I found him to be very forthright and honest. My husband needs a second test by someone who comes from out of town with the equipment. It’s been a month and we have not heard back.

Probably one of the worst neurologist Ive ever had. God forbid you catch an appointment around his lunch time and he comes in burping in your face while reading your test results. I was pre diagnosed in another state and he belittled everything my previous doctor had told me. By far my worst experience with any doctor Ive ever had and I highly recommend that you find an alternative before considering going to see Dr. Shanmugam.

Dr. Shanmugam was very respectful, very kind and acts like he cares about his patients. He ordered tests and explained the purposes to me. His office staff is very helpful and friendly. I have no complaints with this great doctor or his staff.

This is Jim Crosby, Julie is my wife!My experience at this Drs office completely SUCKED & I am understating. I never saw the dude, but he saw me! His staff is so incompetent it is a joke! In my many experiences with Dr, office I have usually found, the Dr is only as good as his staff ! They already had my insurance information prior to my visit! And to boot...they DONT take cash! How stupid is that? I would never recommend this Dr to anyone.....THEY SUCK!

I had to give one star to post but I actually give no stars!!! His staff is incompetent and despite what you tell him he insists everything is just stress. If it doesnt show on an MRI then it must be stress. Most of my stress came from continually telling him I wasnt stressed. Then I changed insurance and although he shows up on my network as a preferred provider his staff says they dont take my insurance. When I called to see if they did for a test my wife needs, (I had to leave a message) they called back to say yes they took my insurance so I had my wifes DR fax the orders for the test then they called the DR back and said they dont accept my insurance. His staff obviously doesnt know or cant decide which insurance they accept.

I cant believe the people that say Shanmugam isnt great. I have had migranes for 23 years, I went to him twice and he figured out the problem. I had been going to UCLA for three years and they couldnt fix the problem. I feel like I have my life back, thanks to Dr. Shanmugam.

Dr Shanmugam is very optimistic and handles patients with atmost care he is an excellent doctor

My husband had been suffering for 7 days with the worst migraine one can imagine. Went to Palmdale ER twice in three days and on one visit my husband had a lumbar puncture as apart of his examination. Nothing was indicated through the ER visits so we left with no answers. THe day following lumbar puncture my husband was worse than before and we spoke to our primary care physician who referred us to Dr. Shanmugam who was totally booked and we could not see him for two weeks. We almost lost hope when his office called and had an 8 oclock opening the next morning. He was very warm and compassionate towards my husband. He was quick to figure out that perhaps the lumbar puncture was leaking CSF. He spend several minutes calling Drs. who could do the blood patch work that needed to be done to fix my husbands problem. My husband met with the pain Dr. immediately thanks to Dr. Shanmugams phone call and my husband had the needed procedure two hours later at the surgery center. Headache is finally gone. Thank you to Dr. Shanmugam and his office for the perfect care.

Dr. Shanmugam tries to tackle problems with lifestyle changes and medication. He is very thorough, patient, and accommodating.

Very good and is the best, he found out what was wrong with my husband on the first visit!