submit the request for our followup appt with insurance so they needed to cancel and reschedule. They’d let me know. I was frustrated but asked that Dr. See call us to go over biopsy results. A day and a half later she called at 9pm at night and left a message stating my daughter doesn’t have celiac disease. Great. But the biopsy tested for a lot more than that. It was a very strange message. When I called in the morning I was told again that I had to come in for a followup to get the full results. So I said I was coming in and getting a copy of our file. Five minutes later Dr. See called me back and side stepped all my direct questions regarding the biopsy results and told me to just come in for an appt that day. So I did and after waiting an hour without being seen, I got a copy of our file and left.
FOUR days later Dr. See called me to tell me that the reason she didn’t want to give me more info on the phone is because my daughter has abnormal cells in her stomach that are pre cancerous and she didn’t want to freak me me out. She then admitted to INTENTIONALLY OMITTING biopsy results both in her precious voice mail to me and our previous phone conversation. Then she went on to say that she wouldn’t discuss treatment with me over the phone. So I sought a second opinion.
I met with the second opinion Doctor. Our daughter does not have GERD. She does not have an ulcer. She does not have hiatal hernia. She does not have inflammation. She does not have abnormal cells. The 2^nd opinion dr stated that in her entire career she’s never seen a 3 year old child have these abnormal pre cancerous cells, other than in patients that Dr. See scopes. In other words, Dr. See is likely taking the biopsy from a part of the stomach that is too close to the intestines. So the results are interpreted as «abnormal stomach cells» (intestinal Metaplasia) because they are not in fact stomach cells. Furthermore, she was shocked that Dr. See would perform an endoscopy on a 3 year old for suspected reflux, rather than just trying an antacid first to see if there is improvement. My child was put under general anesthesia for an invasive procedure for no reason other that Dr. See’s greed and disregard for common practices. And we were then lied to about her diagnosis.
At the end of the day, my child was diagnosed with an intestinal bacterial and is being treated with an over the counter pro-​biotic.
Do not under any circumstances choose this Dr. I wish that I had done more research first before going where my HMO sent me. I’ve learned my lesson that not all doctors are created equal — or even competent!

Best pediatric gastroenterologist. I wouldn’t take my child anywhere else. She takes the time to develop relationships with her patients and accurately diagnoses and treats them. Don’t listen to the other reviews! She is busy and sought after for a reason and is worth the wait.
I have been going to her for many years and trust her 100%.

This doctor put my daughter for 4 years on high doses of medicine in the morning and night. For 4 years my almost 8 year old took medicines that were to improve her symptoms from her «hiatal hernia»… This was her diagnosis. After all these years, and my daughter still finding pain in her gutt, I decided to go to Children’s hospital for a 2^nd opinion. I spoke with some other patients, and was shocked to find out that Dr. SEE tends to give many of her patients a hiatal hernia diagnosis. My new doctor at Childrens gave a series of tests, to find out all these years my daughter was lactose intolerant. I feel like a terrible mother that I was unaware my daughter could not have dairy products! Why didn’t Dr. SEE RECOMMEND SUCH TESTS??? Maybe she just wants these kids to keep coming back every 3 months to get checked and keep refilling these meds. I am so thankful to children’s hospital. I would never recommend Dr. See. «Beware». Get a 2^nd opinion. 4 years of unnecessary meds for a child. I’m angry that my daughter suffered all these years, was on all these meds that depleted her nutrients and caused dark circles under her eyes. Would never go back to her again

Dr. See is AMAZING. She is so intelligent and really knows her stuff and how to treat her patients. She is really busy and that is for a reason, because she is really good at what she does. She takes the time to get to know each of her patients really well and their specific cases. She is also so helpful on email and responds to messages quickly, I don’t know any other doctor is easily available like this. The kids also love her and she is so personable and takes the time to explain any questions you have. I trust her 100% with my kids and wouldn’t go anywhere else.

First time visit to this doctor and what a odd experience. She did not introduce herself for starters, was very abrasive, horrible bed side manner. She insisted on speaking over us and seemed to speak to us though we were total idiots.
We attempted to ask questions and she continuously walked out of the room when we were mid sentence, at least this was better than her talking over us?
She seemed to get very agitated when we asked continued questions and was extremely unhelpful… a total waste of a visit and by far the worse encounter with a doctor we have ever experienced, and to think she works with kids is even scarier!

Get a SECOND OPINION! No matter the cost! Prescribed my ten year old child a BLACK BOX prescription :(which means irreversible side-​effects. Dr. See was very stressed and rushed. We waited for two hours before seeing her for an appointment we made. The 2 hour wait was for a 5 minute rushed one on one time which ended with telling me until approval from insurance came in (about 2 or 4 months) she couldn’t do anything and insisted I put my son on Miralax laxative each day until we came back sometime in months ahead.
We finally got approval for an upper GI scope and when we arrived at the hospital to she was flustered and rushed and high strung. Not personable to us and gave a feeling like we were just another number rather than an individual with individual needs and situation. After the endoscope procedure, she gave a quick consult with the pictures and said that he had a herniated stomach, ulcer and prone to stomach cancer if I don’t follow her medicinal regimen. I knew she had no regard to my child’s well being both immediate nor long-​term. By not informing me of clear choices available to us– she instilled fear and that if these meds didn’t work (which they didn’t) then the blackbox RX was the resort (NO WAY– IRREVERSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS)
I felt helpless being that I was low income on medi-​cal and had no other choice. So I decided to borrow $ 200 to go and get a second opinion. I googled Pediatric GI specialists and found one in Beverly Hills that met us the next day for our consult and (as you might guess the Pediatric GI world is small) and this doctor knew of Dr See and said she has been known to give the same diagnosis and that there have been other patients seeking second opinions that were dis-​satisfied with the care from Dr See. Please get a second opinion! Don’t trust this Doctor. If you want to email me and or ask me as a single struggling mother take it from me– PLEASE get $ 200 and pay for the answers. Your child deserves it. We are now in recovery and on the mend its’ taken a long time (would have loved to known this before suffering all that time waiting for approval and being on a strong laxative that was totally unnecessary). Thanks and good luck.

This is an excellent doctor.
After receiving no help from my ped or allergy specialist, Dr. See was finally able to dose and treat my infant son for his silent reflux. I have met with her monthly for the last four months and have seen a dramatic improvement in my son’s symptoms.
Dr. See is committed to finding the right treatment for her patients. She takes the time to get to know you and to make sure you understand her diagnosis and recommendations.
She is readily available by e-​mail and usually responds in the evening of the day you contact her. This has saved me many times when there has been prescription confusion at my local pharmacy.
Excellent doctor!
The only reason I did not give her 5 stars is because of her office staff — they leave something to be desired.

This place is horrible! The front office staff is rude and unprofessional. The wait time to see the doctor is ridiculous. Had an appointment at 2:15 it’s now 3:41 and still waiting. AVOID THIS PLACE IF YOU CAN!

The best doctor ever! She is a pediatric gastro doctor. I have acid reflux disease. I just stopped going to her b/​c I am older now.
However, she is the nicest doctor ever. She takes the time to see you, she listens and tries to get to know you. She actually cares, unlike some doctors who you think are just trying to see as many people as they can.
She gets super busy!!! I would wait up to 30 – 1 ½ hr. I would suggest getting an early appointment. The best time.
She answers her e-​mails all the time. So whenever I have any questions she is there for me.
The ladies at the office are very nice as well. Esp. Stephani, with red curly hair. SO nice!
So I can’t say anything negative except the long waits… but it’s b/​c shes so popular: D