Dr. James D. Simantirakis, MD

"Really disappointed. First he's affiliated with fransicann hospital. Which is by far the worsed hospital. Would not refill my script until I could see my new therapist. Not someone I want to continue with."

"If I could give him no stars I would. As stated, in all the other previous reviews, Dr. repeatedly insist on not listening to his patients and not taking his patients seriously. I explicitly describe a previous care plan from my psychiatrist, and this doctor tries to give me a completely different type of medication, not even pertaining to the care plan given to him by the doctor. After reading all the other reviews I can’t even believe this guys is still practicing."

"I’ve given Dr simantrakis a few tries only to be let down EVERY SINGLE TIME. He is rude and judge mental. Last year I had appendicitis and he would not admit me to the ER because I hadn’t recently been in his office. Therefore I had to pay a huge ER bill. This year he refused to help me with any anxiety and kept pushing me to see a psychiatrist which I refused. He would gladly prescribed my anti-depressant meds that I adamantly states I did not want. He does not listen only judges. I would not recommend him to anyone"

"Sad to write a negative review, but I want everyone else to be wary of the issue I had. I really like the doctor, it's his staff (especially in billing) that are terrible. I saw him for a visit and got a referral to a specialist - no problem. Needed ear surgery. Got the ear surgery. Everything was going fine, then I needed to go back for a final post-op check with a hearing test. I guess he expressed to his staff he wanted me to come in again so the staff PULL THE REFERRAL AND DON'T TELL ME. My insurance company has to have the referral to pay the bill. So of course I go to my post-op check and get a bill for $800. I call everyone and finally the billing/referral girl at his office admits that she pulled the referral and then didn't call me to let me know he wanted to see me again before my post-op. Now I've been trying to get this corrected and his staff will not answer my calls or return my messages."

"My husband has been off of work since May, due to high blood pressure. After they got it stable, they then decided to have him do a sleep study, that was all good, then to a lung test, then heart ultrasound.. everything came back good. We ended up having to file a short term disability claim.. it took 8 weeks to get a check because the doctors office would not send the documents required. Now he got a release to go back 3 months later and Dr wrote a note, and work needed a form. Well, they made him wait to come in for an app- just to fill it out. It was a week later. Each app cost 30 dollars and sometimes he doesn't even have to be seen. Dr takes his weight and signs a paper. 30 dollars x9 visits adds up especially when there are no changes. I think my insurance should know. All this aside. If your app is at 1 your not seen till 3. Unprofessional and unhelpful. We have been told that the things they pull is Medicare fraud. Done with this doctor, this office and almost the whole alliance."