Steven H. Gausewitz, MD

I saw another ortho guy before Dr. Gausewitz, and the other guy was fine, but Dr. Gausewitz came highly recommended and he was at Hoag, which is where I wanted my surgery done. He’s not the warmest guy in the world but he’s at the top of his game and I could not be happier with the result. His front office staff – a woman with long black hair; I wish I could remember her name – is superb. Really, I am grateful for what he did for me and grateful for Hoag and his staff.

Dr. Gausewitz performed hip surgery on me in January 2015. His professionalism was extraordinary; as well as the support and assistance I received from his staff; especially Rebecca. Thank you Dennis U.
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Great orthopedic surgeon… had fantastic results from knee surgury in Jan. 2012!
He is the one to see if you need surgury!

I want to echo the poor office management of previous reviews. Long waits… always.
They then messed up the billing to my insurance. They then didn’t return my calls. And finally they sent the bill to collections. Thanks!
But this is about the doctor. Unfortunately, the review is the same. I want to like anyone that is trying to help but when informing me that I needed surgery (which was true), he became frustrated that I wanted to ask less than 5 minutes of questions, and laughed when I asked if there were alternatives. It may have been a bad day for him but treating patients well is his job. I never returned and since was successfully helped by Dr. Stephen Mikulak in Newport Beach.
Good luck with whatever brought you to this page. Choose the right doctors, exercise, and hopefully you will have a smooth recovery.

I want to put a good shout out for Dr Gausewitz. Last summer I injured my knee in Sequoia and the meniscus was torn and poking out of my knee joint. Some background, I tore my acl in 2006 along with my meniscus and lcl… I had surgery that year and my recovery was horrible. After my incident last year I saw Dr. Gausewitz and he really was amazing. He was friendly and treated me like I was someone that mattered and he knew I had left the office to get in to see him that day and was respectful of my time. He was professional and explained all my options to me and really looked into what was wrong and went over my x-​rays and MRI scans with me.
By the time surgery day came I felt I was in great hands and he actually visited me in the prep room before I went under anesthesia. I did not have that in my first knee surgery and wow what a difference it made! It wasn’t just a rush of nurses trying to get me in to get cut open. I felt like everyone at the facility really cared and the anesthesiologist also came in to say hi and talk to me. HUGE thing… Dr. Gausewitz came in and signed the leg that needed to be operated on and as I drifted off from the anesthesia I felt like I was in great hands and that I would wake up in good shape.
My knee never returned to normal after my first surgery but after Dr. Gausewitz got a hold of me I felt like my old self again. The physical therapy facility on the first floor is Pilate’s oriented and fantastic. I have been a runner my whole life and I’m finally getting back to where I used to be. I have felt so great since I made this appointment and the staff was always respectful and mindful of the fact that I was injured. I would (and have) recommend Dr. Steven Gausewitz to anyone.

waited almost 2 hours to see the Dr. I was told by the staff multiple times to be at least 30 minutes early for my appointment so I could fill out paperwork. I completed my paperwork online and it still took them 30 minutes to process it. Then I was sent to another waiting room full of people. The front office staff said the Dr was running about 30 minutes behind, WRONG! I wasn’t seen for 1 hour and 30 minutes and then I still waiting in the room. This appointment literally took me all afternoon. I thought it was very unprofessional and although the Dr apoligized it was like my time wasn’t as valuable. I would say the Dr was a nice guy but this was a terrible first experience in his office.
* I have been back since and still waited 45 minutes. While in the waiting room an elderly woman walked out because she was in so much pain she could not wait any longer. She said she had been waiting an hour after her appointment time. I told the male employee at the counter this seemed to be a common theme in the office, he told me everyone had to wait. I told him and the doctor they should not take any more new patients so they could deal with the one’s they already had.