Misra Sourjya MD FACS

Short account: Great physician, highly recommended.
Long account: Thirty years ago, I watched my wife struggle to awaken from general anesthesia. Thrashing and gasping, she looked like she was dying rather than recovering from relatively minor surgery. I vowed never to undergo general anesthesia unless absolutely necessary.
Kidney failure due to an enlarged prostate forced the issue. First, I had to stay in the hospital for one week for insertion of a catheter to cleanse the kidneys. Dr. Misra dropped by the hospital suite. He made no attempt to sugarcoat the verdict (surgery was unavoidable), and he refrained from guaranteeing a favorable long-​term prognosis.
The catheter remained in place for four weeks after discharge to let my kidneys rehab. Pre-​op office visits in the crowded foyer, and periodic long waits due to Dr. Misra’s performance of emergency surgeries, were somewhat of a downer. However, when the catheter fell out due to carelessness by my internist’s aide, Dr. Misra promptly squeezed me in for an unscheduled appointment, and then reinserted the dreaded device with extraordinary care and gentleness.
On the day of the surgery, Dr. Misra swung by the prep room shortly before I was wheeled into O.R. «Why do you always look so serious?» he quipped. Before I could respond, he added, «People say that about me, too.» We both smiled broadly. I may even have chuckled, no small feat with an I.V. in one’s arm. The lighthearted banter helped me to relax. Surgery went very well, and my recovery was complete.
In closing, I can attest that Dr. Misra is a conscientious and exceptionally talented urologist/​surgeon, and that the occasional need to wait in the office foyer longer than one might wish, is a small price to pay for his services. As a bonus, the three efficient staffers at Dr. Misra’s Castro Valley office provide beyond-​the-​call-​of-​duty cheerfulness.

Couldn’t even give him 1 star… OH my gosh! I wish I would have read these reviews before I took my poor child to this savage! He was rude to her, asked me in front of her if «she was a normal child» like if she were special needs of some sort. His bedside manner was horrible! He was rotten to the core to my child who had problems with her bladder which is a sensitive issue all within itself but he made her feel horrible about herself. This visit was insulting, cold, he ruined my child’s self esteem! My poor child…

I can’t even give this man 1 star (but I had to in order to post this) because he is that bad! The worst doctor I’ve ever had in my life! He has no bedside manner what so ever, and thinks it is ok to yell at his patients. You will wait in his office for hours after your scheduled appointment time just to find he won’t even acknowledge your there. His patients are just trash to him while he sits on his golden thrown. Please do not ever go see this doctor, please, please please!!!

Unbelievably horrific! After our experience today, the ONLY thing this doctor seems to have going for him is his incredibly wonderful office staff. I don’t know if he has a bad attitude, doesn’t care or honestly doesn’t realize how badly he is coming across, but there is something very off-​putting about this man and his demeanor. This was our first and last visit.
My elderly mother’s appointment was set for 11:15 p.m. By noon, we were still waiting. When he walked into the room, there was no apology for making us wait. In fact, his demeanor was cold and rude. There was no greeting at all.
He spoke to us like we were idiots. Evidently, my mother’s primary care physician wasn’t very clear on why he had sent us there, even though we had a written referral with a possible diagnosis. Dr. Misra kept asking, «Why are you here?»
He rudely said, «I can’t determine what’s wrong with your mom without test results.» I had given his nurse the test results and she input them into a computer. I told him that within the first few minutes of him entering the room. Evidently he wasn’t listening. I told him AGAIN. Sure enough… there were the results on his laptop that was sitting right in front of him.
He seemed upset and irritated the entire visit. I thought I had made him upset and even asked him if I had offended him. He said, «no.»
He decided to do a sonogram on of my mom’s bladder while she was sitting in her wheelchair. He told me to pull down her pants. I did so. He then swung the door to the exam room wide open so anyone walking by could see my mom’s private parts in all her glory. I don’t think he even realized it because he truly seemed clueless.
I told him several times (and it was on the form I filled out) that my mom has Alzheimer’s. More than ½ way into the visit he said, «Does your mom have dementia?» Hello, doctor? Are you really listening???
In the last few years, I have taken my parents to many doctors because I am their caregivers. I have had and still do have wonderful relationships with all of those doctors. This is the first time I have ever experienced such unprofessional and poor service from a doctor.
Needless to say… we will never return!

Avoid this urologist Dr. Sourjya Misra at Castro Valley whenever you can! Because this doctor will likely NOT respect your time or you as a patient! He was referred by a primary physician.
The first time I took my in-​law see this doctor per schedule but was told to go home — half hour after appointment time — because the doctor had «emergency» and had to re-​schedule. The clerk apologized and scheduled appointment the following week.
The second time we went there according to schedule, one hour after the scheduled appointment time, the clerk apologized again and told me «the doctor is late and still on his way to office». We start to get a little upset.
But the doctor didn’t seem mind about our feeling, and no sincere apology from him (for canceling appointment after we already there and being very late the second time). In stead, he complained about how he didn’t have any our medical record from this referral and how dis-​organized the referring primary physician organization was. We got stuck in-​between two physicians pointing fingers. Very un-​professional.
We did not proceed further, left office and won’t be back to this doctor anymore.

I recently wrote a review about Dr. Misra because I really believe he is a good doctor and has a kind heart. Unilocal removed this review because it was positive about Dr. Misra. One day I needed to call his office to confirm my appointment. I saw his telephone number on the Unilocal review site. After seeing what someone else wrote which was negative and so contrary to my experience with Dr. Misra, I decided to write my honest feelings.
I still stand by my feelings and experience with Dr. Misra. It is an insult to me to have Unilocal remove my review for whatever reasons. Once again, he may run behind schedule a lot but it is probably because he does not rush his patients. I always try to book at the beginning of the day or at the end of the day. Once again, Dr. Misra is experienced and a very good urologist.
Please see my removed review for more information.

Absolute worst «Dr» ever seen in the history of mankind. Do not see this man!
The short story: Hubby had kidney stone #4 last week, and we had another harrowing ER experience (to be covered roundly in a seperate review). We decided on the advice of the ER personnell to make a follow up appointment with a urologist to establish care for his ongoing kidney stone problem. Surely, we thought, it makes sense to be proactive about health, especially when you have a semi chronic condition. We called a Dr. from the list the ER had given us (mistake #1) and made an appointment for the following week (mistake #2) to see this «Dr».
We arrived 15 minutes early to complete paperwork, for a 4:15 appointment. So, then, from 4:00 to 6:15 we sat in an incredibly tiny, dingy waiting room with a huge mass of people moving past us. Hubby started asking appointment times — they were seeing everyone scheduled before us, who were running late, AND everyone scheduled after us, including people who had appointments for 5:15, etc. We had our infant son who was hungry and it was all I could do to keep him calm, and I often had to leave to settle him and then return.
Finally, the nurses left. Yes. The nurses (who were lovely) LEFT. The building was pretty much shut down. The lot was empty. I came back from comforting the baby and found at last that the «Dr» had deigned to see my husband. I entered the room, expecting to introduce myself, but was not acknowledged even by so much as a glance. My husband was attempting to explain to the «Dr» why we were there while he fooled around on a computer and on his notebook computer. He did not look at my husband or address either of us directly. He was incredibly, insanely rude. Finally, I piped up that, very reasonably we wanted to establish care so that, in the event that he had further trouble with this stone, he could call the urologist and NOT spend 6 hours in the ER (again, that’s another story). The «Dr» then READ ALOUD the ER notes to us, which, astonishingly, said that he had been in «no distress» (he could barely walk and was white and trembling and sweating as he passed a kidney stone completely without medication). When we objected to this information as inaccurate, the «Dr» accused my husband of being negative about the medical profession and demanded to know why. My husband began to explain the numerous unfortunate medical experiences he has had the misfortune to endure, and the «Dr» (still without ever LOOKING at him) said «Oh here we go».
Bottom line: He did not look at the tests from the ER which had been sent over beyond a glance. He did not attempt to treat my husband. He would not agree to take us as patients. He did not show a single shred of human compassion. He repeatedly asked my husband «why are you here» and «what do you expect me to do» and then, amazingly, told him he should not go to the ER for kidney stones, but just pass them at home by drinking water. Meantime, he had begun attending to personal business on his computer.
At no point did he make eye contact. When my husband said «I am afraid» he simply continued typing.
This man should be removed immediately from the medical profession. I will be filing a complaint with the medical board and with our insurance company and with any other entity I can think of. The sheer inhumanity of man was overwhelming. It was, in short, the worst «Dr» experience either of us has ever encountered.
Save yourself the heartache!
Here’s a link to his profile, so you can make sure to avoid him: