Karthik Balakrishnan's Online Review Report Card

Our daughter has laryngomalacia and so we had many appointments with Dr Balakrishnan, as well as a surgery, and he was wonderful throughout. Listened to our concerns and explained things very well. We always felt heard and felt like our daughter was in good hands. We were very thankful to have worked with him.

We sought out Dr. Balakrishnan for a second opinion following a routine laryngoscopy for our 8 year old son, when he was diagnosed with idiopathic tracheal stenosis. Dr. B and his team were extremely knowledgeable and were able to sit with us and explain the surgery and answer all of our questions. His professionalism and kindness toward us and our son was amazing! He was able to fix the stenosis and our son is back to his normal active self! Thank you Dr. B and team at Mayo!!

Dr. Balakrishnan guides us every step of the way – making what was a scary and stressful situation become less strenuous because we were aware of the potential outcomes, understood what was happening and why it was happening, and had the space to ask the questions that would help us understand if we were confused or unsure. There are not enough words to express how grateful we are to have Dr. Balakrishnan leading our team.

Dr. Balakrishnan is a wonderful doctor. He was really knowledgeable and careful about our daughter’s ear issues, and explained everything to us very well. He called us personally, at home. I nearly fell to the floor in surprise when I answered the phone and he said he was looking for ___’s Mom. Then he spent 10-15 minutes answering our questions about the surgery we were considering! He was sensitive about cost concerns throughout our daughter’s care too, which we appreciated.

Dr. Balakrishnan has provided excellent care to my daughter. She is so much healthier since her sinus surgery. We live out of town and it is always easy to get in touch with him if issues arise. He is very easy to schedule with and even got us in 3 hours early for her appointment last week so we didn’t have to wait at the clinic. He is great with children, and I highly recommend him.

We went to Dr. Balakrishnan for a second opinion regarding an odd occurrence related to our daughter's nasopharyngeal reflux and ear tubes. He applied a creative solution, which he described in excellent detail to us prior to the surgery, to address the issue. We were very impressed with the outcome and would highly recommend Dr. Balakrishnan and the VPI team!

Dr. Balakrishnan is an amazing surgeon and a wonderful human being. My daughter was born with laryngomalacia. The doctors in my area were unable to treat it so we were flown to Mayo and she had surgery with Dr. Balakrishnan. I work in the medical field and even in my area I had heard how wonderful Dr. Balakrishnan is; he is highly respected by many medical professionals. When I met him I was so impressed with how kind, calm and reassuring he was. Thanks to him my baby is happy and healthy.

Very pleased with the care our daughter received from Dr Balakrishnan, would highly recommend. Very thorough in going over our options for treatment/care. The day of surgery he made sure we knew exactly what was going on and what he estimated. After surgery, he took the time to come and sit with us and go over how everything went and post op care. Again, very thorough at follow-up appt making sure all our questions were answered. We felt very comfortable with him and the time he took

Dr. Balakrishnan is our favorite doctor we're ever had for our son. Dr. B has been involved in his care since he was one week old. In a very scary situation we felt comfortable with the recommendations given to us by Dr. B. He has always given us options on what to do with our son's healthcare proving scenarios and results as well as recovery time estimates for his procedures. He's easy to understand and his bedside manner is superb. There is truly no better doctor than Dr. Balakrishnan.

My daughter has had previous bad experiences with male doctors and ENT doctors so when we first went to Dr. B we were leary. Through his technique, style of building rapport, and character as a physician Dr. B changed my daughter's outlook on ENT appointments completely. She loves the guy even though he looks in her nose and does things that used to terrify her. We will never go to another ENT doctor as long as Dr. B is around. His heart is in it and it shows.