Dr. Joseph Woo
, Heart Surgeon
Palo Alto, CA
- Unregistered Surgeon
Patient Recommendations (6)
"Excellent medical experience from day one! Great thorough explanation on the phone of my plan to meet Dr. Joseph Woo from Stanford in person, procedure for forwarding previous tests and appointment day procedures. At appointment I was given a complete understanding with explanation of the type of surgery I needed from Dr Woo who was kind, gentle and made me feel that he cared about my health and could fix my mitral valve. His office staff was equally as professional and thorough with explanations. The Palo Alto Hospital staff gave excellent care to keep me relaxed and comfortable before and after the surgery. All of my needs were always taken care of. The results after my surgery went as explained and planned and day by day I gained strength and felt stronger without any pain medication. I very much highly recommend Dr Joseph Woo, a nationally recognized surgeon, innovator, researcher and educator who chairs the Stanford Health cardiothoracic surgery department in Palo Alto, California. "
Posted by Janet Campeau, Mitral Valve, Valve Repair, Mini-Thoracotomy / Port Access, Maze Procedure, 08/29/2022
"Very gifted surgeon. Three days and I was home. Great outcome. I'm back to normal routine and am very active "
Posted by Donald Faust, Aortic Valve, Valve Replacement, Mini Sternotomy, 04/02/2018
"My San Francisco cardiologist told me of Dr. Woo "you probably can't do any better". Stanford had recently recruited Dr. Woo from PA and was hired as their chair of CT Surgery. I had a composite valve graft (CVG) and he was very certain that was the proper procedure, rather than waiting until the surgery to see if the root needed to be replaced (in addition to the ascending aorta; another surgeon had suggested he would inspect the root first, to possibly avoid having to dis/re-connect the coronary arteries). Dr. Woo's reputation and certainty are what sold me. The Stanford nurses and Chief Resident and Anesthesiologist and all the PAs were all excellent and enthusiastic too. Dr. Woo didn't get too excited by technical questions, but was friendly enough. He knew what needed to be done and how to do it. My recovery was right on schedule without complications, and my 5.5" scar (I thought it would be larger...amazing) is healing nicely. I think my cardiologist was right. "
Posted by Phil Capitolo, Aortic Valve, Valve Replacement, Median Sternotomy, Root Replacement, 09/14/2015
"Dr. Woo is very confident in his abilities and borderlines on cocky.However, this attitude is what sealed the deal on choosing him as my surgeon. I had went into surgery expecting a mechanical AV Replacement. However, during my initial consultation with Dr. Woo, he said that if he can figure out what is causing blood turbulance and if he thinks a repair will fix my severe reguritation, then he is going to perform an AV repair instead. When I woke up my family told me he was able to repair my valve and a replacement wasn't necessary. Dr. Woo had told them that that there are only a handful of surgeons that could have performed the repair let alone considered it. On my way out of ICU (the very next afternoon), we ran into Dr. Woo and he said the repair fixed the regurgitation 100%. He was very happy to see me already moving up to the step-down ward. I had not expected to see Dr. Woo at all until my followup 6-8 weeks after surgery. However, he did stop by my room two times to see how I was doing. His NP staff was very knowledgeable, friendly and always made me feel comfortable before, during and after my hospital stay. "
Posted by Joe Sterner, Aortic Valve, Valve Repair, 05/08/2012
"Dr. Woo was able to accommodate us when we wanted to have the surgery quickly. He's very confident and somewhat cocky and therefore, he gave us the feeling that we were in good hands. While not warm and fuzzy, his expertise in his field was very comforting."
Posted by Ronald Kramer, Aortic Valve, Valve Replacement, Mini Sternotomy, 09/14/2011
"Done at HUP in Philadelphia. Took only 2 hours and 17 minutes. Stayed in hospital 2 weeks instead of the normal 1 week because of slight draining during second week. 79 years old at the time. Dr. Woo is a bit aloof in the beginning but warms up if you kid with him. He has a great team and a year later I feel fine- no problems."
Posted by Irene Asley, Aortic Valve, Valve Replacement, 08/16/2011
