Richard O’Donnell, MD

Dr. Odonell is a great doctor who cares about his patients.

I took my daughter to see Dr. O’Donnell in 2007. She had just been diagnosed with osteosarcoma and we were being treated in Palo Alto. For some reason, the surgeon we had set up with Stanford couldn’t do the surgery and the hospital wanted us to use their surgeon, who wanted to do a much more complex/​invasive procedure that would greatly impact my daughter. I didn’t really want to do that, but didn’t really know what else I could do since the surgery was scheduled in less than a week. O’Donnell’s office scheduled me right away. Dr. O’Donnell wasn’t thrilled to see me and he told me so because he knew I wasn’t going to use him for the surgeon and he had a roomful of patients that needed him. Even so, he spent so much time with us and I can say we dodged a big bullet because of his advice. He didn’t recommend the more evasive surgery. I was quite confused and even called our oncologist during my visit! It went downhill from there, (didn’t really have anything to do with Dr. O’Donnell but as a result of my meeting, the hospital somehow got my original surgeon to do the surgery and the less evasive one too. Since then, I have recommended him to other cancer families that consider the limb salvage and they have been very please with him. His follow up/​monitoring after surgery was more comprehensive than our surgeon. I have the utmost respect for Dr. O’Donnell.

Dr. O’Donnell is as good as it gets for Oncology Surgery! Not only was he great, but his team was very professional as well. I wish every Doctors office was run like O’Donnell’s office. Getting diagnosed with Cancer is VERY scary and he was my guardian angel, making me feel very calm through the whole process. I owe my life to Dr. O’Donnell. I appreciate him and his staff so much! I highly recommend!

I’d been getting the run around from doctors for months, all saying the same thing: «I don’t know what this is. Why don’t you wait and see what happens.»
I responded with, «And what might it be, and if it’s bad, how bad could it be?» My other doctor actually said, «I’m not a fortune teller.»
Dr. O’Donnell was incredibly professional, accommodating, and thorough. In addition, the surgery was super fast and effective. Not only did he make me feel at ease through the whole process, the scar is incredibly well-​healed after only 2 months!