General Surgery | Penn State Health
General Surgery • State College, PA
Ratings by platform
- Penn State Health official provider page (Dr. Yu-Wei W. Chang): 4.9/5 (329 patient satisfaction ratings)
- Penn State Health official provider page (Dr. Gary S. Aghazarian): 4.9/5 (271 patient satisfaction ratings)
- Healthgrades (Dr. Matthew Davidson): 4.8/5 (9 ratings)
What patients say
Patients praise
- High provider satisfaction ratings for individual general surgeons, often around 4.9 out of 5 stars
- Patients describing surgeons as informative, patient, and caring
Common complaints
- Reports of sterilization issues and lack of sterile instruments in operating rooms
- Allegations of safety concerns regarding surgery environment from internal staff
- Legal complaints concerning diagnostic and treatment delays resulting in wrongful death lawsuits
In patients' words
"Wonderful surgeon! Informative, patient and caring. Would recommend him to anyone."
— Healthgrades patient review for Dr. Matthew Davidson"The surgeons just show up to their room and have no idea the instruments we steal from other services or what goes on behind the scenes to barely make ends meet... and we don’t even have what we need to give safe patient care."
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