Prasad Katta, MD, MRCP

I have been a patient of Dr Katta for almost 2 plus years. I have been in this country for close to 20 years. There have been only a few Drs whom I can really say a patients Doctor, Dr Katta was one of them.
Dr Katta always available via email, he listens to you when you visit him very patiently and provides very good care. He is very knowledgeable and a good person. I really appreciate his service to the FREMONT area. It’s sad I’ll miss him since I’m moving out of state.
Hope I get a similar Dr like Katta
Wish him great success

Dr. Katta is friendly and controlled thyroid for my wife especially during pregnancy.

I met mr katta a few weeks ago, since he discovered i have pituitary tumor, he is giving me guidence and treatments which i truely appreciate, he also has a great staff, i encourage to give him dr. Katta and his staff the oppourtunity to resolve your medical issues with all the confidence, thank you mr. Katta i appreciate your advice and treatments.

I have been a patient of Dr. Katta for at least five years it seems like every time I have an appointment and they called me on the phone to remind me like today it was at 11 o’clock it’s really at 3pm, I take off work to come and they have no time for me until 3 o’clock so here I lose a half a day at work and then they want me to come back at 3pm because he’s always to busy to fix his staffs mistakes. If this happened once are twice its overlook able. Also to call and make and appointment he is always at least 4 weeks out and you have to say on hold to make the appointment for 10 + minutes. Time to fine a new doctor who you can see when your appointment is not when they move your appointment to because there to busy !!! I would give Katta no stars if I could … Dr Katta I hope you read this and wake up you are a doctor and here for the people not your capital gain that is the oath you took when you became a doctor !!!

Good Dr, straight to the point, responds to my calls very promptly. I have been patient of Dr. Katta for over 4+ years and have not had any issue except sometime longer wait time in waiting area.
As far as the hospital rooms are recently renovated, staff is most of the time very friendly, however if you call during peak time you may be put on hold for long time.

I have been seeing Dr. Katta for a few years. While he is knowledgeable and helpful, he lacks compassion and good «bedside manner». So much so that when I confronted his staff with a problem over a miswritten prescription he told me that perhaps I should try a different endocrinologist, which is exactly what I am in the process of doing.

I got referred to this doctor’s office and boy! am I glad!
First, it was my cousin he attended to… his thought process, knowledge, quick thinking clinically, processes medical reports/​lab work etc, I am now doubly sure that he has good skills and looks beyond the problem at hand!
He is friendly, and unlike other medical professionals, if he’s late by 5mins, he apologizes! A warm, concerned doctor, with good soft skills, comforts his patients and does not alarm them even when a report is alarming — key skill that calms the mind and creates positive energy.
Good on Follow-​up and suggestions.
After all, what happened with my family member took us all by surprise, but thanks to him, she glided through the intense phase. And I’m on the road to healing as well.

I’ve had very good experience with Dr. Katta at Washington, and the rest of the staff is friendly and helpful. The problem is the poor administrative structure. If you call with any problem whatsoever there is less than a 10% chance that you will be able to talk to a real person. Almost everything is done by leaving a recorded message. A typical problem is that my pharmacy puts in a prescription refill request and there is no response for three or four days. I can leave a message, but that’s all I can do. If I need to reschedule an appointment, I have to leave a message and wait for a call back. It makes everything more time consuming.
In the past, there were long waits beyond the time of scheduled appointments, but that situation has improved quite a bit in the past year.

My wife sees Dr. Katta (ongoing since 2007) for her thyroid disease. We cannot believe that the Dr. Katta whom she sees and the Dr. Katta that the previous reviewer saw are one and the same!
Dr. Katta is an outstanding endocrinologist. In my wife’s experience, she especially respects him because he speaks to her as though she is an intelligent, informed patient, and he is willing to work with her and discuss the pros and cons recommended treatments, while letting her decide which is best for her without any undue pressure either way. During my wife’s pregnancy in 2007, her thyroid disease had to be managed closely because of potential risks to our baby. Dr. Katta worked with my wife not only to make sure her thyroid treatment was being adjusted frequently as the pregnancy progressed, but was also always willing to answer questions and ease her fears. During one visit my wife brought in a research study she had found online about risks to baby if thyroid treatment is not adequate. Dr. Katta was very kind and understanding, reviewed the study literature and discussed it with my wife for quite awhile, to be sure that she understood it well and felt comfortable that his treatment was sufficient to allay her fears. My wife had no issues with her thyroid throughout the pregnancy under Dr. Katta’s care, despite other pregnancy complications which made thyroid management challenging. Following the birth of our son my wife continues to see Dr. Katta and feels that he is kind, competent and respectful.

This review is for Dr. Prasad Katta:.
I visited this doctor only once. I had borderline GDM (gestational diabetes mellitus) during my pregnancy. I enrolled in the ‘sweet success’ program at Washington Hospital. They gave me a glucometer to monitor my daily blood sugar and told me that if my sugar is out of range even 2 or 3 times in a week, I will be sent to an MD endocrinologist (diabetes specialist) for further investigation and treatment. There are only two Diabetes specialists in Fremont and Dr. Katta is one of them.
In any case, my blood sugar went above range three times within the given time and Sweet Success sent me to Dr. Katta. Haha. what a joke! (as explained below).
The front desk staff was very professional and nice. The wait was longer than I expected but not too bad – therefore, 3 stars. A-​ok.
Now a bit about the Dr. himself–
Dr. Katta is quite a character and very hard to communicate with. As soon as he entered the room, he started lecturing me about my blood sugar being out of range and how that will make my unborn child become «huge» (11 pounds or so). I told him that there were couple of things going on–
1. the glucometer did not show consistent readings and may have huge errors and 2. my sugar also has a tendency to go really «low».(at sweet success, when they randomly checked it, it had gone as low as 62 units (very low for healthy pregnancy)). Also my Hemoglobin A1c Test was completely within range, indicating I am not diabetic.
Anyway, the Dr. was not in the mood to listen and continued lecturing me as if I was a 6 year old cjild who is clueless about «blood sugar» (Sorry Doc. but I have taken extensive biochemistry during my Ph.D. and I have even given lectures at UMDNJ, which is where you did your MD from). Anyway, he insists that I need daily insulin shots. I am like huh? With my sugar levels going dangerously low? I told him that I will come back in a weeks time as I was not prepared to risk my pregnancy.
Part II: I went to my PCP after I saw Dr Katta. I told my PCP what Dr. Katta suggested and my PCP was surprised. He was not too happy that sweet-​success sent me directly to Dr. Katta without involving him. My PCP has been my doctor for the last 11 years or since we moved to California. He asked me to change my Glucometer and get a different brand that he usually recommends to his patients. He also asked me to make small changes to my diet and walk for 12 to 15 minutes after every meal (no more than three times a day). He asked me to stop the 45 minute long walks and instead take three short walks around the block every day. Guess what?
My blood sugar was totally within the range after that, in fact on the lower side. Later Sweet success admitted that their glucometer was faulty and showed erratic readings. I then followed the directions given by my PCP and OB and had a healthy pregnancy. My child was born healthy, slightly «lower» in birth weight though (not 11 pounds haha).
However, at birth his blood sugar was normal (not low) indication that my sugar levels were normal too.
Anyway, I almost forgot about this visit to Dr. Katta, but recently I was reminded (from my Ob’s communication and previous notes) about this very short and single visit. Most amusing part was that Dr. Katta called my Ob’s office and started insisting (almost childishly arguing) that I should be given insulin. I was right there listening to the conversation. My Ob quietly told him that she can only advice but not force her patient, unless there is a life-​threatening situation. She also mentioned that she will investigate further and send me to another doctor if she thinks I need insulin. My Ob and PCP are both wonderful doctors and not once did they criticize Dr. Katta, but at the same time reassured me that I am the one who makes my health decisions.