Kalla, Dr. Sunil

It sucked, especially as a woman under 45. The first time I saw Dr. Kalla I waited for over an hour to talk to him for 5 minutes and all he did was schedule me for future tests ($350 for that 5-minutes). One was a nuclear stress test which involves injection of a radioactive isotope, so they require a pregnancy test the day prior if you are a woman under age 45 which I am. That is fine and makes sense, however women should be trusted to know certain things that pertain to ruling out a pregnancy, like whether they've had *** in the last month, when they had their LMP and so on. So in addition to 4 other office visits, I went to Quest for a pregnancy test, as instructed, the day prior to my appointment and lo and behold the results were not in on time. They blame Quest, but they also told me this happened just yesterday to another patient so obviously their system does not work but do they care about the convenience of their patients? Nope. See, I was ON MY PERIOD the day of my test, no ambiguity about it, and they would not take my word for it. They don't trust women to be competent or honest enough to know whether or not they are bleeding! Or had ***! After waiting in their office for two hours, they asked me to try again later that day, and that got cancelled too because still no test result. And I had to fast for four hours before every one of these attempted visits so that sucked too. And Dr. Kalla was on board with all of this. They/he deprived me of a medical test I needed just because I am a woman of child-bearing age. Don't waste your time or money with these people-- highly disorganized, highly unprofessional, and they don't trust grown women.

He's excellent. He's been incredible and just such a great doctor.

I'm very happy with him because I've had few cardiologists before him. He's very compassionate. He knows his material and explains it to me. He's patient if I ask questions and he doesn't get irritated. I've been to a number of cardiologists that were very arrogant. He usually sees me every three or four months but he told me I was doing better so I could wait for six months. He's very good. He runs a little late all the time but that is pretty much with all doctors. His staff is very pleasant.

Dr. Kall has inserted stints and provided general services that a cardiologist would provide.

He explains everything very well to his patients. No matter how long the explanation, he makes sure that I understand it. The staff is very friendly and the office is very clean. It is very organized. he is very busy and accommodating.

I did not feel that the tests performed were excessive or unnecessary. It took 3 appointments for initial visit, in office routine tests, and follow up visit. Dr. Kalla and staff are very friendly and efficient. Office wait times were overall not too bad, but one visit had a 45 minute wait. My rheumatologist does not share the same opinion as Dr. Kalla in some of the recommended treatment, so I am not following his advice. I would continue to see him as needed, though.

Dr. Kalla is personable and explains clearly. His staff is friendly and very helpful whenever I call.
I will continue to see Dr. Kalla. I trust him to perform necessary test and not to order unnecessary tests.

He is very caring and very thorough. I will continue to use him.