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I went to Dr. George Kimmerling several years ago because I had symptoms of low thyroid - he is an endocrinologist. Not only is he a bad endocrinologist - he didn't figure out my thyroid problem (I did myself with 2 hours of research on the internet). But what he did to me haunted me for years. He told me to take off the gown so that my breasts were fully exposed when he was just listening to my heartbeat. Even gynecologists and cardiologists don't do that! There was no reason for him to be looking at my breasts other than the fact that he is a dirty old man. Then, he wanted me to take my pants down so he could give me a shot in my butt. I was near the table so I took my pants down and lay on the table. But he told me to walk over to him on the other side of the room instead of him coming over to me. So with my pants down I had the humiliation of walking over to him, and again, there was no reason for this other than for him to get a good look. He is a disgusting man and a bad doctor - beware!

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Ms. Anonymous 2019
, US
Dec 27, 2019 7:28 am EST

I too was also molested by this doctor many years ago. To find this site has been a relief as I didn't know anyone else had a horrible experience like I did. This doctor needs to be confronted. No woman should ever have to go through what we have gone through ever. More than 20 years has passed and this nightmare haunts me especially knowing this lecher is still in practice. Please stop doubting what has been reported here. The truth is Kimmerling is a predator. May he finally answer for his behavior.

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Cali-D
San Francisco, US
Dec 25, 2019 8:58 pm EST
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Dr. Kimmerling has treated me for an autoimmune thyroid disease over the past 20+ years. I can only attest to my own personal experience as a female patient. He has always treated me appropriately and with total respect. I, personally, never felt any of his actions were untoward. He has been very thorough in checking all other lab results online to see that I am within normal levels in all areas of my health.
As another patient commented, I, too, chose a treatment that was not recommended according to typical western medicine. Dr. Kimmerling allowed me to make that decision and continued as my endocrinologist.

I'm very sorry you feel you were treated inappropriately and disrespectully. As a retired nurse, I'm always disturbed hearing about experiences like this!

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Cali-D
San Francisco, US
May 22, 2015 3:30 pm EDT
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l am truly sorry a lady felt violated by having to bare herself to the Dr. One should ALWAYS and immediately tell your Dr. if you are uncomfortable with anything you are asked to do. As both a patient and a retired nurse, I feel most Drs. will understand and make allowances. Having said that I can only speak for my own relationship with Dr. George Kimmerling as a female patient over the past 14 years. He has been absolutely professional, concerned, caring, and very thourough. He continues to allow me to be totally involved in the decision making process of my thyroid treatment. Initially, I even went against his advice and the mainstream Western idea of what my treatment should be. He still treated me with the utmost respect and was willing to go along with my choice for treatment. I would not hesitate to recommend him, based on my 14 years of experience.

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tomaszek1234
Miami Beach, US
Apr 10, 2015 9:11 am EDT

The reviews are interesting, some praise and others think he is not kosher.I think it is time for the man himself to state whether he is a healer or a grabber.

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Taylorh2
Aurora, US
Jan 30, 2014 9:24 am EST
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So, since the time you were 6 yrs old you've been going to Drs who didn't correctly diagnose you but you spent "2 hours" on the internet and diagnosed yourself.?

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tomaszewski
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Jan 30, 2014 8:48 am EST

Sounds like good thing to keep out of his reach, he could grab you and give you a BIG shot

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truffleolynn
Medford, US
Oct 19, 2011 7:37 pm EDT

I just happened to find this site while looking for some info about a situation that happened to me. Since everyone seems to be pretty straight, I'll put it out there and ask for advice on what to do.
I drive a bus for special needs children and was T-boned by a SUV at an intersection. I was transported to the hospital with neck, back and shoulder injuries.
While seeing a doctor that Workers Comp provided and required that I see, I was asked to strip to my undies, robe opening in the back. Upon exam he asked that I unhook my bra and remove my arm from the robe. While manipulating my bad arm he reached under it with his free hand and pressed on the base of my neck, shoulder, above my breast, next to my breast, and then cupped my breast. After every touch he asked, "can you feel me touching you?" I pulled away immeditely. He walked around me, picked up my chart and left the room quickly. I dressed and left as fast as I could.
I did file a complaint with the Board of Examiners but I don't know what, if anything I can do from here. Please advise~thank you.

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Mandy Moore AKA Quackbuster
Beach cities of Orange County, US
Apr 28, 2010 12:41 pm EDT

Why would he need to look at your breast for thyroid issues. I saw several doctors for possibility of thyroid problems and none of them need to look at my breasts. You are probably right, he is a dirty old man and a pervert too!

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Ms. Anonymous 2019
, US
Dec 27, 2019 7:34 am EST

He is a predator. He molested me as well more 20 years ago.

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His Victim
San Francisco, US
Apr 12, 2010 3:54 pm EDT

8 x 5'? Are you kidding? That's the size of my bathroom. It was much bigger than that. And everything I said was true. I went to dozens of so called experts in endocrinology from the time I was 6 and they all just did the FSH test and when that was normal they didn't check any further, so all my life I suffered from low thyroid and I finally figured out myself that I didn't convert T4 to T3, I ordered T3 from Mexico at 1/10th of the cost of what it is in the US and now I'm fine. And the truth is not libel.

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Not G. Kimmerling
San Francisco, US
Mar 12, 2010 9:46 pm EST

A Victim (ha!), how large was the exam room in which he saw you? Well, I've been in his exam rooms, and they're around 8 feet by 5 feet in dimensions AT THE MOST. That means, if what you are claiming is true, that you had to ". . .walk over to him on the other side of the room instead of him coming over to me" within a room this small that includes a full-sized exam table, chairs and medical table as well. So I call bullcrap to this extremely irresponsible claim that he somehow was responsible for making you uncomfortable.

Also, you claim that he was unable to make a diagnosis of a condition which you claim to have after searching the internet for less than two hours. Let me get this straight - between this visit with Kimmerling for your undiagnosed thyroid condition and your brilliant sleuthing on the internet to find a diagnosis (without bloodwork), you spent FIFTEEN YEARS still apparently suffering from your condition? What did you do then, order some thyroid medications from India, Mexico, or China to treat the problem you discovered with laser-like precision? On the internet?

I also find it very telling about your intellect that you make these retorts to people who challenge your very serious claims - accusing them that they must work for Kimmerling, or that another doctor is defending him because they must be thick as theives, or calling others "idiots". Yes, you are a victim - in your head - and you can't look at yourself and see what was wrong with the way you feel, but instead have to libel someone because, of course, it has to be someone else's fault.

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Ms. Anonymous 2019
, US
Dec 27, 2019 7:46 am EST

I can back this complaint up. Kimmerling molested me as well.

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His Victim
San Francisco, US
Jan 16, 2010 5:57 am EST

EmCee- just because he doesn't molest all patients doesn't mean he didn't molest some of them. And to youmakemesick, I never said I did the research 20 years ago. I did it 5 years ago, and in less than 2 hours I figured out something Kimmerling couldn't figure out, and I've never been to medical school.

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Anonymous729
, US
Dec 25, 2019 3:07 pm EST
Replying to comment of His Victim

He molested ME.

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DSF100
Berkeley, US
Nov 16, 2009 1:05 am EST

Dr. Kimmerling is the best doctor I've ever had.
When I couldn't walk with a ruptured disk, he made sure I was well taken care of and guided my care and recovery.
I was quite sad when he could no longer see me because he was changing his practice to 100% endocrinology rather internist. For 10 years since, I have not been able to replace him.

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D. Right
, US
Oct 04, 2009 11:52 pm EDT

Doctor Perverts! UUhhhhh. Sicko's. I am so sick of having Doctor's 'come on' to me. It is unbelievable. And it's ridiculous. To think they can get away with what they do, and the ###s on here defending them. Good F'ing God People!

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Em.Cee.
Richmond, US
Apr 03, 2009 7:13 pm EDT

I just left Dr. Kimmerlings office today and I have been a patient of his for about 5 years now. I weigh about 109 and am 5 feet tall, but used to weigh 92 pounds when I was first diagnosed with Graves disease by Dr. Kimmerling. I can recall my first examination with him and many other visits. He is thorough and professional. It's pretty impossible to do self diagnosis through the internet if your not an Endronologist! Hello? I agree with youmakemesick, from several years ago...to now 20 years ago...
when did you really last see him? Unless your some hot model that thinks your all that and a bag of chips, he's a doctor doing his job. He has to examine you. Did he ask you to wear a gown?
I wore a gown and he had to open up the front to put the stethescope on my heart which was beating 92 beats at a resting heart rate - too fast making me hyperthyroid. What is your self diagnosis ?- (Ms. Self Proclaimed Thyroid Guru.)
I never received any shots to my ###. What was the shot for? Did you ask him? He's pretty good about telling his patients what he's doing and explaining why he's doing it. He's THOROUGH, quick and to the point. He doesn't have time to spare to ogle at patients.
He has never made me feel uncomfortable and I know that I'm a decent looking chick. 32C, 25 waist and 34 hip. Youthful Filipina.
He has never looked at me like a tasty lumpia treat. He is no way a dirty old man.
So instead of calling everyone else a "###" or "idiot" because obviously your deflecting any of their questions and not answering them. You don't have your story straight and details are everything.
You in fact are "THE ###".

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Ms. Anonymous 2019
, US
Dec 27, 2019 7:43 am EST
Replying to comment of Em.Cee.

You have made a mistake calling us liars.

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youmakemesick
, US
Mar 03, 2009 11:57 pm EST

So 'several years ago' suddenly becomes a couple decades ago? And yet you call him a dirty old man. I know Dr. Kimmerling, and 20 years ago he would have been in his early 40's. Hardly an old man. Also, 20 years ago THERE WAS NO INTERNET FOR YOU TO RESEARCH YOUR 'CONDITION'.

Liars like you make me sick.

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Ms. Anonymous 2019
, US
Dec 27, 2019 7:42 am EST

The truth will be revealed. May this horrible man answer for his actions!

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His Victim
San Francisco, US
Dec 05, 2008 4:30 am EST

To A. Non Victim - you're a ###. And for your info, I weigh 107lbs. And to Nattie, you are an idiot also. So do you think that just because he didn't do this to you that he didn't do it to others? Does someone have to molest all women before they can believed to have molested anyone? That is ridiculous. How dare YOU?

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Anonymous729
, US
Dec 25, 2019 3:02 pm EST
Replying to comment of His Victim

He did something similar to ME.

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Anonymous729
, US
Dec 25, 2019 3:05 pm EST
Replying to comment of His Victim

Kimmerling is a horrible man. He did something similar to ME.

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Nattie
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Nov 21, 2008 11:34 am EST

What a horrible thing to say about Dr. Kimmerly. He has been my doctor for over 15 years and he's wonderful. He has never done anything appropriate with me, or even a hint of anything. How dare you?

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a non-victim
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Nov 11, 2008 1:18 pm EST

I call bull. There is no way that a thyroid condition can't be diagnosed through blood tests, uptakes and scans. My guess? You're overweight and were hoping that you might have hypothyroidism or hashimoto's so that you could blame your weight gain on something other than your calorie intake.

What is your self-diagnosis? Do your labs back this up? What was your TSH? T3? T4? Antibodies?

Additionally, if he couldn't give you a diagnosis, what was the reason he gave you a shot?

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V. Swan
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Oct 02, 2008 7:06 am EDT

PS. In addition to what I said above, even if I did get up, put my pants on, walk over to him, take my pants off, that would still be exposing me far more than if he just walked over to me like any normal doctor would. Any way you cut it, no normal doctor causes this kind of embarrassment to patients. Most doctors try to make their patients feel as comfortable as possible and keep them covered as much as possible. Kimmerling did the opposite to me. And even if both his hands were full - and they were not - if he had to make two trips over to me, that's what he should have done. The "doctor's" argument above is absurd.

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V. Swan
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Oct 02, 2008 6:58 am EDT

To "A Doctor": there was no reason he could not walk over to me where I was lying on the exam table other than the fact that he wanted to humiliate me and have me walk over exposed. Do you realize how stupid it would be for me to get up, put on my pants, walk over to him, take off my pants? This is not even close to normal procedure. Doctors don't watch patients getting undressed, and they don't even watch patients get dressed after they are examined. Any decent doctor gives the patient privacy to get dressed and undressed, but you are trying to make excuses for this pervert. I know doctors always stick together and back each other other no matter what, but your argument is laughable.

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V. Swan
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May 01, 2008 6:07 pm EDT

This is a bunch of crap. First of all, it took me almost 20 years before I decided to post this about what Kimmerling did to me. There could be lots of victims who just didn't want to post about it. Second, you mention nothing about him exposing my breasts and staring at them for no reason. Third, he had a syringe in his hand - he couldn't walk over and inject me? Like Shannon said above, if he made me feel uncomfortable it was inappropriate behavior. It is hard to describe his manner and his expressions and his tone of voice when all this was taking place, but believe me, this was not a kindly doctor being a professional. This was a pervert getting his kicks out of seeing me exposed and humiliated.

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A Doctor
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Mar 30, 2008 1:15 am EDT

If you have a problem with something your physician is asking you to do, then tell him. There is no easier way to avoid embarrasment with a doctor than being completely frank with him/her.

While I can't speak to the character or skills of Dr. Kimmerling, searching google for him reveals overwhelmingly positive reviews from patients which discredit your judgments of the situation. Doctors who act inappropriately with patients are almost always repeat offenders, which this man clearly isn't. I'm sorry you had a bad experience.

On a side note there are a great number of injections that necessitate the use of injections into one's buttocks, and it was probably safer and easier to have you walk over to where he was rather than him carry everything to you. Also, you could have easily put your pants/underwear back on before you walked across the room and then dropped trou at him.

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Anonymous729
, US
Dec 25, 2019 2:59 pm EST
Replying to comment of A Doctor

This was NOT Dr. Kimmerling's first incident with a patient. He has done similar things to patients in the past. Believe me. He is a predator.

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V. Swan
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Jan 11, 2008 4:53 am EST

Well that's nice that he saved your life, but that doesn't negate what he did to me.

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Margit Pilkington
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Jan 10, 2008 4:59 pm EST

Dear A. Victim,

Dr. George Kimmerling saved my life. I was under thirty at the time and I knew something was wrong with me. I couldn't walk up a flight of steps and I felt that I was dying. I went to 10 different doctors and they said that I was fine. Dr. Kimmerling was the only doctor that listened to me and discovered my thyroid cancer. He always was the most upright, caring doctor and always had time to fit me into his schedule. I believe that I was able to become pregnant due to his excellent care. It is very sad to hear your comments...I know I owe this man my life.

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Shannon
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Jan 09, 2008 8:58 am EST

If it made her feel uncomfortable, then it was probably inappropriate behavior. I've been to many doctors and the one and ONLY time I was fully exposed was when a full breast exam was being conducted. If there was no breast exam performed then she should have never had her robe open. Period.

Don't let it traumatize you! It could have been worse. Glad it wasn't.

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His Victim
San Francisco, US
Nov 06, 2007 5:01 am EST

And by the way, my diagnosis about my thyroid condition turned out to be right. Something Kimmerling couldn't figure out.

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His Victim
San Francisco, US
Nov 06, 2007 5:00 am EST

What he did WAS inappropriate. Doctors don't need to see your breasts to listen to your heartbeat. Every other doctor I have been to, including cardiologists and gynecologists, listened to my heartbeat while I was discreetly covered. Kimmerling stared right at my breasts the whole time. And there was no reason for him to tell me to walk across the room naked to him when I was on the exam table. He should have come over to me. I got a sick feeling when this guy did this to me, and I was traumatized for years afterwards. That never happened with any other doctor. They guy is a dirty old man and I bet you either are him or someone in his office trying to protect him.

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JJ
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Nov 01, 2007 5:14 pm EDT

So, you think because a doctor has you in his exam room and asks you to undress that he is a "dirty old man"? Did he touch you inappropriately? Did he make any inappropriate comments? No? Well, it sounds like he was being a thorough doctor! If you have a problem with your own body being exposed to a HIGHLY ETHICAL physician, then that's your own problem - don't get online and create these serious allegations implying that he was getting his rocks off watching you walk across a freaking exam-room floor to get a shot in the butt!

Also, good job on diagnosing yourself through the internet! Idiot.

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His Victim
San Francisco, US
Oct 01, 2007 4:19 am EDT

You are such a ###. I see your stupid comments all over this board. Don't you understand the power that doctor's have over you, when you are in their office and they have you naked and they are telling you what to do? I was a young woman and I felt intimidated by him. HE is the one you should be making negative comments about, not me.