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Daniel Taheri

Dr. Daniel P. Taheri, MD

Dermatology

OVERVIEW

LA Laser and Dermatology Center is one of the largest dermatology practices in the western United States, with 12 offices throughout California & Nevada. Founded by Dr. Daniel Taheri, LA Laser and Dermatology Center offers full service medical and cosmetic dermatology. Dr. Taheri was selected as the "Best dermatologist in Los Angeles by Los Angeles Magazine", and is one of the most recognizable names in the field of dermatology. Having performed thousands of Mohs micrographic skin cancer surgeries, Dr. Taheri is one of the most experienced skin cancer surgeons in the U.S. As his credentials will also show, he has been a pioneer in laser surgery, performing more laser procedures than any other dermatology center in Southern California. We accept a number of insurance providers. Please contact us with any questions you may have or schedule an appointment online for a consultation. During your office consultation, you will be provided with a detailed plan of the treatments that will benefit you most.
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RATINGS AND REVIEWS

Dr. Taheri's Rating
75 Ratings with 9 Reviews
Patient Perspective
3.0 Explains conditions and treatments
3.5 Takes time to answer my questions
3.5 Provides follow-up as needed
Office Rating
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631 W Avenue Q Ste B, Palmdale, CA, 93551
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1.0 Office cleanliness
1.0 Courteous staff
1.0 Scheduling flexibility
Advanced Dermatology And Skin Cancer Of Palmdale
631 W Avenue Q Ste B
Palmdale, CA, 93551
9 REVIEWS
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"I have been going to Westwood Dermatology for years and have witnessed too many shady activities to count – the insurance “misbills,” the poor record keeping, the inconsistencies in co-payments, receiving “surprise” invoices a year later, the revolving door of staff, and the issue that prompted me to write this one-star review – the outright theft of their client’s money. Westwood Dermatology practices in the grimiest way possible. They are smarmy, fast-talkers moonlighting as medical staff. A quick glance at the reviews will substantiate any doubt (the positive reviews are likely a result of them offering incentives for positive reviews, which I know at one time they were doing). I say this in full confidence – This company is a class action lawsuit waiting to happen. I purchased the New Year special advertised by Westwood Dermatology in Jan 2023. The special advertised 20% off the regular rate, resulting in a discounted rate for popular procedures like Morpheus. At the time, I was ...
told the $200 consultation fee would be applied to the service. I purchased a Morpheus package of 3 face + 1 neck add on – all were PAID IN FULL, prior to my appointments. First appointment went fine; by the second and third appointments, they were already fabricating numbers in a way that would make a used car salesman jealous. They tried to challenge the fact (yes, fact) that I’d paid in full for my services, despite the very clear records and receipts. After Lizbeth Guzman (Westwood Dermatology’s manager) agreed to refund my 3rd and final Morpheus treatment (a service I’d paid for upfront, but didn’t receive), Westwood Dermatology decided they’d like to keep the $200 consultation fee – the one they stated (in a legally-binding agreement) would be applied to the service at the time of purchase. After repeated attempts to recoup the money, I have not received a single cent of the $960 that Westwood Dermatology owes me. They’ve been reported to the Better Business Bureau, and the next stop is small claims court. If you decide to be serviced here, be prepared to spar, or to willingly eat the cost of the deceptive fees they will attempt to create to get more money. "
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  • January 15, 2024
"LA LASER & Dan Taheri does not pay vendors for services rendered, even thought he personally signed a contract. DO NOT PERFORM SERVICES WITHOUT BEING PAID IN ADVANCED."
  • December 15, 2023
"Dr. Daniel Taheri MD does not pay vendors for services provided. He is a conman."
  • October 25, 2023
"Dr. Taheri himself was kind and knowledgeable and rides on his reputation among dermatologists, but my experience with his clinic in Westwood was absolutely horrible. His staff first confirmed they accept my insurance when they did not. I met with the doctor not 10 minutes, and he took skin grafts that the insurance later deemed were out-of-network and non-essential, so I had to pay for the lab fees out of pocket. They then charged my insurance over $1000 just for the 10-minute visit, and when the insurance wouldn't cover it (out-of-network) they would not respond to me for months on end and would not answer my inquiries. At my office visit, Dr. Taheri and his staff were also eager to prescribe and sell a whole line of products, most of which were "cosmetic" or new/experimental and would not have been covered by my insurance anyway, even if in-network, and I had to be assertive to say no to everything they wanted to sell. Working with this clinic resembled a financial scam. What was to ...
be a simple preventive visit cost me nearly $1000 and months of complications from an office that would not respond to inquiries and which is conveniently not well-coordinated with the billing department, so said department can just plead ignorant but still insist on payment. "
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  • September 16, 2022
"How can it be that my husband has not been to Los Angeles (or anywhere in So Cal or Las Vegas) in at least 15 years, has never seen this doctor, never had a biopsy done by him, never saw him and yet we were billed for a biopsy that he performed? We called and they said they would research it. But, we said we don't want our credit ruined by a bill for something that NEVER HAPPENED. I am livid. I don't know what sort of practice this person runs --- but, false billing and rude office staff is not acceptable on any level. We will be calling the medical board of CA (BTW my husband is also a physician) tomorrow. This is the height of absurdity. "
  • July 5, 2022
"My husband and I have both seen this doctor. I haven’t seen him in over 2 years and my husband continues to see him. Today I received a bill from a collection agency for past due amounts. This is weird for me since I pay all the bills and never once had I received a letter or a statement for treatment. My husband and I both work in health care and as a matter of fact at my office I collect copays and past due amounts. Why would I pay my husbands bills and not mine is baffling. No one will return my call to discuss this situation. SMH"
  • October 25, 2021
"He was my Doctor 1998, He’s very Doctor "
  • October 16, 2021
"Dr. Taheri is a crook! He and his staff assured me that my insurance covered all the work and extra examinations I did not even want or need. He then waits two years before sending me a bill for over $3000. Now he has creditors and lawyers coming after me. And my cancer came back as well as a huge scar he left on my back. Do not go to DR. Daniel Taheri for anything! "
  • December 1, 2020
"Hoax medicine. Below onme star!! Schedule an appointment for myself and my wife to see a Dr. Wow, they called to have us reschedule to a different day, no big deal. I asked for a specific day of week and they told me the doctor is not here on that day, OK, when is he there? got our new appointments. When we showed up no doctor and we were hold he only comes in for surgeries. OH scammed again. We were seen by a PA much to our disliking. We scheduled a doctor visit not chat with an assistant. We could have done a better examine ourselfves. Don't go here it's a scam. I MEAN SCAM!"
  • July 2, 2020

LOCATIONS

631 W Avenue Q Ste B
Palmdale, CA, 93551
  • Accepting New Patients
  • Medicaid Accepted
Mon8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Tue8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Wed8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Thu8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Fri8:00 am - 5:00 pm
SatClosed
SunClosed
  • Accepting New Patients
  • Medicaid Accepted
1470 E Calvada Blvd Ste 600
Pahrump, NV, 89048
  • Accepting New Patients
  • Medicare Accepted
  • Medicaid Accepted
Mon8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Tue8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Wed8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Thu8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Fri8:00 am - 5:00 pm
SatClosed
SunClosed
  • Accepting New Patients
  • Medicare Accepted
  • Medicaid Accepted
10884 Santa Monica Blvd Fl 3
Los Angeles, CA, 90025
  • Accepting New Patients
  • Medicare Accepted
  • Medicaid Accepted
Mon9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Tue9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Wed9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Thu9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Fri9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Sat8:00 am - 2:00 pm
SunClosed
  • Accepting New Patients
  • Medicare Accepted
  • Medicaid Accepted
1200 N China Lake Blvd Ste A
Ridgecrest, CA, 93555
  • Accepting New Patients
  • Medicaid Accepted
Mon8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Tue8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Wed8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Thu8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Fri8:00 am - 5:00 pm
SatClosed
SunClosed
  • Accepting New Patients
  • Medicaid Accepted
23861 McBean Pkwy Ste E21
Santa Clarita, CA, 91355
  • Accepting New Patients
  • Medicare Accepted
Mon8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Tue8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Wed8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Thu8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Fri8:00 am - 5:00 pm
SatClosed
SunClosed
  • Accepting New Patients
  • Medicare Accepted

SPECIALTIES

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Medical School
David Geffen School Of Medicine At Ucla
Graduated 1993
Residency
Ucsd Medical Center

INSURANCE PLANS ACCEPTED  (142)

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  • BS CA Platinum 90 PPO
  • CIGNA HMO
  • UHC West SignatureValue Advantage HMO Value Network
  • UHC SignatureValue Flex1
  • Aetna HMO Deductible Plan CA only
  • Blue Cross CA PPO Prudent Buyer Large Group
  • Health Net CA PPO
  • UHC Navigate HMO
  • Anthem NV Choice PPO
  • Anthem PPO
  • Blue Cross CA Select PPO
  • BC CA California Care Small Group HMO
  • UHC West SignatureValue Alliance
  • Aetna HMO
  • UHC Options PPO
  • Anthem NV Pathway X HMO Ind Direct Access
  • Aetna Managed Choice POS Open Access
  • CIGNA Open Access Plus
  • Blue Shield CA Platinum Local Access + HMO 25
  • Health Net PureCare HSP Individual and Family Plans
  • Blue Cross CA California Care Large Group HMO
  • CIGNA LocalPlus
  • Blue Cross CA Advantage PPO Preferred DirectAccess Plus
  • Humana National POS
  • Blue Shield CA Bronze Full PPO 4500
  • Blue Cross CA Priority Select HMO
  • Blue Shield CA PPO
  • Humana Choice POS
  • UHC SignatureValue Focus
  • Blue Shield CA Access Plus Savenet
  • Sierra Health Southern Nevada PPO
  • Blue Shield CA Silver 70 PPO
  • Coventry Health Care of Nevada PPO
  • Health Net CA CommunityCare Network HMO
  • Blue Cross CA Pathway X HMO
  • Blue Shield CA Local Access Plus HMO
  • Health Net CA HMO Whole Care Network
  • BCBS AZ Neighborhood Network MRF
  • Health Plan of NV HMO Southern NV
  • Blue Cross CA PPO Prudent Buyer Individual
  • Blue Cross CA Select Plus HMO
  • Blue Shield CA Trio ACO HMO
  • First Health PPO
  • PHCS PPO
  • Blue Cross CA PPO Prudent Buyer Small Group
  • Health Net PureCare One EPO Individual & Family Plan
  • Health Plan of NV HMO My HPN MIPLAN Bien Southern NV
  • Aetna Choice POS II
  • UHC Choice Plus POS
  • CIGNA PPO
  • Aetna Signature Administrators PPO
  • Blue Shield CA Access Plus HMO
  • Anthem HMO Nevada
  • Blue Shield CA Bronze 60 PPO SHOP
  • Anthem Pathway X PPO
  • BCBS Blue Card PPO
  • One Health Network
  • Anthem NV Pathway PPO
  • Multiplan PPO
  • Blue Shield CA Platinum Access+ HMO 25
  • UHC Navigate POS
  • Health Net CA HMO Employer Group
  • Blue Cross CA Select HMO
  • Health Net CA Individual and Family PPO
  • UHC West SignatureValue HMO
  • Sharp Health Blue Choice
  • Sharp Health Gold Value
  • Health Net CA Primary EPO
  • Sharp Health Performance
  • Aexcel PPO
  • Anthem Advantage HMO
  • Blue Shield CA Tandem PPO
  • Health Net CA HMO
  • Health Net CA HMO Excelcare
  • Health Net CA HMO Wholecare
  • Health Net CA Salud HMO Plus y Mas
  • Health Net EnhancedCare PPO Small Group
  • Health Net SmartCare Network HMO Large Group
  • Maricopa Focus
  • MEDICA CHOICE WITH UNITEDHEALTHC
  • Neighborhood
  • PPO/EPO Statewide
  • Silver Summit Health Plan
  • UHC NAVIGATE PLUS POS
  • UHC Nexus Open Access
  • UHC Signature Value Focus
  • UHC SignatureValue Alliance
  • UHC SV Flex Tier 3
  • Aetna AWH Southern CA HMO
  • Aetna AZ Banner PPO (ACA Broad Network)
  • Aetna Elect Choice EPO Open Access
  • Aetna Innovation Health Aetna Premier Care Network Plus
  • Aetna Open Choice PPO
  • Ambetter AZ
  • Ambetter NV
  • Ambetter NV - Silver Summit
  • Ambetter TX
  • BCBS AZ Neighborhood
  • BCBS AZ PPO/EPO Statewide
  • BCBS Pathway EPO
  • BCBS Pathway HMO
  • BCBS TX Blue Essentials HMO
  • BCBSA Blue Card High Performance Network
  • Blue Cross CA Anthem Advantage HMO
  • Blue Cross CA California Care Small Group HMO
  • Blue Shield CA Platinum 90 PPO
  • Blue Shield of CA 2021 I&F PPO Plan
  • Colorado Choice Friday Health
  • Friday Gold (On Exchange) - TX
  • HealthNet ExcelCare Small / Large Group
  • HealthNet HMO CommunityCare I&F
  • HealthNet PPO EnhancedCare I&F
  • HealthNet Salud HMO y Mas Small / Large Group
  • Humana / ChoiceCare Network PPO
  • Humana/ChoiceCare+ Network PPO
  • LA Care
  • Medica Choice With UHC
  • Molina Marketplace CA
  • Oscar Northern CA Cigna + Oscar LocalPlus
  • Oscar Northern CA Cigna + Oscar Open Access Plus
  • UHC SignatureValue Advantage HMO - CA
  • UHC SignatureValue HMO - CA
  • Aetna AWH Northern CA HMO
  • Oscar CA Cigna + Oscar LocalPlus
  • Oscar CA Cigna + Oscar Open Access Plus
  • Sharp Health Choice
  • Sharp Health Value
  • BCBS TX BlueChoice
  • Humana HMO Premier
  • Aetna Basic HMO
  • Humana Preferred PPO
  • BCBS TX Blue Advantage HMO
  • Ambetter Superior Health Plan
  • BSW PPO
  • Anthem Convenient Care HMO - NV
  • Blue Shield CA Blue High Performance Network EPO
  • Blue Shield of CA Platinum 90 Trio HMO
  • HealthNet HMO - Ambetter HMO IFP (CC1)
  • Scott and White BSW Access PPO
  • Blue Cross CA Anthem High Performance Network
  • Blue Cross CA Pathway EPO
  • Blue Cross CA Pathway HMO
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