Jason A Smith, MD

Dr. Smith is a great surgeon and I would recommend him to my family and friends (though hopefully they will never need back surgery). He’s seen it all during his training at UCSF and is highly skilled in the operating room. He is a solo practitioner which is something you see less and less. The buck stops with him, the doctor (as it should). Brooke his PA is also super nice and they work well together.

Most compasionate doctor of the year award! What a joke! He is so arrogant. It is hard to believe! My appt was for 9am .the dr rolls in at 915 Wow! Then I ask to see the dr only, not the Pa well that is not done in this office and he would not see me. Wow again! I am a nurse of 35 years and really like to see the Dr only who will be doing any surgery on me but not here. You have to do as he says or out. Boy. what about treatments… do as he says or out also. No thank you There are better, kinder, more compassionate doctors out in the bay area. I do not recommended this guy!!!

So what if you have to wait a bit in physicians office, when he then spends as much time with you as you need explaining and showing you «what is wrong» with your back. Dr. Smith is a most compassionate, helpful physician as is Brooke, his PA, and all the office staff. I was referred to him a week ago Monday with a ruptured disk, and due to some commitments, need to be «well» by January 5^th. He squeezed me in for surgery on Monday, but unfortunately he was sick Monday, but knowing I had a time issue, he got me on the schedule for Tuesday when he was feeling better. I am now home from the hospital, and he promised to «see me» the week after Christmas, whether or not his office is open. One can’t ask for better care that that. I am a Medicare patient, so he doesn’t make much money off me either. He is ABSOLUTELY fantastic. For those who complain about him, you must sure be unpleasant to the office staff. Of course, he expects to get paid, and with the Affordable Care Act, everyone should have insurance.

Was trying to make an appointment, but the receptionist was hung up on insisting my back pain was from an accident and then said she could not schedule me «because too many people in car accidents don’t pay their bill.»
WTF kind of doctor’s office says this to a new patient trying to make an appointment? So not worth the aggravation!

On the day of my appointment, I rushed to get the doctor’s office on time. What a waste! I waited an hour and twenty minutes before he was ready to see me. When he finally came into the room, he made some offhand remark about having to explain surgery to someone. I said «I have been waiting for an hour and twenty minutes.» I was not angry or hostile, but I felt that I at least deserved an apology. Dr. Smith became visibly angry, and started going off about how «there is a reason people wait to see me.» He then basically asked me to leave. I told him that I did not wait all of that time for nothing, and that we should proceed with the appointment. He then told me that I had two treatment options: I could get steroid injections in my neck, which he said would have a 50% chance of helping, but if it did help, it would be temporary. The other option would be to let him perform surgery on me, which would, according to him, absolutely bring relief. It seems to me that he is just in the business of convincing people to let him operate on them. This jerk must be making a lot of money.

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I have been a patient of Dr. Smith for over 6 years. He is a very compassionate, caring physician and an excellent surgeon! I felt at ease with him the first day I met him and he has proven time and again that he is the best in the area.

An example for all physicians and physician’s offices.
After my mother’s recent injury, I accompanied her to many appointments with her primary care physician as well as specialists. I believe that most of the physicians we met with must have been absent during the semester of medical school when they taught med students how to AT LEAST act as if they gave a rat’s behind about the patient. That is, until she was referred to Dr. Smith. Everything about my mother’s visits with Dr. Smith was nothing less than excellent. The office staff, Arezou Mansourian (Physician’s Assistant), and Dr. Smith himself were all are wonderful — warm, friendly, and accommodating. We never felt rushed and they always explained confusing medical conditions so that they were completely understandable. And, besides the personnel, Dr. Smith’s office is simply beautiful. Three huge cheers for Dr. Smith and staff!