Seeking Surgeon in Northern California

The final frontier. Deciding when, if and how.
NRGizer
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Joined: Sat Aug 15, 2026 8:15 pm
Location: Northern California

Re: Seeking Surgeon in Northern California

Postby NRGizer » Thu Sep 03, 2026 9:38 pm

thx1138 wrote:Regarding karpman; have yoyread Karpman/Yelp/pg. 5 ?


Thanks for the tip. I jsut read that Yelp page. I assume you are referring to the review by Maggie V. Certainly a cuatioanry tale, but it sounded like her husband (and her) had a lot of issues. The majority of reviews on Yelp, like the reviews on here, are favorable.

Thanks to everyone who contributed. I think I will be talking to Dr. Karpman in due course.
67, prostate cancer, Gleason 4+3, have had IRE surgery to ablate tumor. ED for around 10 years, pills worked until surgery.

jwitten567
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Re: Seeking Surgeon in Northern California

Postby jwitten567 » Thu Sep 03, 2026 11:50 pm

NRGizer wrote:Thanks, jwitten, SoCal would be the logical next stop. Any recommendations down there? I notice you have had several revisions, what did you think of your surgeons?


I had 3 surgeries with Dr. Patel. Highly recommend if considering coming to Southern California for surgery. Confident but not cocky. Makes sense to see if you click with Karpman 1st.
RP in 2015; failed pills, straight to Coloplast Titan in 2019 by Dr. Valenzuela; Replaced with AMS 700 CX in 2022 by Dr. Patel in San Diego. Infection after fat grafting injections in Mexico, Back to AMS 700 CX after short period with Malleable spacer.

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Quincy
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Location: Boise, ID

Re: Seeking Surgeon in Northern California

Postby Quincy » Fri Sep 04, 2026 10:10 am

I went to Edward Karpman in the south Bay area. Very good and I'm happy with the result. Glad to talk with you about why I chose him and what it was like if you'd like. I had to travel to find someone and did a lot of research. I live in the Boise area and to me it was worth it to do the 11-12 hour drive.

Drop me a message if you want to discuss.
71, Boise area, Married
ED from type 2 diabetes and PCa radiation.
AMS LGX surgery 6/5/18 with Edward Karpman in Silicon Valley, 18cm+3RTE

Yogibear40
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Re: Seeking Surgeon in Northern California

Postby Yogibear40 » Wed Sep 23, 2026 1:27 am

Dr Breyer at UCSF in San Francisco. He implanted my revision from AMS to Titan. Can’t recommend him enough.
43, Bay Area, Gay, recently received the Coloplast titan 26cm after 10 years with the AMS 700 23cm.


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