Center For Pain Management

Reviews

• KT

  Kathlyn Tefft

  4 days ago
  5.0
  Dr Hashim cares about her patients . She is incredibly skilled at giving epidural/ caudal injections. I have had so many over the years, and I received the most benefit from hers. I have had several with her now . She is conscientious and takes great care of me . Thank you Dr Hashim!
• JR

  Josh Randolph

  Sep 8, 2026
  1.0
  I really wish I would have read the reviews before.I chose this place.I'm not one to ever even do this.This lady charged me four hundred and fifty dollars did trigger point injection refuse to give me the MRI code so I can get an MRI done.\n Claims that I still owe a $125. Because I missed an appointment when I called and spoke with her office staff to cancel . Hey, I'll do not care at all about your health you are just a dollar sign to them my favorite experience was sitting in the waiting room.Listening to her read off the insurance codes to my insurance before I was even seen , but then , when I ask for a simple code so that I can get an m r I done I have to pay more money before she can even get into my my chart crazy Ness is all I have to say ill be disputing the transaction stay far away from here
• JJ

  Julie Johansson

  Jul 15, 2023
  1.0
  I waited several months after leaving this practice to think about my experience and write a review. I would highly not recommend this practice or doctor. First and foremost, the cost. I was self pay and she charged me double what I am paying at a much bigger practice. I am also self pay there. She also always presumed I didn’t have the out of pocket cost to pay for injections. Maybe at her inflated costs, no I wouldn’t have. But I did at my new place, Gateway Spine. It was still expensive and she shouldn’t make assumptions. Nor should she be over charging for sub par care. I keep getting bills that randomly get bigger and bigger for the same dates or service. I will not be paying. Being I was self pay, there should never be a bill. Then there was the care. It was horrible. She has zero bed side manner and she actually speaks down to you. It all felt very narcissistic which is the last quality you want in a doctor! She has no trust between her patients. Requires you to bring in old prescriptions counts every pill. She might say this is required or standard but I highly doubt Gateway Spine and all my other pain doctors aren’t following the law and standards when it comes to prescribing pain medications. I’m not required to do that anywhere else it’s her own thing. My first appointment was THREE long agonizing hours and she is ALWAYS running behind and all follow ups were super long. I get it there was a lot to review and, I’ve never had that lengthy of an appointment with any other pain doctor, so it is indeed possible to use appointment time for efficiently. She would literally scold me like a child. She has one great staff member Iliana and she treated her how she treated her patients, horrible. I’m hoping by the time I am writing this she has moved on to something else, I know she was working towards other things. I’d also like to thank her for her support, kindness, and she was able to give me direction that the doctor could not. Communication was difficult and she was extremely invalidating. She wasn’t willing to adequately help with my pain. I was in a rough spot after a cross country move. I’m feeling so much better now. And I came to find at my new practice that along with my back pain I had a very sick gallbladder that needed removal. The organ was actually dead. So yes, I was experiencing immense amounts of back pain. She chose to not believe me. It’s hard enough being a pain patient. The stigma is real. So if you are a pain patient looking for a new doctor? I highly recommend you going elsewhere. Her own staff told me she was “crazy” and not providing appropriate care and for my own safety? To go elsewhere. That says A LOT.
• RP

  reid du pre

  Mar 10, 2020
  1.0
  I scheduled an appt here to discuss about getting a procedure that is targeted to help people with PTSD and anxiety. It's called a stellate ganglion block or SBG for short. I also scheduled consultations at other clinics as well because I had a hunch that the doctors were unfamiliar with this treatment. As it turns out I was correct, the other two clinics turned me away....The said they had never heard of it (this was somewhat expected as my PSYCH just learned about this treatment) Finally its the day before this appt at this clinic and I wasn't holding out high hopes. This was over the holidays...I remember because my grandmother unexpectedly went hospice about two days before I got the reminder phone call for my appointment. I explained to once of the ladies at the front desk I was having a family emergency and could i reschedule? She informed me that she was sorry about that and she will ask the doctor but I may be charged a fee but she will see if we can move the appointment. That was the end of our call. I probably should have followed up because nobody ever called me back to tell me what time slots were available. About a month later a get a bill in the mail for 50 dollars...not the end of the world, but I call in and explain everything and say "hey you said we could reschedule but you never called me to do so" before I could finish that sentence I was rudely cutoff with something to the effect of " no that's not true sir is says right here in the notes that we tried to move your appointment" this is the firs lie i got...nobody ever game me any dates or times. Then I explain listen can you just ask the doctor is she knows what this SBG procedure is and if she does it or will she turn me away like the other two clinics? Because those other clinics felt bad that they didn't know what the procedure was and felt like they wasted my time. To this i was greeted with something about HIPPA violations and she can't discuss anything over the phone. I know what HIPPA is and this is not a violation. This entire time the lady on the phone is raising her voice at me and cutting me off. Finally she escalates me to what I can only imagine is another person at the front desk because she was tired of dealing with me. This woman immediately is hostile, unprofessional and has a tone in her voice like she's going to put me in my place. I explain my situation again..look i'm glad to pay to 50 buck but ask the doctor if she can even do this procedure for me or will she turn me away? Long story short she tells me she's going to get the doctor on the phone. At this point I know they are both messing with me because they don't like me judging by their attitude and unprofessionalism and they put me on hold. I ask my GF hey are you hearing this? am I crazy or are they being absolutely rude and taking little pot shots at me? My gf who runs the HR office at a large company confirmed that she couldn't believe that were treating me that way and we both knew they were just gonna put me on hold and lay the phone down for a long while without helping me just to mean. But how long would they leave me on hold to talk to this doctor to ask a simple questions? 57 minutes is how long they left me on hold, before picking up and saying the doctor, Dr. Hashim was still busy and would have to call me back. I expected this to happen. So I waited for the DR to call me back even though I knew the Dr. never would, and of course the Doctor never ever called me back. I has been probably about 4 weeks now and I never got a call. The people at this clinic remind me of the places that are quick to take your money but once they get your money they brush you aside. One thing they should be reminded of is why they got into this profession in the first place. TO HELP PEOPLE, not bully them and take their money. I will make sure so write reviews everywhere I can because this was hands down the worst experience and customer service I have ever been apart of in all my years. -5 stars. If you wan't a real clinic see Dr. Lipov in Oakbrook.