O’holleran Michael S MD

Dr. Michael O’Holleran treated me well!!! I had an Umbilical Hernia repair with mesh, and this has been my third hernia surgery to date. He is by far the BEST surgeon to date!!! The Sequoia Hospital surgical staff were amazing, very caring and great sense of humor… which is important to me to help relieve the anxiety of being rolled into that surgery room, can be overwhelming… Dr. O’Holleran’s professional yet mellow demeanor is calming and trusting, when we first met and we discussed the process if its entirety he was honest, clear, and to the point. I told him that I am a competitive bodybuilder and he knew how to repair so that it would not be an issue moving forward. Now in recovery just seven days out from surgery I am back at work (desk and modified duty), I am doing cardio on my spin bike, and itching to train, but following his orders… and wife’s lol… and waiting until next week to ease back into it. I am getting ready for a National level competition towards the end of the year, and this great man has put me back on track!!! Thanks Mike, you are a blessing to me and my family… God bless you and your staff!!!

great doctor and super nice guy. he did a great job on my emergency gallbladder surgery.
the Latin girl that answers the phones and does his scheduling is seriously one of the most rude and unhelpful people I have ever met. I have had several run ins with her and today was no different. he really needs to know that she is a problem.
with the exception of her … it’s been great

Great surgeon, skilled, caring, great personality. What more can you ask for? Dr. OHolleran came highly recommended by both my primary care physician and the physician in the emergency room at Sequoia. I knew that I was in good hands. His bedside manner puts you at ease.

My son was referred to Dr. Michael O’Holleran by his pediatrician because he suddenly got a massive bump behind his right ear. Dr. O’Holleran is very experienced, and saw this as a Sebacious cyst that got too big and infected, and promptly drained it. A very good doctor from our experience.

Doctor Michael O’Halloran is a superb surgeon. I recently had a colon non-​cancer surgery with Doctor O’Halloran. As a result of the surgery I am feeling the best I have felt in 25 years. He is very knowledgeable, with strong technical abilities, with a wonderful caring and approachable personality. He is accessible, usually returning my calls with hours. I would strongly recommend him.
Cliff J

Dr. O Holleran is tops ! You may indeed have to wait because he is an on call surgeon who does have to dash to the hospital to someone who needs immediate help. Thankfully, for those of us who understand the what ‘emergency’ means and hope when we have one ‘non emergency’ patients will understand they’ll need to reschedule Dr O Holleran will be that surgeon.
We think his office staff is very professional and have signs and always indicate to call ahead to help timing.
Dr. O Holleran does work in a fab ’50’s building in San Carlos, is independent, refuses to be guided by insurance and allowed us to factor our preferences into the surgery decision making.
We wouldn’t go to anyone else. Very, very grateful for him and his office staff.

i think Dr. O’Holleran is fabulous. He is caring and patient. Listens to my questions and explains things in a manner i can understand. He made a very stressful and anxiety-​ridden time much easier for me to handle. I really can’t say enough how thankful i am that he was my surgeon

I was charged $ 235 to have the doctor tell me that the lump I found didn’t sound like cancer.
I had to wait so long for an appointment that it went away on it’s own, when I called in to say that they said to go ahead and come in anyway, so dutifully I did, and I sat there filling out stacks of paperwork for almost a half hour only to have the doctor say what I’d described was nothing but a normal cyst. He could have told me this over the phone, easily, when I called to see if I should bother with the appointment.
This wouldn’t be a one star review if it weren’t for the fact that when my insurance accidentally rejected the claim, rather than re-​try it he billed me, so again I paid.
Then 5 months later I get a letter from my insurance saying they looked it over again and the bill was paid and I only owe $ 30. So I go to call him to ask for the $ 205 I over paid back, and they decided to close 4 hours early on a Friday so I cannot speak to anyone till Monday.
I wish I’d never gone in to talk to the guy.

I want to give Dr. O’Holleran a 5 star review, because #1, he deserves it, and #2, his rating needs to go up. If you meet him, I’m pretty sure you’d give him a 5-​star.
I wound up in the ER with stomach pains six weeks after giving birth to my twin boys. Turns out I needed to have an emergency appendectomy. I was so scared, as I had never been under general anesthesia, and I had to be away from my preemie newborns. His demeanor before the surgery really set me at ease — he was joking and just trying to get my mind off the fact that he was going to slice and dice in just a few minutes. The nurses (this was at Sequoia hospital) all said he was the best. I don’t remember a whole lot about the whole thing, but I do remember the next day when he was on his rounds and came to check on me he made me laugh out loud a couple times. I hope I never have to have surgery again, but I can only hope I would be in his capable hands again.

I never met Dr. Michael O’Holleran because when I went for my surgical consultation appointment (in the 1950s in need of an update building). I waited for 15 minutes and then asked how many people were in front of me for Dr. H. When I was told there were 3 people still waiting to be seen it was clear I’d be waiting for him for likely another hour and a half if I was lucky. When I said I was going to cancel the appointment because of the extended wait the receptionist said, «ok».
The other off putting thing was that the receptionist was eating a tuna sandwich at her desk and answered the phone in the middle of talking to me. The whole waiting room smelled like tuna, but there is a sign saying please don’t wear perfume in the waiting room — the smell may bother others.
Maybe he’s a good surgeon but his office, staff and time management skills need some attention.

I think I understand why General Hospital was so popular for so many years because I can easily have swooned in my surgeon’s arms. I had an emergency, life-​threatening condition that didn’t allow me to choose my surgeon, but I am very glad Dr. O’Holleran was there to take care of me that day in the ER. I was also pregnant at the time, barely pregnant and the operation put me at high risk for losing the baby, so I asked that I not be given general anesthesia. He was able to accommodate my request even though it was major surgery and it took extra time and consideration to make it work.
He warned me to call before going out to a follow-​up appointment because he often is called to the hospital and might not be there on a scheduled appointment day, but that didn’t happen to me. In fact, there was only one appointment where I had a ten-​minute wait and he apologized for the delay — if only all my doctors were that on schedule!
Mostly, what really impressed me about Dr. O’Holleran was that he did not talk down to me at all, he treated me as someone on his intellectual level. I told him I was amazed that I won’t even have a scar because he was able to go in through my belly button — I won’t get into too many details but considering the problem I had I couldn’t even visualize being able to keep it that small and unobtrusive! He said something about me being a young woman and he didn’t want to leave me too much scarring. For a 38-​year-​old mom that was quite a kind comment, but the point is that technically he must be very good, and he has a much better than average bedside manner.