Mihkel A. Oja, MD

I was referred to Dr. Oja when I was in my early 20's, for nasal problems. He far succeeded my expectations, from start to finish. Many years later when I was in need of carpal tunnel surgery, then a few years after that, lesion removal (twice), and am now waiting on a consultation for my left arm (pain from shoulder to fingertips, with 'feeling asleep' hands), I requested Dr. Oja. I hear people complain that Dr. Oja has no bedside manner.....I have come to find that this stems from his "surgeon personality", meaning when he is in 'professional mode', whether it be in his office or the operating room, he has one focus and will not be distracted. Dr. Oja takes his work very seriously. If you have other ailment questions, you will need referred again. Dr. Oja takes his patients seriously and due to his incredible work load, this is one way to ensure the patients who are waiting for consult or surgery will not have to wait longer. Add up the many patients, and the many conversations they want to have, and we will be waiting a whole lot longer to see Dr. Oja. He has one focus at a time and that is one you....how refreshing! You have all of his attention, no distractions. Dr. Oja wants everything in order, no variations, and he demands and gets it. When dealing with Dr. Oja, it's simple....wait until he is finished talking and then ask the questions you have that are pertinent to what is at hand. I found that he is open to other questions if you let him do his job, and don't expect random conversations; be quick and to the point.
Outside of office hours he is an entirely different person! Night and day!
The bottom line is, Dr. Oja an excellent surgeon, no question. Expect to see a Professional with his own way of doing things, and you will never be disappointed. If you feel he is rude, that's not on him, that's because you don't know how to take him, He's not out to win a popularity contest; he's here to make you right again.

Dr. Oja is FABLOUS! He makes me feel comfortable& im so confident in him! He made me feel very relaxed& walked me threw everything, very gentle with removable of stitches He makes me feel like I'm more than just a number

I had this procedure done a few years ago .Firstly Dr Oja, he is very rude and abrupt with a terrible bed side manor. My questions were blown off ,as he has no interest in hearing what you say, he will talk right over you. I traveled over 3 hours each way to see him. On the day I was scheduled for surgery, he lost one of his surgical instrument and sent me home, without even consideration for the distance I traveled and the time off work I took and the childcare arrangements for my children . The day I finally did get into surgery , he didn't bandage my nose at all to keep it's shape and pulled out the gauze right away, which is to stop the bleeding right after surgery, Any other Doctors would have kept it in until a follow up appointment. Well, I didn't get a follow up and his staff at his office did not even bother to get in touch with me either to ask about my procedure. I am so disappointed with the appearance of my nose , it looks awful and is crooked now , he shaved way too much on the sides of my and has a pinched in look, and he didn't fix , what I really wanted to address the droop on the tip. He must have preformed this procedure on his front desk secretary, because my nose looks similar to hers :( . If your looking to change the shape of your nose, take the time and research other doctors , please seek out another Doctor for this procedure and spend your money on a Doctor that has pride in his work and values his patients. Now ,I will have to seek out another Doctor , for a costly revision to fix the mess he made.

Would like upper lip done and the cost of it ....I have a few wrinkles and would like them removed...I would like this to look better cause I am a ex smoker and I hear that botox is a good thing but would like for someone to tell me if it is a good idea.....so I guess it is up to you to tell me if I need this done