Torban Richard I MD

Anonymous 

on Healthgrades

2 months ago

His staff is unprofessional on the phone, and tends to forget to call in your prescription only after you have called to remind them multiple times. He seems to have an unpredictable personality, at times pleasant if you are discussing his interests such as his frequent vacations, but aloof and condescending when you share your symptoms and concerns. Which reminds me, he is usually on vacation, making it hard to get an appointment. After I scheduled an appointment recently he had his staff call to drop me as a patient abrupt... read more

Anonymous 

on Healthgrades

5 months ago

I'm very frustrated that I called the office 20 minutes before my appointment—yes, it was last minute, but I was in a situation where I couldn’t take the call to proceed with my appointment. Despite that, the doctor still chose to charge me a $125 no-show fee. Given that he’s a psychiatrist, I would have expected more understanding and consideration. I will not be returning. 

Anonymous 

on Healthgrades

a year ago

This so called psychiatrist is the worst. My antidepressant stopped working after 15 years and instead of switching medications he added another antidepressant to it. He also added several other medications that did nothing but sedate me even though I told him I didn’t want to be overly sedated, which infuriated him so much that he shook the prescriptions in my face and said “you just don’t want to help yourself” and then proceeded to rip them up. Don't go to this doctor if you want any say at all in your medical care! 

Anonymous 

on Healthgrades

2 years ago

Excellent. 

Brea 

on Healthgrades

2 years ago

I have been seeing Dr.Torbin for about 10 years he is great he found the right combination of medicine for me I was depressed bipolar and had severe anxiety and now I feel happy energetic and I work out and lost 51 pounds even on the medication!!!Im so glad I found him because I had seen different psychiatrists for 10 years and couldn’t find ant medicine that worked .I recommend seeing him if you have any of these conditions!!!!!! 

Anonymous 

on Healthgrades

3 years ago

Excellent! Very perceptive, good listener, superb diagnostician. 

John Boenzi 

on Healthgrades

3 years ago

I've been seeing Richard Torban since 2003. During our last telephonic appointment I told him that a change he had made in my Klonopin dosage had left me with withdrawal distress, and that I had tried increasing it to obtain relief. He started yelling at me, something he had done at least four times before. I managed to interject, "You need to work on your anger management... It's never appropriate that you yell at a patient" into the conversation, before I had no option but to hang up on him. A few days later I received a l... read more

Anonymous 

on Healthgrades

4 years ago

I've been seeing this doctor for over ten years. During our last telephonic appointment (due to the pandemic) he yelled at me for almost five minutes when I asked a question that annoyed him. Completely unprofessional. I have started the search for a new psychiatrist. 

Bree 

on Healthgrades

5 years ago

I finally got the right medicine after 20 years with Dr.Torban hes amazing I've been looking for help and he knew exactly what my disorders were from the day he met me gave me the perfect medicines and my life got back to being more normal hes so kind and professional I really recomend seeing him it's worth every cent hes amazing the best in the valley .