Dr. Allan Gamagami, MD

Dr. AAllan Gamgami is the best medical surgeon ever. He has operated on my Father in law and my Mother in law, saving both of them from very complicated situations. Both parents lived a long life due to the care by Dr. Allan Gamagami and his brother in Illinois. I highly recommend him if you are in need of excellent care.

We were told Dr. Gamagami is the top pancreatic surgeon at Sharp Memorial Hospital. How is this possible when his staff cant even admit to him even performing any type of surgery that involved the pancreas. He told us that my Mother was not a canidate for surgery but yet her oncologist said she was. My mother ended up passing away as a result of chemotherapy Toxicity from F-5u and the wrong mg administered due to the incompetent infusion nurses at Grossmont who apparently gave her the wrong amount because someone is dyslexic and over medicated her with toxic poison that ended her life in a horrible, painful, frightening way for all of us especially our mother.

Dr. Gamagami saved my life, no other way to put it. I was diagnosed with a pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor on my pancreas which was between 4 and 6 cm. Dr. Gamagami took the time to explain the procedure, recovery, and answer questions that I and my family had. Dr. Gamagami visited me daily during my 5 day hospital stay as I would expect. He is humorous, efficient, and very good at what he does, saves lives. I have not complaints whatsoever and would seek him out if I ever need another procedure to be done.

Very rushed and basically told me to deal with the pain or deal with an ugly scar.

This man will not spend any bedside time with you answering questions you may have. Spent a total of 2 minutes with me for the preoperative visit and I still had multiple questions to be answered. Day of surgery this a-hole shows up 30 minutes late wondering what we're waiting for. Tried to ask him some questions but he was not having it. Very combative...even the nurse was shaking her head at this behavior. I worked as a surgical tech for 6 years and realized post surgery he was very rough with me while I was under. Wish I could post pictures of the bruising and torn flesh from the minor abdominal procedure. Thought very hard about reporting this a-hole to the board. Instead I will post this response in hopes no one else falls victim to this "doctor".

I chose Dr. Gamagami because of his good reputation and the surgery he had done on my friend. I have breast cancer and was very scared about who the best was. My oncologist and plastic surgeon both confirmed that he was one of the best. He is honest, very knowledgeable, professional and caring. He spent 45 minutes with me to explain, answer my question and even tried to be funny to make me stop crying. I went to him with tears and left his office with smile. I am sooooo very happy I chose him, especially, after I heard from other doctors that he is very precise and detailed. He really knows what he is doing. He did a great job with my friendâ??s surgery (also a breast cancer survivor) and Iâ??m so happy for choosing him. I trust him and sure recommend him to all my friends and co-workers.

My Sharp Rees-Stealy general doctor thought she felt something during my annual exam - I had anal cancer 15 years ago. She thought she might have felt an anal flap and wanted me to go to a specialist at Sharp Rees-Stealy for a look and referred me to Dr. Gamagami. During his exam he said he saw something that he thought he should surgically remove and biopsy and set up a surgery time with me. Dr. Gamagami is a general surgeon not a colorectal certified surgeon - I went to Scripps when I had my anal cancer and all my team of doctors have sense retired or died. I called the colorectal doctor at Scripps who worked with my colorectal doctor 15 years prior because when a doctor says "surgery" we should all PAY ATTENTION and get another opinion. I went to this doctor who said before he looked at me that no one should do surgery on a past anal cancer patient unless it is absolutely necessary. He then did his exam and found nothing amiss and sent me home. I have no idea what Dr.… Gamagami say that he thought should be removed and I'm pretty certain that if he had performed surgery on me it would have screwed me up for the rest of my life (and I have enough problems after the chemo and radiation I had as it is!). He is NOT a certified colon/rectal surgeon so the moral of this story is not that Dr. Gamagami is a terrible surgeon in all cases but ALWAYS GET A SECOND OPINION FROM AN EXPERT IN THE FIELD. If you are reading this you have some doubts - you should always have doubts and be sure of what you are doing before you ever let someone perform surgery on you.

This man spent all of 1 minute bedside with me for my appointment. The day of surgery he was 45 minutes late, and again spent all of 30 seconds "answering" my questions. Find another doctor! Trust me, stay away from this clown!!!

Dr. Gamagami took out my colon and then performed a second surgery months later to remove my ostomy. He was amazing. He visited me EVERY DAY that I was in the hospital (total of 31 days) and I am grateful to him for my life.

What ever happened to doctors that actually care about their patients? Gami will NOT listen to, let alone answer any of your questions. Trust me, do NOT give this narcissistic jackal the time of day, you will regret it!