Elmo Michael Agatep, MD

"Dr. Agatep is very kind, personable, and caring, also honest. My kids felt very comfortable with him. Looking forward to our next visit."

"Dr. A is better than a rockstar to our family. Additionally, he treats two of our sisters and their large families. He’s very professional and intelligent with just the right spark of wittiness for those of us who may get a little nervous at doctor offices. We highly recommend this super hero doctor!"

"In 2008, Elmo Agitap became the first doctor to figure out specifics on my having atrial fibrillation. Over the next six years, I worked with a handful of cardiologists, that finally turned everything around. In those hard years, I told my doctor that I felt like I was just going to get worse, and then die. It came down to ten hours of major open heart surgery that patched two holes, replaced two valves and zapped with electricity. The A-Fib was ended, and I've experienced better health than any time in my life... thanks in large part to Elmo Agital. Thanks for saving my life, Elmo."

"I've only seen him once, but I've seen my fair share of doctors (unfortunately). Sadly, most are non compassionate and treat you like an inconvenience. You wait 30-60 minutes for your scheduled appt yet they don't have 10 minutes to give you undivided attention. Well, that was NOT my experience with Dr. Agatep. He was very thoughtful, informative and listened to my concerns. I left the office feeling as though all my concerns were addressed and any issues that required lab work or referrals were set in motion. I recommended him to my husband for the next dr. visit he needs. A+ so far to this Dr."

"Let me start by saying that I, my husband and my daughter have been with Seal Beach Family Medical for 13 years. My daughter even drives all the way from the valley because she likes her doctor so much. Physician care is excellent, but all of the support services, referrals etc. have really gone downhill since they affiliated with OptumCare. For example, I was in excruciating pain, referred to an Optum affiliate for an ultrasound and the ultrasound provider would not give me an appointment for 10 days. When I called the referral department to see if there was an alternative, I got voicemail, left a message that was never returned. I was not notified of the results of the ultrasound once I finally got it. Instead I got a computer generated message that a referral had been approved for a provider whose name I could not understand the computer generated speech was so bad, and a phone number. I called the phone number and got voicemail again - nobody to talk to and find out why I have been referred to a specialist, what was the problem, nothing. This would NEVER have happened before Optum. As another example, Seal Beach Family Medical used to use Memorial Labs for tests. There was never a problem. Now they use LabCorp and They are often extremely slow at reporting lab results to my primary and repeatedly neglect to sent the results to my husband's cardiologist despite repeated requests to do so. If I did not like my primary physician so much, I would leave this practice and find one that cared more about the quality of patient care."