Dr. Douglas Tsuchida, MD

I am a Patient for over 30 years and have Great Respect of his Knowledge and care he gives. He is an excellent doctor and a great human being

Waited an hour and a half past my scheduled time to be told I didn't need a colonoscopy because there's no need for one if my last one was clean as a whistle and I don't have a family history. I was 7 years overdue for one at the time. 1.) He didn't know the results of my last colonoscopy. 2.) He didn't know my family history. Since I was 7 years overdue I switched to another PCP and he said, "I disagree with that opinion." and told me to schedule a colonoscopy. I did and they removed 8 polyps during that procedure. Not sure why he was so glib about a basic health procedure that was overdue but based on my experience I couldn't, in good conscience, recommend him whatsoever.

I find Dr. Tsuchida to be an outstanding doctor and person. I have been a patient more than 20 years and have dealt with several difficult situations. In every case, Dr. Tsuchida has shown great knowledge and care.

He is so experienced at what he does it's awesome. But the wait time is way too long at times. I can show up thirty minutes early, and still wait for an hour or more past my actual appointment time. I realize this is because he is in high demand and he is also very thorough but something has to be done about wait time. Probably going to switch Doctors even though I would rather not.