Dr. Roger M Hayashi

My wife was a patient of Dr. Hayashi when she was on dialysis a number of years ago. He installed a fistula in her arm and told the nurses to go ahead and use it immediately which made no sense to them since there was normally a several-week healing period required before use of that type of access in those days. The fistula 'blew' when they tried to use it, and the resulting pain I could tell was excruciating for my wife. His poor judgement made her go through hell, while making him more $

I went in back in 2010 to have my edema checked out, based on the referal of another dr. He told me that since my edema included both legs, it wasn't a vascular issue. Never did an exam. Two years later, I found out from other family members had edema that their's was in both legs, and vascular surgery corrected the problem. I then sought out a different surgeon, who did an ultrasound on the first first and found not one, but TWO vascular issues that cause edema. Further, if the issues went untreated, I could have ended up in heart failure. Thanks!

Diagnosis was correct but surgery didn't go well and resulted in a life altering condition.His post recovery care is not good and his office staff never gets back with lab results. When you call they sound irritated that you made a call. The Dr. is really good though about explaining what went wrong and how it could have been avoided. Look for others if you can.

Could have had a stent but he insisted on surgery! Got a small stroke.