Coccia Michael T Facs MD

If you want the perfect combination of a highly qualified, capable and experienced surgeon blended with a very compassionate, caring and personable doctor, I highly recommend Dr. Coccia.
I was admitted to Mission Hospital Laguna Beach and referred to Dr. Coccia by my primary care physician. I value and respect her opinion, so that was an excellent start. I immediately began hearing praise and compliments about Dr. Coccia from the nursing staff. «You have the best surgeon», «He really cares about his patients», «You are in wonderful hands» were sentiments repeated over and over again.
And when I first met Dr. Coccia, in the hospital, he certainly lived up to the accolades that preceded him from his fellow professionals. He is exactly the surgeon that they had described to me. He was direct and clear about my condition, but his warmth and sense of humor made me relax. I felt at ease with him right away.
My follow up visit, to his office, reinforced my initial impressions. His receptionist is so friendly and caring and she made me feel comfortable from my first phone call. I never felt rushed during my office visits — both pre and post-​surgery. Dr. Coccia encouraged me to ask all of my questions (I had a huge list), and he patiently listened and answered all my questions very clearly. He took time to explain my surgery. He drew a picture that was easy for me to understand and it was very clear that he was confident and knowledgeable and that he had extensive experience with my surgery.
I love Dr. Coccia’s great sense of humor. He made me smile and relax — and that’s not easy to do when you’re facing a major surgery. I left his office feeling very secure in his competency and expertise. His warmth and sincere compassion set my mind at ease.
After my surgery, Dr. Coccia guided me through my recovery process with direct, honest explanations always relayed with understanding and kindness.
I would highly recommend Dr. Coccia and I feel very fortunate that I was his patient. I have made a full recovery and I am very grateful for his care. If I ever face another surgery, I hope Dr. Coccia will be my surgeon.

I was referred to Dr. Coccia personally by a specialist I had seen. The specialist went into how he knew Dr. Coccia and how he was one of the best in his field so I went into visiting with Dr. Coccia with a lot of confidence. His office is like any other and is behind Mission Hospital in Laguna Beach. Just park at the back main structure, parking is ample and free here (unlike the rest of Laguna Beach)
I waited the normal waiting period that you do in a doctors office and saw Dr. Coccia. He immediately made me feel relaxed and really didnt seem like I was seeing a doctor, he was very easy to talk to and interjecting some humour as I was discussing with him what was going on. As I shared my story he asked the normal questions that doctors do and then he confirmed to me what the specialist had previously mentioned, that I had to have a certain body part removed. He then went into explaining what the procedure involved in detail and shared his personal stats with the procedure. He was very assuring about the whole thing. As the examination was being conducted he was very conversational about normal stuff not relating to why i was there for, I liked that.
He had his nurse schedule me an appointment for the procedure. Fast forward a few weeks later, Dr. Coccia saw me the morning of the procedure and jokingly goes, «sorry I’m drinking this (Starbucks coffee) in front of you but I’m sure you want me to have this right now» He apologized because you are not allowed to drink anything 6 hours before surgery and it was very early in the morning when I saw him. I was very nervous, I had never had surgery before but this comment just made me not worry about what was about to happen. He asked me about how I handled pain and goes, don’t worry I’m going to write you a script for some meds for afterwards. One of the nurses comes out and goes «Dr. Coccia you are here, I wish I was with you on this one», she then goes to me «you got a great doctor here, we all (nurses) love him here» I then went into saying how I had the specialist say the same thing.
All in all good, couldn’t have asked for better, Dr. Coccia was definitely personable, couldn’t have asked for better for a fraidy cat like me.