I have been a patient of Dr Naftulin for 25 years. He is the kindest, most competent and caring urologist I have had. I've had chronic kidney stones for the last 27 years. I've had 7 lithotripsies. Love love love Dr Naftulin! And Dr Poonamallee, excellent with young children and babies. read more

Doctor Naftulin is very good but the office Staff are impossible. My husband tried for weeks to get a Callback just for an appointment (he's a well established patient.) We called early morning mid mornings or later in the day. No one actually answered the phone so we'd leave messages. Finally we had to drive to Folsom and go into the office to set one up!!! We know the doctors have a busy office, but this inefficiency is now being reflected in quality patient care. What good is it to have an 'excellent' doctor if you can't even get in touch with his office for an appointment? read more

Dr. Brian Naftulin saved my life. This doctor knows his stuff. I had a mass in my kidney, one doctor told me to only remove part of the kidney, another told me to do nothing. I went to Dr. Naftulin and he said the entire kidney needs to go, otherwise I will have problems and if the mass is cancer, the remaining kidney may have cancer cells left in it. I was confused, it was confident Dr. Naftulin who said you need a third opinion, he help me go to Stanford and there they agreed with Dr. Naftulin, the entire kidney must go. He is well known at Stanford. And it showed a lot of class for Dr. Naftulin to say go else where, make sure you are certain. I will be here when you need me. This doctor is who other doctors go to. Please do yourself a favor, and before you remove anybody parts see Dr. Naftulin! He will walk you thru every step of the way. And his staff is amazing. read more

Dr. Naftulin is a good doctor, however, his staff have been short and down right rude in the past. I have left messages in the past and they either don't get back to me right away or they never call back. I once had to go to the office in order to get information I needed regarding upcoming appointment. read more

I wrote a seperate review for Dr. Poonamallee on yelp. I have no experience with Dr. Naftulin. I found the staff here extremely unhelpful between continuous pushing into email, no one being at the desk when we show up, waiting an hour and a half to see Dr. Poonamallee and waiting 3-5 days for test results that they already have and having to call repeatdly to get them. Dr. Poonamallee appears competent as a doctor but also appears very disinterested and dismissive. If you've got kidney cancer issues go see Dr. Brian Golden in Sacramento or if you have stone issues try the doctors in the UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento. read more

Fabulous Doctors. Have been his patient of Dr. Naftulin for the last 15 years. Had 3 lithotrypsies all successful. When I was pregnant with stones, I had one blocking my ureter and, the appointment was for 10am and I was in surgery to place a stent that afternoon. No harm to my baby and great and careful care was taken of me. Just can't say enough good things about this clinic. Dr. Poonamallee took care of a an issue my baby boy had and he also was very caring with little to no office wait. He was very tender with my child. Just can't say enough good things about this clinic. I do not think the office wait is long at all and the front and back office staff is very efficient and friendly and they have been there for years which says alot about a Dr.'s office these days! read more

I saw Dr Naftulin for kidney stones- He prefers his patients to hand carry in their x-ray which I do not like because I brought mine in (a 45 minute drive) just for him to tell me he cant see them on this x-ray because other stuff is in the way and I need to take another one, If he would have just look at the x-ray on line he could have saved me a trip and a co pay! Also I got seated in a room that had clearly not been cleaned. And got seen 50 minutes later than my apt was scheduled. Make sure you do not have plans after seeing them.. Both times I had to see him he was well over 40 minutes late getting to me. I am finding another urologist! read more

My husband has been seeing Dr Naftulin for prostate cancer care for over a year. Dr Naftulin and his staff advised us that he has an aggressive cancer, and after research, we opted for the most aggressive treatment approach providing the best chance for a positive outcome. Dr Naftulin's office has been responsible for a portion of this treatment and they have been a challenge right from the start. I have had to correct faulty prescriptions and surgical authorizations they sent not only to us, but also the surgical center. 18 - 24 months of continuous Luperon is what was prescribed as part of treatment. Recently we learned that the shot given in December 2013 at this office was a one month dose with a six month follow up scheduled. This left my husband unknowingly without the medication for five months, and we had no idea until arriving in July for the next dose that an error was made. Dr Naftulin was running late the day that this mistake was discovered and never took the time to come into the exam room or to talk with my husband. The PA who gave the current shot told us of the previous dosage error. This was done after our oncologist called the office personally prior to the December 2013 injection and assured us they knew what was prescribed! When leaving Dr Naftulins office in July 2014, his staff scheduled a six month follow up appointment with a different physician in the office . Is it another mistake? Who knows! Why would they do this without an explanation? Wouldn't a patient with an aggressive chronic illness deserve some continuity of care? It has been over a month since we learned of the medication mishap, and we have yet to hear anything from these professionals. On the day we were advised of the error, the office staff only repeated "you can't prove any damages" . The staff is correct, we can not prove measurable damages; however, in a situation like this, showing more concern for their patient and taking responsibility for their mistake would have been a more professional response. An aggressive treatment plan was chosen and they have altered and potentially jeopardized this. The fact that they chose to respond with this statement makes me believe they have had many mistakes occur previously and I suspect they have been advised to respond this way. Anyone being treated with any illness deserves better communication, compassion and information. We called the Mercy patient advocate and were told they will look into this. I hope some serious procedural & personnel changes occur within this practice before they do cause some serious measureable damages to someone. read more

He is a rock star in the urology world. This guy has saved countless lives and improved their quality. From Kidney stones to prostate cancer he knows his stuff and couples it with a cordial disposition. read more

my 17 year old daughter was having a frightening health crises and ucdavis missed the diagnoses causing her to suffer an extra 6 months of pain. We went to mercy hospital and thankfully Dr Naftulin was able to view her tests and knew exactly what was wrong.He saved her life and she loves him.He is a skilled surgeon and is so kind. Thank you Dr Naftulin for everything! read more