Orthopedic Doctor Joshua Hatch at Kaiser

Dr hatch is great! He did my shoulder twice (both) and my exes! Go for it

I had shoulder replacement surgery with Dr Hatch. It was successful but his stitching left a very prominent scar. 
it is so ugly and prevents me from wearing sleeveless shirts. I have had other orthopedic surgery with Kaiser doctors where they’re artistry with respect to stitching was far superior.Also he is a bit full of himself and very brisk in his email responses.

so my 58 year old (at the time hubs) tore his ACL snowboarding three years ago. dr. hatch was his assigned surgeon, i believe the surgery was performed in richmond kaiser. we did some homework on him and also listened to what the department nurses had to say about him. he’s a surgical master. we found him a little cocky on the pre-surgical visit (not out of the ordinary for a surgeon in our fairly extensive family experience), but he came down a few notches when we literally laughed at his ‘non-answers’ to a few of our questions. he came around and literally said, ‘oh yeah, i guess my ‘one of many surgeries’ is a really big deal for you”… ‘yeah no sh!t doc. this is a mobility issue. and a SURGERY’… LOL. let’s just say his confidence walked into the room before he did. but like i said he warmed up. hubs could not be happier. in addition to his kaiser practice, dr. hatch is an orthopedic specialist for uc berkeley sports teams. that’s a big deal.

lastly, my husband’s physical therapists told him repeatedly that he was fortunate to have had one of the very best guys in the bay area do his ACL repair. orthopedic surgery like many things us as much art as it is science. we joke that if i have a knee blow out, i’ll wait if i need to, to get dr. hatch. if it were my son, i would run not walk to having him do the surgery. wishing your son a successful repair & recovery.