Gastroenterologists to Avoid: What a horrible experience this man's professional services turned out to be. During my extra-expensive Specialist appointment, he took a cell phone call despite my protests. Then he refused to discuss pain management until he had done the colonoscopy.
I vaguely recall lying in the recovery room, how he approached out of the gloom of semi consciousness and blur of a world without my glasses, babbled a lot of rapidfire jargon I couldn't understand, and how he walked away while I tried to form words and say "Wait, I don't understand you." What a self-important ass.
His office staff were uniformly unhelpful. Despite several phone calls, I was never able to discover if my treatment included any aftercare or information. They just told me to come back for another colonoscopy even if I hadn't finished paying the auxiliary bills on the first one.
If Dr. Ko's information delivery and patient care is deficient, his billing department operates with a laser like focus. They got me to pay for two different lab fees, site fees, and enhanced surgery charges because he removed a polyp, which is apparently not a routine procedure with colonoscopy any more, despite what the brochure says.
He never did discuss pain management with me. Good thing I learned on the Web that ibuprofen aggravates bleeders like me.
Avoid Dr. Ko at all costs - the crap he works with seems to have stuck. read more