Zahra Shahim, MD
Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
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Mission Heritage Laguna Niguel - Ocean Ranch
32341 Golden Lantern, Suite D, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
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Aetna: *435801
Blue Cross: AFN592
Blue Shield: *100189358039
CIGNA: 6199941034
CIGNA Select: 6199941035
Health Net: 3435193229
Health Net Senior: 5211193229
SCAN: 954-161370
United Healthcare: *0250360103
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About Zahra Shahim
Dr. Zahra Shahim is a board certified internal medicine physician who has been practicing for over 30 years. She earned her medical degree at the Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, and then completed her residency in internal medicine at Loma Linda University in Loma Linda, CA. During her tenure, she actively contributed to the rheumatology department at Loma Linda University, where she conducted research.
Dr. Shahim greatly values continuity of care, and the opportunity to cultivate meaningful and impactful physician-patient relationships. She cares for a myriad of chronic illnesses, such as, diabetes, hypertension, arthritis, and many related to Woman's health. She believes that effective communication and teamwork plays a pivotal role in patient care. Outside of practice, she enjoys exploring the outdoors, traveling, cooking Persian food, and gardening.
Loma Linda University
2010
Delhi University Lady Hardinge Medical College
Residency
Loma Linda University
2012
- American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
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Very thorough and understanding. My first visit here as my past doctor retired.
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Dr Shahim is fantastic and a caring doctor! We live her
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Dr. Shahim Was professional, courteous, knowledgeable, and caring. It was my initial visit with her, and she was reviewing my medical history. She was encouraging, and I felt that we would be working as a team to promote my health.
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I always feel good checking in for my Dr. Visits. I feel that both of us are keeping on top of my health concerns. I feel confident that I am in goods hands.
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Very nice experience.
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Dr. Shahim is very thorough and never appears rushed. She is a good communicator and is caring and kind.
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I'm thrilled with Mission Heritage Medical Group. This was my first visit, and all of my medical needs have been taken care of. Thank you very much. I'm thrilled to be part of this medical group.
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Good
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welcominge staffing , Dr, Zahra is great and easy to talk to , I feel I am in a good hand.
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Dr Shahim shows patience, kindness, and care while being professional
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I'm very happy with my care provider.
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Doctor is amazing and the team also ,for me is 10/10 ,my provider is so nice ,respectful
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I was very happy. She insured that I connected with her and made it comfortable to talk about my issues
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Attention to detail and very caring
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The provider was rushed, I waited 25 minutes in the patient room before the provider arrived and she was rushed. I had a list of things to talk about and wasn't able to thoroughly discuss each issue, however, we did get through each issue.
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Dr. Shahim is professional, kind and accessible. She takes her time to listen to my needs and make sure I receive the appropriate care.
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Knowledgeable, helpful, friendly and efficient. I like Dr. Shahim very much.
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She was pleasant, engaging, and carefully reviewed my medical records. It was a first visit with a new primary care
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Dr Shahim is very good. Thorough and we like her
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This was my first experience with this provider. I recently moved from [Location] to [Location]. I was very satisfied with the exam.
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My new Dr was polite, knowledgeable, and respectful. She is my new Dr
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Good service
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A good first visit! Thank you.
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Dr. Shahim is very patient, knowledgeable and thorough.
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This was my first visit , my new GP .
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Dr Shahim is extremely professional. She takes her time reviewing all medical records and explaining the plan. She was friendly and easy to talk to. I highly recommend her to anyone looking for an excellent primary care doctor.
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Dr shahim was able to authorize all the specialists that I needed to see and more. She took her time with me and was able to refill all of my prescriptions.
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This was the first time I Saw this Dr and I was never so happy with her and I'm excited that we will have this journey together this year with getting me to be a healthier me.
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Great care
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I was very satisfied with Dr Shahin.
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Very good PrimaryCare Physician.
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Dr. Shahim is very thorough and has a wonderful bed side manner.
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I'll good.
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Appointments for establishing a new provider was two to three months out but I was able to get in before my prescriptions expired
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Dr. Shahim is an asset to providence. She cares so much about her patients . She is extremely caring & very educated. Wow.
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She was very thorough, professional and respectful- it was a first appointment and had much to cover.
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Dr. Shahim is a detailed listener and provides excellent care. She went above and beyond to care for me with passion.
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Excellent and knowledgeable doctor
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She's very professional, kind and caring.
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Exceptional. Thank you.
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I recently had my first visit with Dr. Shahim, and I couldn't be happier with the experience. She was kind, patient, and a wonderful listener. I really appreciated that she took her time - she spent almost an hour with me, carefully going over my concerns and explaining everything in a clear, thoughtful way. I feel very fortunate to have found her and highly recommend her to anyone looking for a compassionate & experienced primary care physician.
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I enjoy talking to Dr. Zahra Shahim . She listens to me and easy to communicate with,
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Great doctor
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Thank you Dr Shahim for you listening and caring for me. You see me and listen
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All good. No complaints about anything or anyone. Just as it should be thank you
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Dr. Shahim is very professional and I received excellent care. She is a good listener and is easy to talk with regarding my medical concerns.
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The computer system was down at my visit, but Dr. Shahim followed through on everything she said she would do, which was especially important because this visit was for pre-op clearance. Dr. Shahim is awesome!
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Thoughtful and thorough
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Easy to communicate to. Pleasant. Treated with respect.
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Dr Shahim has provided excellent care and treatment to me and my family
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Everyone associated with this office treated me with respect and were all helpful and supportive.
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I had good experience with the provider and staff
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Great care
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I like this location, staff and the provider are great and easy to deal with
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Dr Shahim is a gem! This was my first visit with her and she was friendly, respectful, insightful, intelligent, asked important questions, and seems to truly care. I am so blessed to have Dr Shahim as my primary care physician.
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All good
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Excellent Dr
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Very good experience
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Dr. Shahim was very professional kind and helpful!
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Very good experience.
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Dr Shahim takes the time to listen to all my concerns. Really appreciate this
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She is very patient and always listens to concerns
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Visit was pleasant. Thanks
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I explained that I'm having long term left chest pain and Dr. Sharim said it's muscle pain from an old breast surgery since a several months old EKG showed no signs. But I'm still having the pain deep in my chest and into my back that makes it hard to sleep. Bisuna Is out on leave and Dr Sharim saw me in her absence. She is nice and assisted me with refilling my medication.
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Went out of their way to help me get an appointment so my surgery date would be accepted Thanks !!!
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I went to speak to the doctor about neck pain. She ordered x-rays. I received the x-rays and then a message from the doctor about 4 to 5 days later. The x-rays have terms I do not understand. It was very concerning words like degenerative or severe were listed. I was very much looking forward to speaking to her. I got a very short message on my Chart basically stating exactly what the x-rays said. I'm not an orthopedist. I don't understand x-rays and her follow up said reach out for physically therapy or follow up with an orthopedic doctor. No phone call no recommendations for an orthopedic doctor. I'm sure you can understand it's concerning to see words like that on an x-ray and have absolutely no help in going to the next steps..I'm so disappointed that I feel I'm completely on my own on this problem and that she did not even attempt to take five minutes to explain the x-rays to me.I'm not sure what my next steps are supposed to be. I would appreciate some help..Thank you.
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Doctor Shahim is a very good physician and caring. I'm currently waiting to have prescription sent to my local CVS Pharmacy for temporary medication while I wait for Express Mail to send full prescription. I hope this happens soon. I now realize that the Dr. Is on vacation yet willing to send in my prescription.
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My doctor is thorough, attentive and always makes time for my questions whether during the appointment or afterwards if I have any followup needs. I would recommend her to my personal circle of friends if they needed a doctor.
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Dr Shahim and her staff were courteous, professional, caring and very competent. We received referrals and followup care as requested. The Doctor was very thorough in going through my history and giving medical advice.
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The doctor is extremely throrough. She explains everything so you understand and has excellent bedside manner. My appointment was not rushed.
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The doctor was very attentive to everything that I had to say and she gave excellent feedback. I am very pleased with the outcome as this was the first visit with her.
Providence Patient
Dr. Shahim seemed distracted and was double booked. I felt my visit was rushed and she did not review my test results during visit. She did follow-up with a phone call with good info once she reviewed my test results.
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All experiences related to my provider were good.
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Very happy with Dr. Shahim.
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Everyone was friendly and helpful.
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Dr Shahim spent time and showed a lot of care. She and the staff are exceptional. Thank you so much !
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Her listening skills are disappointing.
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DR Shahim is my new provider and for first time I visited with her
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Provider knowledgeable and relatable
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Dr Shahim is a very caring person and cares for others in my family that need more attention than I do in a very caring way- she is part of our community.
Providence Patient