David R. Saenger MD

I had the pleasure to be seen by Dr. Saenger MD two weeks after PeaceHealth RiverBend opened. I had been fainting for several weeks, it was discovered that my heart had been stopping. Dr Saenger put in a pace maker. I have been healthy since. This is late in coming. Thank you so much! You are a wonderful doctor, I sincerely appreciate you. I wouldn't have lived to be 76 without you...

I told him I was allergic to Pharmaceuticals and he totally ignored me and said he was the doctor not me. Now I am in stage 3 of chronic kidney disease thanks to him. It only took 4 weeks fafter I started the five medications that he gave me and I have been in that category ever since. He doesn't listen to his patients.

I write this review 1 1/2 years after initially seeing Dr. Saenger. I was referred to him after having an echo cardiogram. I had this test because I had had increasingly worsening shortness of breath for about 8 years. Dr. Saenger told me that my echo was normal (which I found out later was incorrect.) He scheduled me for an angiogram to rule out other causes for my shortness of breath. After the procedure he assured me that my cardiac status was fine...no coronary arterial blockage, no pulmonary hypertension. He told me to seek advice from other disciplines, such as pulmonology, to find the source of my issue. So, after spending thousands of dollars and many appointments with other specialists, my new PCP, a new nurse practitioner, sent me for a stress echo. The test showed hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM), and a referral to OHSU in Portland, was made. I am fully recovered now from my open heart surgery. The genetic heart condition I have causes a thickening of the heart muscle, which was reduced with this surgery. So, Dr. Saenger, I hope you see this, and think twice about blowing off another patient. Dr. Saenger might be good at finding CAD blockage and correcting it, but he may not be so good at diagnosing something a little more unusual. As was the case with me.

I believe that first great impression of the doctor must be proved with the years that follow, and this is about Dr. Saenger. How many times I visited him he was so patient, kind, attentive and helpful. I want to express my deepest gratitude and appreciation to Dr. Saenger for his high professional knowledge, and excellent medical care.

Only 1 star because a zero isn't an option. I would not trust this clown to change a battery in a flashlight.