Daniel Hwang, MD

You know you are in great hands with Dr. Dan. He follows up on every detail, and is extremely thorough. He also has a cadre of excellent specialists, and coordinates care with them seamlessly. I have referred family and friends to him, and they are all in great hands. Dr. Dan Hwang is the best. Oh, and he is understanding of LGBT care.

I have been seeing Dr. Hwang for over 3 years now, and he is a very caring, kind person. His medical care is excellent. He is board certified in both Internal Medicine and Nephrology, so I completely trust his medical judgement. He takes time to listen to my concerns and is very thoughtful in his plan of care. He always discusses how he would like to proceed and makes sure I am in agreement with the plan. He has been responsive to emails and thoughtfully refers to specialists when indicated. Dr. Hwang is a highly competent and wonderful physician. He has my highest recommendation.

I had been under Dr. Hwang’s care for over 3 years by now, and I have to admit that I had made the right choice for choosing the perfect PCP. His medical knowledge is encyclopedic. Wonderful bedside manner. In sum, he is «NONPAREIL.»

My husband and I had a similar experience to another reviewer. We both met Dr Hwang and like him personally. But we never heard back from him after getting blood tests done. So we called the office multiple times. Never could speak to him, just got random messages from his staff. Everything seemed ok with my results but my husband has high cholesterol and the first medication he ever took had a negative impact on his liver which is not uncommon in about 20% of people who take common cholesterol medications. He reviewed this with Dr Hwang, who gave him another medication. 2 months later he did new blood tests and the new medication had not only not lowered his cholesterol at all but had the same negative effect on liver function. But again never heard from the doctor. My husband called asking to speak to Dr Hwang each day for 3 days. A staff member said the Dr would call him back and of course he never did. About a week later, we got a letter in the mail stating that my husband’s blood test results indicated that he has high cholesterol and should see the doctor for treatment. Furthermore, the letter stated that my husband showed liver issues consistent with drinking too much alcohol and should perhaps reduce his alcohol intake. Are you kidding? My husband called Dr Hwang one more time to try and discuss. He did finally get in touch with the doctor himself who said that he should continue to take the cholesterol medication as his cholesterol was too high. And, oh, that he should maybe stop drinking so much. My husband hung up. We are in process of finding a new doctor.

Dr. Hwang is kind, takes his time with his patients, and is overall a great doctor in my experience.
So why the 2 stars? The medical staff. While friendly on the phone, they do no follow-​up and answered many of my requests for coordinating care with other doctors or transferring medical records from previous doctors basically in a way that said «that’s not my job.» It made transferring medical records an absolute nightmare (and a months long process), since they refused to talk directly with my other doctor’s medical staff (in the end, my other doctor’s medical staff reached out to Dr. Hwang’s staff — an even then Dr. Hwang’s staff still lost a chunk of my old medical records).
Several times I requested call backs for things and never got a call back. Or I would (politely!) express disappointment in the lack of expediency and the phone would «disconnect» — that happened 3 times.
On top of it, I requested information regarding the results of my lab tests and no one ever got back to me.
This was hands down the WORST experience I’ve EVER had dealing with the a doctor’s office. THE WORST. Several times I was near tears from the sheer frustration I felt dealing with people who would say things like, «yes, we’ll get back to you» and then never get back to you and people who would say things like, «no, we can’t do that» (WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU CAN’T DO YOUR JOB??)
I would go back if only for Dr. Hwang, but dealing with his staff isn’t worth it.

My boyfriend recently went to Dr. Hwang and loved him, so we thought we’d finally hit the jackpot. Unfortunately that’s where the great experience ended. After having his annual checkup, we didn’t hear or receive any test results for a MONTH. Blood results come back a few days later, so a month is just ridiculous. Since the office had ample time to contact us, we began contacting them.
4÷29÷15 — Initial Lab Tests
A MONTH GOES BY AND NOTHING…
5÷29÷15 [Call 1]: BF left a voicemail. No one ever called back (figures)
6÷3÷15 [Call 2]: I spoke to a receptionist. She put in an order to have the test results mailed to us. And I requested to have the doctor call my BF to let us know if there was any issues with his blood tests.
6÷8÷15 [Call 3]: No call from the doc. I followed up and had to re-​request the lab results. They admitted to not knowing why the doctor hadn’t called us (said it was their error). And that the doctor would call this time.
It’s now been over a week and still nothing.
They really need to get their act together. This is not professional.

Really great Doctor. He genuinely cares about his patients and is extremely knowledgeable. I highly recommend Dr. Hwang.

I’ve been going to Dr. Hwang for about three years now. I have to say he is the best Internest I have ever had. He is kind and empathetic and immediately puts you at ease. You can usually get a pretty fast appointment. He also gives you as much time as you need. He’s one of the few physicians I’ve encountered who’s not an a clock. He’s also incredibly conscientious and attentive. I had some anomolous blood test results a year ago. The cause was not immediately apparent. But he worked through the differential diagnoses and referred me to an world-​class hematologist, who concluded that the anomolies were benign. Huge relief. When he makes referrals, the docs are invariably tops in their fields. And best of all, he responds to email. Heaven!
His office staff is generally attentive and efficient. They are on a very good EMR system that has an excellent patient interface (myhealthonline). But it still has limitations in terms of sharing records with other providers, referrals to out-​of-​network docs, etc. Where that happens, you’re back to faxing things back and forth which drives me crazy. Who has a fax machine anymore? It’s like asking patients to use carbon paper and white-​out.
Net net, Hwang is tops. I’m frankly surprised he’s still taking new patients. I’d have assumed he’d be full up by now.

I have always appreciated Dr. Hwang’s prompt responses. I am a battled athlete and sustain injuries a couple times a year. He always seems to respond in a sufficient manner. Quick to make a recommendation on a call to action which is more helpful than a doctor that simply outlines your options. He is sincere in his concern for your well being and is pleasant to see out in the neighborhood. I definitely recommend this him, especially if you are looking for someone you can trust more than someone you just pay.

I just left Dr. Hwang’s office this morning, and wow — I’m impressed. After moving the city about 2 months ago, I’ve put off finding a new doctor because it can be tiresome. I arrived early at my appointment and it was a pretty easy check-​in process. Within 8 minutes of sitting down to start my paperwork — I was taken back to start the initial tests (blood pressure, etc.).
Ten minutes later, Dr. Hwang walks in. He immediately put me at ease. He was so friendly, and I immediately started opening up to him. Since I had been putting off finding a doctor for so long, I had a few items I wanted to chat with him about. He took notes, and once I finished my monologue of symptoms — he went through each one and really took his time to dig in, and clarify certain things that had been bothering me.
At the end of the appointment, we came up with a game plan of next steps and he referred me to a specialty doctor that he felt would be a perfect fit for me. Overall, I was quite impressed by Dr. Hwang’s bedside manner. In my opinion, it is rare to find someone willing to take the time to really understand a patient’s needs. I’m happy I found my doctor!

I had the first visit with Dott. Hwang and I had a really positive experience. He made me relax and no rush during my visit (also if the nurse knocked annuncing the next visit).

I’ll echo everything I’ve just read in the other positive reviews. Dr Hwang is my wife’s and my primary for good now.
They do everything that one medical does, but you actually have a great relationship with your primary care physician. When I had issues he talked to me by phone, diagnosed and called in a prescription. The second time something similar happened, one of the on call physicians did the same for me.
Patient, thorough, well connected (with specialty doctors) and affable… what else are you looking for?

Unfortunately I have to change my review of Dr. Hwang based on my recent experience.
As I mentioned, I loved my visit with him. He was extremely thorough and had excellent bedside manner.
Unfortunately, they take the online health thing a little too far. I recently got back a concerning test result on the system and tried to contact them (via phone and through the system). I must have called 5 times and left messages with the assistants who told me Dr. Hwang was too busy coming back from vacation and may not get back to me.
While I understand that when you take time off, you need to catch up, a doctor’s office should understand that when you get weird test results, days can feel like weeks to patients. In addition, he called in a prescription to my pharmacy without even consulting with me to explain why, how to take the meds, how it will affect me, next steps. NOTHING. In fact, initially he did not even acknowledge the need for medication until I reminded him how awful I’ve been feeling lately.
If Dr. Hwang could not respond to me via phone, someone else (a nurse, another doctor, whoever) should have. I started trying to reach them Thursday and it’s Monday and I have not heard a peep.
I’m also a new patient so I thought the office may make an effort to retain me as a patient. If you cannot handle the workload, do not accept new patients. No one should have feel neglected, especially when they do not feel well.
Taking my business to One Medical.

Ok, so I don’t usually write reviews on doctors but Dr Hwang warrants one…
–He actually listens to your issues
–Never rushes you
–His office is VERY responsive to any requests i.e. prescription refills, referrals, ets.
–He really helped me in 1 visit… prescribed medicines to alleviate some long standing discomfort and pain
–AND He’s easy to talk to
Seriously, what more could you ask for?

I agree with the other reviews, Dr. Hwang is thorough, attentive and listens to his patients. I’m very happy he’s my doctor.

Dr. Hwang is awesome and he listens to you and he is very honest. I really like him a lot he is a wonderful doctor who takes the time to care for his patients.

He is the most approachable doctor I have been to in years. He took his time and let me ask as many questions as I needed to. I actually felt like I was getting care from the doctor rather than from a system.

Dr. Hwang is my new primary care physician and I can’t ask for better. Extremely professional, yet personable (he’s the first doctor I’ve met that introduced himself by his first name), takes the full hour with every appointment to consult and answer all my questions, and I leave feeling better and knowing I’m going to be in good hands. He also pinpointed all my current health issues after the initial visit!
It helps that his office staff are just as wonderful and kind and I love that they have an online system (they sign you up at the initial visit) where I can email Dr. Hwang questions, set up appointments, and even access my medical records.
Recently I referred my coworker here for emergency care, and they were able to fit him in for an evaluation within 24hrs of his call. I like that there are several other doctors on site who can take over in case Dr. Hwang is unavailable.
I also love that they take a wide variety of insurance plans including HMOs.

I’ve been searching for a doctor in SF since I moved here. I’d been to two doctors prior to Dr. Hwang, and did not feel I was given the proper time and attention I needed.
Doctor Hwang took his time to examine me and listened to my concerns. I felt I was well taken care of from start to finish.
I am thoroughly impressed at the Doctor Hwang’s professionalism and wonderful customer service.

I was actually recommended to Dr Marilyn Kutzscher but her schedule was full so ended up seeing her associate Dr. Daniel Hwang, which I didn’t mind at all because he was so nice! He’s a really good listener, even when you ask dumb questions he takes it seriously and never talks down. I like to ask lots of questions.
I never had a GP in my time in SF but now that I’ve found Dr Hwang I feel totally comfortable going to him about anything and everything.
I’ve also never had issues with the practice. I’m always seen promptly and have not had billing issues at all.