The Best 15 highly rated medical facilities near Santa Barbara, CA (Page 3)

Cesar Peralta Dr. Baldwin is the worst. Dismissed and rejected my concerns and I asked to be sent somewhere where I can get an ultra sound of my ribs, but she says everything looks good on image; yet, im in so much pain and cant sleep or lay on my sides and it hurts to sneeze and cough. I then tried to show her some images I had from the last dr. And she got upset that I didnt have any recent x-rays. I asked her to look at my x-rays that I had and she refused and acted like nothing was wrong with me, even though Im in a lot of pain.

Khaled Ashridi Thank you so much Dr. David Metz, you are such an amazing Physician.

Steve Richardson I called over a week in advance for an appointment, I got two calls a day before my appointment, one with a live person and one automated. I showed up at the time I was given, when I arrived I was told my appointment was with the specific doctor I requested when I set this up. I was given some paperwork to fill out. When I got called into the back the nurse told me I was going to see another doctor because the doctor I had set up the appointment with was "booked"??? After questioning why and refusing to see another doctor as I was a new patient and wanted to meet with my new primary physician. Well evidently that wasnt going to happen so I was then shuffled into two different rooms to speak to two different managers both telling me the doctor I was there to see was booked up, then all of a sudden it was their decision that it was my fault for being late so at this point I was so fatigued I gave in realizing I was getting nowhere, so back to the front desk where I was given an appointment for 12 days later. I am recovering from a major surgery and it took a lot of energy for me to get ready and drive myself to this appointment. This was rude and a horrible first impression. I hope that my next visit doesnt leave me so frustrated that Im compelled to write another bad review.

Emily G Hands down the worst doctors office. They have very little organization skills and offer very little information for their patients to contact their doctors. Calling the front desk will always be a 10-30 minute hold and if you need to contact your doctors for refills ect. the ladies at the front desk dont have any of the doctors information making it almost impossible to get ahold of our primary care doctor, something that should be an easy contact. No emails or direct numbers and its comes off very unprofessional, making you wonder how skilled the health care providers there are.

Matthew Graves The were very rude to my wife and said she was an unfit mother. Wouldn’t work with my schedule or my wife who is a homemaker. Then made mandatory appointments which I will lose work trying to keep. My wife also felt they were trying shame her for having multiple children and not working with their schedule. This is the first and last time will ever use anything from the county.

Carrie Ransome I received the best care and attention you could ask for and I didnt even know there was a hospital in Santa Ynez. From the security gentleman who was right there when we pulled up offering assistance to the triage department who were kind and super efficient I was blown away with the kindness and care. Then once in a room it just got better. My nurse was helpful and super caring to the 2 attending Drs in which their knowledge and experience showed and made me feel so cared for and in good hands. The radiology techs were top notch and super informative with tests I have had before yet never have been given the proper information like this. Hoping I dont need an emergency room or hospital in the near future but for sure feel safe knowing they are there to help. Great place!!!!

Gabe Clow This was the worst hospital I have ever been to. The doctors are extremely snarky and proud in their ignorance and failed to correctly diagnose my symptoms over multiple visits. Upon switching to a different hospital, the doctors there found the cause immediately and were appalled that the Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital Doctors lacked the skills to be able to diagnose a relatively simple issue. If you have any means to get to any hospital besides this one within 100 miles, I strongly strongly strongly urge you to, so that you can receive actual quality care.

Kole This review is directed at a RN not sure if her first name is Victoria or if its her last name. This is the first time Ive ever had a issue of any kind with the ER staff at Sych this lady went out of her way to cut me off at every world I spoke, explaining the situation that was going on with my father. After continually cutting me off she then accused me of yelling at her. I speak loud and clear because my dad is partially deaf. She then continued to argue with me and kept accusing me of yelling at her. She should not be in any position to deal with any patient what so ever. Her job is to listen, not interrupt and try to have the last word. Extremely unprofessional. Everyone else there has always been great. I would never let a person who works for me speak to a customer/client in the manner she spoke to me and my dad. She would be fired on the spot. Again Ive never had anyone at this ER act this way. Believe me, because of my dads lack of hearing ability, I do have a loud voice, but if I decided to yell she wouldnt how to handle it. It better not happen again. Someone above her pay grade needs to sit her down and put her in check. I tried to be polite through the rest of the visit just to get through so my dad could go home. Never ever will this be tolerated again! Fix this problem SYCH!!!!!

Linsey H. The receptionist was kind, the male nurse too. Dr.Pelletier was fantastic. My daughter had nursemaids elbow (in a lot of pain) and he swiftly corrected it and she was fine within minutes. He is definitely pediatric-friendly. We so appreciated how he presented himself to our daughter, bubbly and compassionate. Thank you!

Marlis Sonnen They seem to be more preventative minded than to care for those already sick. Very little advanced care. I think they are good for routine wellness checks. A big clinic, very little tailored one on one help. Kind of old fashioned compared to UCLA. Turn n burn healthcare.

Matt Schaefer State of the Art Healthcare! I visited my Primary Doctor today and was once again impressed by the professionalism of the people at Sansum Internal Medicine. Especially the Covid-19 precautions are very well done.

Julia Gore horrible bedside manners. super rude, tried to manipulate me into thinking that i wasn’t in as much pain as i was. Didn’t have the decency to even come reveal my test results to me because i had my mask down while i was itching my nose. I felt it so disrespectful after waiting for three hours to get my results.

Breda Wall Recently was advised by my GP to go to emergency room at cottage on the tuesday before Thanksgiving and albeit an unexpected visit and out of an abundance of caution I took myself there . I was treated with caring and respect from the nervous moment I went through the doors by every member of the cottage hospital/ Dr.Mills team. What a fine job you do every day ..frontline heros that thankfully I do not encounter on a usual basic. I am thankful for the care and the outcome. Breda

bob pugh Same as above gentleman expressed- just got my one year wellness visit set at over a year! Doctors are great at Sansum but wait is issue. Finally today I called & found one opening in March. Then asked department to let me do my bloodwork now. They called back in 10 minutes & said blood work is set so I can do & results will be sent to me in one day& I can see if any issues. Best thing going for Sansum is “My Chart” it’s not docs fault that they are swamped ! Hopefully new owners can fix very soon!

Toshiko C I instantly felt that Dr. Pap was interested in my wellbeing. Loved her warm approach so much that I was glad I had chosen this clinic. The young female nurse practitioner as well as the front office lady were efficient and cheerful just like Dr. Pap.

Papa Foreman I have never had a good experience at Sansum. You basically are passed around from one specialist to another who do very little and it takes months to get an appointment—even when you are already in the system and have seen a doctor. It’s a factory system for profit. If you want to see a phycologist who falls asleep while your spilling your guts, if want a Podiatrist to tell you there’s nothing wrong with your big toe two days before the nail falls off, if you want to be misdiagnosed and see your medical records filled with misinformation, then by all means . . . The staff making appointments don’t know what they’re doing. The entire system is incompetent and is designed to charge your insurance as much as possible for as little care as possible for as long as possible. The only reason I ever went there was because my insurance didn’t allow me to go elsewhere. Up to you . . . Buyer beware!

kristin smallwood Sansum in general is one of the worst medical resources I’ve ever experienced. Last year you had to wait 8 months for a physical check up with your primary care doctor. Now it’s a year. I can understand a month or so but not more than that. A year wait means you should probably just stop practicing medicine and retire. I don’t know what the problem is with this clinic. There seem to be plenty of doctors living in Santa Barbara. Are you really that understaffed? Or do all your doctors only work two days a week? The fact that they also close their help line at like noon on Fridays is also terrible. Not everyone in Santa Barbara is retired with their lives more than half over.

Divya Chawla They denied me services and didn’t give me an appointment. My last pregnancy was with Dr Walldman and I wanted to see her this time as well. I am 6 weeks pregnant and asked to get an appointment and the front desk was really rude and just told me to “go to county clinic because we can’t take you in” , at first she said “you didn’t visit us for 2 years we can’t take you” and then changed her statement saying “we don’t take CenCal anymore”. She kept changing her statements. Like other reviews said they are very cold and no manners.

Sandy Serra I contacted them 5 months ago for an appointment. I was told that Dr. Terbell is no longer seeing patients for routine exams (!?). So they scheduled me for an appointment with a PA. I show up and they had no appointment for me that day, instead someone scheduled it for 2024 on the same date even though the message from Johana said 12/4/23. No one even bothered to contact me to apologize or reschedule.

Laura Heiker Id been to see one of gynecologists for an issue before, which was fine. So when I was pregnant and tried to make an appointment, they told me that I could only be seen at 8-10 weeks; if I went past that, they wouldnt see me at all. (What the hell?) They only had a male doctor available, which I told them I wasnt comfortable with, and that I worked full time, so I couldnt come in the middle of the day on a weekday. They were not understanding at all and very rude. I ended up calling Cottage Health, and they had no idea why Sansum wouldnt see me past 10 weeks. Guess its a way to weed out patients.

Brenna Chang Do not trust these people with your healthcare. I was a patient of Dr Craig at the Samsun Clinic one year ago. I had a clump of pre-cancerous tissue that she removed. She messaged me (after the results sat on her desk for 5 days) and said the clump was positive, but the margins were negative. So, she definitely got all of the bad stuff out, correct? I moved cities for work and got a new doctor. After transferring my records, my new doctor informed me that the margins from back then were actually positive. Thankfully, I am in good hands now, but I can’t believe a doctor would sign off on biopsy results without reading them first.

Emilee Caro Based on other reviews, experiences here seem hit-or-miss. I think its absolutely worth a shot, though! I just went for my first OB appnt (first pregnancy!) and it all went very smoothly. I got several confirmations for my appnt leading up to it, had no problems checking in, had the sweetest doctor Navdeesh Reiners (cant recommend her enough!) and was in and out in an hour. All the other staff and nurses I met were super nice, too. One thing I agree with about other reviews is it did take a long time to get an appointment, but ironically they got me in sooner than any of the other dozen clinics/hospitals/practices in the area that I tried first. Ill try and leave updates of my experience here over the next few months!