Received cervical/spine surgeries with follow-ups in 2022, benefits continuing on! Spoke with neighbors with similar surgeries and one had brain surgery. All said they're completely satisfied and happy with the results. read more

My first visit was a video call. I still cannot comprehend how a surgeon is going to evaluate a thoracic spinal surgery by not physically seeing the patient. As a patient, I wanted to be seen in person. Well I scheduled a second visit. After being made to wait for over 35 minutes, I was made to see a physician assistant. The third visit was again a video call. The fourth visit, was made to wait and then told that he is in surgery and another physician assistant would see me. Frustrated I left. I called to explain my frustrations, and was offered another video visit. I understand video visits maybe effective for colds etc, but when a patient is in severe pain, and wishes to see a doctor in person, and we are paying for the visit, not sure why those wishes cannot be respected. Making patients wait and not respecting their time is unacceptable. We take time off work to come in for these scheduled visits. Extremely disappointed that I never actually got to be treated as a patient should have been. read more

Dr. Kunwar has given my wife a new life. She had been suffering from severe leg pain for more than a year. Several Dr's agreed that she had a pinched nerve in her back but only prescribed physical therapy and pain pills, which did nothing. She was afraid of surgery because of so many negative results. She could hardly walk anymore and was getting hopeless until we saw Dr. Kunwar. He quickly identified the problem and convinced us that his minimal invasive surgery would work. She had the surgery, which was a one inch incision and an hour after recovery, she was walking normally again without any pain. The next day you would not even know she had surgery and has not even used any pain pills. It was miraculous, even the nurses were amazed at her quick recovery. We will be forever grateful to Dr. Kunwar, and his staff. They are the best. read more

Had pituitary adenoma surgery in mid Nov 2022. Prior to surgery and not long after my MRI, I had a zoom consult with Dr Kunwar. He was exce patient, explaining what the results of the MRI, what he found and wgat can be done. He was never insistent but consistently giving me options to choose from in every aspects of my surgery. I fely safe, clear and comfortable about the entire process and procedure that he would be doing to my head. He even let me choose the date. Later I decided to move it up by two weeks and even this, Dr. Kunwar was quite accommodating. 6 weeks after surgery, he had a follow up appointment with me. He confirmed again the he was unable to get that 2% adenoma that had seeped into my right eye cavernous. That I can choose to do or not do the Gamma Knife Surgeryvwhich was actually a focus radiation to kill off that 2%. Naturally I chose to get it done. So he arranged for the radiation oncologist to have a zoom meeting with me so that I can ask questions of her. I was surprised to learn that the session would take between 30 -90 minutes. I don't really want it to be that long so I expressed it to her and later to Dr. Kunwar as well. Eventually, I got 28 mins of Gamma radiation which I was glad. I highly highly recommend Dr. Kunwar to anyone who needs to get any pituitary adenoma done. He's one of the most professional, talented and nicest neurosurgeons I've ever have the fortune to meet., I'm so glad he was my neurosurgeon. read more

Dr. Kunwar was the third neurosurgeon I saw to reinforce what the other 2 other surgeons had diagnosed for procedure to alleviate pain on neck caused by discs narrowing the flow of fluid in the spinal canal. Very thorough on explanation of what to expect during procedure, which went very well and am on the mend. He was quite professional but compassionate at the 1st visit, as well as keeping relative informed after the procedure, Thank you Doctor, Kristi and the whole surgical and hospital team! read more

After bringing my dad to the ER at Washington Hospital, my dad had to suddenly undergo surgery the next day to remove a skull based tumor originating from prostate cancer. We didn't even have time to do some homework. Once it was announced that Dr. Kunwar was doing the procedure, we were more optimistic based on all the great credentials we heard and read about him. My dad and I were extremely comfortable and confident after meeting with Dr. Kunwar. He explained and visually showed the procedure in ways we can understand EVERYTHING and what to expect pre and post surgery. The best part was...my dad agreed to it quickly with confidence. Dr. Kunwar gives you peace of mind pre and post surgery. Today marks the 6th day post surgery. My dads recovery is promising and was discharged out the hospital at the anticipated time. With lots of patience, support and therapy, I believe he will over come his difficulty to speak and express himself. I've heard and read success stories and it might take months for dad to regain his ability to express himself again (which seems common after my dads procedure). My dad is truly blessed to be under Dr. Kunwar's care. He's very talented! read more

Dr, Kunwar is a God sent to help people in need. He is professional and caring who listens and responds properly. I am 2 months post-op of my pituitary gland tumor at UCSF operated by Dr. Kunwar, I feel so lucky that my Endocrine doctor Dr. Murad referred me to him. After the first appointment with Dr. Kunwar I scheduled my surgery right away without hesitation, he knows what he is doing and the result proved that I put myself in good hand. He and his team at UCSF are amazing! Thank you Dr. Kunwar for your help and your dedication to the Medicare. Our quality of life improved because of doctors like you! I just can't thank you enough!!! read more

For the past five years, I have suffered from trigeminal neuralgia. It is called the "suicide disease" because of the unpredictable extremely painful attacks a person has with it. At the height of my disease I was taking 40 pills a day and still suffering the horrendous attacks. I had gamma knife surgery twice at Fremont's Washington Hospital. The bad news is that the disease persisted. No relief was in sight until we met Dr. Kumar. On September 22,2015, he performed surgery on my brain : putting Teflon sponges between the trigeminal nerve and the blood vessel. The surgery changed my life. I can now leave the house and enjoy my family and friends without fear of another painful attack. We are so grateful to him and his skills for giving me my life back. read more

every appointment is 3 month away, every office visit is at least one hour wait, when he talked to you, he is always in a hurry, can not even find my MRI on last visit, do you think you can get a proper patient care this way.? I have a failed back surgery performed by him, but he and his staff are too busy to refer another MRI to see what is going on. read more

If there were 10 stars, i would give him that! I had a microdiscectomy (back surgery) from Dr. Sandeep Kunwar TODAY!!!~ he is absolutely amazing. The moment i met him i felt completely confident with him. He took time to explain everything to me. he put me at ease before the surgery and now i am at home laying in my bed! granted i am still recovering, but WOW i am so relieved to have had such a competent knowledgeable and skillful doctor do surgery on me. he was the 3rd Neurosurgeon i met, and he recommended the least invasive procedure by far. i obviously have some pain and discomfort at he incision site (which is less than 2 inches) but my sciatica pain and numbness and tingling are completely gone! My only complaint is it took me almost 3 months to get in for a new patient appointment... there is a line for a reason, great things come to those who wait!!! don't procrastinate-you need him! I can share, plus, i will be better by the time you get your appointment:) good luck! read more

This used to be a higher rating. I have severe testosterone issues. My former GP thought that prolactin could have been an aggravating factor- hence the referral. However, despite his very professional staff his availability was poor. Then when I met him he likely told me a bald-faced lie. He kept emphasizing that prolactin is primarily a stress hormone. Despite much research I can find ZERO evidence for that claim. My impression is it was about blaming the patient to avoid treatment. One fact in his favor is that my GP thought that a bone may have been pushing against my pituitary gland. It turned out that the bone was instead narrow- hence surgery would not have been warranted. Still, the stress claim alone is worth the poor review. read more

If I could, I'd give him more than five stars. He's a WONDERFUL doctor!!!! After my awful experience with another doctor, I was referred to him for what we thought was a tumor on my pituitary gland. Once he looked at my test results, he discovered it wasn't in fact a tumor that was "getting bigger and hemorrhaging blood" as the other doctor had explained flatly but was a Rathke's Cleft Cyst that was rather common. If I had been older, he would have suggested we leave it, but since I was younger, it messed with hormones and the possibility to have children one day, so he suggested it be taken care of. At the point of my brain surgery (though he only had to go up through my nose), he had done upwards of eight hundred of those already and as I understood it, he was the one people go to all over the world to have it taken care of. And I see why. Once he knew what it was, he sat down and explained things to not only myself, but my parents since they came with me to my appointments with me in such a way that we could understand things. He used everyday terms that the public would know and made sure we understood what he had said before he moved onto the next piece of the puzzle. He started with the pituitary gland and the actual Rathke's Cleft Cyst (the small picture), and moved broader and broader slowly until we had the whole picture like a teacher would, making sure we understood each step along the way. My mom and I are very visual people, so he used diagrams and displays to show us what was going to happen during surgery and what was happening in my body. He didn't mind spending time to explain things to us when we didn't get something and was very patient. It was very obvious to the three of us that he cares about his patients and is willing to go over the allotted appointment times when a patient needs more help or more attention because he did with us, with me. He calmed my worries (No it's not a tumor that's getting bigger and hemorrhaging blood) and made me breathe easier, even though I was about to have brain surgery. I am extremely pleased with him and I am promoting his practice, both the one in Freemont (the one I went to because you cannot pay me enough to drive in SF) and the one in San Francisco. read more

Very good doc. Got my mom walking again and prob saved her life doing a semi emergency shunt implant for her hydrocephalus. Washington 's doctor and nurses are in general pretty damn good. read more

As good as it gets says it all. First I went to San Jose Neurospine in Campbell Ca. the outcome was disastrous after the operation I could not even stand. and they required cash up front after months of sever pain I found Dr. Kunwar in Fremont Ca. He truly turned my life around everything he said came true and he accepted my Ins. for payment in full there were so many improvements over El Camino Hospital. even after the operation they left the Catheter in my penis till the tissues had attached to the catheter a nurse just ripped it out I almost passed out from the pain and it bled for a month and the breathing tube from the was put in my mouth for the 4 and 1/2 hour operation when she had failed to coat it with Vaseline so when she ripped it out of my mouth it tore the skin on my lips she had ignored what I had requested it was very pain full for the next month and my legs developed edema. During my stay at Washington Hospital Dr. Kunwar ordered a devise that eliminated all my edema problems. San Jose Neurospine was a very painfull and damaging experience I cannot reverse the fusing and hardware they added. See Dr. Kunwar and get it done right the first time Howard read more

Dr. Kunwar is the best neurosurgeon! He helped me take up a decision for pituitary adenoma transphonoidal surgery. He is a perfectionist and had all the answers before any questions asked. I would definitely recommend him with any tumors in brain n his speciality is pituitary tumors!!! read more

Dr. Kunwar is my husband's neurosurgeon. If, God forbid, you or someone you love has a brain tumor/cancer, I implore you to get an appointment to see the best----DR. KUNWAR. In 2003, my husband was taken to Eden Hospital in an ambulance after having seizures. A cancerous brain tumor was the cause. Surgery was done at Eden by a competent neurosurgeon. This surgeon, however, wasn't confident enough to remove all of the tumor as he feared that he would cause too much damage to the brain. We were sheep at the time. The diagnosis came from out of the blue and we did as the doctors at Eden told us and went with their recommendations. The pathologists at Eden even mischaracterized what type of cancer it was! After the first surgery we were left watching a tumor gradually grow, prompting a second surgery a few years later. This time, we sought out the best. Dr. Kunwar. Dr. Kunwar assured us that he could get the rest of the tumor, doing as little damage as possible to the healthy brain tissue. It's cancer....it will kill you, so you have to kill it--you just can't leave it there and watch it grow if it is operable. Anyway, as other reviewers have said, Dr. Kunwar is so knowledgeable and gives you such confidence. By no means is he snobbish. You just know you have met the best doctor you could possibly imagine. He prepared us for the fact that my husband could have some speech difficulty following surgery and had a speech therapist there to work with him in the hospital immediately after recovery. He was correct. There were some temporary speech problems, but after working with the therapist for a few months, he was doing fine. This doctor saved my husband's life. We continue to follow up for yearly checkups and will follow his advice on future treatments when necessary. DO NOT COMPROMISE! IT'S YOUR LIFE. EVERY HOSPITAL WILL TELL YOU THAT THEIR SURGEONS ARE GOOD. THEY WANT YOUR BUSINESS. I AM TELLING YOU FROM EXPERIENCE...DO NOT SETTLE. GET AN APPOINTMENT TO SEE DR. KUNWAR. IF YOU ARE HAVING BRAIN ISSUES AND NEED TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL, SEEK OUT WASHINGTON HOSPITAL IN FREMONT. THEIR NEUROSCIENCE CENTER IS TOPS. DO YOUR HOMEWORK. YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT. read more

I too give Dr. Kunwar a million stars. I have changed my health insurance just so that I can be sure that I can see him again if need be. He has a true gift. read more

Dr Kunwar is an excellent neurosurgeon. I have had 2 surgeries done by him. Beyond his technical skill he has a wonderful way with patients. He does a great job of explaining the medical situation and the treatment plan. He does not talk down to you. He has a gentle and kind demeanor. I always felt like i was in expert hands. read more

If, God forbid, you ever need a neurosurgeon - as I did - you definitely would want to contact the one that is the best in his or her field. Dr. Kunwar is the leading specialist in the US in the field of removal of pituitary adenomas using the minimally invasive surgery technique. He was very reassuring prior to the procedure, and quite efficient performing it, with five years of my uneventful post-surgery life as a living proof of his skills. read more

Doctors are human and so are their staff. His staff dropped the ball on my recent MRI request and I didn't call back to do follow up for several weeks. And he is heavily booked but in January 2016 we discovered a large brain tumor causing aphasia and he saw us ASAP. Got surgery within two weeks. Then in second week post op I had a disc rupture. Turns out he also does backs. The micro discechtomy didn't improve things much but it was not his fault. The brain surgery was a bigger deal. He is a busy guy but I always felt he listened to me and his bedside manor is superlative. His explanations were concise. He managed to leave the two blood vessels which passed through the tumor in tact. Brains are strange and he said he could have just clipped them, but I'm glad he made the extra effort to leave them in there. I also really like Washington Hospital. Didn't have a bad nurse in the four days in recovery. read more

Excellent doctor and surgeon! So grateful to Dr. Erasmus for referring me to him (who btw, is also another wonderful doctor). He did my spinal surgery and spent more than enough time to explain every detail of my procedure with me. He was not rushed, was very detailed and careful to make sure I understood what was going on and what will happen during surgery. He checked every aspect of the situation to get a good picture of possibilities and complications that could arise. He again explained the whole procedure to family/friends who were with me on the day of the operation. I felt very safe and confident under his care. He definitely is excellent yet he doesn't minimize the simplest questions I had. He is the kind of surgeon I would want operating on me on such complicated cases such as spine and brain injuries which I hope I won't have to have again :) His physician's assistant Sam Lee is equally professional and compassionate. She takes time to answer questions and get back to you when you call the office. So grateful they both worked on me on this particular health issue. Couldn't be happier with the care I got and am still getting. read more