Mehraneh D. Jafari's Online Review Report Card

No one else would operate on my husband cause his cancer was too advanced! He’s 45!!!! She took his case and now he’s off chemo! She gave us hope. She’s honest but she was able to help us !

she spends time explaining! Cares about your overall quality of life and how surgery fits into it

My husband has Crohn’s disease and had a closed loop small bowel obstruction w/peritonitis and gangrene. He was extremely close to death and his surgeon was going on vacation and chose Dr. Jafari to cover for him at NYP-Cornell. He assured me of her expertise and trusted her to do the job. I have nothing but praise for her and her staff. She just reversed his ileostomy yesterday and when he was having some BP issues today, she and her staff came right away to resolve the issue. This was the second time she operated on him. Through the patient app portal, I have had to reach out many times over the past months and her staff always answers very quickly. Those who think this was written by the surgeon herself would be mistaken. I’m the wife and I am writing this review. She’s an excellent surgeon who’s very confident in her abilities and I trust her judgment implicitly. I also have worked in various medical positions throughout my life & am very picky who I or my family sees.

Dr. Jafari performed surgery on me using advanced laparoscopic and robotic techniques. I had put off dealing with my issue for years due to fear of having surgery and its potential consequences. After meeting with Dr. Jafari to address my issue, I was extremely impressed with her confidence and expertise in addressing my problem. Her whole surgical team made me realize I had nothing to worry about. After the surgery, I had almost no discomfort and only a few small incisions sealed with glue, and was home the next day resuming my normal activities. I would strongly recommend her to anyone needing gastrointestinal surgery. In my book she gets 12 thumbs up, and I feel so blessed and grateful to have been Dr. Jafari's patient and have her care for me. She definitely knows her stuff!

Excellent surgeon

Great care

I had several complications with this surgeon, along with poor communication from her and her team. Poor bedside manners. I would not recommend her. I agree with the other poster about some of the "good" reviews not being legit.

I highly recommend Dr. Jafari. She is smart and fun and I felt well cared for at Douglas Hospital. Everyone was terrific. My night nurse, Rene, was the best!!!

I have a lot of trouble believing the last two recent reviews are from real patients. Instead, they may be the work of the marketing department at the University of California, Irvine - or even the doctor herself! This doctor may be a bit unaware of how she comes across. She operated on my husband with Crohn's disease. From the very first office visit we got a bad vibe from her but decided to proceed anyways because we were at a top University. We should have read the reviews on here & elsewhere because they are certainly true! She is not empathetic. She does not explain the procedures clearly. We got the feeling that she was hiding a lot of information from us, and when my husband suffered a complication, although it was minor, she did not seem to care and did not take any responsibility. She carries herself as if she has been a top surgeon for 30 yrs but she graduated from training only four years ago or so. She should take a big bite out of humble pie! I would avoid UCI colorectal!

I had a very large tumor on my apendix and cancer in colon. I am a high level athlete and very active. My surgery was complicated and extensive. Dr Jafari Is so confident in what she's doing it put me at total ease. Being around professional and Olympic level athletes you know confident people when you meet them. She saved my life and I will be active and back to normal again soon because of her. She did not flinch or question her approach to things or waiver in her decision making. And after it was done she was emphatically certain she got it all and surgery was a success. I very much appreciated her assurances. Her staff and all of the UCI people around her caring for me were amazing and loving. I will be forever grateful to them. Praise God for people so talented and blessed in this world.