Dr. Steve Lee, DO

I first spoke with him over the phone about joint stiffness in my hands. He first told me that because I had Chinese food on vacation this may have caused the stiffness-huh?? First red flag. He said I had CPPD. He prescribed a med and vitamin. I started to take them and notice I was having great difficulty walking and balance. My vitamin B went off the charts. I saw him in person, he told me I had psoriatic arthritis because two fingers were swollen, wrote on my chart I had osteoporosis. Told him to remove, he refused said he made two entries to clarify (later my GP removed these entries) All with no testing to reach these diagnoses. I had blood tests and one x ray to confirm inflammation. I stop seeing him, stop the meds etc. recovered nicely. One year later learned he had labs order for me until 2026! Filed a complaint with the med center, they remove and apologized. I learned, ask a lot of questions, don't take anything at face value. Should of stop at the phone call!!

Was referred due to hand pain/swelling. Dr. Lee ordered labs & on kp.org it looked like everything was negative. Fast forward SEVEN MONTHS: appointment with GP for ongoing issues including the hand prob. & was asked what I'm doing/taking for autoimmune disorder. I tested positive for HLA-B27 in OCT & didn't find out until MAY! Dr. Lee intentionally hid this from me & designated it "restricted" so it wouldn't show up on kp.org. I had no idea of this & have been suffering for a very long time. Went back to Dr. Lee two more times to get treatment for condition & he would gloss over it telling me it's just a genetic marker & doesn't mean I have the disorder that I have ALL the symptoms of. Dr. Lee has refused to treat the other symptoms & insists on only treating the arthritis in hands & is overly concerned about my chipped nail polish. When I bring up the other issues, he just ignores them. I am very unhappy that I have spent so much time and money on this useless doctor.

Best doctor ever! It was extremely difficult for me to trust someone after all the ineffective treatments and so insensitive doctors I meet before, dr. Lee just changed my perspective, he listens and understands what you are going through, he helped finding the right treatment at that moment and make me feel so much better, I'm currently off any medication, doing fine, thank you doctor, great professional, excellent human been,... Luz c.

Fantastic! extremely informative, eye to eye contact thru out appt. printed articles he wanted me to read b/c I'm a masters nurse interested in appropriate research dealing with my mew dx of Sjoegren Syndrome. awesome experience. Kaiser has only the best Dr.