Dr. Vandana Susmita Kulkarni, MD

Dr. Kulkarni is excellent at her job. I had a bad experience with anesthesia at another hospital and was very nervous about having surgery again. She put me at ease and took extra precautions with my case so that I did not experience the same complications again. I really appreciate that she listened to me and that she had the competence to adjust my medications to what I needed. I wish I could give more than 5 stars to this doctor!

This woman should NOT be taking care of living people. Her bedside manner was horrendous. I went in for a major surgery, this woman came in not introducing herself, asking if I had questions. I asked who she was. At that point I said I suffer major anxiety, and explained my fears of becoming ill after surgery. She was cold, not friendly at all, I woke up so very sick to my stomach, with nothing for the anxiety. I was in for a hysterectomy and I was terrified to begin with. This woman has zero business taking care of people. She made is crystal clear that she was not interested in my worries she looked annoyed, bothered and frankly scared me. I am traumatized by her. My brother was in the room, he is a general surgeon at another hospital and agreed her demeanor was nasty. On my bill it looks as if she did not do the anesthesia however, she is the only person I met and all I know is I was in recovery for over three hours extremely ill and terrified. She was nasty. The look on… her face just scarred the daylights out of me. I had asked her for something for my anxiety and again, she was very gruff in her response. I felt like I was being difficult and disrupting her day. I have had three other surgeries being put under. NEVER been sick NEVER had that level of pain. I am truly terrified to ever go under again after this nightmare.