Cardiology Specialist Medical Group - Temecula (CA)

1 /5 Renee Bouffard: We have had a horrible experience with Dr. Messenger and his staff. They constantly cancel appointments and never return calls. We’ve been trying to contact the office for four weeks now to give us an update on my daughter’s medication and no one will get back to us. She has a serious medical condition and Dr. Messenger has failed to put in a prior authorization for her medication. We’ve made several attempts to get a hold of his medical assistant with no return calls going on week five now. Someone from the front office told us it was pending to only find out from our insurance that it’s not true. Front staff and his medical assistants are completely unprofessional and don’t care about their patients. My husband went to the office today and no one would help him or give him any information and they refused to contact a supervisor. We are moving forward with filing a complaint with the medical board. I would not recommend this cardiology medical group.

1 /5 Andy Stockglausner: **UPDATE AGAIN** They stuck me with the pathetic Dr Niraj V. Parekh again and the experience was worse than the 1 star experience I had the first time. Based on other negative reviews Ive seen of this place, this is a common practice for this poor excuse for a doctor. Dr. Parekh in Murrieta, CA, is an embarrassment to the entire profession of cardiology. I saw him once, about a year ago, and he was so horrible that the office promised that Id never have to see him again. Somehow they booked me with him again this time and he was actually worse, which I didnt think was possible. I have a history of heart failure and he dismissed every concern I had and laughed at me and said "that’s not my problem" when I talked about having chest pains. Yes, a CARDIOLOGIST told someone with a history of heart failure describing chest pains that it wasnt his problem that its my primary care doctors problem. Because my calcium scan score was low, a test that he didnt order, he couldnt care less about my chest pains. I explained the reason I had concerns about and thats when he told me it wasnt his problem, literally, that is a direct quote, no BS. He did a 2 second listen to my heart, I mean literally 2 seconds, no exaggeration, I think he was just checking a box. He laughed at my concerns and said "weve been through this before, man". Thats an exact quote. Im assuming he was talking about the last time he blew me off and insulted me. I told the office to make sure his appointment notes show that someone with a history of heart failure complained of chest pains and he said it wasnt a problem. That way, if I drop dead from a heart attack at least my wife can sue him for malpractice. If you have an appointment with Cardiology Specialists in Murrieta, Im telling you, tell them you will not see this guy. Hes a pathetic doctor. Ive seen a lot of doctors in my life and Dr. Niraj V. Parekh is by far the worst. Its not even close. He shouldnt even be practicing medicine with a pathetic bedside manner like that. Ill be writing reviews about him in as many places as I can find. The staff at this office has always been great. But Dr. Niraj V. Parekh is dragging the place down. **UPDATE** In the end the new doctor ended up being good and Im happy with the office overall. **UPDATE 2/8/23* After seeing my review the office called me and was very nice and is working to see if I can see a different doctor in the office. Everyone I dealt with there BESIDES the specific doctor I saw was great, it was just the doctor had no interest in my condition. I will update the review accordingly after my next visit. They completely blew me off. I had CHF in 2005 at the age of 29. I recently had some symptoms again and during my appointment the doc couldnt have been less interested. He said "If your heart was going bad again you would know it". My primary doc referred me to get an echocardiogram, which I used to get annually. The cardiologist said "We can do one, but we wont contact you unless something is wrong." I saw during my echo that my EF was below 50%, which is 15% lower than my previous echo. I had to follow up and call the office and they wouldnt book a follow up appointment and told me that doctor said "50% EF, normal echo. They didnt care what I had to say and the doctor didnt listen to me and seemed annoyed that he even had to see me. If you can find another doctor you should instead of going to these guys.

5 /5 Dottie Henderson: Saw Dr. Cox after having my first scary event with my heart going in to A-FIB. I actually saw him in the hospital first and he listened and prescribed the right meds for me. Then said I need to follow up with a cardiologist when I leave and I told him I did not have one yet because we just changed insurance from Kaiser to PPO Blue Shield /Blue Cross, so he gave me his card and I followed up with him which gave me peace and he was once again kind and attentive. The nurse and receptionist were also very sweet. I’m feeling great now! I go back in 6 months.

1 /5 Freedom 0fThought: I saw “doctor” Nader attia for follow up few years after seeing other Indian doctor who was very rude to me for some reason. Yet, he did order echo and stress test. Anyway my pcp wants me to see cardiologist since last year bc of my blood work and tachycardia and shortness of breath and I saw Attia few months ago, he did ekg, and said “since nothing has happened to you so far we don’t need to continue further testing if something wouldv happened to you it wouldv have by now, don’t need to come back”. That’s shady and messed up. I could tell he didn’t like me bc of some reason (maybe bc of my middle eastern ethnic background?) or was in bad mood. 100% could tell bad intent. Well I will definitely let Sacramento board know bc he can hurt more patients. This “Cardiology Specialist Medical Group” should close down for well-being of patients.

5 /5 Gloria Rice: Very efficient. There for a cardiac consultation. Ran a quick EKG which showed no abnormalities. No need for additional testing. Office staff professional and respectful.