Karen Ching-Tismal, MD, FACS

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Apr 30, 2025

Very professional

Apr 25, 2025

Professional, knowledgeable, efficient

Apr 25, 2025

Professional, friendly, and knowledgeable surgeon and staff

Apr 20, 2025

Caring staff and doctor

Apr 18, 2025

My checkup was relatively on time and went somothly.

Apr 16, 2025

Sincere interest.

Apr 16, 2025

My doctor took a lot of time with me. She used easy to understand language and was very thorough. Explained all options and pros/cons of each.

Apr 13, 2025

Everyone is so friendly and competent !

Apr 13, 2025

I Love all my Drs they care ! I just finished Radiation and everyone in Radiation are so help and kind and take the fear out of it All . I feel very Blessed to be at M D Anderson with such professional Kind and caring People

Apr 10, 2025

One on one very personable

Apr 10, 2025

The whole team was attentive to my concerns and addressed each one quickly.

Mar 29, 2025

Very friendly and knowledgeable

Mar 27, 2025

I liked the doctors and their staff. I also like that it's not as far to drive from my home.

Mar 27, 2025

Karen is amazing and made me feel confident that we had a plan for my care!

Mar 22, 2025

Caring and patient doctors, nurses and support staff, who have a welcoming manner! Appointments are on time, and staff is available to answer questions. It is easy to contact care givers through the portal or even call to speak to a nurse for urgent questions. Very grateful to be a patient at MD Anderson South!

Mar 21, 2025

The kindness and care extended to me throughout my time there.

Mar 21, 2025

Staff. All were very nice.

Mar 21, 2025

The team were excellent, they took time to make sure I understood and explained everything in great detail. They had a plan in place and knew how to make it make sense to us.

Mar 21, 2025

Professional atmosphere of staff, cleanliness of facility. Ease of parking and locating the area you need to be in. Drs. were very pleasant, took great amount of time with you to explain what the plan is for your treatment. Answered all questions very knowledgeable and explained in terms that you could understand. All in all a great experience considering the reason that I am seeing the doctors.

Mar 13, 2025

I appreciate the kindness and the friendlyness from the staff and the doctors. It feels very familiar and I feel comfortable.

Mar 13, 2025

They made me very comfortable and they were very knowledgeable

Mar 10, 2025

Always caring about us

Mar 9, 2025

Communication! No questions left unanswered. Friendly and knowledgeable staff.

Mar 9, 2025

Very informative and professional. Took the time to answer all questions and explained everything in detail.

Mar 8, 2025

Everyone very professional and nice!

Mar 6, 2025

Everyone is professional and caring. I do not feel rushed or crowded like I did at mayo. All staff is wonderful.

Mar 6, 2025

Everyone was nice and very helpful

Feb 28, 2025

The doctor took her time and explained everything to me. She also answered all my questions.

Feb 28, 2025

Professionalism.

Feb 26, 2025

I felt the compassion and the willingness to help. It was very professional and caring.

Feb 26, 2025

Everyone was friendly and very helpful.

Feb 26, 2025

I liked everything about it

Feb 23, 2025

I liked everything about the experience and the care everyone gives right from the time you walk in the door.

Feb 23, 2025

I like having all my. cancer care specialists in one place working together to ensure I have the best possible care.

Feb 20, 2025

Everything!

Feb 20, 2025

Confidence in staff. Doctor is amazing caring and educated. They got me in fast and did testing to diagnose asap.

Feb 10, 2025

Amazing my doctor (Dr. Ching was excellent.) she was caring, super nice her staff, the nurse the AM, Lisa all of them take good care of me. Make me feel very comfortable and trusted. thank you guys.

Feb 10, 2025

Everyone was kind and compassionate. My situation was explained thoroughly. I believe I’ll get the best care there.

Feb 9, 2025

I love the dedication to each patient to ensure understanding of their cancer treatment. Also, the compassion of the staff from the front desk to the nurse and Dr.. I feel blessed to be medically treated by this team and have told others if they ever need cancer treatment, I 100% recommend them.❤️

Feb 6, 2025

My team was the best from diagnosis to surgery and up to this point with my after care visits. I have always loved the staff and services at the south location, even before my Cancer diagnosis.

Feb 2, 2025

Team care, with a plan for my chemo treatment, oncology, surgery and radiation. The staff is kind, makes treatment as gentle as possible, always explaining procedures, and sending me reminders of appointments via Baptist South chart. Frequent follow through of doctors and nurses. My questions are answered via texts. Grateful for such a dedicated staff!

Feb 2, 2025

very caring personnel. Thorough explanations. Questions answered. Contact information provided. If you ever need this care, these are the people to see.

Jan 29, 2025

Dr. Ching-Tismal is an excellent physician who carefully explains everything, and freely answers all our our questions. The clinic is also very efficient. We have never had an issue with wait times,or scheduling , and the staff is ALWAYS friendly and professional.

Jan 27, 2025

Well organized and friendly

Jan 26, 2025

Efficient. Did not have to wait long.

Jan 26, 2025

Ir was a great experience! Everyone was very caring and knowledgeable. I would recommend it highly.

Jan 24, 2025

Always compassionate and patient oriented.

Jan 24, 2025

Very efficient.

Jan 23, 2025

Everyone is attentive, kind, compassionate providing easy to understand explanations of the particular issues you are experiencing. Have always felt I was in good hands!

Jan 19, 2025

Very professional staff, very polite and respectful.