Stacy A Johnson Md's Online Review Report Card

This MD prescribed a drug for husband's atrial fibrillation and handed the Rx to him to be filled at a local pharmacy. Upon examination of the medication, the insert noted that a 72 hour continuous EKG is required at the onset of giving this medication due to the risk of serious, life threatening cardiac arrhythmias. This was several years ago. In addition, he later ordered a thallium cardiac stress test. Upon reviewing the guidelines for stress tests from an excellent medical source, Uptodate, it was obvious there was no need for this test. Also, thallium is a cancer causing agent and there is no reason to get exposed for an unnecessary test. It's too bad there are not legitimate reviews for many doctors out there. Luckily, our insurance changed and we were able to switch doctors.

My mom has been recovering from a surgery that had complications. She has been noticing irregularities in her blood pressure, as a precaution she made an appointment with Jay Johnson. After waiting an hour past her appointment time she finally was able to see the doctor. Almost immediately he went on a 5 minute long yelling session that made her cry. For what? For being worried about her health and going to see a doctor? I fear for how many other patients he has done this to. Jay should not be left alone with the elderly. I'm amazed he has been around for so long with his lack of compassion and inability to empathize with his patients. Jay Johnson, you should be ashamed of your behavior.

Had an appt on the books that was made 4 weeks in advance, got to appt only to find dignity health no longer is contracted with Anthem, and was told my insurance was no longer good there. Staff was rude and condescending to me. they never called me before appt to tell me this. They said oops we thought we called everyone. Dignity health is a joke a money hungry conglomerate that only cares about money, not people who are in dire need of getting care. I have never been treated so badly at a medical facility. The people that work for Dr Johnson are not nice, I wouldn't recommend this place to anyone. I hope they can live with the fact that I waited so long for this appt , that when I made it they took my insurance but on the appt date they no longer would honor this, I also hope when my heart gives out before I can find another dr to see me and I die, that they can live with this too.

From the start, I found Dr. Johnson to be straight forward and caring with me. His explanations of my condition were easy to understand. He goes far beyond what we normally expect as service from a cardiologist.I had an appointment with him in February where I was complaining that I had had 2 cat scans done by another doctor to assess reasons for impaired kidney function. I had been waiting for almost 3 weeks to hear anything about the results of the scans. I told Dr. Johnson that I was worried and the other doctor was not available every time I tried to contact the office. Dr. Johnson immediately pulled up my Dignity file and was able to review the scans. It appeared that I had a mass on my pancreas. Dr Johnson immediately scheduled me with the only GI specialist in Santa Cruz who could perform an endoscopy for me. That doctor was a Sutter/Stanford doctor. Dr. Johnson personally got the approval for me to have the Endoscopy procedure performed within 2 days. The results of that test confirmed the suspicions of the doctors. I have pancreatic cancer. Now I will have to fight with my insurance company to send me to Stanford (32 miles from home) rather than UCSF (92 miles from home and family). If not for Dr. Johnson seeing the mass on my early cat scan, I have no way of knowing how long this cancer would have had to grow and threaten my life. I owe my life to Dr. Johnson.

For many years Jay Johnson was my trusted cardiologist. Though it was always unpleasant and inconvenient, over the years I mostly made peace with his CHRONIC LATENESS (usually at least an hour, sometimes more). However, our last encounter, or lack thereof, ended the relationship when I left feeling completely disrespected. I arrived on time. There was no one ahead of me. I saw Dr. Johnson and thought ,"Wow! He's going to be on time for the first time ever with me." Wrong. After sitting in the exam room for 45 minutes, his nurse returned to tell me that he had actually left the building to go eat lunch. She had let him know I was there, so he should be back soon. At the one hour mark, I walked out saying that I felt totally disrespected, and, as a working woman, I also had a schedule to honor. That kind of disregard, disrespect, for a patient is unacceptable.

Jay Johnson is a terrific cardiologist and a lovely man. But his practice stinks! The waits are interminable -- often an hour -- and there's no excuse. If he gets called away for an emergency, they should let the patients know that he's going to be late. Otherwise, run a better office.

I was refereed to Dr. Johnson prior to a knee replacement which is a standard testing. I found Dr Johnson very though and personable. I give him 5 stars!

Saw Dr. Johnson for an EKG at my doctors office for pre-surgery okay. I was impressed with how much time he spent with me and how unhurried it felt. Not a common thing in today's insurance pressured office visit. I appreciate a doctor who is personable and caring!

I was just at doctor Johnson's office. Was treated excellently by the front desk receptionist and also the doctor's assistants dr. Johnson as usual always treats me with respect and his knowledge in his field is unbelievable.

Dr. Johnson has been treating me regularly since I had a stent placed in 2009. He is an articulate, intelligent and clear communicator. His management plan for my condition has been a comprehensive program of both medication and monitoring that nicely balances benefits and side effects. In addition, he keeps up with the latest developments in the field and has not been afraid to try different things as new information becomes available. Over the years he has become a true partner in managing this chronic condition. I highly recommend him.I agree the office is very busy and front of house staff interaction can be hit or miss. But in general they do a fairly good job of moving the large volume of patients through and the time spent with the Doctor is always excellent and never rushed.