Harold B Kitaoka

He has provided incredible care of my feet since I was 18 years old after my pediatric doctor, Dr. Hamilton Peterson. I have been with the mayo clinic family basically from birth and will continue as long as I need to.

I guess I expected more after driving 8 hours round trip for this consult. Bedside manner was atrocious. Honestly, his PA/NP was way more helpful than he was. It was clear he had not reviewed my history/MRI/x-ray. I've been dealing with my issues for 18 months, so I know a little bit about what's going on. When I expressed what I thought was going on, it was met with frustration on his end. At the end, he bizarrely walked out of the room with little closure on what to do next. Thought he was going to come back in but never did. Was expecting more from a "mayo experience." Even if issues persist, I wouldn't go back to see him. I guess I expected more after driving 8 hours round trip for this consult. Bedside manner was atrocious. Honestly, his PA/NP was way more helpful than he was. It was clear he had not reviewed my history/MRI/x-ray. I've been dealing with … More

Dr. Kitaoka seemed very uninterested in my experience with this injury over the past 18 months and seemed very unprepared based on the previous notes, MRI, x-rays that had been sent over. Horrible bedside manner. Abruptly left the room with no closure or direct instructions on what to do or to expect. Was a very strange visit. The Mayo system is incredible but this guy didn't seem to get it. Very underwhelmed.

Always impressed by the Mayo Clinic care system.

Dr. Harold is Kitaoka is an embarrassment to the Mayo Clinic organization and is also a compulsive liar. He refused to treat my plantar plate injury and didn't even bother to offer a different solution to the problem. He claimed I was fine even though an outside MRI has confirmed the injury and it is operable. No empathy was offered at all. Additionally, he has zero personality and is a very angry and hateful man. He talked down to the resident doctor that was working under him like he was his servant. He also seemed very homophobic after I mentioned that I was gay during the office visit. AVOID him at all costs!

He did a physical exam that was more like a torture test than what a doctor should be doing. I was about jumping off the couch as he pressed hard on joints to my feet and ankles to see how much it hurt. Was so over the top- I will never see him again and recommend no one else does either.

Had a really bad experience with the Dr. I came to Mayo Rochester traveling from another country to get an expert opinion on a foot injury, and what I got was the doctor leaving the room. I got to my appointment and had my x-rays done before my meeting with Dr. Kitaoka, when he comes to the room he doesn’t even says hello, I had sent all my history regarding my foot something the doctor had not even seen before coming in, when he gets in he starts asking questions about my history exactly the same things I had already sent previously, then he and examines my foot. Afterwards he tells me he cannot see the x-rays because of a server problem and also he had not seen my previous x-rays, CT scans and MRI’s. And so just by touching my foot he gives me a recommendation which is totally absurd, I tell him I travel a long way and spend a lot of money to get this kind of attention because he didn't see any images and he cannot recommend something without examining all the history, he gets upset and leaves the room telling me I can reprogram an appointment even knowing I don't live Here and for me is a expense to come again. Totally disappointed at his profesional treatment and recomendation! Had a really bad experience with the Dr. I came to Mayo Rochester traveling from another country to get an expert opinion on a foot injury, and what I got was the doctor leaving the room. I got to my appointment and had my x-rays done … More

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Long wait. No Time for my complex problem. No empathy.

I'm sure he has helped many people, but my experience was very unpleasant. I was suffering from severe inexplicable pain in my feet. He examined them for 5 minutes, told me to get a different pair of orthotics, and said I should see a local doctor if my pain persisted. I said I had already gone to several local physicians and had flown across the country to see him. I began crying, and he fled the room and didn't return. When I left, one receptionist snapped at me, while another was comforting.

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Repaired my Lis-Franc fracture, very knowledgeable, confident. Would totally turn my foot over to him again, except that I don't plan on breaking my foot again. Thanks Dr Kitaoka! You rock!

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Did not listen and questioned everything I said, left in pain with no dirextion

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