Dr. Thomas Vendegna, MD
Critical Care Medicine•Male•Age 57
Accepting new patients
Dignity Health-Medical Clinic at Ella
1304 Ella St Ste A San Luis Obispo, CA 93401Dr. Thomas Vendegna, MD is a Critical Care Medicine Specialist in San Luis Obispo, CA and has over 31 years of experience in the medical field. He graduated from Wash U, School of Medicine medical school in 1990. He is accepting new patients and has indicated that he accepts telehealth appointments. Be sure to call ahead with Dr. Vendegna to book an appointment.
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What went well
- Listened & answered questions (9)
- Appointment wasn't rushed (8)
- Explained conditions well (8)
What could be improved
- Difficult to schedule appointment (2)
- Appointment was rushed (1)
- Didn't explain conditions well (1)
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This review is more about the practice than about Dr. Vendegna.
These folks can be so much better than they are. The practice has 6 specialists supported by 3 PA's. Unfortunately service breaks down with the front-line support staff. I found that the assistants (not the PA’s) are either inept or they just don’t care. Between 1/15/20 and 4/27/20 I made 8 calls to the doctor’s assistants 7 of which were not returned. Critical issues were delayed or ignored.
I waited 2 months to get an appointment at CCCC and I finally got to spend 20 minutes with Dr. Vendegna. Dr. Vendegna seems like a nice person but I never really got to experience any doctoring with him. He referred me to UCSF and after multiple calls to the assistant to get them to follow through with the referral I found UCSF to be very helpful.
I should note that Claudia Franke, PA and Tracy (breathing tests) were very professional and helpful.
I wish these folks the best and I hope that they can improve.
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Dave R – Apr 28, 2020
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Dr. Vendegna is great. He's attentive, asks questions, explains test results. His employees that actually administer the tests are also excellent. However his office staff is unbelievably inadequate, inefficient and somewhat rude. There's no follow-thru.
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Astrid J Gallagher – Aug 09, 2019
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Dr. Vendegna is totally amazing! If anyone needs a pulmonary doctor, he is the one!
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Templeton – Jan 21, 2018
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This review is not so much for Dr. Vendegna as for the management of Central Coast Chest Consultants. It is very difficult to communicate with this practice outside of an office visit. They have a two-hour lunch, close early in the afternoon, and if their front desk is busy, you are shunted to voice mail. Messages left by phone or on the patient portal are not always responded to in a timely fashion. Record-keeping appears faulty, and one gets different stories depending on whom one talks to.
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Grover Beach, CA – Mar 30, 2017