Dr. Bob Baravarian, DPM, Podiatrist Patient Reviews

I am 72 years old and had double foot surgery in March. I am walking 1 1/2 miles a day, including doing half of it backwards for therapy. I plan to be back to running in a month or 2. My surgeries were very successful.

Thank you Dr Bob

I hope to have another appointment with Dr. Baravarian since the issue with my foot has not been resolved. I am setting up an appointment for acupuncture and will be back in touch with the office after I discover the results of that treatment. Thankyou. Jacqueline Craven

I have noticed a change in staff over the last 5 months. many left who were also students learning on the job. Now most appear not to be students in training but long experienced assistants with Dr. Baravarian, my doctor. The care is much better now because these workers are experienced and have worked with the doctor for years. I do understand people need training on the job but the delivery of care and expertise was not on the same level as it is now. Previously, I had an appointment in March, and someone didn't show up for work and they were understaffed and I was asked to reschedule.

I’m very happy with my doctor so lucky to have found him.
The only problem I have is at the end when I need letter for my work it becomes a problem. That creates problem with my manager. I know staff are busy but they could take a second to discuss about my restrictions letter.
Hope next month I won’t have problems.

everyone was very kind and helpful. although paying 71 dollars for taping my toe to the other toe seems a little extreme (this is why i generally dont go to the doctor, this is exactly what it said to do online, but i got worried. Next time i will spend 4 dollars on the tape myself.) I didnt go to my followup appt because i bought my own tape.

Very happy with the attention I received from Dr Baravarian and his entire staff. Received the diagnosis of my foot problem and the remedy. Wait time was minimal, and Dr Baravarian spent as much time as I needed to answer my questions. Very friendly Doctor’s office!!

The only “complaint “ I have is that no one ever explained to me how to fit my brace into a shoe until this last visit. I did not understand that the sleeve was supposed to come off, this, finding it necessary to wear flip flops which I’m sure hasn’t helped my recovery. Bought some sturdy shoes that the brace fits in to

Cheli (or Shelly) in Scheduling (who also handles Disability) is really thorough and professional. The woman at reception at the Sherman Oaks office is always cheerful and helpful. I'm very happy with Dr. Bob and have already recommended him.

I know I am in the best care however Sometimes I feel very rushed in my appt. It makes me panic to try to think of all my questions and inevitably I forget some. That is honestly something I HATE when going to dr office.
It’s the only thing I would complain about and if I recommended Dr Baravarian to someone I would just tell that person to be ultra prepared when going into the office.

Dr. Baravarian misdiagnosed a simple issue. I came back a week later to show that the "callus" he diagnosed was actually NOT, and in fact I could see/feel that a second issue was beginning to form in the same exact area. Well, they tried to charge me for this second visit and after refusing and requiring his admin to speak to the doctor, they obliged.

Upon seeing me, Dr. Baravarian's first question/comment was, "Did you leave a review?" I told him no and that I wasn't planning to (until today which is months after I initially saw him and after I got a second opinion). He proceeded to lecture me about how to not tell doctors that they "misdiagnose". A word which at the time I never used, I simply wanted my issue resolved. He then took a look at the issue and proceeded to tell me the first was an issue. He insisted that what I thought was a second forming issue was in fact a callus. He then used this as an opportunity to confuse the situation and say the "callus" was what I had him look at the last time I had seen him, and that he didn't misdiagnose me, and that I was wrong. Upon seeing another podiatrist today, they're in fact both issues. In addition, Dr. Baravarian did not treat me whatsoever and told me to use a home remedy. The other podiatrist treated me with acid to immediately treat the issue. Not sure why Dr. Baravarian didn't do this on my first visit, I can only imagine it was because he wanted me back for multiple visits to make more $$. At the end of my second visit, Dr. Baravarian ended it by asking me, "so, how much do YOU think I should charge you today?". I replied with "nothing". He was pretty mad at my response, so I asked if I had an issue that he missed the first time around. Again, he quickly tried to confuse the situation, rolling his eyes at me and stormed out of the office condescendingly.

Both visits were no more than 4 minutes. After my first visit with him, I actually recommended him to my wife as she was having issues with cracked heels while she was pregnant... They charged her $200 because they pumiced stone'd her heel (way more than our copay). Her visit was also no more than 5 min.

Will never go here again.