Brian Naftulin, MD

my 17 year old daughter was having a frightening health crises and ucdavis missed the diagnoses causing her to suffer an extra 6 months of pain. We went to mercy hospital and thankfully Dr Naftulin was able to view her tests and knew exactly what was wrong. He saved her life and she loves him. He is a skilled surgeon and is so kind. Thank you Dr Naftulin for everything!

He is a rock star in the urology world. This guy has saved countless lives and improved their quality. From Kidney stones to prostate cancer he knows his stuff and couples it with a cordial disposition.

He found a 13 mm stone that could have done severe damage. A visit to the liptotripsy and i was able to urinate the stone out in tiny little pieces. Great job.

Dr. Naftulin really helped me out of a bind. I had a kidney stone removed by another urologist who installed a ureteral stent while I was still under general anesthesia. When it came time to remove the stent the original urologist unreasonably refused to remove it under IV sedation. I have anxiety issues and needed something more than lidocaine but less that general anesthesia. So I started looking for a more cooperative and understanding urologist to remove the stent. The first few contacts did not want to get involved in «mid-​treatment».
Only Dr. Naftulin offered to remove the stent for me under IV sedation. The procedure went very well. I am very thankful for Dr. Naftulin’s willingness to step in and help me out. He is a capable problem solver.

I saw Dr Naftulin for kidney stones– He prefers his patients to hand carry in their x-​ray which I do not like because I brought mine in (a 45 minute drive) just for him to tell me he cant see them on this x-​ray because other stuff is in the way and I need to take another one, If he would have just look at the x-​ray on line he could have saved me a trip and a co pay!
Also I got seated in a room that had clearly not been cleaned. And got seen 50 minutes later than my apt was scheduled.
Make sure you do not have plans after seeing them. Both times I had to see him he was well over 40 minutes late getting to me.
I am finding another urologist!

Dr. Brian Naftulin saved my life. This doctor knows his stuff. I had a mass in my kidney, one doctor told me to only remove part of the kidney, another told me to do nothing. I went to Dr. Naftulin and he said the entire kidney needs to go, otherwise I will have problems and if the mass is cancer, the remaining kidney may have cancer cells left in it. I was confused, it was confident Dr. Naftulin who said you need a third opinion, he help me go to Stanford and there they agreed with Dr. Naftulin, the entire kidney must go. He is well known at Stanford. And it showed a lot of class for Dr. Naftulin to say go else where, make sure you are certain. I will be here when you need me. This doctor is who other doctors go to.
Please do yourself a favor, and before you remove anybody parts see Dr. Naftulin!
He will walk you thru every step of the way. And his staff is amazing.

I wrote a seperate review for Dr. Poonamallee on Unilocal.I have no experience with Dr. Naftulin.
I found the staff here extremely unhelpful between continuous pushing into email, no one being at the desk when we show up, waiting an hour and a half to see Dr. Poonamallee and waiting 3 – 5 days for test results that they already have and having to call repeatdly to get them. Dr. Poonamallee appears competent as a doctor but also appears very disinterested and dismissive. If you’ve got kidney cancer issues go see Dr. Brian Golden in Sacramento or if you have stone issues try the doctors in the UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento.

Fabulous Doctors. Have been his patient of Dr. Naftulin for the last 15 years. Had 3 lithotrypsies all successful. When I was pregnant with stones, I had one blocking my ureter and, the appointment was for 10am and I was in surgery to place a stent that afternoon. No harm to my baby and great and careful care was taken of me. Just can’t say enough good things about this clinic. Dr. Poonamallee took care of a an issue my baby boy had and he also was very caring with little to no office wait. He was very tender with my child. Just can’t say enough good things about this clinic. I do not think the office wait is long at all and the front and back office staff is very efficient and friendly and they have been there for years which says alot about a Dr.‘s office these days!

I can not say enough good things about Dr. Naftulin. When I was diagnosed with prostate cancer he removed the offending organ using the DeVinci machine. I was out of the hospital the next day and back to showing properties that weekend. I have not taken any pain medication for this problem since I left the hospital over two years ago. My PSA remains zero – no cancer left.