MIchael Siu's Online Review Report Card

Great Doctor he really does listen and try to give an honest approach around recommendations. I find him easy to speak with and trust his judgment.

I have gone to Dr. Siu many times for many things. Actually, his diagnoses have been right on point in each occasion. He is not one to recommend many expensive medications for treatment. He attempts to educate you on what lifestyle changes can be made if any which is a wholistic approach.

I advise you to not just look at the overall Yelp score when youre researching on someone or something, thats as important as finding a good doctor. Please read the most recent individual reviews and gauge.I chose Dr. Siu because he was part of my network, a private physician (less waiting than at a clinic), and he got a good Yelp rating. Well, now that Ive experienced otherwise, I want to make sure others dont repeat my mistake.Its true theres less wait and he has more availability, but its also because hes really a FORPROFIT doctor. He overschedules patients and only sees them for like 5 min at most for everything. To try to talk to him more to tell him whats wrong with you and to learn what you can do to prevent things, please save your breath.He is okay if you just want to go in and tell him that you have an idea of whats wrong with you, for a simple cold or preventative shot. He will be very fast in prescribing drugs.But he is NOT the doctor to go to if you have something serious or you have no idea why youre feeling sick. Because chances are, he doesnt know what hes doing. And he is impatient, rude, and condescending, as others described.Ive gone to him for like half a dozen times in the span of 2 months, trying to get a correct diagnosis for the pain that Im suffering. But he dismisses me the first few times with antibiotics and painkillers. When the pain keeps recurring, I finally asked him for a referral. And the ones he recommended dont even accept female patients. I had to find my own specialist. He advised me not to go to the specialist after I made my appointment because he doesnt think I have anything serious.When my pain and old problem keeps coming back and he had to call me to tell me that the lab results actually indicates I have a serious infection, that was the last straw. He has caused me so much more suffering by wasting my precious time and money and making me feel worse than I already was. I dont trust anything he says anymore. I will find another doctor. And I advise you to do the same!_____________________________________________________________________________________First off let me say that I think Dr. Siu is a nice person and has a great personalityAs a doctor, I feel like he could have been a lot more thorough.I got back from my honeymoon in Mexico and got sick the next day. I thought it was a standard stomach virus but it wouldnt go away. I dont have a regular doc so I made an appointment with Dr. Siu after reading all the glowing reviews on Yelp.His office is in West Portal. Get there a little early to find free parking because there is a lot of construction going on in the area and no parking signs are all over the place.The front desk is very brief but nice. Gave me standard paperwork to fill out. Some of the questions were funny, like Do you suffer from erectile dysfunction?... Sounded like an opportunity to sell some drugs, if you know what I mean. This is definitely an office that is in bed with the drug companies. There was a drug sales rep in the office who was chumming it up with the doctor. Giving him free stuff, you know the drill.After filling out paperwork, I sat for about 5 minutes and the Doc saw me, which is really good. Usually docs keep you waiting upwards of up to an hour. Must have been a slow day, lucky for me.Doc introduced himself, very warm.He looked at my medical history and said Wow, how am I supposed to treat all this in under a half an hour? Not the most professional thing to say but he is a jokester so if you dont have a thick skin and cant take jokes aimed at your medical history, dont go.In the end, I forked over $30 as my copay. He didnt do any blood work, which I dont think was smart. Especially, when the patient tells you they just got back from an international trip.Didnt even do a complete physical. Just checked my blood pressure and my breathing. Didnt issue me an antibiotic for my virus. Could have given me some of those free samples he got earlier. Just told me to keep on doing what Ive been doing which is eat bananas and toast and go get Immodium. Great!!I was too weak to argue or suggest what he should do, so I just kept my mouth shut and laughed at his jokes. I guess this strain of virus make you a sucker.So if you get the flu and have $30 lying around, go to the Dr. Siu comedy show where you can hear jokes about your medical history and be told to eat bananas and saltines. Oh yeah, but he would make a great drinking buddy so its a catch 22.