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Pediatric Urologist for baby's surgery

July 2002

I'm looking for recommendations for pediatric urologists. Our pediatrician has referred us to Dr. Chi Lee, but I have been unable to find much information about him. My 5-month old daughter has a condition which may require surgery, so I want to be sure we have the best doctor! Maggie's mom

I actually met with Dr.Lee today as our son needs surgery at age one to correct something. I feel very comfortable with Dr. Lee after meeting with him. He came highly recommended from our pediatrician and does seem to know his stuff. (A very nice personable guy to boot). I think you need to book an appointment about 2 months in advance so you should call ASAP. ruemedi

We were also referred to Dr. Chi Lee by our pediatrician, and we've been very happy with him. (He saw our infant son several times in his office, then operated on him at Children's Hospital when he was 1.) He was friendly, straightforward, patient, and great at explaining what was going on. And his office staff was wonderful--they always plied my son with stickers and cookies and made him feel special. Good luck! Anonymous

My 2-1/2 year old son is having hernia repair surgery in early March. Dr. Joel Piser (in Berkeley) is doing the surgery. He sees both adults and kids. I've only seen him once, but I've heard good things about him. I liked him well enough and he has a good ''bedside manner.'' Obviously the whole experience of having to watch your kid go through surgery is unnerving, but I feel confident that Piser will do a good job. Good luck! cathy

I highly recommend Dr. Sumner Marshall in Berkeley. I had to go a couple of times to follow up after my son's Brit (circumcision), and he was very highly recommended to me by my pediatrician and others. It was a very traumatic experience for me (if not for my son!), but he was a very gentle, kind older man, and he made the very best of an difficult situation -- and my son is fine now! I felt very confident that my baby was getting the best care, and I would certainly use him again if I had the need. Sign me anonymous

Circumcision

2001

RE: conducting a bris
I've been seeing Dr. Piser myself recently (although not for a bris!) and have been really impressed by how well-organized and attentive both he and his office staff are. (His staff and he himself actually apologized to me for keeping me waiting about 1/2 an hour one day.) He's got a somewhat quirky sense of humor that is probably necessary in his line of work but in terms of expertise and skill he seems top notch. For what its worth, I saw he was nominated by some magazine as one of the area's top urologists.

Inguinal Hernia

Vasectomy

March 2002

hi there, has anyone had any expiriences with pacific urology, and or Dr Stephrn P Taylor from there? My husband is getting his vasectomy reversed and we are thinking with going with Dr Taylor. Any comments? thanks, cris

I don't know anything about Pacific Urology, but wanted to mention Dr. Paul Turek, who is in the urology department at UCSF and also has a private practice in S.F. He specializes in male-related fertility problems and has done some cutting-edge work.

2001

Does anyone have any recommendations for a urologist in the ABMG who would do a vasectomy? Any experience with the procedure would be helpful as well. Thanks.

To the person who wanted a urologist, John Floyd is excellent and he does vasectomies. He is part of ABMG.

My husband had a vasectomy done last March with Dr. Joel Piser (2999 Regent st. #612 - Berkeley - 848-1727), there are also other urologists in the same clinic. It was very simple, he even drove back home. The whole procedure didn't take two hours. He was a little sore for about 2 days and had to avoid physical effort for 10 days. We also had to use other contraceptive method for 4 months. Now we have total piece of mind -) Hope it helps

Dr. Brenner of AMBG whacked my vas deferens. Nice guy, a memorable procedure that I'm happy not to repeat. Enjoy!

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