HICHC Hilo Women's Health

"Kareem Khoziam, obgyn there - won’t call him a doctor - needs to be investigated!! The aid who was assisting him was negative support as well. Young female. Not to mention my test results when I saw Victoria/Vanessa? are no where to be found on my chart. Based off other reviews, it looks like this insensitive, berating, humiliating excuse of a medical doctor has a habit of talking down to patients! It’s obvious he has highly negative opinions about womxn having active sex on the island. Don’t make it personal, Kareemy! Your personal beliefs have nothing to do with why people go to a doctor in the first place! My visit was over a year ago, and my time with him still haunts me!!! I realized I never wrote a review, and looking at other reviews, and trying to find past test results (which are MIA), reminded me how he needs be investigated! All potential bonuses CUT OFF! I only returned there because I thought I would see Victoria/Vanessa again, who was super sweet, but turned out she left this particular practice! I wonder why!? Kareemy is judgmental and acts like his advice is Godly, but it really crosses the line of a confused teenage boy, non licensed therapist, and who knows how he got his license to practice medicine. Again! Kareem Khoziam needs to be investigated by the medical board and I will start that process!!! To to other reviewers, you are not alone! We must speak up in numbers and see the day he no longer EVER steps into a room with another patient!!! Disgusting and the worst experience I’ve ever had with a so-called doctor!!! DO NOT GO TO THIS CLINIC!!!! Stay away!!!!"

"Service at the front desk is terrible. Rude. And I get not seeing patients when they come in late... but 5 minutes? And the doctor is running late? How does my 5 minutes affect the timeliness? Especially when my paperwork is already done? Either way, it's easier to deal with things when people are nice."

"Where to start... I would be scheduled for appointment and arrive on time. Nurse would not call me back for another hour or two. During the three appointments I had with them they did not check my urine (for protein) at all. Then Dr K (male OB there) would only talk about birth control the whole 5 minutes for my appointment (while I'm 6 months pregnant). Glad I found a different care provider!"

"I have been seeing Dr. Khozaim since the beginning of my 3rd pregnancy. I am now being referred out at 34 weeks pregnant because he has belittled me multiple times. He is very naive and inexperienced. The last visit I had with him, he was pressuring me to get an IUD that I decided against after much research. Instead of respecting my decision and looking into other options, he shamed me for having close spaced pregnancies and a lack of self control. I am a married woman, a wonderful mother and all of my children were planned. My second child passed away at 3 months old which he mentioned very disrespectfully, saying "yeah your last child had a tragic end, so this pregnancy was wanted, but we want to avoid another pregnancy". Horrible. I am the one who has carried these babies and birthed them. I don't need some clueless insensitive doctor telling me I need an IUD because I might miss a birth control pill? You don't even know me. He is not a smart man and shouldn't be a doctor. There is a certain way to respectfully speak to a bereaved mother whose child only passed away a year ago, and he is absolutely clueless about it. Horrific bedside manner. Sad that there are naive, insensitive male doctors running rampant these days, with no clue what a woman goes through to be pregnant and give birth, nonetheless lose their precious child. And you think it's okay to bring his passing up condescendingly while trying to push an IUD on me? Learn from this experience and watch your mouth."

"Horrible horrible horrible. Tried to get my records faxed and the woman on the other end told me they can withhold my information for up to 30 days for no reason.. even though I’d been without an OBGYN for the last two months.. then on top of it all they send every record and not my labs.. which is the most important thing so now I have to redo all of my labs. So unprofessional in the way they talk to the people who keep their jobs afloat.. so glad I’m done with them and they will NOT be delivering my child."