Dr. Soodabeh Abravesh, MD

Run very fast away from this doctor.
On the day of surgery she and her office staff had forgotten to notify me earlier that they needed a pap history from previous doctor in order to have surgery. I had been fasting and was stressed the day of surgery but I got them the info. I was admitted to Mission Hospital for a hysterectomy at 4:30pm on a Friday afternoon before Christmas. I was nervous and my husband and family were all praying for me and prepared to care for me the next weeks...
I get a phone call from the doctor as I'm entering pre-operation saying that the pap was not up to date and she questioned me on why I didn't have the right info - I told her I did what I could with the time that I had and I thought I had a recent pap. Then I realized she was blaming me for this mistake and I asked what we will do now. She said "I'm not doing surgery today...I won't take this liability...I'm cancelling the surgery and closing your case." Just cut me off completely.
I dropped to the floor in shock and cried - I couldn't believe she continued to say "well, I only met you 18 days ago.." as if that somehow made this all ok. She was offended by my being upset and couldn't understand why I would be this way even though I explained that I've been starving all day and prepared myself mentally, emotionally and physically for this procedure for 2 weeks. She was rude and I eventually hung up on her then I had to go back to admitting and get my money back. I wouldn't be able to get money back from the appointments I had to do to get all the x-rays, blood tests, etc. prior to the surgery. Now I sit wondering what in the world happened and why I was scheduled for this in the first place if "18 days ago" was too soon for her. This doctor is seriously unprofessional and prideful and has a very poor staff - that is a dangerous combination for anyone putting their lives or bodies in her hands.