Dawn E. Jaroszewski's Online Review Report Card

Dr J performed my pectus repair in 2019. I was 39 at the time struggling with the effects of pectus excavatum plus anxiety. Given my anxiety form just the thought of the procedure, I did my research and met the wonderful staff at the Mayo Clinic in AZ. I absolutely wanted Dr. J and her staff to do the procedure. The Mayo Clinic is amazing - you will never find a more coordinated hospital in the world. The staff is all top-notch. I elected to have the nerve cryobation to help cutdown on the amount of pain medication need post-op - happy I did as it helped greatly with pain management and recovery time. The response time with the staff is extremely quick including the initial inquiry. I would absolutely recommend Dr J. for any of your surgical needs

one word Mayo Clinic blessed with Dr D.Jaroszewski No 1 in the world no one like her professional she did procedure in my daughter and we flow from Florida to see her she is an angel change the life of our daughter with angel hands and her expertise .Henry

I am 44 years old and Dr J performed a modified Nuss on me Feb 19, 2021. I’m 2 months post-op. She is the only reason I am here today. I can’t say enough good things about Dr J and her team at Mayo. She came to my first appt on time, informed, prepared and ready to make a plan - she had answers. I knew she was the right surgeon for me. My comms with Dr J/team is mostly through their online portal. They are well-informed, compassionate and responsive. The surgery was very successful and before the procedure I was well informed of potential complications since I am an older patient. Dr J and her team handled my post-operative bladder infection, excessive fluid accumulation and 3 broken lower ribs perfectly . She and her team have been 100% prepared and guided me through it all. From all of my interactions with Dr J and her team, it is apparent why she is top in her field. I am forever grateful to her and her team and recommend them, unequivocally. She is an amazing surgeon!

I have a real issue here with this provider. I flew thousands of miles to see this “world renound” doctor to look at my pectus corinatum and she basically said she wouldn’t do surgery on me. After all the testing and qualifying symptomatically, she said she wouldn’t recommend the surgery. It sounded more like she wasn’t interested in doing the surgery on me because it was goimg to be more difficult than the easy excavatum on a child that gives her great reviews. There was no referral to another doctor, no options of any other procedure that could help me breath, nothing. It just seemed like she has plenty of patients waiting for her, why do surgery on a more complex patient when there are easy ones lined up. Thousands of dollars, a week off work and several appointments and tests, and about 20 minutes in the room with her telling me she won’t do it but I need it done. Who will then?!?! Why did I wait months and fly over here? Do a half a dozen tests, rent a hotel room and car? Basically, don’t waste your time if you have a barrel chest and no where does it mention that she actually doesn’t specialize in pectus carinatum. Maybe too difficult for her. She apparently can only do easy surgeries and doesn’t have the knowledge and skill to correct complex cases. Might want to have your tests done at home, even though Mayo would love for you to have them done at there clinic $$$$$$. Good luck!

On August 23rd I went into surgery for a Nuss Procedure to correct my chest wall defect that I’ve had my entire life. I was fortunate enough to have the operation performed by Dawn Jaroszewski and her amazing team! Could not have asked for a better surgeon

On August 23rd I went into surgery for a Nuss Procedure to correct my chest wall defect that I’ve had my entire life. I was fortunate enough to have the operation performed by Dawn Jaroszewski and her amazing team! Couldn't have asked for a better surgeon

Dr. J & her team are the Best in every way. Had my Pectus Excavatum correction surgery with her at Mayo Clinic Arizona Best possible choice I could have made.

My son (13 years old) had a surgery for pectus excavatum with Dr. Dawn Jaroszewski at the Phoenix Children Hospital (PCH) the 12th of July 2017. We are Italians and we came in Phoenix just to have Dr. Jaroszewski for our son's surgery. When I realized that my son was suffering from pectus excavatum I started to do extensive research in patient forums and in scientific databases. In my opinion, the world's principal exponent for Nuss technique is Dr. Jaroszewski and her team. They have introduced many improvements to the technique originally proposed by Nuss and they continue to improve it. These improvements are able to guarantee better results, improved safety and lesser complications. On this basis, I realized that there were some important details of the Dr Jaroszewski’s technique that are very important which I cannot do without: i) shorter bars; ii) multiple bars; iii) sternal elevation (very important to avoid cardiac injury!); iv) fiberwire ligation and v) polypharmacy pain control. Moreover, I realized that Dr. Jaroszewski has an enormous experience (she performs a huge Nuss procedures for year), and her percentage of post-operative complications is really very low. In addition, about 30% of her pectus surgery are redo from patients that underwent the procedure by other surgeons included European one. I contacted Dr. Jaroszewski's office and the Mayo Clinic and took an appointment for July 2017. We met Dr. Jaroszewski on 10th July at Mayo Clinic for the first visit and it was a very intense experience. Dr. Jaroszewski is an exceptional person also on the human side, she is compassionate and sensible to understand our needs. She immediately transfer us good vibrations in terms of competence, safety and experience. We immediately felt an emotional bond of empathy with her. She explained in detail how the surgery would take place, the expectations based on my child's initial condition and all possible complications, including her personal case histories of complications that are very low (i.e. zero cardiac injury during surgery). Fortunately, my son had a symmetrical PE in the lower part of chest so she predicted that the operation would be relatively easy. The medical assistant of Dr Jaroszewski (Dr Primus) gave us precise directions on what to do before the surgery and finally on July 12th my son had surgery. The intervention went very well, my son had two bars, the operation lasted approximately 1.5 hours and everything went as expected. Dr Jaroszewski in the post-surgery meeting told us that she was very satisfied about the surgery and that she had not encountered any difficulties. She gave us some photos taken before and after the surgery in which it was well visible as sternum compression on the pericardium has been eliminated. Then all the postoperative period has gone fine. Pain was always under control. Dr. Jaroszewski after the surgery came 2 times (!) to visit my son at the PCH. During these visits she carefully checked my son, his therapy and his vital signs and told us that everything is going well. In fact, my son walked and ate regularly and after 2 days was discharged. Another amazing thing of Dr. Jaroszewski is her incredible availability during the recovery. The night of the discharge day we had the need to contact Dr. Jaroszewski for a fever rise. We called her office at Mayo and in less than 20 minutes, we had her precious indications by telephone. At the postoperative visit (7 days after surgery) Dr Jaroszewski , after knowing that we would have been in Phoenix for other 3 weeks, invited us to came back in her office a couple of days before leaving to Italy for a further control. We appreciated so much this fact since it gave us greater serenity to face the long journey to home in Italy. At the last visit Dr Jaroszewski and her assistant (Dr. Parrett), gave us all the instructions we could need for the next 3 years (up to the removal of the bars). We were instructed on the X-rays to do and send to Dr J's office, about the therapy, cure of incisions, and how to communicate with them when needed. We are now at home, my son feels better every day, he moves smoothly and is returning to normal life. He is currently at the 5th week post op and has stopped all meds except occasional Ibuprofen. The operation went well not only from a functionally point of view but also from aesthetically standpoint. We are very satisfied and my son is so happy that now he is always without T-shirt. I highly recommend Dr. Dawn Jaroszewski to everyone that has pectus excavatum. If you have the possibility please do not hesitate and came in Phoenix. I am grateful to Dr Jaroszewski for everything she has done for us and for the patience she has had in answering to my boring questions. Everything about my personal experience exceeded all expectations! We will return to her for the extraction of the bar (this time at Mayo Clinic!). I would not trust to put my son’s life in any other hands. Angelo

My son (13 years old) had a surgery for pectus excavatum with Dr. Jaroszewski. The operation went very well and all the postoperative period has gone fine. The results were exceptional from aestetical and functional point of view. In my opinion, Dr. Jaroszewski is the world's principal exponent for Pectus Excavatum. She is an exceptional person also on the human side, she is compassionate and sensible to understand our needs. I highly recommend Dr. Dawn Jaroszewski to everyone. Angelo

My son (13 years old) had a surgery for pectus excavatum with Dr. Dawn Jaroszewski at the Phoenix Children Hospital (PCH) the 12th of July 2017. We are Italians and we came in Phoenix just to have Dr. Jaroszewski for our son's surgery. When I realized that my son was suffering from pectus excavatum I started to do extensive research in patient forums and in scientific databases. In my opinion, the world's principal exponent for Nuss technique is Dr. Jaroszewski and her team. They have introduced many improvements to the technique originally proposed by Nuss and they continue to improve it. These improvements are able to guarantee better results, improved safety and lesser complications. On this basis, I realized that there were some important details of the Dr Jaroszewski’s technique that are very important which I cannot do without: i) shorter bars; ii) multiple bars; iii) sternal elevation (very important to avoid cardiac injury!); iv) fiberwire ligation and v) polypharmacy pain control. Moreover, I realized that Dr. Jaroszewski has an enormous experience (she performs a huge Nuss procedures for year), and her percentage of post-operative complications is really very low. In addition, about 30% of her pectus surgery are redo from patients that underwent the procedure by other surgeons included European one. I contacted Dr. Jaroszewski's office and the Mayo Clinic and took an appointment for July 2017. We met Dr. Jaroszewski on 10th July at Mayo Clinic for the first visit and it was a very intense experience. Dr. Jaroszewski is an exceptional person also on the human side, she is compassionate and sensible to understand our needs. She immediately transfer us good vibrations in terms of competence, safety and experience. We immediately felt an emotional bond of empathy with her. She explained in detail how the surgery would take place, the expectations based on my child's initial condition and all possible complications, including her personal case histories of complications that are very low (i.e. zero cardiac injury during surgery). Fortunately, my son had a symmetrical PE in the lower part of chest so she predicted that the operation would be relatively easy. The medical assistant of Dr Jaroszewski (Dr Primus) gave us precise directions on what to do before the surgery and finally on July 12th my son had surgery. The intervention went very well, my son had two bars, the operation lasted approximately 1.5 hours and everything went as expected. Dr Jaroszewski in the post-surgery meeting told us that she was very satisfied about the surgery and that she had not encountered any difficulties. She gave us some photos taken before and after the surgery in which it was well visible as sternum compression on the pericardium has been eliminated. Then all the postoperative period has gone fine. Pain was always under control. Dr. Jaroszewski after the surgery came 2 times (!) to visit my son at the PCH. During these visits she carefully checked my son, his therapy and his vital signs and told us that everything is going well. In fact, my son walked and ate regularly and after 2 days was discharged. Another amazing thing of Dr. Jaroszewski is her incredible availability during the recovery. The night of the discharge day we had the need to contact Dr. Jaroszewski for a fever rise. We called her office at Mayo and in less than 20 minutes, we had her precious indications by telephone. At the postoperative visit (7 days after surgery) Dr Jaroszewski , after knowing that we would have been in Phoenix for other 3 weeks, invited us to came back in her office a couple of days before leaving to Italy for a further control. We appreciated so much this fact since it gave us greater serenity to face the long journey to home in Italy. At the last visit Dr Jaroszewski and her assistant (Dr. Parrett), gave us all the instructions we could need for the next 3 years (up to the removal of the bars). We were instructed on the X-rays to do and send to Dr J's office, about the therapy, cure of incisions, and how to communicate with them when needed. We are now at home, my son feels better every day, he moves smoothly and is returning to normal life. He is currently at the 5th week post op and has stopped all meds except occasional Ibuprofen. The operation went well not only from a functionally point of view but also from aesthetically standpoint. We are very satisfied and my son is so happy that now he is always without T-shirt. I highly recommend Dr. Dawn Jaroszewski to everyone that has pectus excavatum. If you have the possibility please do not hesitate and came in Phoenix. I am grateful to Dr Jaroszewski for everything she has done for us and for the patience she has had in answering to my boring questions. Everything about my personal experience exceeded all expectations! We will return to her for the extraction of the bar (this time at Mayo Clinic!). I would not trust to put my son’s life in any other hands. Angelo