Okay, Dr Tom Margolis might be a good dr...but this is what happened to me. 2019 in January i had Dr Margolis take my Mesh out and connect my Balder to my own body tissue..How ever the surgery went fine but i still had about 25 percent leakage...After six months went to see him and told him about the leakage he told me he can get the scar tissue removed and would be 90 percent better!Good deal let's do it. In September which is six months after my first surgery.I agreed to go ahead with this plan of him that he has recommended.How ever i did not see him before i went to the surgery room to go over the surgery!After coming out of the surgery and went home i was getting dropped off by my Daughter in the parking lot i had uncontrollable urine coming in the parking lot before getting to my house. So i went to see him after and told him i am 100% worse then i was before this surgery!?His face got red so fast!YOU KNOW WHAT HE DID!? Instead of removing scar tissues he undone the surgery i had done in January!! Without my consent!and He didn't come clean saying i am sorry i made a mistake or something!!i find out from another Dr that's what he has done!I cannot believe how a Dr can make such a mistake!. read more

I can't recommend Dr Margolis enough. I was referred to him by my primary gyno because I needed to have a myomectomy and he was the best and also had availability. I met Dr Margolis in his San Mateo office, Lisa greeted me at the front, and got me checked in. I was very impressed with how knowledgeable and sympathetic Dr Margolis was to my situation, he explained everything about the options and how the process is going to be and assured me that even though surgery is a big deal, everything will be okay. I was sent home with two pieces of paper - a pre-op and a post-op instruction sheet. I kept reading them for the two weeks prior to the surgery and it was very helpful knowing what I'm going into. On the day of my surgery which was preformed at El Camino Hospital Dr Margolis came by prior to the operation and again called my nerves and his entire team was just amazing making sure I'm comfortable and any questions I had were answered. (The entire experience at El Camino was great too, go read my review there for details.) The post op appointment was a couple weeks later at the Los Gatos office. Again Lisa got me into the room and asked a few questions on my recovery, she was so sweet and caring, it shows from the very first time you meet her. Dr Margolis checked my incision site which is healing well, he went over details of the surgery and I left with such a great feeling because everything went as smoothly as possible and I'm well on my way to being back in good health. If you need a myomectomy I HIGHLY recommend coming to Dr Margolis because this experience has been nothing but amazing for me. read more

I cannot thank Dr. Margolis enough for his care and attention to detail. I have been struggling with Adenomyosis for quite some time and have been to 4 different OBGYNs at Kaiser whom could not figure out my medical cause. It was frustrating and disappointing that I had to keep pushing for the medical care I needed and definitely took a toll on my mental health. Although the reviews were not as positive I decided to meet with him and thankfully I did because my first exam he knew something was wrong! Mentioned things that other Drs at Kaiser could not and immediately offered me with different option plans. I knew I had to go with surgery as I could not live with the pain every month and it took a toll on me. Dr. Margolis provided me with care and answered all my questions. Helped saved my uterus if I wanted to bare another child and the stitches healed fine and thinly. He met with me after I was checked in at the hospital to reassure me everything will be ok. After care, I was worried about my stitches and was called in to have it checked out immediately which was nice. As others have mentioned his staff are not the greatest. It was my first surgery so I do ask a lot of questions and they were not all answered sincerely. I presumed we all have good and bad days or I may be annoying calling all the time lol. I do want to mention that the only thing I wasn't too happy about was processing any paperwork or claims will cost you $40 per filing which I had a bunch of! Simple forms that could easily be signed and dated was $40. Understandably if it was for EDD disability there are a lot of information the Dr. has to document so i wouldn't mind but a simple form?! I ended up paying a lot of filing fees costing me a couple hundred bucks. Nonetheless, I am postop 5 months and couldn't be happier. No more pain and feeling helpless thanks to Dr. Margolis! read more

I had surgery in 2019 and was the worst decision I've ever made! I still am not back to normal ended up with a partial collapsed lung, a blood clot in my lung, somehow had fractures in my back that were discovered in a CT I had. The office staff are extremely rude at least the Los Gatos office can't speak on the other offices. I was told that they couldn't understand why I wasn't able to return to work it was way past my recovery period. I was sick for a very long time. read more

I don't understand the negative reviews. I know God was watching over me during Covid and my regular Doctor sent me to Dr. Margolis. I was preparing to sell my home and move out of state. My doctor referred me to Dr, Margolis which I believe the Divine was watching over me. Dr Margolis explained my options and I had chose surgery and the timing could not have been better. I had surgery without a long wait and recovery was 6-8 weeks no lifting. I managed and I must say it was all worth it. My recovery went well and so was my move. I was allowed one arm lifting by then. I followed instructions the best I could and I must say I feel like a teenager. I highly recommend Dr. Margolis. I did not see him after the surgery but the nurses let me know it went well which was kind of unusual. He definitely is the best and had patience to answer any question you may have at anytime. Even though I moved out of state (my insurance would change) he said he would be available. I did not need to contact him of course but it just shows he is a compassionate doctor. As far as the staff, I called them enough and they did the best they could or would get back to me if they needed to ask the doctor. The only downfall is if he was busy or when they were out of office. It's been over 6 months now and I have no issues. My surgery was at El Camino Hospital In March 2021, and they were amazing too. I have already written a review for them. Update 10/9/21: I thought I might add a little note here. I just had an emergency appendectomy and realized when I had my surgery with Dr Margolis I should have asked him to take my appendix out. I never realized I could have requested it although not all doctors agree with this but it would not hurt to ask and then I would have only had to go through recovery once instead of twice all in the same year.3 read more

My 1st visit and experience with Dr Margolis was awesome I would give him a 5 stars, but unfortunately if you need to change your medication or have questions you have to deal with Jill and based on my interaction with her is that I'm basing my review. She's short, rude and takes forever to get your medication switch if you have to make changes. It's been a week and nothing has been resolved instead she told me that my situation is not his priority that he's a surgeon not a primary Dr. Well obviously I know that but I would think as a Dr he cares about ALL his patients, which I'm sure he does she's just the person we have to deal with, which is very unfortunate. read more

Dr. Margolis is a great surgeon. I knew I had the best doctor when in my first appointment we talked about my options and decided to do the surgery. I usually get nervous before a surgery, but with Dr. Margolis I was extremely calm because I knew I was in good hands. Sure enough, minutes before the surgery, he made sure to inform me that he would be conservative and do what he could to preserve my uterus, which he did:-) His staff is great too. I totally recommend Dr. Margolis. read more

Dr Margolis performed a cystocele and rectocele on me and it has been life changing!! I was not really excited about the idea of Surgery and being out of commission for a while but Dr Margolis and his staff walked me through the process and what to expect. I immediately saw a great improvement to my problems which I foolishly put up with for years!! My anatomy was back where is should have been!! I cannot say enough about how this man and staff cares about their patients!! Feeling Blessed in Morgan Hill read more

I got to see Dr Margolis after another doctor almost killed me ( not literally, but letting my iron drops to the point that i was close to loose conscious on a freeway). Not only he is a brilliant surgeon, but he is also a very kind, compassionate and caring person. I wish there were more doctors like him. Five stars are nothing when you talk about Dr. Margolis. read more

Dr. Margolis is an angel doctor. He saved my life with his organ prolapse surgical technique. 1 year ago today, I had a sacralcolpopexy, Birch procedure on my bladder ( no mesh), tubal ligation and then a diastasis repair. The latter 2 procedures performed by my other favorite surgeon, Dr. Andrew Cook, who assisted him on that day. It was a slow and hard recovery. I took it very easy this year as I really wanted that uterus to stick and stay up there. I am happy to report that it has. I am a physical therapist who lifts, pushes and pulls for a job daily. I can go that. I returned to aggressive singles tennis play and can now lift a jug of milk and not feel the pressure down there anymore. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING THE BEST. YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE I EVER RECOMMEND TO MY OWN PATIENTS. read more

This man, saved my life!! I had a vaginal mesh and organic graph in my rectal area. I saw many doctors to try to help me with my chronic pain! I even went up from my home in Orange County California to UCLA to see an expert many law firms referred patients to see for removal. He scared me! He seemed so horrible with his knowledge about these things. Then I heard about Dr. Margolis! He answered his cell phone, which was on the Internet! We chatted a minute and he said he would love to see me! He has seen it all! I called his office, and got an appt. drive up from Laguna Niguel, to near San Jose' and saw him! My husband and I were there for a long while. I did not feel rushed. He sat down and talked about what he would do. I booked my surgery and came up, had a great experiences the hospital, came back to our hotel for a week to recover and see Dr. Margolis before I left to go home. I have been able to live a normal life, no longer bed ridden and I could not be happier! This man donates his time over seas to poor countries, and women walk miles to go and see him gif help! He is a good man. I do not know about the complaints on yelp for him, but I can tell you, he is a man of integrity. And I will recommend him to anyone who has these same issues that I have! Doctors like him, are few and far between!! So thankful I could have him fix me up! read more

very dissapointed. He did not help me with the issues I have he didn't seemed to have any interest in helping me I traveled very far to go see him with so much hope . He didn't do any test to see what was causing my problems he just said everything was fine and send me back on my way. I made a big sacrifice to go see him as the trip was very expensive lost time from work for him to tell me there was nothing wrong and I'm still suffering with the same issues . And then he send a letter to my regular physician saying that I was eager to have surgery when I never told him that I was just hoping he would do some test or put a camara to see what was causing my problems but he did not he just did a quick office exam and determined that I was fine. I don't know why he did not wanted to help me. I'm very dissapointed in him. read more

I was really lucky to have found Dr. Margolis, He was god sent!!.. I have no words to thank him.. He is my HERO!!! I was diagnosed with a RVF ( Recto vaginal Fistula) after my second pregnancy. This whole RVF thing hit me like a bolt from the blue as i have never heard about it before i was diagnosed with it. I went to a couple of other surgeons before i met Dr.Margolis... one did not have much knowledge about it..and the other had a long wait time. Having an RVF is very symptomatic and painful as i have to keep the area very clean in order to prevent infections if not there is constant soreness due to infections.Thus, I had to get it treated ASAP. When i met Dr.Margolis.. He was able to exactly point out where i had my RVF with in minutes.. and he told me that i had to undergo a small out patient surgery to fix the RVF.. The whole procedure was easy for me to process and follow as they have everything in a step by step instruction.. which helped me get through it.. His assistant was very helpful and nice all the time and also Dr.Margolis's staff Kelly ( helpline) was very helpful and patient in answering all my questions whenever i called them. He is apparently the nation's best in treating Women's fistulas. Thank you very much Dr.Margolis & team!! read more

**This is not a reflection on his office staff, not their fault. They were helpful and nice My mother had an appointment at 1:45 and he didn't come in until 2:40, almost an hour late. No notice or update and didn't even apologize for being late when he came in. And it was--I kid you not--a 2 minute talk with him telling my mom she's fine and that was it. So basically we waited an hour for him to come in for 2 minutes and ask her if she was okay and then proceed to tell us to make another appointment in a month. If it wasn't for the fact that my mother was there, I would've given him a piece of my mind. It's rude and disrespectful to have patients wait an hour and then come in and not even acknowledge the fact that you're late and not apologize or explain why you are. I'm the one who drives her to her appointments/procedures and I have to take off work (I help support her so understand why I'm frustrated by taking days off work) and to have someone blatantly disregard everyone else's time except for his is infuriating. **this isn't a reflection of his work either, he just performed a procedure on my mother and I can't speak on that. She's still recovering so we'll see how she is in a couple months. read more

Dr. Margolis is very knowledgeable and professional. He recently performed a surgery for my mother and he was great! He was patient and courteous at every opportunity. However his staff leaves something to be desired. My mother had a very hard time dealing with the staff and getting any kind of response. In addition, please avoid Donna as she is completely unprofessional and will belittle you at every opportunity. My mother and I are completely dissatisfied with the support of his staff. So my official recommendation is the doctor is great, his staff is NOT. If you need a good surgeon, use Dr. Margolis, but just try to get his direct line if you need to reach him as his staff is completely useless. read more

Defrauded by Dr. Michael T Margolis office - avoid dealing with these people: I was referred to the office of Dr. MICHAEL T. MARGOLIS by my primary physician. Before scheduling an appointment, I had asked if the doctor takes my insurance and I was assured that it is accepted. Upon coming to the office, I was confirmed again that this doctor is within my Cigna network and I was charged (used my credit card) $70 co‐pay as written on my insurance card. Accordingly, I have received the receipt of a named charge of $70. After appointment I have received a call from the doctor's Margolis office and I was told that now they figured out that Dr. Michael T. Margolis is not taking my insurance and is not in a network of supported providers. Therefore, I must pay $450 for this office visit immediately out of pocket. I explained that I have asked them prior to my appointment if they take my insurance and only after confirmation I set up the appointment. If I would be provided with the correct information about this doctor not being part of the Network Providers for Cigna insurance, I could find another doctor to go with, who is covered by my insurance. So, I refused to pay the additional amount requested. A few days later I found that the Dr. Margolis office charged my Credit Card which was given to them to charge $70 and instead they charged me $450 without any consent and agreement with me. The office of Dr.Margolis also sent me another receipt with the charge of $450 from my card and explanation of the charge: Code 99205 Complex‐ $450. I immediately objected providing the receipt for $70 issued by the office at the day of service. I filed the complaint with my CC providing the receipt of $70 received in the office. The credit card issued credit ‐ $325. Why they issued this amount I can't figure this out. That means that I have paid to Dr.Margolis office $120 instead of initial co‐pay in the amount of $70. read more

After he started a surgery for me without proper planning he had to have another surgeon finish the next day. Had to pay for 2 surgeries, had blood loss that caused anemia so bad I could hardly walk for 6 weeks. I should have had hot chemo during that surgery but was an opportunity lost. I do give him credit for knowing his limitations and calling in another surgeon. If you suspect cancer, your best bet is to go to a cancer specialty group that has all specialists in one place. read more

Dr. Margolis accurately explained what I should expect with my surgery, and he took the time to answer all my questions and concerns, both pre-op and post-op. I found him easy to talk with, and he has a talent for explaining things clearly without talking down at me. If I ever need pelvic surgery again, he's the one I'll choose. By the way, his staff is wonderfully helpful and knowledgeable, too. read more

About 3 months ago Dr. Margolis performed major surgery on my wife , whom I am pleased to report has made a total recovery. She was reluctant to have surgery based on negative stories from friends(?). That is until we visited Dr. Margolis. He took time to explain the procedure in a down to earth manner that we could easily understand. We left the first appointment with confidence in his ability to correct her problem. The surgery and recovery went as expected with several checkups by Dr Margolis. Not only is Dr. Margolis an expert in his field but he shows great empathy for the patient. It should be noted that while Dr. Margolis has a successful and probably lucrative practice in Silicon Valley, he still finds time from his busy schedule to spend several weeks each year doing Pro Bono surgery on less fortunate patients in Africa and South America. That alone speaks volumes for his humanitarian concerns. I would like to address the complaints in previous review that the wait time may be considered excessive. Yes, we have had to wait beyond the specified time probably because Dr Margolis takes his time and has both eyes on his patients and not one eye on the clock. That is why we are called patients not customers. WRT to the staff. They are all courteous, (including Kelly with whom I have had several dealings) competent and reflect Dr. Margolis' s values. Perhaps the previous reviewer who posted a negative comment used the wrong approach possibly due to pain. As Sir Isaac Newton remarked "To every action there is an equal and opposite reaction" read more

In my opinion this doctor deserves way more than 5 stars. Not only he is a brilliant surgeon (he assisted my OBGYN in removing my uterus fibroid which was huge and therefore created certain complications) but he is also the most caring doctor I have ever met. His ability to say the right things at the right time is incredible. I was very scared and he calmed me down so when the day of surgery came I only had one fear - what if Dr. Margolis will not show up :) But he did and everything went very well just as he said it would. I have to say that before I met Dr. Margolis my opinion about American doctors was pretty low and I am happy to say that he restored it. It's great to be able to fully trust your doctor and one can definitely trust Dr. Margolis. I would most certainly recommend Dr. Margolis to any woman who needs a gynecological surgery, he is WONDERFUL! read more

I strongly recommend Dr. Margolis. He's an international expert in surgery for women with gynecologic conditions of all types and he does it full-time. Don't go to a general ob gyn for your surgery, they don't operate enough to be any good. read more

Totally ignored my cry for help. I've been suffering with this rectovaginal fistula for over 17 years. I lost everything because of it. I guess that's the difference between someone having a state insurance plan over those who are wealthy and have a better insurance plan. There are no charitable organizations in America to help its own citizens. I will never understand this at all. I deserve a better quality of life just as anyone else in this world. read more