Dr. Sam P. Chia, MD - Arcadia, California

Ana Maria B

Dr. Chia is a phenomenal doctor. He is incredibly intelligent, caring and professional. He has been our family doctor for several years and he has always treated my parents and I with respect. He cares about his patients' well being and he is transparent with his treatment plans and recommendations. I also appreciate that he is open to thorough discussion when something isnt clear to the patient. His office staff is equally helpful and professional and they go above and beyond to assist. Thank you Toni and Anabelle for always being great! The patient portal is an added bonus as you can easily make appointments or send Dr. Chia any important inquiries. I highly recommend him because you will be under thorough care and you wont have to wait weeks or months to be seen. Great provider and office staff!

Ka Advocate

I saw this doctor for years as I, as a minority, was new in the healthcare system and new to Los Angeles. I was overwhelmed, dealing with severe symptoms, and very vulnerable during these early years that I moved to LA. This doctor was consistently disrespectful, intimidating, hurtful in his treatment of me, and unapprochable through the years from our first meeting. Due to my interactions with him I avoided obtaining further medical treatment, though I had access to it, as I felt very intimidated and afraid to see a doctor from my experience with Dr. Chia. During two visits he yelled at me and lost his temper due to me asking questions. He often interrupted me and communicated through passive aggressive gestures. His staff is very passive aggressive, unkind, and unapproachable as well. I heard others in the waiting room (a little girl in particular) saying the staff were "mean". It was not only me who experienced this from Dr. Chia and his office. Finally, after years of poor treatment, I stood up for myself to the intimidating, passive aggressive behavior of Dr. Sam Chia, and advocated for myself after years of disrespectful, unprofessional, and hurtful treatment by him (including his yelling at me on 2 occasions alone in his office with him in response to my calmly asking him questions). I stood advocated for myself as a minority, by asking him in a matter of factly way what patients can expect from medical provides, what the standard of care is, what my rights as a patient to obtain ethical treatment is, whether I might expect (or not) to be treated with respect during invasive medical treatments or assessments, and the ethical code by which health care clinicians abide. I asked him these questions to educate myself and to empower myself as a patient in the health care system. This question was offensive to him and he responded after this discussion stating my having a lack of "respect and congeniality" with him and that I was "contentious" with him. This is coming from a doctor who does not greet nor make eye contact with patients, has very poor communication, poor instruction, and absolutely no respect for his patients. Once he told me I may not be able to have children and while discussing this he laughed while discussing the biological processes that might be going on in my body. I went home crying and avoided medical assessment for this issue for two years. My experience with Dr. Sam Chia was overall a very upsetting traumatic experience in the health care system. This ending response from Dr. Chia (where he lied about me being "distrespectful" etc to him, after I experienced years of disrespect and emotional hurtful treatment from him and his staff) is a complete bold faced lie, totally dishonest, very upsetting and traumatic, unethical, and their attempt to gaslight a patient with whom they were unprofessional with (for years). I had many opportunities through Dr. Chia to obtain further treatment and assessments but did not obtain them for years because I became terrified from doctors due to my experience with Dr. Chia. Avoid at all costs.

Also he lied about performing evaluations on me (checking X body parts) which never happened. He wrote in reports that he did these things but he did not.

Overall this is the worst, most impersonal, inhumane scary doctor one can see.

James Bartlett

Since Dr. Chia has become my primary care physician, I have experienced a vast improvement in care. He remains very much on top of my various medical issues (of which there are several) even when I have failed to do so (which happens from time to time). I highly recommend Dr. Chia.

Gabriel Lincoln

Threatening patients is not the way to treat them.

Scott Stevenson

Dr. Chia has been my primary care physician for a number of years. He is patient and always takes whatever time needed to answer questions or give medical advice, a rarity in today's patient mill that is typical of healthcare today.

Regina Vigil

This Doctor gave me 2 prescriptions I was allergic to and threw mine that I have been using for years in the trash!! I could not breathe! I do not recommend him !

Gil Nevarez

Very good practice, listens and work to keep me healthy.
I recommend him highly Gil 76 yrs old and still young because i have a great doctor

Mary A. Luzuriaga

Dr Sam Chia, great doctor who listens and communicates excellent with patients.

Great friendly staff!
I appreciate the personable attention!