Brandon J. Bankowski

Kind, helpful, knowledgeable, available and great treatment!

I was with a previous endocrinologist prior to Dr. Bankowski who completely missed the root cause of my ivf failure. Dr. Bankowski has successfully helped me conceive twice. It's something that I didn't think was possible for me. I unfortunately lost one of my twins at 5 days old and his office even sent me flowers. I don't live in Portland anymore but if I attempt ivf again, I will absolutely go to Dr. Bankowski.

Dr. Bankowski and his staff are completely wonderful. They truly care about and listen to their patients. They have become sort of an extended family for us. They go above and beyond for their patients. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

He was very calm, positive and assuring which helped a lot in this difficult process

Dr. Bankowski and his staff are simply wonderful!! What a breath of fresh air they are. Dr. Bankowski is kind, a great listener and very well educated in his field. He will not waste your time or encourage you to take unnecessary tests or measures. He and his staff will work with you at your pace, too. I really appreciate everything he has done for my husband and I. We previously worked with a dinosaur on the other side of the city who was mean, unhelpful and berating to us. We wish that we had found Dr. Bankowski and ORM from the get-go!

Dr. Bankowski is warm, caring, honest and receptive to questions. His level of knowledge, good bedside manner and care make him one of the best doctors I have ever worked with.

I felt cared for and listen to. I believe they took the above and beyond approach with us. Dr Bankowski Listened to me took good notes and told me all my options.He also runs all the tests he can so there are no treatments that wouldn't of worked, and are a wast of money. The staff there seem to be very caring too. I cant wait to start my IVF with Dr. Bankowski and my husband and I know we have chosen the right clinic for us.

Poor bedside manner offering little explanation of thought process

Regardless of how much one knows if they cannot convince you that they are on YOUR team then it doesn't matter. It felt that information was only given on a need to know basis. A general timeline was never offered to us and yet the office was surprised when we ran against time constraints/conflicts. Most of the 'meetings' were scripted and felt very impersonal. Staff was not particularly good at follow through and our questions were often misinterpreted when relayed to the doctor. Staff also made slanderous/insensitive remarks about other countries and the quality of care there. When our sperm count (from an advanced testicular biopsy) was very low to questionably viable, we were not counseled regarding alternatives rather we were encouraged to pay our fees and start the medications for stimulating egg production. We had to inquire and stress our concern about egg without sperm! In the end we changed offices and found a clinic and physician we felt more comfortable relating to.

If you're over 35 and don't have ideal numbers, don't bother seeing Dr. Bankowski. He spent about 30 seconds reviewing my records and promptly told me my only option was donor egg. He handed us some canned presentations in a notebook and told us how easy it would be to find a "donor who looked like me." Yep, just an assembly line -- pull a parent from a notebook and off we go. Yuck. He proceeded to tell us that he could try a round of IUI, but then looked at my husband and said, verbatim, with a wink, "I'm sure there are other things you could spend that money on though." We were stunned and disgusted. He also discouraged us from considering adoption (we hadn't even brought that up), stressing that "you just don't know what you're going to get these days." Inappropriate, unprofessional and arrogant. That's all I can say about Dr. Bankowski. He didn't discourage us; we have since found a wonderful RE who's cautiously optimistic about our chances and not so focused on stats and dollars.