Philip Weintraub, MD, Burbank CA

Well…. Adding to my post below.
It’s been a week and guess what? The doctor never called me. I left 2 messages and he has not responded. Not surprised. This is why I have suffered for months. No accountability. Maybe he is in Africa again with his wife or girlfriend. Nor has the NP to apologize and discuss a new med because he couldn’t read the text properly.
Don’t trust people! This could happen to you too!
I think it says Everything about the doctor and his assistant that they have no character.
October 16,2023. Well…. I have suffered for over 2 months with bladder infections. When you want to talk to the doctor it is impossible.
You must talk to his nurse Renato Patiag NP.
I left a message today so we shall see if the doctor calls me.
I told the young lady I needed an emergency appointment with the doctor and she basically laughed at me. An emergency visit in 10 days or 14 days including weekends. We don’t have emergency visits she said. We tell our patients to go to the emergency room.
Again, 2 months later after short term antibiotics. Obviously the antibiotics were not the correct dosage and term.
Obviously I have to report this to the AMA.
This situation is so unfortunate. But to be abused like this for 2 months is outrageous, costly, stressful, very painful and very stressful.
When I mentioned to the girl I really need to talk to the doctor today before I contact the AMA, she got angry and said she does not like the threat. A treat I said? It’s not a threat. I was giving her info to tell Dr. Philip Weintraub why I needed to talk to him today. It’s a fact, a statement.
Patty is now talking to United Health Care & myself. Patty is very nice.
She said she will call me back after talking to the doctor.
I will continue this review after I talk to the doctor and Patty.

The staff is very friendly and they had help me a lot. Liz is amazing and has guided me through all my needs.

This review is for Dr. Philip Weintraub. READ EVERY ONE STAR REVIEW. THEY ARE ACCURATE. CANCEL YOUR APPOINTMENT RIGHT NOW! Dr. Weintraub diagnosed me with a very slow growing small cancerous tumor in my bladder. Standard procedure is to go to St. Joseph's hospital to remove the tumor and flush the bladder out with chemotherapy and then drain the chemo out of my bladder. While fully awake a nurse filled my bladder with Mitomycin (the chemo drug). The pain was indescribable. The nurse acted like I was being a drama queen but said she would get Dr. Weintraub to come see me. Hours went by and he never showed up or even bothered to call. I went home in horrible pain. The next day I called his office and his nurse told me "Don't worry it will pass" I could not stand the pain one more second and my wife drove me to his office. The office could care less about my situation and I insisted I see the doctor. He was positive that this could not possibly be caused by the procedure I had. He basically washed his hands of me. I went across the street to St. Josephs emergency room. I was admitted into the hospital for 24 days. Put on heavy doses of a very strong IV opiate drug dilaudid. After numerous cystoscopies, colonoscopies and a myriad of procedures Dr. Weintraub and a slew of doctors were all dumbfounded. Again everyone denied this had anything to do with my surgery. Until one doctor slipped and mentioned my bladder had been perforated. The hospital and Dr, Weintraub had done their best to hide this fact. I realized that St. Joseph hospital and Dr, Weintraub had flat out lied to me. They just charged my MPIPHP insurance for weeks and lined their own pockets while completely ignoring a human in agony. I transferred to UCLA in Santa Monica and in three days they had done all the tests necessary. They told me what had happened. During surgery Dr. Weintraub had perforated my bladder and when the chemotherapy drug was instilled into my bladder it leaked out into my pelvic floor and like an acid it completely burned everything it touched. The UCLA doctors said there was nothing to do now. The damage had been done. Go home and heal. I was sent home and was completely bedridden unable to stand upright for over a year. The pain of your insides being burned so bad cannot be put into words. I was on a transdermal patch of FENTANYL for over 18 months while all my nerves were regrowing. This ordeal forced me into an early retirement. The withdrawal from the fentanyl was almost as bad as the pain from the burns. Medical procedures can have many complications. A compassionate doctor will really earn their money when things don't go as planned. I cannot fathom just shrugging your shoulders and walking away like this is no big deal. Because of Dr. Weintraub's dismissive attitude to patients suffering I no longer trust any doctor. Hopefully some day you Dr. Weintraub will need some help from a medical professional. When that day comes I hope you get a doctor as uncaring and unsympathetic as you have been to your patients.