Does anyone know my doctor?

Have you, at least, Googled him? I have and there's lots of stuff about him.

-Les

Golf...I checked his web site and from what I can tell you shouldn't have any problems, but I don't know him.

http://www.drjhendricks.com/

Other than that, ask for some phone numbers from his prior patients so that you can talk to them. Most urologist/surgeons don't have any problem with that. Most doctors or professionals won't talk against or say anything negative about any doctor even when they should.

hey there ol buddy . i did a boatload of research before deciding whom to go with , lots of docs are on the web  who quote, unquote SEEM to be fine with lots of stuff to say, however if you havent spoke with actual patients skip it pal. just my thoughts ,i live in nor cal as well napa valley is notorious for great add campaigns(lot of money there) im certain you already know this. if you dont find  any of his paitent willing to talk to you well ???? your on your own at that point.i traveled for my robotic surg. REMEMBER you only get one shot at this how important is it to ya ? its the rest of your life ,and quality of it.my doc was PASSIONATE about the work he does literally,he was the premeier surgeon who trained other surgeon from intuitive surgical the company who make the robot and has authered a number of well published papers on the subject i talked  with several of his patients personally,all with outstanding results . upon getting  closer to my surgery date  my research found  that his partner dr,wilson is ranked the5th  best surgoen in the world at this ........the world....thats the team i want workin on  me. let me sum this up by saying .at 4.5months out  of surgery i too am one of his patients with outstanding results totally dry at 3 mos usable erection at 2 days post  cath removal please compare  these results to whomever you choose please remember this isnt a perfect science yet and these results are typical and not guarunteed please choose wisely  my friend your gonna do fine .....................dirt

Tough question. I'm an anesthesiologist and I can tell you that unfortunately the only physicians that get booted are the really bad ones. Trying to figure out the mediocre from the best is problematic. Probably the best info you can get to go on is the number of procedures he's done; from his web site it looks pretty good for robotics--40-60 a year since 2002 is pretty impressive, if its accurate--I'd ask him directly how many davinci prostatectomies he's done. You probably need to do 50-80 to get over the learning curve. After that how many a year to stay competent? Don't know but I'd guess at least 50. I had an open procedure and I choose a guy whose entire practice is open prostatectomies; he does 4-6 a week and nothing else.

After that you could check with the state board to see if there are any complaints against him; I'd also go to the american board of urology web site to make sure that he is indeed board certified, and re certified if he's been out of training more than 10 years. If you know any medical people at that hospital that's always a source of information but not always reliable. You might get a second opinion from an academic center, ? UCSF?, try to see the chair, and don't ask specifically about Hendricks but ask who the chair would recommend in your area; he probably knows most if not all of the urologists in the area and might list others you haven't considered.

Good luck!
Paul

MY URO ACTUALLY HELD A SYMPOSIUM ON THIS TOPIC AND 300 WAS THE NUMBER HE QUOTED HE IS THE PRES OF A NATIONAL CANCER GROUP AND HIS PARTNER IS RATED 5TH BEST IN THE ENTIRE WORLD AT THIS ...ACCORDING TO AN OHIO STATE RESEARCH TEAM LOOK IT UP JUST MY TAKE...DIRT