Dr. Gerard S. Issvoran, DO 19 Upper Ragsdale Drive, Monterey, CA 93940

"Had seen him a few times several years ago. It had been a while (yes, there was a pandemic) so I called for an appointment. The front staff asks about insurance. I said I now have medicare/tricare. She says she will need to check because of the medicare. She calls back and says they cannot take me, claiming it had been too long (over 3 yrs since my last appointment). Sooo....like the reason changed. Not the way to treat a veteran!! I think he is good but the front staff is unorganized and overworked. Good luck!"

"My family and I feel very fortunate to have Dr. Issvoran as our doctor. He is compassionate and he truly wants to see us get healthy through proper diet and exercise."

"Showed up for my first visit after waiting a month to see him. I gave the office staff my Blue Shield card and, my Medi-cal card as a second provider. I have Medi-cal because I was unemployed during Covid because I lost my job. I sat down to fill out new patient forms and the front desk person went into the back and to check something. She returned with the office manager and she informed me that they cannot take me as a new patient because I have Medi-cal. I have Blue Shield PPO and my Medi-cal is still active so I use it as a secondary. I explained that my Blue Shield insurance gets billed and not Medi-cal. I called my insurance group's customer service phone number to check their information and they are completely wrong on their information about Medi-cal and billing and I felt very demeaned and degraded. Dr. Issvoran's employees made me feel very sub-standard and it gave me a preview of what was to come from the rest of his staff and his practice."

"Dr. Issvoran has seen my husband thru three bouts of cancer, a stroke and a back injury. He is thorough and compassionate. The best."

"A doctor who REALLY cares! We need more doctors like him! I just got my full blood panel results, and I'm doing great: Dr. Issvoran has been sending me to do a Boston Heart panel (a third party not associated with him, but trustworthy and thorough) and adjusting his recommendations to improve my numbers. He is so knowledgeable! He'll sit with you and explain every result, recommendation, and option. He discusses what's best for you: he will tell it to you straight because he cares, he won't prescribe just because it's the easy way out of a symptom, he will focus on healing and improving your health long term. I got my husband to switch doctors to him as well. We, at 40+, are in the best shape of our lives thanks to him!"