Francoise Menteer, MD, FACP

I’ve been an MDVIP patient for 20 years. I can’t say enough about the service levels they provide. From quarterly blood draws, short notice appointments, Rx’s while traveling and availability on weekends, it’s been a great experience.

Upon return from an extended weekend attending my alma mater's basketball games in the Midwest, I called Dr. Menteer that I had a slightly elevated temperature and was feeling weak. She immediately arranged an appointment and upon her brief examination, had one of her office staff (thank you, Leah) push me in a wheelchair across the street to the Emergency Room of Los Robles Hospital. After multiple tests, it turned out I had an abscess in my appendix that could prove dangerous if it was punctured. Dr. Menteer arranged to have a phenomenal surgeon, Dr. Fujita, perform the installation of a drain tube to drain the abscess and shrink the appendix for removal safely at a later date. At that later date, while removing the shrunken appendix labroscopically, Dr. Fujita discovered an adjacent tumor attached to the colon. Pathology of the tumor proved to be cancer requiring further surgery to remove it and part of the adjacent colon. This surgery was performed two weeks later with the pathology of the colon and lymph nodes proving benign! All of this because Dr. Menteer reacted so quickly to send me on a wheelchair to the Emergency Room for examination. Thank you, Dr. Menteer and team!!!!

There are too many anecdotes that reflect what a diligent, knowledgeable and caring physician Dr. Menteer is. She is flawless at returning calls, even on weekends or at night. She is always pleasant, reassuring and ready to help - whether it’s prescribing the correct medication or just assuaging any anxiety one is experiencing. Always conducting a thorough examination and discussing it clearly and suggesting or mandating a course of action. A few years ago, I was in a lot of pain for an ongoing condition for which I had already taken medication earlier. I called her on a Sunday night to see if I could take more later but a little earlier than the label called for. She helped calm me down and gave me instructions for ways to alleviate the pain. She is a wonderful doctor and an even better person

I have been a longtime patient with Dr. Menteer and have always appreciated her expertise and her availability. Toward the end of 2022 I went in for my annual physical and my PSA had risen from 2 to 3. To be cautious I went to a urologist I know at Tarzana hospital. After examining me he was sure this was nothing to worry about... so I didn't. At my next appointment with Dr. Menteer my PSA had risen to 4-5 so I scheduled a full exam with my urologist doctor at Tarzana. Again, he said he saw no enlargement of my prostate and suggested keeping an eye on it. When I next met with Dr. Menteer we did a PSA check and it had risen again... to 7.

At this point Dr. Menteer was emphatic that I need to see a new Urologist. I got a recommendation to a top urologist at Cedars and he was able to see me right away. Sure enough, I had prostate cancer in all 4 quadrants and we scheduled surgery right away. Fortunately, all the cancer was contained in my prostate, the prostate was surgically removed, and thankfully I'm doing very well now.

I have to believe that, had it not been for Dr. Menteer's persistence and insistence, it may have been too late. I can't sing Dr. Menteer's praises loudly enough. Thanks you, thank you, thank you.