The 20 Best Cholecystitis Doctors Near Me in Oakland, CA

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The 20 Best Cholecystitis Doctors near Oakland, CA

Last Updated: 02/22/2026

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MediFind found 141 doctor with experience in Cholecystitis near Oakland, CA. Of these, 132 are Experienced and 9 are Advanced.

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    Refugio Gonzalez
    Advanced in Cholecystitis
    General Surgery
    Advanced in Cholecystitis
    General Surgery

    Hawthorne Avenue Care Center

    365 Hawthorne Avenue, Suite 301, 
    Oakland, CA 
     (1.2 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Refugio Gonzalez is a General Surgeon in Oakland, California. Dr. Gonzalez is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cholecystitis. His top areas of expertise are Neuroendocrine Tumor, Hernia, Gallbladder Disease, Cholecystitis, and Gallbladder Removal. Dr. Gonzalez is currently accepting new patients.

    Giovanni Begossi
    Experienced in Cholecystitis
    General Surgery
    Experienced in Cholecystitis
    General Surgery

    Hawthorne Avenue Care Center

    365 Hawthorne Avenue, Suite 301, 
    Oakland, CA 
     (1.2 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Giovanni Begossi is a General Surgeon in Oakland, California. Dr. Begossi is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cholecystitis. His top areas of expertise are Hyperparathyroidism, Colorectal Cancer, Gallbladder Cancer, Parathyroidectomy, and Thyroidectomy. Dr. Begossi is currently accepting new patients.

    Rodney E. Grolman
    Experienced in Cholecystitis
    General Surgery
    Experienced in Cholecystitis
    General Surgery

    Hawthorne Avenue Care Center

    365 Hawthorne Avenue, Suite 301, 
    Oakland, CA 
     (1.2 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients

    Rodney Grolman is a General Surgeon in Oakland, California. Dr. Grolman is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cholecystitis. His top areas of expertise are Ogilvie Syndrome, Retroperitoneal Inflammation, Gastrointestinal Perforation, Hernia Surgery, and Hemorrhoidectomy. Dr. Grolman is currently accepting new patients.

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    Oleg V. Merzlikin
    Experienced in Cholecystitis
    General Surgery
    Experienced in Cholecystitis
    General Surgery

    Hawthorne Avenue Care Center

    365 Hawthorne Avenue, Suite 301, 
    Oakland, CA 
     (1.2 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients

    Oleg Merzlikin is a General Surgeon in Oakland, California. Dr. Merzlikin is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cholecystitis. His top areas of expertise are Ogilvie Syndrome, Gastrointestinal Perforation, Retroperitoneal Inflammation, Cellulitis, and Gastrostomy. Dr. Merzlikin is currently accepting new patients.

    Terrence Liu
    Experienced in Cholecystitis
    General Surgery
    Experienced in Cholecystitis
    General Surgery

    Hawthorne Avenue Care Center

    365 Hawthorne Avenue, Suite 301, 
    Oakland, CA 
     (1.2 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients

    Terrence Liu is a General Surgeon in Oakland, California. Dr. Liu is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cholecystitis. His top areas of expertise are Ogilvie Syndrome, Hernia, Retroperitoneal Inflammation, Gastrostomy, and Gallbladder Removal. Dr. Liu is currently accepting new patients.

    Rita O. Kwan
    Experienced in Cholecystitis
    General Surgery
    Experienced in Cholecystitis
    General Surgery

    Hawthorne Avenue Care Center

    365 Hawthorne Avenue, Suite 301, 
    Oakland, CA 
     (1.2 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients

    Rita Kwan is a General Surgeon in Oakland, California. Dr. Kwan is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cholecystitis. Her top areas of expertise are Angiosarcoma, Breast Cancer, Inflammatory Breast Cancer, Gallbladder Removal, and Hernia Surgery. Dr. Kwan is currently accepting new patients.

    Advanced in Cholecystitis
    Intensive Care Medicine
    Advanced in Cholecystitis
    Intensive Care Medicine

    Highland Hospital

    1411 E 31st St, 
    Oakland, CA 
     (2.2 miles away)
    Experience:
    18+ years
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    April Mendoza is an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Oakland, California. Dr. Mendoza has been practicing medicine for over 18 years and is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cholecystitis. Her top areas of expertise are Gastrointestinal Fistula, Choledocholithiasis, Necrotizing Fasciitis, Gallbladder Removal, and Small Bowel Resection.

    Experienced in Cholecystitis
    Intensive Care Medicine
    Experienced in Cholecystitis
    Intensive Care Medicine

    Highland Hospital

    1411 E 31st St, 
    Oakland, CA 
     (2.2 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Lara Senekjian is an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Oakland, California. Dr. Senekjian is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cholecystitis. Her top areas of expertise are Ogilvie Syndrome, Gallbladder Disease, Retroperitoneal Inflammation, Gallbladder Removal, and Splenectomy.

    Experienced in Cholecystitis
    Intensive Care Medicine
    Experienced in Cholecystitis
    Intensive Care Medicine

    Highland Hospital

    1411 E 31st St, 
    Oakland, CA 
     (2.2 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Timothy Browder is an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Oakland, California. Dr. Browder is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cholecystitis. His top areas of expertise are Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Delirium, Chronic Subdural Hematoma, Gastrostomy, and Splenectomy.

    Experienced in Cholecystitis
    Intensive Care Medicine
    Experienced in Cholecystitis
    Intensive Care Medicine

    Highland Hospital

    1411 E 31st St, 
    Oakland, CA 
     (2.2 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    James Cushman is an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Oakland, California. Dr. Cushman is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cholecystitis. His top areas of expertise are Delirium, Chronic Subdural Hematoma, Gallbladder Disease, Gallbladder Removal, and Colostomy.

    Experienced in Cholecystitis
    General Surgery
    Experienced in Cholecystitis
    General Surgery

    Highland Hospital

    1411 E 31st St, 
    Oakland, CA 
     (2.2 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Emily Miraflor is a General Surgeon in Oakland, California. Dr. Miraflor is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cholecystitis. Her top areas of expertise are Delirium, Chronic Subdural Hematoma, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Gallbladder Removal, and Hysterectomy.

    Experienced in Cholecystitis
    Intensive Care Medicine
    Experienced in Cholecystitis
    Intensive Care Medicine

    Highland Hospital

    1411 E 31st St, 
    Oakland, CA 
     (2.2 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Shahram Aarabi is an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Oakland, California. Dr. Aarabi is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cholecystitis. His top areas of expertise are Peripheral Artery Disease, Arterial Insufficiency, Necrosis, Fasciotomy, and Osteotomy.

    Experienced in Cholecystitis
    General Practice
    Experienced in Cholecystitis
    General Practice

    Berkeley General Medical Corporation

    3017 Telegraph Ave Ste 210, 
    Berkeley, CA 
     (4.6 miles away)
    Experience:
    18+ years
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Mikael Langner is a primary care provider, practicing in General Practice in Berkeley, California. Dr. Langner has been practicing medicine for over 18 years and is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cholecystitis. His top areas of expertise are H1N1 Influenza, Dementia, Flu, and Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young.

    Jonathan Leichtling
    Advanced in Cholecystitis
    General Surgery
    Advanced in Cholecystitis
    General Surgery

    Jonathan Leichtling, MD Private Practice

    19 Wilmot St, 
    San Francisco, CA 
     (8.9 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients

    Caring, compassionate, patient centered care. Dr. Leichtling is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cholecystitis. His top areas of expertise are Familial Colorectal Cancer, Gallbladder Disease, Gallstones, Bladder Reconstruction, and Hernia Surgery.

    Emily Finlayson
    Advanced in Cholecystitis
    Colorectal Surgery
    Advanced in Cholecystitis
    Colorectal Surgery

    Center For Colorectal Surgery

    1600 Divisadero St., Fourth Floor, 
    San Francisco, CA 
     (9.3 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Dr. Emily Finlayson is a colorectal surgeon with expertise in the treatment of colon and rectal cancer, ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. She is a specialist in minimally invasive surgical techniques. Finlayson's research examines population-based surgical outcomes, focusing particularly on functional outcomes in the frail elderly. Finlayson earned her medical degree at Harvard Medical School. She trained in general surgery at UCSF and in colon and rectal surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. She also earned a master of science degree at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, and she completed a research fellowship with the White River Junction Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Vermont. Finlayson served on the surgery department faculty at the University of Michigan and on the Michigan Surgical Collaborative for Outcomes Research and Evaluation. She returned to UCSF in 2009. Dr. Finlayson is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cholecystitis. Her top areas of expertise are Anal Cancer, Delirium, Crohn's Disease, Ileostomy, and Aneurysm Repair.

    Advanced in Cholecystitis
    General Surgery
    Advanced in Cholecystitis
    General Surgery

    Oakland Medical Center

    275 W Macarthur Blvd, 2nd Floor, 
    Oakland, CA 
     (1.5 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Lucia Chou is a General Surgeon in Oakland, California. Dr. Chou is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cholecystitis. Her top areas of expertise are Ogilvie Syndrome, Retroperitoneal Inflammation, Cholecystitis, Hernia Surgery, and Gallbladder Removal. Dr. Chou is currently accepting new patients.

    Edmund K. Tsoi
    Experienced in Cholecystitis
    General Surgery
    Experienced in Cholecystitis
    General Surgery

    Edmund K.M. Tsoi, MD Private Practice

    950 Stockton St, Ste 388, 
    San Francisco, CA 
     (7.5 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients

    caring, good listener, dedicated, intelligent, compassionate, committed, healing and reassuring. Dr. Tsoi is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cholecystitis. His top areas of expertise are Hernia, Breast Cancer, Angiosarcoma, Gastrostomy, and Gastrectomy.

    Garrett M. Hisatake
    Experienced in Cholecystitis
    General Surgery
    Experienced in Cholecystitis
    General Surgery

    Van Ness Campus Medical Office Building

    1100 Van Ness Avenue, Floor 3, 
    San Francisco, CA 
     (8.3 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Garrett Hisatake is a General Surgeon in San Francisco, California. Dr. Hisatake is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cholecystitis. His top areas of expertise are Banti's Syndrome, Hepatitis, Liver Failure, Hepatectomy, and Liver Transplant. Dr. Hisatake is currently accepting new patients.

    Robert W. Osorio
    Experienced in Cholecystitis
    General Surgery
    Experienced in Cholecystitis
    General Surgery

    Van Ness Campus MOB

    1100 Van Ness Avenue, Floor 3, 
    San Francisco, CA 
     (8.3 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Robert Osorio is a General Surgeon in San Francisco, California. Dr. Osorio is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cholecystitis. His top areas of expertise are Liver Failure, Fibrolamellar Carcinoma, Cholestasis, Liver Transplant, and Hepatectomy. Dr. Osorio is currently accepting new patients.

    Harish D. Mahanty
    Experienced in Cholecystitis
    General Surgery
    Experienced in Cholecystitis
    General Surgery

    Van Ness Campus Medical Office Building

    1100 Van Ness Avenue, Floor 3, 
    San Francisco, CA 
     (8.3 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Harish Mahanty is a General Surgeon in San Francisco, California. Dr. Mahanty is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cholecystitis. His top areas of expertise are Liver Failure, Hernia, Fibrolamellar Carcinoma, Simultaneous Pancreas Kidney Transplant, and Kidney Transplant. Dr. Mahanty is currently accepting new patients.

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    Last Updated: 02/22/2026

    What is the definition of Cholecystitis?

    Cholecystitis is a term for inflammation of the gallbladder. The gallbladder is a pear-shaped organ below the liver that collects and releases digestive fluid (bile) into the small intestine. Cholecystitis can occur when there is a buildup of bile in the gallbladder, the formation of gallstones that block the opening of the gallbladder, or the presence of tumors, hepatitis, or other serious illnesses. When the gallbladder gets blocked or inflamed, it can develop a bacterial infection. Cholecystitis can be acute or chronic.

    When should I see a Cholecystitis doctor near Oakland, CA?

    There are various reasons why you may want to see a specialist, such as: 

    • Your primary care provider recommends it. 
    • Your condition requires expert knowledge and specialized care. 
    • Your symptoms persist or worsen despite treatment. 
    • You need specialized testing or procedures. 
    • You want a second opinion.  

    What should I consider when choosing a Cholecystitis doctor near Oakland, CA?

    It’s important to see a provider with expertise in your specific condition. Each provider profile in MediFind’s doctor database includes information on which conditions they treat, years of experience, research contributions, languages spoken, insurance plans accepted, and more.  

    How does MediFind rank Cholecystitis doctors near Oakland, CA?

    MediFind’s rankings are based on a variety of data sources, such as the number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials and industry conferences, as well as the number of patients that provider sees for a given condition. Note that MediFind’s provider database is not based on user reviews, and providers do not pay to be included in the database. 

    What types of insurance are accepted by Cholecystitis doctors near Oakland, CA?

    Most profiles in MediFind’s doctor database include a list of insurance plans accepted by that provider. However, it’s a good idea to contact the provider’s office to make sure they still accept your insurance, then doublecheck by contacting your insurance plan to confirm they’re in network. 

    How can I book an appointment online with a Cholecystitis doctor near Oakland, CA?

    MediFind offers direct scheduling for certain providers using the “Request Appointment” button on that provider’s profile. If the schedule option is not available for a provider, tap the red “Show Phone Number” button on their profile to get their contact information. If you prefer to find providers who offer online scheduling, select “Schedules online” under the “Availability” category of the filter feature on the left side of the Cholecystitis doctor search results page. 

    Why is it important to get a second opinion from a different Cholecystitis doctor?

    Second opinions are an opportunity to confirm a diagnosis and its root cause, learn about alternative treatment options, or simply gain peace of mind. Many people, especially those with serious diagnoses, get second opinions so they can understand all their options and make informed decisions, so don’t hesitate to get one if you have any doubts or need more information or clarification regarding your care. Note that some insurance plans require second opinions, while others don’t cover second opinions, so be sure to confirm with your insurance provider first.   

    How can I prepare for my appointment with a Cholecystitis doctor near Oakland, CA?

    Prepare for your appointment by gathering the following items: 

    • Copies of medical records (dating back at least one year) 
    • Your medical history, including illnesses, medical conditions, surgeries, and other doctors you see 
    • Family history of disease 
    • List of current prescription drugs, over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal remedies or supplements including names and doses 
    • Allergies to medications, food, latex, insects, etc.  
    • List of questions and concerns 
    • Your insurance card 

    You might also contact the provider’s office to see if they offer transportation or childcare services or if you’re allowed to bring a loved one for support or to take notes during your visit. 

    What questions should I ask my Cholecystitis doctor?

    Here are some sample questions: 

    • Can you explain in simple terms what this condition is and how it’s treated? 
    • What symptoms or side effects should I watch for? 
    • What tests will be involved, and when can I expect results? 
    • Are there other specialists I need to see? 
    • What’s the best way to reach you if I have follow-up questions? 

    How can I learn about the latest clinical trials and research advances my Cholecystitis doctor may know about?

    MediFind’s Clinical Trials tool asks you a series of questions to help you narrow down your search by health condition, age, gender, location, how far you’re willing to travel, and more. Each question you answer filters down the number of trials until you find the ones that are most relevant to you. 

    MediFind’s Latest Advances tool features summaries of recent articles published in medical journals. We use cutting-edge technology to scour medical publication databases for the latest research advancements on any given condition, then we simplify this information in a way that’s useful and easy to understand. 

    Can I filter my search to show male or female Cholecystitis doctors near Oakland, CA?

    Look for the filter feature on the left side of the Cholecystitis doctor search results page. Select “Female” or “Male” under the “Gender” category to search for female or male providers exclusively. If the “Any” option is selected, it will pull results for both male and female providers. 

    Can I filter my search to find a Cholecystitis doctor that offers video calls?

    Look for the filter feature on the left-side of the Cholecystitis doctor search results page. Select “Offers telehealth visits” under the Availability category to search for providers who offer virtual appointments (video calls). 

    Reviewed on: 11/11/24  

    By: MediFind Medical Staff 

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