Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital

Jeanne U. 

on Birdeye

3 years ago

Not the best hospital it could be. Too much focus on expanding, buying new technology, buying up other facilities, looking and sounding good to boards and corporation. They need constant training to remind them what they sell: care! If they forget their mandate...to help people who hurt and are not in normal circumstances...they are merely over the counter salespeople. Hear this: TRAIN, TRAIN, TRAIN and I don t mean update your credentials. I mean listen and attend EVERY patient, even the difficult ones, with exquisite care ... read more

jon s. 

on Birdeye

3 years ago

Dr Garofalo is fantastic - very smart and especially communicative and patient. I felt like I was in the best hands I could be in.  

Samantha W. 

on Birdeye

4 years ago

There was last minute confusion about my ability to FaceTime my husband / record the appt (due to COVID restrictions) and she spent the whole appointment complaining about how many times a day she has to tell patients they can't record, while prodding me with the doppler in an unnecessarily strong and obviously frustrated way. Never described what she was seeing, or her evaluation of what she was seeing until the very end when she declared "all is good", despite saying I needed to come back for a follow-up because she could... read more

Jennifer G. 

on Birdeye

5 years ago

This doctor is an opinionated, abusive narcissistic that makes his own “facts” up. He screamed at me in the office visit and told me I was a liar when I informed him of a CDC recommended treatment when his “own” treatment was the opposite from their recommendations. He is a dangerous doctor. Please read his reviews. They nearly all say the same thing.