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Mazen Iskandar, MD, FACS

Bariatric Surgery, General Surgery

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About Mazen Iskandar, MD, FACS

Dr. Iskandar is a board-certified general surgeon with fellowship training in minimally invasive and bariatric surgery. He joined Baylor Scott & White in 2019 after spending most of his training and career in New York City. Dr. Iskandar received his medical degree from the American University of Beirut then completed general surgery residency training at Mount Sinai Beth Israel in New York City. After obtaining a fellowship in minimally invasive and bariatric surgery from NYU-Langone in Brooklyn, he was appointed as an assistant professor of surgery at Mount Sinai School of Medicine where he practiced for several years.

Dr. Iskandar’s additional training allowed him to develop his skills and focus on his passion for bariatric surgery and complex abdominal wall reconstruction and hernia surgery. Under his leadership, Baylor Scott & White Center for Hernia Surgery was established for the management of simple to the more challenging complex and recurrent hernias. Dr. Iskandar’s philosophy is to achieve durable and favorable outcomes by better patient preparation for surgery and by using innovative techniques and materials including robotic surgery.

Dr. Iskandar is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons, a fellow of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery and a member of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgery. He has several peer-reviewed publications, book chapters and presentations/abstracts in the fields of hernia and bariatric surgery and has been invited to speak at lectures on his specialty. Dr. Iskandar is fluent in English, French and Arabic.



LanguagesEnglish, French, Arabic
Ages SeenAdolescents (ages 12-18), Geriatrics, Adults
Hospital Affiliations
  • Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Waxahachie
  • Baylor University Medical Center, part of Baylor Scott & White Health
Insurance Accepted
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INSURANCE PLAN
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Aetna - Aetna Signature Administrators
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Aetna - HMO
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Aetna - Managed Choice
Aetna - Open Access Elect Choice
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Aetna - Open Access HMO
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Aetna - Open Access Managed Choice
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Aetna - Open Access Select
Aetna - Open Choice PPO
Aetna - QPOS
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Aetna - Select SM
Aetna - US Access
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Baylor Scott & White Health Plan - Baptist St Anthony Preferred HMO
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Baylor Scott & White Health Plan - BSW Access PPO
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Baylor Scott & White Health Plan - BSW Preferred HMO - Individual Marketplace
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Baylor Scott & White Health Plan - BSW Premier HMO-Group
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Baylor Scott & White Health Plan - BSW Premier HMO-Individual/Family
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Baylor Scott & White Health Plan - BSW SeniorCare Advantage PPO
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Baylor Scott & White Health Plan - BSWH Employee Network - SEQA & EQA
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Baylor Scott & White Health Plan - Covenant Preferred HMO
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Baylor Scott & White Health Plan - HMO Network-Group
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Baylor Scott & White Health Plan - McLane Group Network
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Bell County Public Health District - Bell County Public Health District
Blue Cross Blue Shield - Blue Advantage Bronze
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Blue Cross Blue Shield - Blue Advantage Gold
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Blue Cross Blue Shield - Blue Advantage HMO
Blue Cross Blue Shield - Blue Advantage Silver
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Blue Cross Blue Shield - Blue Choice Plus
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Blue Cross Blue Shield - Blue Choice PPO
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Blue Cross Blue Shield - Blue Essentials
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Blue Cross Blue Shield - Blue Essentials Access HMO
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Blue Cross Blue Shield - Federal Select PPO
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Blue Cross Blue Shield - Indemnity
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Blue Cross Blue Shield - Medicare Advantage - Oncor
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Blue Cross Blue Shield - ParPlan
Blue Cross Blue Shield - STAR Kids
Blue Cross Blue Shield - Traditional
Brookshire Brothers - Brookshire Brothers Employee Plan (Nexcaliber)
Cigna - CAC Plan
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Cigna - Cigna Choice Fund
Cigna - EPO
Cigna - Flexcare
Cigna - Great West Open Access PPO-Open Access
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Cigna - Great West POS
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Cigna - Great West PPO
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Cigna - HMO
Cigna - HMO Open Access
Cigna - HMO/POS
Cigna - LocalPlus
Cigna - Network
Cigna - Network Open Access
Cigna - Network POS
Cigna - Open Access Plus
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Cigna - POS
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Cigna - PPO
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Consolidated Association of Railroad Employees - Self-Insured Employee Plan
Coventry - Coventry/First Health
DFW ConnectedCare - American Airlines Employee Benefit Plan
Envolve Vision - Envolve Vision
EyeMed Vision - EyeMed Vision
First Health - First Health PPO
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FirstCare Health Plans - BSW Plus HMO
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Galaxy Health Network - Galaxy Health Network
Gladney Center - Gladney Center
HealthSmart - ACCEL Network
HealthSmart - HealthSmart PPO
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HealthSmart - HealthSmart Preferred Care EPO
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HealthSmart - HealthSmart Preferred Care GEPO
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HealthSmart - Preferred Network
Humana Behavioral - Tricare Members Only
Humana - ChoiceCare
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Humana - Commercial HMO Plans
Humana - Commercial PPO Plans
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Humana - Medicare Advantage Plans
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Humana - National POS
Imagine Health - EPN
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Independent Medical Systems - IMS Network
Magellan - CHIP
Magellan - Navigator Networks
Magellan - Pinnacle Networks
Magellan - STAR
Magellan - STAR Kids
Magellan - Summit Networks
Medicaid - AmeriGroup
Medicaid - Oklahoma Medicaid
Medicaid - Parkland HealthFirst
Medicaid - Superior HealthPlan
Medicaid - Traditional Medicaid
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Medical Development International - MDI
Medicare Railroad - Medicare Railroad
Medicare - Traditional Medicare
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Midland Memorial Hospital - Employee Benefit Plan
Mother Frances Hospital Regional - Self-Insured Employee Plan
OccuNet - Occupational Networks of Texas, Inc.
Optum - United Behavioral Healthcare/Optum
PHCS Network - Beech Street of Texas PPO
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PHCS Network - Private Health Care SYstem PPO
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Reny Company - Workers Comp
Rockport - Workers Comp
Sedgwick Preferred Network f/k/a Southwest Medical - Workers Comp
Superior Health Plan - Ambetter Balance Care - Silver
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Superior Health Plan - Ambetter Essential Care - Bronze
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Superior Health Plan - Ambetter Secure Care - Gold
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Superior Health Plan - CHIP
Superior Health Plan - CHIP Perinate
Superior Health Plan - Foster Care
Superior Health Plan - STAR
Superior Vision - Superior Vision
Superior - Ambetter Balance Care - Silver
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Superior - Ambetter Essential Care - Bronze
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Superior - Ambetter Secure Care - Gold
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Superior - CHIP
Superior - CHIP Perinate
Superior - Foster Care
Superior - STAR
Three Rivers Network - Three Rivers Network
Tricare - Tricare Extra
Tricare - Tricare Prime
Tricare - Tricare Select
TriWest HealthCare - VA-PCCC
TriWest - VA-PCCC
United Behavioral Healthcare/Optum - United Behavioral Healthcare/Optum
UnitedHealth - AARP Medicare Complete
UnitedHealth - Charter EPO
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UnitedHealth - Charter HMO
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UnitedHealth - Charter POS
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UnitedHealth - CHIP
UnitedHealth - Choice +HMO
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UnitedHealth - Choice EPO
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UnitedHealth - Choice HMO
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UnitedHealth - Choice Plus POS
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UnitedHealth - Core Choice Plus POS
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UnitedHealth - Core EPO
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UnitedHealth - Core HMO
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UnitedHealth - Dual Complete Medicare Advantage
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UnitedHealth - Nexus ACO OA
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UnitedHealth - NexusACO R
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UnitedHealth - PPO
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UnitedHealth - Secure Horizons
UnitedHealth - Select EPO
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UnitedHealth - Select HMO
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UnitedHealth - Select Plus POS
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UnitedHealth - STAR
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University Mary Hardin - Baylor-Employee Benefit Plan
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Meet Mazen Iskandar, MD, FACS

Meet Mazen Iskandar, MD

Background

Education
  • Medical School: American University of Beirut (2008)
  • Internship: General Surgery, American University of Beirut (2010)
  • Internship: General Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center (2011)
  • Residency: Surgery, Mount Sinai Beth Israel Medical Center (2015)
  • Fellowship: Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery, NYU Lutheran Medical Center (2016)
Certifications
  • General Surgery - American Board of Surgery/General Surgery
Industry Relationships

Baylor Scott & White Health’s vision is to be the most trusted name in giving and receiving safe, quality, compassionate healthcare. As part of that vision, Baylor Scott & White Health is committed to dealing honestly, fairly and with integrity in all matters to provide exemplary patient care, broaden medical knowledge, train the next generation of physicians and support outside relationships that promise public benefit.To that end, Baylor Scott & White Health physicians may collaborate with health care industry partners such as pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical device companies (collectively referred to as Industry) to help develop medical breakthroughs, or provide medical expertise or education. To promote professional and commercial integrity in such matters, physicians who are employed, contracted for administrative duties or performing research with Baylor Scott & White Health seek advanced approval for certain new Industry relationships, and report their Industry relationships and activities to the Office of Corporate Compliance annually for review.

Baylor Scott & White Health publicly discloses reported payments to these physicians and their immediate family members of $5,000 or more from Industry companies with which the physicians interact as part of their professional activities. The information on this website may differ somewhat from information on other publicly available databases due to different reporting periods, definitions, or reporting requirements. Patients may visit CMS’ Open Payments Database for more information, and should feel free to speak with their physician about relationships with Industry.

As of Aug 25, 2020, Mazen Iskandar, MD, FACS  has reported no outside relationship with Industry that is applicable to this listing.

Reviews (140) for Mazen Iskandar, MD, FACS

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Sep 12, 2023
Very good
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Sep 12, 2023
He was very helpful and explained everything very well.
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Sep 12, 2023
Very caring
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Sep 10, 2023
Excellent
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Sep 9, 2023
I had a pleasurable experience.
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Sep 8, 2023
He is professional, attentive and seems very competent.
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Sep 8, 2023
He was straight to the point with the me. He described what decisions I needed to make for myself. He wants only the best for his patients, and that's exactly how I felt.
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Sep 8, 2023
Very caring and very professional, explains procedures very thoroughly
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Sep 7, 2023
Dr. Iskandar is superb !
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Sep 7, 2023
Dr Iskander was very kind, listening to everything I said. I was grateful he didn't just jump into "let's just yank the gallbladder out" but instead wants to look at the stomach as well to make sure we aren't missing something. I liked that very much. His cautionary approach is appreciated. I didn't feel rushed and that was appreciated as well.
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Sep 7, 2023
Honest assessment of my condition.
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Sep 1, 2023
Excellent professional service
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Aug 31, 2023
Very helpful in explaining all aspects of my surgery. His manner and approach have been consistent throughout the process; initial exam, pre- and post- op, and the post op exam.
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Aug 31, 2023
He is amazing. Very professional and actually cares for his patients. Personally calls you to answer any questions you might have.
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Aug 29, 2023
He is knowledgable, attentive and caringg. I feel he did the best for me with my surgery needs.
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Aug 26, 2023
Great
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Aug 24, 2023
They were all kind and explained thoroughly
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Aug 24, 2023
He really listened and showed true concern for my problem. He also seemed to want to clear my problem up asap.
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Aug 24, 2023
Dr Iskandar made me feel comfortable about my visit and didn't make me feel bad about being overweight. He showed genuine concern. He asked me questions to get to know me and why I was there. And asked for my input about the best course of treatment. Together we came up with a plan that I feel comfortable and safe with. I am so grateful that he took the time to listen and show empathy.
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Aug 22, 2023
Excellent doctor, caring professional.
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Aug 17, 2023
Spends time with you so you understand. Doesn't rush you. Listens & responds clearly. Great communication.
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Aug 15, 2023
Great "bedside manner;" listens, solves problems; thorough
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Aug 15, 2023
Dr. Iskandar is very caring and professional. He took time to answer questions clearly & was reassuring. I appreciate his skill & abilities greatly.
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Aug 15, 2023
He is a great surgeon and came highly recommended from people within BS&W.
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Aug 13, 2023
Very thorough explanations. Patiently answered my questions
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Aug 10, 2023
Very informed of procedure, expertise, answered all questions and explained so understood each step, recommended procedures.
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Aug 10, 2023
Very knowledgeable and reassuring
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Aug 10, 2023
He is very sweet and listens to any concerns I have about my care
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Aug 2, 2023
He was thorough with both giving and asking for information concerning medical issue, examination, and decision making for surgery and recovery time
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Aug 1, 2023
God used him to save my life. He always has my best interest at heart. He is very skilled and knowledgeable.
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Jul 15, 2023
Explains things very well. Very knowledgeable and confident.
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Jul 14, 2023
I feel like he is very knowledgeable about my condition.
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Jul 13, 2023
Dr. Iskandar truly cares about his patients. He listens to concerns and provides great advice. He's very pleasant and professional.
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Jul 6, 2023
Very positive experience.
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Jun 29, 2023
Dr. Iskander took the time to answer all my questions, was very patient and genuine in his caring.
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Jun 29, 2023
Dr. Iskandar is so patient and thorough with my care! He answers all of my questions and takes the time to explain all of the details! He never makes any appointments feel rushed, even though I know he's busy! He genuinely cares about my well-being and I appreciate that so much! He's a fantastic doctor!!
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Jun 28, 2023
Very professional and excellent work
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Jun 27, 2023
Very personable, and extremely professional
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Jun 27, 2023
Kind and thorough competent
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Jun 24, 2023
He was attentive, great bed side manner. Truly enjoy him as a doctor
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Jun 20, 2023
Dr Iskandar is very knowledgeable, patient, caring and kind. He explains things fully and clearly.
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Jun 17, 2023
Very nice. Did not hurry in, hurry out. Seemed knowledgeable. Enjoyed talking with Dr I.
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Jun 17, 2023
Excellent
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Jun 15, 2023
Very polite and knowledgeable. Great Doctor
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Jun 15, 2023
Attention to detail
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Jun 15, 2023
He allows you to talk, listens to what you say. Explains what is next.
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Jun 13, 2023
Dr. Iskandar was excellent in explaining my medical issues and answering all of my questions. I had many questions, and he was patient and answered them in terms I could understand.
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Jun 8, 2023
He always takes the time to listen and answer my questions in a way that I understand
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Jun 5, 2023
Articulated plan well prior to surgery.
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Jun 3, 2023
Good listener, explained the procedure options well
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Jun 3, 2023
Great
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Jun 1, 2023
Very patient. Listening to all of our concerns and answering all questions. Made me and my daughter at ease. Loved him.
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May 30, 2023
Doctor Mazen Iskandar is very experienced surgeon, he has lots of empathy. I would highly recommend him. My surgery was a success!! Thank you Dr Mazen Iskander.
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May 22, 2023
He is an excellent care provider caring, listener friendly, concerning for the patient.
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May 18, 2023
They took the time for me to understand
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May 16, 2023
Dr. Iskander took the time to answer all of my questions. I felt very confident of his knowledge, skill and care.
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May 11, 2023
Very personable and knowledgeable
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May 7, 2023
Excellent communication about my condition and what needed to happen and why.
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May 5, 2023
He was very professional and to me about surgery and what I'm supposed to do after
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May 4, 2023
Very knowledgeable and explained everything very well
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Apr 29, 2023
Very attentive. Amazing bed side manner!
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Apr 27, 2023
They are all so nice and helpful.
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Apr 27, 2023
Thorough and considerate
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Apr 27, 2023
My appointment was at 4:pm and he saw me at 3:55. That was great. Very punctual I like that it make my day.
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Apr 24, 2023
Very good
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Apr 20, 2023
Dr. Iskandar is so nice, and so is his staff. You can tell they care about their patients.
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Apr 20, 2023
He's a great listener and showed a lot of concern for my medical issues.
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Apr 18, 2023
He listens & is good to explain what is happening with your symptoms. He is friendly & has a kind spirit.
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Apr 18, 2023
Dr was very thoughtful by listening to everything I had to say about all my passed surgeries. Took time to explain options and have a better understanding of what was diagnosed.
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Apr 17, 2023
Excellent physician and counselor
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Apr 13, 2023
Friendly and professional
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Apr 11, 2023
Prompt, very personable, very informative, no sugar coating.
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Apr 11, 2023
Dr was very kind and informative.
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Apr 11, 2023
Very caring, genuinely concerned for my health
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Apr 9, 2023
Efficient and friendly
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Apr 6, 2023
He took his time an explained everything to me that way I wasn't left to guess anything.
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Apr 6, 2023
Overall good experience and very pfofessional staff
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