Dr. Xiangping Ren, MD

Dr Ren sent my primary care doctor a mychart message requesting him to refer me to rippl for dementia care at my annual wellness exam. I do my own taxes and so forth. My primary care doctor agrees that I do not have dementia. He sent her a note three weeks ago asking her to speak with him about this but she has not gotten in touch.

Pain during a spinal injection means the medicine is directly near the nerve. If you don’t feel it then You clearly have no inflammation or the Dr isn’t near the nerve. Her nurse helps people to “breathe” because it’s to help with anxiety. It also takes up to 2 weeks for pain relief. The staff educate you on that. I had amazing results.

Dr. Ren is thorough and exacting. I fully understood the procedures and the outcome expectations. Her staff and she work together like a well-oiled machine. She explained that there would be some pain in the injection process. I felt it, of course. I would describe it as something I might say "ouch" over, and it went away in a few seconds. I will note that I tolerate pain well, in general. She absolutely does pre-anaesthetize (skin areas) prior to the deep injections. My experience was very positive with Dr. Ren. The outcome was excellent-- reduced pain that has lasted for about a year now. This is what I expected. The negative reviews are the opinions of some, and I cannot refute their experiences; however, they are not what I would say at all. Dr. Ren speaks mildly accented English and has a serious demeanor with a dry sense of humor. I found her to be delightful, caring, and completely frank! Thanks for reading my review.

Don't waste your time with her. Go to a different doc! She's dismissive, rude, and cruel. She dismissed my symptoms as anxiety, when in reality I had pretty severe issues going on which took months to discovered after her initial dismissal. I also had the medical history which should have been indication #1 for her that it wasn't psychological, but instead I was dismissed as crazy. Run, don't walk, away from this doctor. Or at the very least, promptly get a second opinion.

Pretty negative experience. Her injection was violent and painful, flared my symptoms instantly. I'm still suffering as a result, took no accountability for anything. Many people saying similar things and she doesn't seem to see an issue

I also had an excruciatingly painful cervical cortisone injection. Screamed through it, as she forced the needle in. No sedation offered. Staff held me down and told me to "breathe." I sobbed thru the whole followup appt, I was so traumatized. Have since gone to another clinic which offers much more comfortable treatments, with kindness, caring and sedation. Stay away from Dr. Ren.

Regretfully my mother went to Dr. Ren for a injection in her back because of npain she suffered from a fall. The injection was not done properly, my mother screamed, literally screamed because of the pain and Dr. Ren forced the injection anyway. The injection didn’t work, and left my mother bed ridden for months. She never recovered. Always get a second opinion. Most importantly, don’t go to Dr. Ren. Appallingly, when I discussed this with Dr. Ren she proceeded to argue with me.

Dr Ren was 45 minutes late for our appointment. She had not reviewed my chart and knew nothing about me or my issue. She spoke very rapidly and made snap judgements without full information. I'm very familiar with physical medicine doctors and I definitely would not recommend her.