Aaron Salyapongse, MD

Basically the best there is!!! Not only is Dr Salyapongse a great surgeon, but he and his PA Robin have the best bedside approaches. He did knee replacement for me in Nov. It is now 3 months later and I’m doing great! My knee was about as bad as he’d seen and the replacement results have been awesome. If you need knee or hip replacement this is the only surgeon to consider.

It will be 2 weeks tomorrow since my bi-​lateral total knee replacement. I feel so blessed to have been under the care and treatment of such a skilled surgeon, Dr. Aaron Salyapongse and his PA Robin. I was walking on day 1, and at Day 13 am now on a cane and walked a ½ mile today. This is of course also a compliment to ValleyCare, Pleasanton Hospital nurses and staff and the immediate and continual PT care that is associated with Dr. Salyapongse and his office.
I have offered ValleyCare hospital, my volunteer time to participate as a pre surgery class example of what new patients will perhaps experience when they go though this surgery. I am so happy and grateful for the new open doors of life, hiking, biking and pain free walking I will experience in 2016.
Thankful/​Roland Ellingsen
Dublin/​California

We refer to Dr. Salyapongse as «the Rock Star doctor of Hip Replacements»! Excellent bed side manner, his staff is so helpful and caring. Every person we had contact with was very professional and made us feel as we were their only patient! Highly recommended.

Simply top notch in every way. While Total Knee replacement is quite common these days you still want the very best. I wouldn’t hesitate for a moment if I ever need to do my other knee down the road. He is the best.

My wife writes:
It is almost 1 year since my Knee replacement and I need to say, that if I had to do this over again I would do it in a heartbeat! I am walking without pain for the first time in years.
Dr. Aaron Salyapongse is the best in the field. Along with his assistant Robin Fuessenich, they were the perfect team to operate on my knee.
Not only the operation that went smoothly, but the care afterwards was superb. Valley Care hospital was amazing. They had the physical trainer ready for me to show and try how to move a round hours after the operation.
After leaving the hospital, Dr Salyapongse and Ms Fuessenich were always there for me and made sure I did not feel any discomfort.
I was lucky to have such an experienced surgeon and physician’s assistant.

Dr. Salyapongse, Webster Orthopedics and ValleyCare Health System combined expertise made my hip replacement surgery a totally different experience than what I expected. The pre-​op appointments and joint class helped me to understand everything that was to be done. The recovery period was amazing, as I was standing the day of surgery, walking and climbing stairs the 2^nd day, and home on the 3^rd day. Using a state-​of-​the-​art facility and having a surgeon who loves what he does is the only way to go. Unless there are extenuating circumstances, anyone considering joint replacement should get a 2^nd opinion here to have the anterior replacement method explained as an option.