Loree Kalliainen's Online Review Report Card

Dr K is the best. She repaired my lower leg and heel after a serious injury 17 months ago. 3 surgeries with skin graft being the last one. She was always very patient and explained everything very well. I couldn’t have asked for a better surgeon.

Dr Kalliainen repaired my badly broken wrist 20 years ago. The repair required removable pins. I am grateful for her excellent work. My wrist healed well and I have full use. She communicated well and this prepared me for the actual setting procedure. I have every confidence in her abilities.

Dr. Loree is an absolutely fabulous Doctor. My recuperation from my hand surgery was pretty darn quick. You can barely tell I had anything done on my hand. She listens, is compassionate and truly cares about her patients. I highly recommend her!! Thanks Dr!

she done every good job she is the best

I was referred to her for an AVM removal because my vein specialist thought it would be a good idea to have minimal scarring. At any rate, I liked her during my consult but then the day of surgery came and I only saw her for literally two minutes beforehand and never saw her after. She did a great job with my surgery but I felt she didn't have good bedside manner. She also did not listen to the type of anesthesia I preferred and just said no, but did not provide a reason. Also, her staff told me that I would need three weeks recovery before I could go back to work so I took a 3 week leave. Come to find out, the day I got my stitches out (10 DAYS LATER)...they told me I could have easily gone back after that. I get paid hourly and was in the middle of a leave so I couldn't just go back. I missed out on a week and a half of money because her staff misinformed me.

I had wrist pain for about a month, no injuries. After checking my wrist out Dr Kalliainen diagnosed it as nerve irritation and recommended injection which we decided to do. Injection was painless. She did a great job. Wore splint at night for about month. The injection worked after 1month. Everybody is different, sometimes it takes longer, sometimes faster. No more pain since then. (That was in March). Great follow up, and great nursing staff, fellows and residents. 😊

i have always liked Dr. kalliainen, she does excelent work. She has always been pleasant and informative to me. This time she was very busy so I had to wait longer then I usually have. I wasn't in a big hurry to get anywhere so I was fine with the wait.

had a great minor procedure and really explained process well

Dr Kalliainen was very highly recommended to me with the caveat that she did not have a great bedside manner.I opted to have hand surgery after 18 months of palliative solutions, including cortisone shots and splints. Pre - surgery she was matter of fact about the surgery, and in retrospect really downplayed the effects and complications I would face Throughout she was very pleasant but really uninterested in spending any more time than she thought necessary. She left her staff to answer most questions. She leads with the approach that the physician knows best and is not interested in working with the patient for mutual good results. My surgery was extremely painful - I have a high pain tolerance, but my post surgical pain was excruciating. I was relieved when my hand therapist said that she could tell that I was in a lot of pain for a long time. Dr Kallienan would not extend my pain medication beyond 5 days after surgery, I had to get a prescription from my primary doctor. When I talked to Dr K about this she proceeded to tell me that percoset goes for $5 a pill on the street, and research shows that most patients just think they need opiates, and get dependent easily. When I asked her if she thought that applied to me and whether she considered individual cases, she was dismissive "we are always learning", but did not moderate her opinion. Later staff in her office told me she is known for not prescribing enough pain meds, and it is an issue in the clinic, since other physicians not only don't agree with her, they have a different prescribing protocol. She seems to be more interested in implementing best methods and getting a critical mass of patients to publish research. She mentioned she now had just enough patients with my procedure to do so. Lucky we! In addition to the pain meds fiasco (and I really only needed 3 more days, but got set back a few more days with having to manage down the pain), she put me in a splint made by a company in which a fellow HP physician is part owner/board member. The splint not only did not fit, it prolonged my recovery - again confirmed by my hand therapist. .I have no problem with her personally, it is just her priorities are misplaced, and they are certainly not on her patients. If I have to have hand surgery again, I would not go to her, and I would not recommend her, My experience with her really compromised my recovery and healing, and it all could have been avoided. I wish there was a way to get this feedback to Health Partners

I had been seeing Dr Kallianen for 2 plus years. She first told me that the shots would take care of the damaged hand nerve. However after several treatments of expensive shots my hand was still in worst shape then it started with. Dr Kallianen the proceeded with three separate surgeries over a 18 month time frame. She told me that she could guarantee any results. After the last surgery my hand was still in pain., she then gave me a medication to calm the nerve down. After three refills she canceled the prescriptions. Now I am in pain and still have the same problem I started with. She seems to be a nice person but she is not the problem solver I thought she would be.