“I did my homework and had my procedure with Dr. Greenberg”

I don’t rely much on Yelp for choosing serious stuff like doctors, but am fortunate my family has been in the Bay Area medical community forever — and within this tightknit community of doctors it’s VERY well known who’s good and who to avoid. I did a ton of my own research before choosing a plastic surgeon, and narrowed my final choice to Dr. Greenberg. When my family’s network said they’d trust their own procedures to Dr. Greenberg (and a few of them already had), I felt pretty confident choosing Dr. Greenberg for a hernia-related procedure. I’m so glad I did – for multiple reasons. Not only did she do a wonderful job, but she immediately diagnosed THREE ventral hernias that doctors before her had missed. Comparing Dr. Greenberg’s approach to a very well-known Palo Alto surgeon I met earlier (who rushed me through the evaluation and then passed me over to his secretary to answer my followup questions – no joke), it becomes clear all surgeons and their practices are not the same. And how easy it is to choose the wrong one. Thankfully I did my homework and had my procedure with Dr. Greenberg. I’ve mentioned her name over the past two years to friends and various other doctors I’ve visited (even my orthopedic surgeon!), and I always get the same response: “Oh yes, I’ve heard of her and she’s very good.” Her reputation is well deserved.

– S M. December 10, 2014