Brian H. Weeks's Online Review Report Card

I have a hard time rating on here, as it is mixed. Start with the good. Dr. Weeks did my Inspire for my Apnea, it has been super helpful and I am doing well on it. He has great bedside manner the few times I saw him, and a record of being one of the few Dr.'s in San Diego to perform this procedure. Reason for 1 star:Office staff is NOT good, very unfriendly, and not helpful. Trying to call to leave messages, make appt's, etc. they just don't seem to care, wrong business to be in folks. I have left no less then 3 message to speak directly to Dr. Weeks about important information, and he has yet to call me back. Told his staff I need to speak to him directly, however I guess if I don't make an appt. and pay for his time, he will not call. I just want to speak to him so he can warn his other patients about the issue below. Dr. Weeks is great, however I saw his PA most, which is fine. When I was finally able to see him, we chatted about the pros and cons of Inspire. One of the first items i mentioned was that I have severe neck issues, and I receive RFA, Radio Frequency Ablation (basically kills my nerves for about 6 months so I don't have as much pain) on my next about every 6 months - he said that would be NO problem to still do...only thing he told me could not happen is a MRI of the chest, that I was aware of and ok with. Fast forward a bit, I am on the OR table, literally about to have my RFA, and the Dr. administering it wanted to read up on the Inspire for himself (I had mentioned this to his PA. and she was going to get approval from Weeks, however not sure where that ended up). Basically, I cannot have that procedure done ever again, it could burn the lead I have implanted.! I cannot imagine what would have happened if the Dr. went off of what Dr. Weeks told me. So now, I am in pain again all the time...and very disheartened he did not know his facts.The day of the surgery, Dr. Weeks comes into the preop, and mentions he added removing my Uvula, it will help with Apnea. Given I was minutes away from surgery, and a Dr. is recommending it, I said ok because I am sure he knows best and it was not a big procedure. I wish he would have told me at my office appointment so I had time to research it. Worst recovery pain ever - but finally healed. Issue is I choke...alot, even drinking water now. I would have probably not had the uvula removed had I had to time to research.So now, I will have to live with my chronic neck pain, when I finally found a solution. I am not done searching for any other solution, however, I want people to know before they go to him for Inspire.

I had the Eustachian tube surgery that was $35,000 and I had to pay $10,000 of that and it did not work even though they said it had a 80% chance of success. I guess I was the 20%?

Excellent service and communication by the entire team. Dr. Weeks has performed three successful surgeries for different family members.

I was told that there was an 80% chance of success rate with the eustachian tube surgery. Surgery cost $35,000 and my portion was $10,000. Part of the reason for the high cost was that he was over 3 hours late. My eustachion tubes are not open and I am Still getting fluid in my ears. Thank goodness I did not listen to them and have my tubes removed.

Dr Brian H Weeks is one the best dr figure out The issue on my first visit, Thank you dr

I appreciate Dr.Weeks . Unfortunately the scheduling staff have not been able to adhere to a request by Dr.Weeks to return "in one month" , instead scheduling out Three months . Repeated calls by me to be seen on time during a series of treatments have failed . Sadly my symptoms continue to worsen . The above scenario seems to be a symptom of over booking clients . 5 stars for this Fine and Dedicated Doctor minus One Star for the inadequate scheduling staff .

Pros: the surgery was successful; breathing better!Cons: the billing, out of pocket costs, surprise chargesI have excellent insurance and Dr. Weeks is in-network. Pre-auth for the surgery seemed reasonable. I was charged up front out-of-pocket $125 extra for a piece for of equipment the office said is not covered by any insurance. Ok so far. But then each follow-up visit with Janine was a separate charge of $850. Surprised to get a bill for over $2500! My insurance company said that for most doctors, the surgical follow up visits are included in the global surgery charge, but Dr Weeks' office bills each as a separate charge. I feel they should have been clear about this billing practice because the post-surgical follow up appointments are necessary.If you plan to have surgery with Dr Weeks, I suggest asking them to explain ALL of the costs beforehand.

Dr Brian Weeks is very unprofessional and should be reported to California Medical Board!!

Fortunately in my case everything worked great!! I had a very, very dry ear for over 3 years, dead skin, itchy; doctors in Imperial Valley could not solve it. Finally RN from doctor Weeks gave me some drops it took care of my issue ; doctors in IV were treating it as infection. Very good treatment. Thanks!!

Dr. Weeks squeezed me in last-minute on his lunch break. He is one of the friendliest doctors I've encountered in some time. He listened to ALL of my concerns and spent time educating me on the root cause of my symptoms along with several treatment options. As a fellow doctor, I wouldnt hesitate to refer family or friends to Dr. Weeks for concerns related to ear, nose, throat.