Pacific Neuroscience Institute – Disney Family Cancer Center – Burbank

Jun 2022

The people here are always so warm and helpful. The waiting area is huge and a great design. Sometimes I have had to wait for my appointments, but usually they are pretty punctual. I think when I had to wait that they were just short on staff, so that is understandable. My friend recommended the place to me and my primary care doctor goes here too! A lot of people who work for Disney also go here. It has a great reputation for a good reason. I am glad I found them. The photo I uploaded is of a cool statue outside the entrance.

May 2022

Dr. Grussie is extraordinary in every sense, and I am deeply grateful I chose him and his team for my chemotherapy. He has amazing heart and he puts it deep into his work. I sense he expects no less of his team. Lori, his head nurse, is my godsend. She is as close to being perfect as it gets, and that is very important in the world of medical oncology, no? Upon hearing that my diagnosis would require radiation and chemotherapy, my chin fell to the ground. I felt so darn healthy! Surely, it all had to be a mistake. That aside, I was my mother's caregiver and I witnessed the torture she went through, taking chemotherapy on a weekly basis. I vowed I would never receive chemotherapy....read full review

Jun 2021

My mother has been coming to this cancer center for treatment of her brain cancer. We followed our beloved Neuro oncologist-Dr. Naveed Wagle from USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center to this location. Dr. Wagle is primary stationed at Pacific Neuroscience Institute-Pacific Brain Tumor Center in Santa Monica, however, he works here every Monday. My review is primary regarding the physician vs the center. Although this site is beautiful, tranquil, safe and clean. Dr. Wagle is a known expert in treatment of cancer in the central and peripheral nervous system. He is known to treat metastatic brain tumors as well as neurological complication as result from brain cancer....read full review