University of Minnesota Medical Center

The staff here has been phenomenal the past couple days! Incredible health care for patients and amazing doctors, surgeons, surgical team, communication teams and of course the icu nurses are the bomb! Thanks to sooo many of the staff here at the UofM!

We love this hospital. The ER is amazing. The docs are kind and efficient and always take good care of our son. The nurses on the 5^th floor are great and the metabolic doctors at the Journey Clinic are great. We think everyone here is caring and takes our concerns seriously. We really appreciate them. Dr. Schimmenti, Dr. Calhoun, nurses on the 5^th Floor, ICU, and ER — We appreciate you all.

Dr. Saltzman and the University of Minnesota Amplatz Children Hospital staff took GREAT care of our 6 year old son for 10 days. Our son was incorrectly diagnosed previously at another hospital so after an MRI he was transferred to the UMN childrens hospital where Dr. Saltzman immediately knew what was wrong with our son and did emergency surgery the day we arrived. Our son was born with a malrotation of his intestines but it wasnt until recently that it started causing him major problems. Dr. Saltzman explained everything to my wife and I and even drew a diagram to show us what my sons intestines looked like before and after the surgery. Dr. Saltzman came across as genuinely concerned and was always available to answer questions in person or via email and he always responded right away. The nurses at the hospital truly cared and always made us feel welcome also. I actually got tired of hearing «Can we get you anything else?» Thanks to Dr. Saltzman and the UMN childrens hospital staff our son Ramsey has made a full recovery and is actually eating more and more active than he has ever been in his life,

Great nurses and staff.

VERY good children’s hospital. We came in with a non-​life threatening issue but still important and stayed there from Thursday to Monday. Only mom stayed in the hospital (stepdad was away on business) and she found the couch worked as bed nicely and was able to sleep some. The food from the cafeteria was very good, and we appreciated the wide menu variety. The room was huge!!! We loved the tv and the big window. The nurses were very nice, Vanessa was incredibly nice and by far the best nurse we saw. Thank you Amplatz, you helped our stay he as comfy as possible.

I usually visit a place more than once before writing a review, but given that the last time I was in an ER (I guess they call them EDs now?) was a decade ago, it’s not likely I’ll be here again soon. Everything seems to be done in 15 minute increments (or 1 unit as Hugh Grant’s character in About A Boy called it). It took 1 unit to get to see the check in clerk, and another unit for a nurse to bring me to my own ER room, and that ain’t bad considering how nightmare-​ishly long ERs can take. Another unit of waiting in my room until a second nurse came to check me out, and another unit for a doctor to arrive to size up the gash.
I had been preparing pork chops for diner and was shaking up a bottle of teryaki, when I shook it right onto the granite counter top, it completely shattered, in my hand. Considering what could of happened, it wasn’t that bad. But unlike most cuts I get, cleaning the blood off this one included not simply just a layer of dried blood, but actual blobs and thick tendrils of sticky coagulated blood. Any hoo, the doctor said that cuts less than 2 cm long heal just as well with or without stitches, but since I was already there I told them to throw one in for the heck of it.
So another unit for a third nurse to come clean the wound, another for the doctor to come back to numb and stitch it (which took one unit). I was beginning to tire of this place, in spite of eavesdropping on the staff while they complain about the Somali man who wouldn’t eat a free sandwich and demanded rice, and decided it wasn’t worth another unit or 2 of my time for the discharge nurse to give me my final instructions. So I say my goodbyes and make a dash for it before they call security and the PA system announces something like, «Code Orange, we’ve got a runner.» For all the waiting you do at an ER, they know you are a captive audience, but you’d think they would send the discharge person in right after the actual treatment, knowing that there’s nothing keeping you there anymore.

We arrived with my 6 year old grandson at 10:00 pm and the staff was ready for us our nurse in ER whom I unfortunately did not get her name but had just relocated back to mn and has family in south Carolina was the most sincere and competent nurse I have met she made us feel comfortable and at ease and we were there for a possible appendix rupture she comforted my grandson and daughter throughout the whole process. Resident surgeon Cyrus Jahansouz came in he was our fourth doctor to examine my grandson and his handling and bedside manor were beyond reproach his care and concern were unsurpassed by any doctor or surgeon we had seen that day from maple grove hospital to amplatz this medical professional could teach all these hospitals how to handle a very sick child. I cannot possibly describe in words what this surgeon meant to us that night we met him at 2 am and he even came to my grandsons room at 8 am for a team briefing on my grandson and his medical options he was our angel that early morning in a time we really needed it. Being a retired special ops soldier and performing at a level above every other soldier this doctor Cyrus Jahansouz showed he is above anyone else we dealt with that morning. One other doctor of notable mention was doctor Laura Becker she listened and handled our grandson with such care and compassion and intently listened to everything we told and described it in perfect detail during the team briefing to Dr Sharon. Dr Sharon was the ultimate professional and diagnosed our grandson made the appropriate decisions for his care. Great job patient care unit 6 you made us feel safe and comfortable in a time we really needed it.

Oh dear. Not a fan of this location. I visited a family member here last week for several days and was really not impressed with the quality of the care on the med/​surg floor. Some of the nurses were «ok» I guess, but many were so jaded that they seemed to have lost all compassion. For someone that’s really sick and scared, it seems like the worst possible combination. Aside from that, I witnessed an episode with a physical therapist that was wholly unprofessional and embarrassing, not to mention extraordinarily dangerous for the patient. Without going into details, let’s just say that the liability for what this person did was insane, and the way she treated my family was unbelievable for someone in the profession of helping others.
One saving grace is that the food is not too bad, although it is so salty you could probably leave it out on the counter for a month and still eat it without getting sick. You can request a low-​sodium diet, but it seems like the general level of salt should be less than McDonalds, you know, it being a hospital and all.
It’s like a maze to try and get into the East Building from the main entrance. But, they’re doing a lot of construction right now and maybe that will improve with completion.

This review is for the OB/​Gyn Clinic, I may edit this later if I see doctors in other specialties.
I have to say, I was really impressed by this clinic, it’s staff, and nurses. I saw Certified Nurse Midwife Suzanna Bess, and I think she’s great. There were a few things that really stuck out to me as being significant though. First, they were attentive to how long you were waiting in the waiting area. Other clinics I’ve been to you just sit there, waiting for freaking Godot, until finally, maybe, the doctor gives you your 5 minute exam. No so here. I ended up waiting probably 20 minutes past my appointment time until I saw the nurse (better than a lot of places I’ve been) but it was late in the day, so maybe next time I’ll try to schedule first appointment. The staff recognized that I had been waiting though and gave me periodic updates for how long I should expect.
Prior to the appointment, you are given a very lengthy questionnaire about pretty much everything under the sun and the nurse uses this to guide the initial discussion. What I liked most about Nurse Bess though was that she was a great listener, didn’t presume anything about me or my health history, and genuinely wanted to help me find answers to my questions that fit my lifestyle. She was very clear about what she was doing and was sensitive to my financial situation (I’m a student and some things at their clinic aren’t covered as well as they are at the university student clinic, I guess). Last, she seemed like she was interested in getting to know me above and beyond the bare necessities for our appointment. Maybe some people don’t like this tactic, but I find it really reassuring. It was one of the longer appointments I’ve had in a while, but I left feeling like all of my questions were more than adequately addressed and that I could trust these guys for weighty decisions.