Karen F. Han, M.D. , Ph.D.

I’ve been seeing Dr. Han for 3 years. She went to Med school with my old SF doc, but when we moved down here, he recommended I see her. I had a kidney transplant 13 years ago, grew up at the beach, and have had numerous squamous cell carcinomas. I see Dr. Han 2 times/​yr because of that. She’s extremely knowledgeable and thorough during her exams. PAMF in general seems to pack the patients in, so if she seems sometimes hurried (like all the docs I’ve seen there — and I’ve seen a bunch), it’s more because of how the facility runs its administration than a personality defect on her part. I am confident that she will catch any skin cancer that might pop up on me — if I don’t notice it first. I highly recommend her for people with serious skin concerns.

I tried to schedule an appointment with Dr. Han and found that I had to wait a month to see her. At first I couldn’t figure out why the wait was so long. So I figured I’d keep my appointment and try another doctor while I waited. This was a big mistake, this other doctor didn’t have a clue and couldn’t perform any treatments. Glad I kept my original appointment with Dr. Han. So, this past weekend I had my appointment., I could see why Dr. Han was such a hot commodity in the dermatology world and why the wait to see her was so long.

My wife and I met Dr. Karen Han about 6 years ago after my wife was diagnosed with stage 4 melanoma. I was in the middle of a year of researching the best practitioners around the country and around the world to help my wife survive. I probably spent 6 – 8 hours a day for nearly a year, looking high and low, to find whatever could help her win her battle. I am proud to say she is now 5 years cancer-​free. I give you this background b/​c I want you to know the strength from which my recommendation of Dr. Han comes from. My wife (and I) have been seeing her for the last 6 years and I can tell you she is one of my favorite doctors. What i love about Dr. Han is that she is very, very careful when she checks you out, and she is aggressive in terms of taking action (meaning, she err’s on the side of taking suspicious moles and other issues seriously, rather than simply «waiting and seeing»). It is Dr. Han’s meticulous attention to detail that helps me and my wife sleep at night knowing that we don’t have to second-​guess anything — that she is truly taking great care of us. On top of that, I have always found Dr. Han to be attentive, friendly, and patient-​focused every time either my wife or I have seen her. In today’s HMO-​driven world of 5 minute appointments and doctors with attention spans of goldfish (or teenagers), Dr. Han is a breath of fresh air.

Dr. Han has been my doctor for about…15 years. I think. Since I only see her once a year or less I wouldn’t expect her to remember me but she does. She always takes my concerns seriously and does a good painless job with the micro on the spot surgeries. I never have to wait for an appointment for more than a few minutes if that. Her nurses are nice, the facility doesn’t feel like a hospital and they even have magazines to read while waiting. I assume if I don’t hear back everything is good, which is always a big relief to me. Just called to make an appointment though and she’s on sabbatical so will have to check Unilocal for an alternative doc.
thanks Unilocal

I went to see Karen when I was 9 month pregnant (3 weeks before having a baby).I wanted her to look at my face to recommend treatments and also a few mole on my body. She didn’t want to discuss face due to pregnancy but was worried about the mole. I give her credit for wanting to focus on that and wanting to do biopsy, BUT big BUT any doctor knows NOT to touch pregnant women especially so close to the end. She did biopsy. I left the office and my foot started to bleed badly. I returned and had to wait for her for 5 minutes or so. Overall she spend for the entire visit not longer than 5 min. She felt rushed, didn’t care that much about what I had going on. Ultimately she treated me but if you care to find a doctor that really cares, I don’t think she is the one. Also, no one from her office followed up with me after the visit to see if I was ok and to give me results of my test. I had to call myself to inquire. I don’t feel that this is the kind of service a doctor that charges $ 1100 for the visit should provide. Not recommend.

I visited her in March, she asked to view my blood test result in order for her to do further diagnose, so I called my family doctor to fax it over. Until end of April I have not got any response, then I called her office and left voice messages several times, until now I still have not got any response from her yet. what a awful doctor.

Yea, when I went for my follow-​up visit my appointment didn’t go as smoothly. She vaguely remembered my issue for which I had come to her in the first place, or so it seemed. Her nurse certainly didn’t remember a thing. They also canceled my appointment without telling me. Thank goodness I called ahead, otherwise I would have been livid. Apparently they had moved my appointment to the following morning. After not having a decent go around during my visits, I decided to cancel my follow-​up. Not a single thing has been heard back or any concern for me to check in. What kind of doctor is that?