Absolutely! This amazing doctor and his team saved my life! I can't begin to tell you how marvelous everyone was to me! I thank Dr. Hao, Grace Chang and their entire team for giving me back my ability to live normally again! read more

I am so very thankful and appreciative of Dr. Hao and his wonderful staff.. Dr. Hao's exceptional talent gave me a new life... I've had numerous heart procedures due to A-Fib.. I'm finally free of fearing the possibility of a stroke or dealing with my rapid , irregular heartbeats. And, I'm free from taking Eliquis! Dr. Hao's concern and genuine caring along with the tenacity to solve my medical issues has given me such joy and relief .. his staff, especially Mike and Candace feel like friends .. so sweet, knowledgeable and empathetic .. The actual ablation procedure is amazingly pain free with very little discomfort . I highly recommend Dr. Hao and his family of excellent caregivers, technicians and medical experts.. Thank you ... Thank you ...Thank you... Respectfully , Gloria Garrett read more

I was given more years to my life since April. I am so grateful to Dr. Hao for my well being. From the day I got out of the hospital I felt like a dark cloud had lifted off of me. The team was stellar and everyone took great care of my every need. Everyone from Candace, Dr. Hao's assistant, who is kind and knowledgeable and super caring and FUNNY too, were sincerely interested in my wellbeing, including the entire staff in the operation room and the recovery bay. The whole experience was relaxing and safe. I can't say enough about how honored I felt to have a brilliant specialist work on my heart. From the moment I met Dr. Hao and Candace I felt confident that they would take the reigns and lead me into a huge change in my health. I never had a doubt that they knew what they are doing. The hospital on Sutter had just opened and everything was crisp and fresh. I wish I could have been awake for the whole operation. Really! It was fascinating, but I guess I had enough to handle at the time. As of my six month check-in with Dr. Hao I am free and clear of the A-Fib and the ELIQUS !!! I felt like a queen leaving the office today.. floated away on a cloud. "HAO" can I ever thank you my dear Dr. Hao? You are a so talented. Thank you for more happiness in my life. For anyone reading this, I hope you also have a chance to meet this team for your wellbeing... It is life changing. Maryon M. read more

Steven C Hao, MD FACC - Happiest day of my life since before my A-fib!!! - Cardiologists Near Me

Dr. Hao and his team are great. He performed catheter ablation on me in March 2014 for SVT and my heart's been running great since. I used to get SVT attacks about once every 4 years since my late teens but when I turned 30 they started to occur more frequently, once a year and then twice in 3 months before I decided to have Dr. Hao fix it once and for all. The operating room and the technology they use for the surgery is amazing... it blows my mind that this type of surgery is even possible. I was very nervous going into it but once they started, it was very easy. They take you in and out of light sedation during the procedure, first to make small incisions on both legs (inner thighs) to thread the catheters to your heart. When they're ready to start the ablation, they bring you out of the sedation, although not completely, you're still very relaxed. The ablation procedure is really cool, it's as if your heart is a car engine and they're genius mechanics running diagnostics on it. They ramp your heart rate up and down in various ways to induce the arrhythmia and burn off the culprit tissue that's causing it until they can't induce the arrhythmia anymore. Sometimes your heart beat is in SVT, sometimes it's normal, sometimes it's just pumping hard and fast as if you're exercising, but you're totally relaxed on the bed. It's really weird and really cool, I enjoyed it, science is amazing. Immediately after the surgery my heartbeat felt more solid and less erratic. I had more frequent spells of skipped heart beats (PVCs), but they subsided after 4 months. 1 year later I still get occasional PVCs every day (same as before the surgery), but I've been told it's unrelated to what caused the SVT and is normal for most hearts. Once every few months I might get a prolonged funky beat/flutter that lasts a few seconds as if the heart wants to go into SVT, but it quickly corrects itself back into a regular beat. I'm really glad I had the surgery and got rid of that SVT burden. It's nice not to have it looming in the back of my head during long plane rides or in the wilderness on a long hike. Not to mention no more emergency room trips for a shot of adenosine. read more

My experience was one of extreme frustration! He did not see me the day of my ablation procedure and while I hope/trust I got a great result from it I waited 50 days for an appointment to see him to learn of its results. He and his office did not communicate with me. He treated me as an annoyance both during my pre and post-procedure appointments. While maybe a wonderful clinician his patient relations with me were miserable. Following the procedure no one - not him, his NP or anyone else in his office called to ask, "How are you?" I can only assume he and his staff don/t care. read more

Dr. Hao transformed my life. I had to have two ablations three years apart. I flew over 2,000 miles to see him for my procedues since there were no specialist in my State. He is an top notch complex heart arrythrmia specialist . The follow up technical monitoring provided via a pocket size device provided assurance that things were going well despite that I was half away across the country. He's a life saver, and my life is normal again. read more

Steve Hao is simply the best guy in this field!! I researched the ablation procedure for 7years and spoke to Steve for 5 years before I was convinced. The procedure went very well, and the staff that cared around me was wonderful. I had a 190 days' follow up period where I was closely monitored, and today I was declared cured 100 % read more

I had atrial fibrillation for over 6 yrs, until I meet dr Hao in emergency room in Seaton hospital. WOW WOW WOW dr Hao identify problem, 2 days later I had heart ablation done in California Pacific Medical Center and dr. Hao fix my problem. Dr Hao YOU ARE MY HERO, You have golden hands and. I will kiss them million times!!!!! Dr. Hao is best heart electrician on the planet!! Very professional, easy going and most important he definitely is best in his specialty!!! Thank you dr. Hao Love Barbara read more

I had an ablation with Dr Hao in November 2010. He is a superstar. The process was seamless and my care was superb. He and his team clearly are experts. Patients come from all around to have this team do this specific procedure. I came down from the Lake Tahoe area. read more

Dr Hao and his team have improved the quality of my father's life tremendously. He's 85 and his heart was beating on avg. 50 to 60 beats/min. He was getting lightheaded and easily fatigued. He had more than one cardio assessment by others and only Dr Hao took immediate action to schedule his surgical procedure. Our family is grateful and pleased with the results. The team is professional and followed up very well post surgery. read more

Very rude and unhelpful front office staff. They are the quintessential example of 'medicine by bureaucracy' who have little to no interest in the lives and well being of patients. Was trying to get my mother a new patient appointment after she relocated to California because her old Cardiologist called to tell me that her implanted heart monitor was showing irregular activity, after weeks of phone calls and having to send medical records 3 times before they acknowledged receiving them, they finally said that Dr, Hao was not the correct type of cardiologist to see my Mom. Sooooo I researched and found another doctor in the SAME OFFICE as Dr Hao, and worked to get an appointment with him. When I asked Dr Hao's staff to transfer the medical records, literally down the hall, the receptionists exact words were, 'We get alot of faxes, so unless you know the exact date and time the fax came in (since the fax was sent by her previous doctor (3 times), there was no way for me to know that with precision), it would take me forever to find it." Dr. Hao may be a great doctor ( I wouldn't know, we never got to meet him), but his staff are negligent on the border of criminal. read more

Dr. Steven Hao MD is an extraordinarily skilled and exceptional cardiologist who specialists in atrial fibrillation and arrhythmia at California Sutter Pacific Hospital. He literally gave me my life back after undergoing a Pulmonary vein ablation in San Francisco in December of 2010. Coming from Hawaii where we don't have a single cardiologist in Hawaii who is a EP specialists nor the technology my only choice was to fly to the Mainland to see him or go to Stanford Hospital and I decided he was the better choice. Not only did he pioneer the use of the thermocool Cather but he has done many of these complicated procedures so I trusted him. I am fully functional with no complications and on no medication and I owe it all to him and his team. Without question I would refer anyone to him at the drop of a dime. read more

I am an avid cyclist that was riding over 300 miles a week. A few years ago, I was experiencing an accelerated heart rate every 6-months that would last only a few hours. Over time, the frequency and duration of the episodes became more concerning. In 2014 I was diagnosed with A-Fib. I made an appointment with Dr. Hao to discuss the possible treatments. Although I was extremely reluctant ("Heart Surgery" sounds scary), I went in for the ablation procedure in January of 2015. My only regret is that I didn't do the procedure earlier. There were no stitches, no recovery time, and no pain. I stayed in the hospital overnight but I easily could've walked home that night. The risk of a stroke while living with A-Fib is much greater than any risk associated with the procedure. Doctor Hao and his team were great. I just had my 6 month check up - the procedure worked - I no longer have A-Fib!! read more