Dr. Jerry Kiyoshige Izu, MD

I feel very lucky to have found Dr. Izu. We have only been working together for a short time, but I'll be a patient for life. He is very attentive, always call back or texting right away. What doctor allows you to text or call him at any hour of the night or day, Dr.Izu does. He is empathetic, family oriented, and so personable. He makes you feel so comfortable and is so kind-hearted. I cannot recommend him enough!!!

Dr. Izu is the best! He’s willing to help his patients when they need him! I get frequent UTI’s and will be traveling to the Philippines this week with no time to come in! I was able to call him on his personal and have a much needed prescription sent in to my nearby pharmacy. Such a savior

Doctor Jerry Izu was a very difficult doctor to work with. He kept trying to pressure me and my wife over and over again to have AC section because the birth of our child was taking far too long and his opinion. When we didn't want to do it he showed a very negative attitude and seemed like he had to be someplace else we heard him talking about some baseball game that he wanted it attend. He even mentioned the idea of foreseps, it was an outrage. Finally after an 8 hour birthprocess he started to hit us up for the circumcision of our son. Which was fine because we wanted to do that but when he finally did it he totally botched the job and took way too much skin. Our boy seems like he will be deformed because of his bad technique. He tried to act like it was normal but it did not look normal at all. We just wanted to tell people to be aware.

This doctor IZU was a very pushy and rude doctor. At first he seemed ok enough but when it came to the actual delivery of our son it was very unpleasant. My wife had a long labor and he persistently led on that he was annoyed with the fact. He almost missed the whole thing he arrived just in time, they called him with plenty of time too and he barely made it. We were worried he was not going to make it and the on call doctor would have to take over it and it almost happened. But even after he got there he kept acting like he had to be somewhere else. We found out from a nurse he wanted to be at some baseball game. He was very impatient and wanted us to go for a C-Section to speed it up, and he acted annoyed when we didnt want to go that route. My wife was not dilating enough at first so he suggested those tong things to grab the babies head and pull it out faster, and we refused. He just kept looking for ways to speed things up. It was awful and put us off. Then as soon as he was able he was he was hitting us up for circumcision, which we were ok for but he again rushed the job and botched it quite badly, our son looks deformed he took so much skin it was just horrible. In any case be forewarned this doctor will rush and be push when it matters most and he will make mistakes with your new born.

Ok Dr Izu was terrible, he totally hounded my wife and I to so a C-section even after we told him over and over we didn't want to have a C-section. He kept telling us it would be better for my wife indicating that it would leave her more intact. Basically implying the baby was going to wreck her and stretch her out, but we know that the birth canal was the best place to pickup these essentials for a good start at have a properly setup gut biome. He didn't even seem to know about that and could have cared less, he just was convince a C-section was the way to go. After all my wife was in labor for several hours and he thought it would speed things up, but my wife was a trooper and wasn't going to take something away from our son to give him the best start. Later on hell started we didn't want any kind of shots for our son, and man things got heavy he made us seem like terrible parents for wanting to wait on stuff like that, he even made us feel like he was going to recommend calling child services. That alone made us never want to see him again, but then the pressure came for getting our son circumsized. We were planning on waiting on that too as I never did that so I wasn't sure. I have had a couple of bad situations with infections and my wife didn't want our son to have to face that in his future so we decided to do it. But man he wrecked our boy, he took so much tissue that he didn't like anatomically. Correct, but more like he will be deformed. We are hoping he will recover and repair but man he seem to have really botched the job. Anyway it was a very stressful birth process and I would recommend anyone considering this doctor think about it first. If we could do it all over again we would go another route.

Dr Izu is terribly in patient and rude. My wife and I had moved to California with my wife near term and we needed a doctor to help with the delivery of our son. We had a few interactions with the doctor at his office and he seemed ok enough. But when it came time to deliver our son things took a turn for the worse. First of all when we got to the hospital my wife was already in labor and we had them call the doctor. Well before he was able to make it my wife started giving birth and it was the on call doctor that was taking care of it. Dr Izu did not show up in time and by the time he did our son was already born. Needless to say the doctor was very unpleasant, it turns out he had to leave some other event he wanted to be at. We saw him turn around and throw his hands up in the air with anger. He didnt want us to see that but we did. He then came to hound us about a circumcision and we were on the fence about it, but he was relentless and kept pushing us to make a choice now. We wanted to wait but eventually with all his pressure we caved. Big mistake, he basically butchered our son, he carved away so much skin it was ghastly. We are worried he ruined our sons potential, were nervous he may have stunted his growth. Later after he started to heal the foreskin fused with the skin of his glans, its really quite terrible. We are really quite disappointed and concerned for our son future. Dr Izu really botched this job and for this reason we can not recommend him to anyone that is having a son. Be forewarned.

Dr Izu stunned us during the birth of our son. He showed up late to the birthing process and was hostile towards my wife for not wanting to consider a C-Section. My wife wanted a natural child birth and he kept telling her is would be easier and save her elasticity. My wife wasnt having it and he was getting visibly upset she wasnt going to budge. He seemed ok up until the day of the birth. My wife was in labor a number of hours beyond what was expected and Dr Izu kept lamenting about some kind of other engagement he wanted to be at. My wifes water broke and we went to the hospital we had no plans to wreck his plans. It put a damper on the birth process to say the least. At one point to speed things up he brought up the idea of using a vacuum tool to stick on our sons head. My wife was in serious pain so we elected to allow it, but now we totally regret it, it seemed to deform our sons head and it left a huge huge massive bruise on his head near his tender spot. We are worried now because other doctors told of that serious side effects can have occurred, not its wait and see. Then after the birth he told us the baby had to take all kinds of vaccines and we just wanted to wait on all that. But he made a big deal, even mentioned child protective services if we didnt submit. We eventually submitted to a vitamin K shot, but no others. We regret that too, we really wanted to wait on this, but he pressured us majorly and the threat of child protective service scared us they may come take our son away. Then later he pushed us to circumcision also before we wanted to consider it as I am half jewish I wanted to wait. But again he made us feel like a mile high and that we were bad parents if we waited. He pushed it on us and did a terrible terrible job and the amount of skin removed was horrific, and it totally looks like he may end up deformed down there. All in all he made the birthing process very unpleasant. His attitude was a big downer all together. I would recommend avoid this doctor.

Dr. Izu is phenomenal! I transferred to him at 38 weeks after a gestational diabetes diagnosis. After my original home birth plan went awry due to diagnosis, he was the only Dr whom I felt comfortable with and he listened so well and let me advocate for myself and baby. His calm, kind and confident bedside manners made me feel safe and at ease birthing in the hospital. Labor and birth were much easier than I anticipated because of feeling this safety going in, all in it was 5 hours and baby boy came out so healthy and perfect! I am so grateful to have found Dr. Izu, his knowledge and expertise are unparalleled and I would highly recommend him to any and all expecting families!

Dr Jerry Izu was like a pushy tyrant, we had a terrible birthing experience. It was a total downer they way he treated us, he kept trying to get us to go for a C-section just because my wife was in labor nearly 18 hours. He kept trying to convince us it was a better option and that it would preserve my wife's elasticity. My wife wasn't having any of it. He kept acting like he had other places to be and was greatly annoyed at our insistence of staying the longer natural course. The craziest suggestion he made though was trying to convince us to use forceps, which was a big mistake but after like 16 hours we were getting desperate so we relented. But as I said it was a big mistake, it did help speed things up, but it also deformed our sons head. He has to use a special helmet to try and shape it normally. We are also scared that he will sustain some kinds of developmental disabilities. But it doesn't end here, the circumsision went very badly too, he just took so so much to much skin and it has also deformed our son. It as a really badly botched job, so bad that we asked him to his face if he was going to use the extra skin in some way, and he nearly turned white. We got a bad feeling because it was in jest that we asked due to our great surprise, but his reaction sent chills down our spines. I have read other reviews of this guy where this very complaint has come up, so beware of his butchery.

Dr Izu was very pushy during our birthing process, he was late to the birth and another doctor was helping already and when Dr Izu showed up he wasn't very happy about it. He put a dimmer on things when he walking in and realized my wife was already giving birth. He threw his hand in the air and turned around and walked on miffed. He later came back and the mood was altered. We were trying to rejoice and he seems to care mostly that the other doctor had to step in early. The hospital had called him when my wife started going into labor, but he took forever to show up, then acted all mad and surprised. When the baby was finally born he didnt even bother to congratulate us he just was quite and walked away. Before the birth he had called us to see if we were interested in a C-section birth and tried very hard to sell us on the idea, but we were just really not interested. He tried to make it sound like a better idea, that it was safer and cleaner, less invasive and would not stretch my wife out. It was all very awkward and unpleasant. His attitude was not good after we rejected the idea and he maintained this poor attitude even after he finally showed up at the birthing process. A little while after our son was born he did come back and tried to convince us to have a circumcision performed. We did already want one, but he acted like if we didnt we were bad parents, as if he expected us to disagree, it again was very awkward. Then later when he performed the procedure he seem to have badly botched the job as way to much skin was removed. It was terrible, in fact we now belive he may have permanently damaged our son, we dont think he will end up normal, the skin was fused to his glans in a very unnatural looking manner, it looks badly scarred. He seemed nice before things started not going his way thats when things turned south, we cant help but think he was angry with us rejecting his notions on C-section, and wasn't very careful with our son because of it. All in all something special turned out bad in ways we didn't anticipate. Beware.

Dr Izu came off nice at first but when the stress hit we saw another side this doctor. My wife was in labor for longer then expected, he was worried about some other patient because he kept talking about having to be somewhere else and the fact that my wife was taking longer then expected he kept acting miffed. It was a real downer for him to act this way, and we think it contributed to his incessant pressure to have a C-section. He was basically implying that it would be more expedient and would not ruin my wife's whowho. It was kind of sick and insulting the implication that our childs birth would somehow ruin my wife's body. But his undue pressure to get us to have a c-section was just uncalled for and it was rather annoying to tell you truth. He kept reasoning with us why it was a better and faster option, he ignored our ideas about the need to go through the birth canal to get all the right bacteria. Bottom line we wanted a natural birth and didn't care about his ideas of my wife getting overly stretched out. We ultimately ignored his suggestion but he was difficult to reason with, not to mention he was big big hurry to get through it, and he rushed us into a circumcision that we were ready to hold off on as I never had that done and we didnt think our son needed to either. He made us feel like terrible people for even thinking about it, but we relented and let him do it as he scared us to death about all the bad things that can happen. But it was a horrible choice and we regret not getting to think about it more, because he did a terrible job. He ruined our son, he cut was to much skin off and we think its going to stunt his growth. It was a totally botched job, so if your having a son be sure to beware as we are having big regrets now.

Dr. Izu has seen me through two pregnancies and deliveries in the last four years, and the quality of care that he provides is second to none. He is knowledgeable (with practical advice), compassionate (excellent bedside manner), available (never feels rushed), and his heart for his patients shows in everything that he does. I am so grateful to have gotten the recommendation when I did, and I will continue to recommend him to anyone who asks.

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Dr, Jerry Izu was a very inconsiderate doctor and had no concerns about our private interests. When our son was born we had no intention of getting him circumcised as my wife is half Jewish. We had intended to not do one, but his bull dog doctor scared us to death and made us feel like we were as low as a snakes belly for not wanting to go through with it. He scared us with fears about terrible infections and life long problems. We were already stressed out because we didn't want the vitamin K shot for at least a year, but he acted again like we were bad parents for wanting to trust nature more then him. In the end we caved and were sorry on both accounts, his job was botched and he has removed entirely to much skin, it was a disaster. He removed so much skin we think he will have stunted growth. The vitamin k shot was even worse, after they coerced us into it our boy turned blue for hours after this shot and the others they convinced us he should have. We were so scared and unsure what to make of it. Now it may appear our son has some kind of neurological issues. But when we bring it up to him he just says it couldn't possible have anything to do with it. Basically Dr Izu pretends our boy would have had these issue even if he hadn't turned blue for hours on his first day of life. We fully disagree, so in our view he both physically and mentally cost our son. So if you want someone who will consider your instincts and wishes steer clear of Dr Jerry Izu.

Doctor Jerry Izu is a very unprofessional doctor and very inconsiderate and thoughtless. My wife was in horrible pain for hours and the whole time he acted like it was annoying and like he had to be somewhere else. My wife labored for over 12 hour before he finally tried to suggest we do a C-section. My wife wasn't having it, but nevertheless he kept pressuring us to consider it. We wanted normal child birth and he just couldn't get it through his head and was annoyed about it, and noticeably so too. It took few more hours for the birth and before our boy was born he had her on her side, she thought it was crushing our son and my wife said she felt like she was going to die. Then to add insult to injury once our son was born he really really pressured us to circumcise as if we would be against it, then once he had we were sorry. He left no skin it was horrible, it was if he attached the glans to his body. When we said something he dismissed it. We were disgusted and were left very dissatisfied with his performance and would not recommend him.

This Dr. Jerry Izu a few years back did a terrible job circumcising my now autistic son. He took off way to much skin and fused his glans to his foreskin. He now gets regular infections, in fact we have to take him to the doctor tomorrow to deal with it. We think his giving my wife certain diabetic medication didn't help out the pregnancy. He was born pretty small and the doctor has my wife be induced and it was a horrible process, she literally thought she was going to die and consigned herself to death. He had her laying on her side during the inducement, she said she felt like she was crushing the baby. The process was hellish and scary, I was frightened and the doctor didn't even act the least bit concerned. It was if this was normal. He was in hurry it seemed and he was rushing us to get the circumcision underway. We said ok but he really botched the job and now my son suffers. Not to mention his autism or brain damage is like related to they way he way born. I would steer clear of this doctor especially if you are going to have a boy.

Dr Izu is very thoughtless, my wife had been in labor for hours and this doctor was very late and then became very impatient. My wife was stuck in labor and the baby would not even start to crown. The doctor called for forceps and made us think if we didn't it was would be dangerous for the baby so we relented. Worst mistake of our life, it deformed the babies head and left bad marks on his head. We had him recently looked at and they think the baby will be neurological issues. Not to mention the forceps tore my wife and she was bleeding profusely, so bad in fact she passed out and it got serious for a while. He didn't even seem to care just acted like it was common place. Then came the pressure to circumcise. I was not and I was ok but he was really trying to tell us it would be a big mistake to not proceed. So we fell for it and it was a horrible mistake, the process took so much skin it has deformed him, the skin fused together in a scar. This was a terrible experience. This doctor seemed ok until the actual birth Process, then he turned into a nightmare.

Our child was born under very difficult circumstances my wife was a pre-diabetic and was a high risk pregnancy. She was very keen to use diet to control her sugar. Dr Izu was advising her to take all sorts of strange medications. But she stayed on top of things without that. He later recommend that we induce labor a number of weeks before term. I was against the idea but he user her desire to have him soon against her and convinced her to induce labor a few weeks early. It was a horrible mistake, the baby was not doing well during the birth process and my wife nearly passed out and thought she would die. He had her lay on her side which to her felt like it was crushing his head. He seemed to be stuck in the canal and the potential for air loss was increased. This process starved the baby for air to long and he was born with brain damage. He was also circumcision was done very badly but that was noting next to his being starved for air. He seemed to just not care and we just regret taking his advise to induce early, not to mention his circumcision will scar him for life.

Well we took a chance because of the positive reviews, but for us this Doctor it turns out we got the short end of the stick like a few others that we saw. A friend of ours recommend him actually and pointed out his positive reviews. We had been more interested in natural medicine, but our friend made him sound so nice we thought it could be a nice match. All seemed well until it was time for delivery. When the doctor first arrived the first thing he said to us was you should really consider a C-section. We were quite adamant and against it, but never the less he carried on about how it would be better for her and the baby. He even basically told us it would keep it from stretching my wife out. When we objected and touted some of the benefits of child birth he scoffed at it and more or less tried to discredit the ideas. He just seemed to be in a rush like he had somewhere else to be and when our son was born the pressure was on to circumcise, we already had another son so it was no big deal, so we thought. After it was all said and done the anatomical difference between our two sons was stunning after he was finished with our new born son. We had pictures of both our sons pre circumcision and they look nearly identical, but post circumcision they most certainly do not. Our new born was robbed by Dr Jerry Izu in what seems like overkill to say the least. He just took so much off it just seems malformed compared to our first son. So buyer beware. We thought the negative comments were just a fluke but for us this guy was bad news.

This was my wifes 3rd birth and each previous birth was pretty easy, but for some reason this time she was having a tougher time as the baby wasn't coming as fast as the previous two births. She struggled for near 10 hours this time before Dr Jerry Izu started to make other suggestions. The first suggestion as to use the forceps which was totally out of the question, and based on some of the other reviews were very glad to have avoided that path. After that suggestion he came out and suggested that we consider a C-Section as it would be more of an easy process and easier on the baby. My wife was exhausted in the extreme and was ready to have this baby so she and I ended up going for C-Section. It was horrible, my wife was in terrible pain and it was very bloody. We found out later its more beneficial to have a natural birth due to exposer to all the needed good bacteria. Not to mention he told my wife the scarring would be minimal and would hardly be visible. That couldn't have been further from the truth, it left a terrible terrible scar, and she is ashamed to even ware a bikini in public now. Then came the the circumcision, which was another another terrible mistake. We had our other son done, but the results were vastly different. This time so much skin was removed as to be night and day between our two sons. This was just a long horrible ordeal with two very bad outcomes from both my wife and my son. Don't let him cut on you or your baby.