Dr. Ahmed S. DeabesMD

Wow, reading the google reviews I'm surprised the Scripps Radiology and Health Express in Carmel Valley is still in business. Go to any other hospital/clinic, do not waste your time/money at the Carmel Valley Health Express or Carmel Valley Radiology. That location is not interested in "Patient Care", just "Patient Payments"! I get it, healthcare is a for profit business, but in an era where almost every other hospital system is focused on Patient Care, that location is sadly not. At least not the folks in the Carmel Valley Health Express and Radiology. Visited the express clinic on Sunday Sept 29, the PA ordered an x-ray for me, but radiology was closed. Fair enough, it was a Sunday. For those of you who don't know, the Scripps Doctors and PAs tell patients you can "stop in at Radiology anytime" to get your x-ray. Nobody ever tells you the order expires. So, came back two days later, Tuesday, Oct 2nd at 3pm. I walked in and asked if I could get an x-ray and was told (in a very rude manor) the Radiologist left for the day. I chalked it up to maybe she was having a bad day. I had to travel for rest of week due to work so couldn't make it back until following week. Show up on Monday, Oct 7th and the radiology admin says the order expired on Oct 3rd... and I would need to see a Dr to get it re-opened. It's only been 1 week!!!! Regardless, I think it's a simple fix, I ask them to just call the clinic upstairs and ask them to extend the order. I was just there a week ago, right??? Wrong. First, the radiology admin tells me she can't call anyone. I ask if she can give me the number to clinic up stairs, she says she didn't know there was a clinic up stairs. THEY ALL WORK FOR THE SAME HOSPITAL SYSTEM!!!!! Unbelievable. I walk upstairs and ask if they can extend the order, they tell me no. I would need to be seen by a physician again to get the order placed, again!!!! And the current wait time was 1 hr and 20 min. I asked if they could just ask the PA on to extend the order and they said they would check. 15 min later I'm told they can't and I should just go to Emergency Care at Scripps Green. BTW, there was nobody in the waiting room. I'm sure there were people scheduled to come in over the next hour, but seriously... I would have paid another $50 copay just to get the x-ray completed but not waiting another 1.5hrs. I have to travel again tomorrow and won't be able to see another Dr for another week. It's just sad. I really love my Scripps family physician, Dr Dawkins... he's great. Been seeing him for 20yrs+... His Patient Care, and those around his immediate office are great. But once you need to go outside his office the Patient Care drops to horrific levels. Bottom line, it's just a money grab at Carmel Valley. Go to Green or maybe Rancho Bernardo. Don't waste your time in Carmel Valley.

Understand why this office has mediocre reviews. Half the admin checking you in knows what to do, other half has no clue what they’re talking about. After being let to three different places the rude elderly female doctor basically shunned us and said she can’t help?!? Thanks Scripps. Thank you for wasting my time. We just moved here and what an awesome welcome. I will now be going to UC.

I had a mammogram at this location in March and my experience sounds very similar to the review left by Liat 4 months ago. Most likely the same tech. My body was treated like a rag doll. Very rough how I was moved around. She was extremely rude & I have shared my experience with others. I have never had a painful mammogram experience before this one. I left feeling dehumanized. - physically & mentally. I am a senior citizen so this was actually elder abuse!

These reviews are very accurate. Radiology is terrible. They answer the phone extremely rude, in fact getting through to the department was difficult as well and cardiology department was terrible too. I’ve NEVER experienced such a rude clinic and medical environment. Scripps does not care about patients. They only care for the income they get from income patients here..

I felt I should chime in here after seeing all these bad reviews. My family and I have been with Scripps CV for the past 20 years and have been treated well by all of our doctors - pediatric, OB/GYN, internal, dermatology and more. The ability to have your labs and X-rays in the same building is a huge plus! I’ve had two outpatient surgeries there. Can’t say enough good things. Really. It’s a one stop shop.