Hsu Hsien-Wen, MD

Our experience with Dr. Hsu was horrible from beginning to end. I’m so upset with our experience that it has taken me 5 months to write this review, if it wasn’t for me wanting to inform other patients of his care (or lack there of) then I wouldn’t even bother to write this review. We were referred to Dr Hsu when my grandmothers chest X-​ray came back abnormal. We then had a ct scan done & Dr. Hsu, without seeing the results «assumed» it was some type of copd. We he was wrong to assume, because after further examination of the ct scan he then informed us that he suspects it was some form of cancer. How does one go from suspecting copd to CANCER?! The next step was to do a thoracentesis, which they were unable to do because of the fluid in her lung solidified. I called Dr. Hsu and asked what the next step was and he replied with «a bronchoscopy but that that procedure comes with high risk & I honestly belive your grandmother’s days are numbered and I think she is going to die.» mind you, my grandmother was beside me while I was sspeaking with Dr. Hsu on speaker phone!
The next horrifying experience I had with Dr. Hsu was when he was reading me the results of my grandmother’s biopsy, over the phone. He told me it was stage 4 lung cancer and that there wasn’t anything he could do to save her. he then proceeded to scold me for my family & I not choosing to do the biopsy sooner.
The last encounter we had with Dr. Hsu was when my grandmother was hospitalized after her first round of chemo and things took a turn for the worse. My mother and aunt had just been given the grim news of my grandmother’s condition and was still processing everything when Dr. Hsu began to talk about end of life and a «do not resuscitate» code. My aunt who was obviously shaken up replied with «Is there another doctor we can speak with?» Dr. Hsu’s response? «You don’t need another doctor, you need a priest.»
That is our experience with Dr. Hsu. I wrote this strictly to let the public know our experience. I personally never wanted to write this in the first place, if it wasn’t for the the fact that i would hate for someone to have to experience this with a loved one, or themselves. Dealing with a terminally ill family member is hard enough to go through, you don’t need all the added stress of an inconsiderate Dr. So i’ll leave it up to you whatever you walk away with with this review…