Dr. Joseph H Allan

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I had a great experience with Dr. Allan. He took care of my daughter when she was 2 put tubes in her ears and removed her tonsils. Then a few years later when I was 24 I had to have my tonsils removed. The most recent was 2012 he did window surgery on my sinuses. I would recommend Dr. Allan for anyone.

Dr. Allan has been my ENT specialist for almost ten years now. I initially started seeing Dr. Allan after I had a serious nosebleed that required an Emergency Room visit a number of years ago, and I have so much confidence in him and the team at Willamette Valley ENT that I continue to return on a regular basis. I appreciate his knowledge and experience, and his clear explanation of information that's important to me about my health conditions. He looks out for the "small" and more important things that might become a concern in the future and lets me know about them so we can work on them together. As I got older and developed problems with my hearing, Dr. Allan referred me for hearing aids, which have helped quite a bit. Thank you all for all the years of great support and patient service !

After our first visit to Dr. Allan I would have given him two stars however, we recently had a second visit and he managed to take it down a notch. On both visits he was rushed, distracted, and patronizing (under the auspices of what he may have thought could pass for amusing). On our second visit we were kept waiting 55 full minutes, not an exaggeration, beyond our appointment time. When he finally came in to the examination room he flippantly pretended he'd been 'running all around the offices looking for you and I just couldn't find you'. In reply that that comment that that wasn't working, he blamed 'a couple of patients that insisted they had to be seen today when they really didn't', taking no responsibility for the fact that his office scheduled them and offering no apology whatsoever for the great delay in our appointment. After the examination, he said to schedule a followup in three months. However, there was to have been a follow-up hearing test with this appointment which he completely forgot about and then didn't have time to be done. I cannot imagine this office would still be flourishing if they weren't the only ENT physicians in Salem. When the series of visits for this condition is complete, we will most assuredly find a physician that is professional in his behavior, rather than acting as if he is doing you a favor with his presence. After our first visit to Dr. Allan I would have given him two stars however, we recently had a second visit and he managed to take it down a notch. On both visits he was rushed, distracted, and patronizing (under the auspices of what he may … More

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The appointment began with him entering the exam room 25 minutes late; no acknowledgement of how late he was or apology for keeping me waiting. He asked questions that he did not then give full attention to the answer of. He is not a physician attuned to his patients. Felt like the All-About-Allen show. He had time to tell me about his winery but not to answer questions in follow-up to the procedure he performed. He was clearly in a hurry to be over and out. I don’t recommend this doctor.

I had a persistent choking feeling (globus) of my throat.He had no empathy even though I had been pursuing a reason for this feeling for 2 months. He was disinterested & condesending. After a quick scope through my nose he failed to diagnose and walked out of the exam room. No closure, no suggestions, extremely rude.Chart notes said it was psychosomatic rather than a medical problem. HOW INSULTING. I saw an ENT at OHSU who spent time to diagnosed me &treated me. 24 hrs later I was symptom free.

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I saw Dr. Allen for problems with snoring and specifically wanted an evaluation and and opinion on the possibility of having a uvulectomy. He began examining me before I could finish a sentence and while slipping a nasal endoscope in my nose told me to sign a form. He told me I needed a number of nasal surgeries and he would contact my insurance to see how many they would pay for. I got a bill for nearly $900 for his office visit. It was obvious that the only value I was to him was money.

I won't recommend Dr. Allan. I was in for my sinus infection, of my four visits, all Dr Allan did was first ordering a CT scan, then three kinds of antibiotics (he had me on 50 days straight), and then another CT scan, and then he said he can do surgery. I didn't return after four times of short, non-caring, ineffective visits. You know from your heart if someone cares for you when you look into this person's eyes. My experience with Dr Allan showed otherwise: he cared for money not patients.

Always on time (within 15 minutes or so). That's always a biggie! Always patient, kind, and with a twist of humor thrown in. One of the best doctors I've ever had. He looks out for my best interests. He's is a keeper for sure. Denny P.

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