Delivered both my babies. Great doctor, easy to talk to. Feel like she heard and listened to me!read more

Dr. Silverstein is simply the BEST! As other reviews state, she is highly knowledgeable and skilled…read morewhile always maintaining great bedside manner. As a first-time mom, I couldn't have asked for a better experience - from my initial 6-week prenatal appointment to labor and delivery (and an unexpected postpartum visit) Dr. Silverstein was incredible throughout. She never failed to ease my nerves with her calming presence. My husband and I rave about our experience with her to everyone! I am so thankful she was the one to deliver our healthy baby boy. Thank you, Dr. Silverstein :)

Dr Aimee is a gem of a human, just an incredible physician. The consultation was very high yield…read moreand covered many topics. If only I had talked less to hear more of what she had to say ;) Prior to the consultation, I was overwhelmed and had decision paralysis but she provided fresh perspective, individualized treatment recommendations with research citations and helped me problem solve in real time. It's really hard to pick out one thing that stood out since everything was top notch, but it was her unexpected offer and recommendations for how to access more prompt screening and services in the event of a high risk outcome, something I had previously experienced. I highly recommend folks listen to her podcasts and review her website prior to the consultation it will help you make the most of it.

As a huge fan of palindrome numbers, I figured review #999 should be something out of the norm of…read morerestaurants and boba shops. Something that we struggled with for a while due to age was infertility. We had actually seen several fertility specialists during this long journey, and have gone through 3 rounds of IVF (2 mini's and 1 conventional) as well as an IUI. Although they were all unfortunately unsuccessful, we discovered that not all fertility clinics and doctors are created equal. While we found that many doctors take a very traditional, rigid and cookie cutter approach to treatment. Focusing more on luck through repeated attempts, Dr. Aimee was much more focused and tailored in her regiment. We always felt informed during this process, and confident in Dr. Aimee's recommendations. And unlike other clinics, we were always able to get ahold of Dr. Aimee directly. Instead of communicating with a nurse who would then pass the message along to the doctor if they felt it needed escalation. Along these lines, we were always shocked at how quickly we were usually able to get a response from Dr. Aimee. Sometimes even late at night. We often joked that Dr. Aimee probably doesn't sleep. Our only complaints about going with Dr. Aimee revolved around a few issues: 1) The initial application process to get a consultation with Dr. Aimee was lengthy, difficult, and required a lot of chasing from my wife due to poor follow-up and communication from the office. The individual handling review and processing of new patient applications would often go awol for days on end after sending out limited communication. 2) Billing was oftentimes not very clear and created a need for us to meticulously examine our bills line by line to ensure accuracy. 3) Dr. Aimee does not accept any insurance so 100% of the costs will be out of pocket. In addition, her rates are substantially higher than other clinics. Although we were ultimately unsuccessful with IVF, we were eventually blessed with a miracle baby through natural birth. Despite this, we would not hesitate to recommend Dr. Aimee to anyone looking for fertility care.

I would not recommend her for your doctor, ladies…read more I saw her several times and became very frustrated with the extremely long waits in the lobby and exam room. I was also not impressed with most of the care I received from her. Following a very upsetting medical issue which left me in tears, she laughed at me. Yes, laughed at me. The office staff is extremely rude, not a pleasant place at all. Go for it; read the reviews for Dr. Newman who works out of this office as well. Other reviewers mention the staff too: http://www.yelp.com/biz/newman-barbara-md-pleasanton Funny...in an ironic way... I get the last laugh. What goes around, comes around. Thank goodness for this awesome informative tool...YELP!

Excellent doctor--- she knows how to listen to her patients! She's kind, caring and knowledgeable!read more

Beah Haber has had a wonderful reputation for a number of years. She is well known for her loving…read moreways, her gentle spirit, and her generous heart. I should know, as she delivered all five of my children at my home. She gave wonderful pre-natal care, and then guided me, encouraged me, and spoke words that I still remember to this day as my children were born. There were slight complications with the first and third births, which she handled with competence and wisdom. When I stop and recount my blessings, I think of Beah and the gift she gave me, in assisting the birth of my children at home. Thanks Beah you were a gift from God in so many ways. I highly reommend Beah Haber for her skill, and genuine spirit that still is a blessing 25 years later. Kathy Cardiasmenos 513-248-1022

We love Beah!!!!!! She delivered all my babies, two in the hospital and four at home. She's…read morewonderfully supportive of home birth, but if homebirth isn't what you want, or if you have a medical reason to give birth in a hospital, she can help you there, too, and won't let you feel like a failure. She helped me have faith in my body and helped make my babies' births joyous. She knows so much and has so much experience, and I believe her rapid response literally saved the life of one of my babies, but she did it so calmly and matter-of-factly that I didn't have to panic, I just felt that my baby and I were safe within her shelter. She knew what to do. As important as her medical expertise and her wonderful balance between letting nature take its course most of the time and intervening when needed, is the fact that she just has such a big heart. She radiates love. She's very supportive of the birthing family, and gives so much. She's completely non-judgmental---you will get her loving support whether you're a scared 16 without insurance pondering her options, a lesbian couple with a baster baby, a new mom with serious depression and her baffled husband, an overwhelmed career woman who can't deal with her acting-out two year old now that she has a baby also, a blase mother of six, a 45 year old who's both overjoyed and panicked to be pregnant after giving up, a 50 year old going through a difficult menopause, or a 60 year old whose pap smear is abnormal. Beah meets you where you are and helps you grow. She will support you as you grow to be a super mother, and continue to care for you with compassion from then on. If you want to avoid drugs and an episiotomy, she is nearly always able to help you do that. She has every quality a good midwife should have--except she's too far away from Berkeley! O, y habla espanol! You won't regret choosing her for your midwife. She will make you feel so taken care of!

After a traumatic first pregnancy and birth, I wanted to find a great OBGYN for my second…read morepregnancy. After some research, I decided on Dr. Nguyen. From my first appointment with him, I felt heard. He listened to every concern and acknowledged my anxiety throughout my pregnancy, always calming my nerves. I had a couple of ER visits due to nausea, and he made sure to call and check on me and baby afterward each time. I had even scheduled my induction for the day he would be on-call because I wanted him to deliver my baby. However, baby decided to arrive on her own five days early, and he wasn't able to deliver her. Nonetheless, thanks to him, I had an amazingly smooth second pregnancy and delivery. I'm done having kids, and I'm sad I won't get to see him often. I wish he had been my OBGYN for my first pregnancy, but I will continue seeing Dr. Nguyen for my other gynecological needs.

I met Dr. Nguyen during a morning routine of OB rounds at Hoag Newport. He was working per diem as…read morehe is based in Norcal. I had been in antepartum at Hoag for a little over 2 weeks due to a short cervix. He and I discussed my situation and then went about our day as my stay had been uneventful one thus far. Little did we know how the day would transpire. Long story short, my water ended up breaking early that afternoon and Dr. Nguyen delivered my twins via C-section. Although I had only met Dr. Nguyen that morning, he brought such a good calming presence that I was at ease being in his care. He even made it a point to find and let my mom know after the surgery that the babies and I were just fine. We were lucky enough to see him again 11 days post delivery as he stopped by the NICU to check in on us and the boys. That alone is enough to show the type of doctor and let alone person that he is. I could not recommend him enough and am so thankful he was the OB working that day.

I could not recommend this office more! Between Dr. Bleecker (now retired) and Dr. Eaton they…read moresafely delivered 4 of my children. Dr. Eaton and his staff took incredible care of me through pregnancy loss and 4 cesarean sections. I always allotted a little extra time when scheduling my appointments because Dr. Eaton never rushed me through an appointment. I expected that if he took that time with me he would also take that time with others and waiting an extra 15 minutes was worth it. I would highly recommend Dr. Eaton and his staff to anyone without reservation.

Several years ago, 8 to be exact I became pregnant with my first child. My husband and I were new…read moreto area and I had found Dr. Eaton and really liked him, a lot and I felt like I could trust him. At my 12 week appointment (I believe, timing is a blur) the checked for the heartbeat and found nothing. They sent me for an ultrasound to confirm that the baby had passed away. I was devastated, heartbroken. It was determined that I needed to have an D&C or let nature take its course. My husband and I were newly married, the recession had hit and I was out of work so when we talked insurance, etc for the D&C I was told I'd have to pay close to $2k for the procedure. I knew I wanted to to go that route but didn't know how I was going to pay for it. Dr. Eaton suggested I have the procedure done in the office, the cost would be almost half of that if I'd gone to the hospital. The day of the procedure I was given medication to dialate me and sent home and told to come back several hours later. Once back at the office I was told to lay down, I was NOT given anything to calm me, I was awake and beyond terrified. So scared I was shaking. The entire experience felt wrong and as if I was in a back ally getting an abortion with a coat hanger. My heart was completely broken from loosing my baby and I wish that I had known better and had enough sense to stop him.

It is with unfortunate circumstances that I have decided to write this negative review. I thought I…read morecould find in me a soft corner maybe, but these kinds of things just stay with you forever and traumatize you... Dr. Pham Thomas had been my OB for a while and she was an okay gynecologist, never had any issues with her. I wish I had done some research on her being the "one delivering my baby and doing my c-section!". Anyhow, my pregnancy was progressing well: I had no complications no high blood pressure baby was growing perfectly normal inside and everything was just so beautifully going along but because of my previous pregnancy and experience this doctor insisted that I delivered at 37 weeks which I still don't understand why because baby was fine in there nothing wrong so why the need for that. I kept arguing with Dr Pham that my gestational age was different from my calculations on ovulation tracking and I know when I tested. So at 37 weeks I was in reality 36 weeks and a few days. These little things just annoyed me so much throughout but somehow I ignored them and just went with the flow which I deeply regret now. But I guess nothing can be done about that now. My birth and delivery story was even more of a nightmare and it gives me PTSD everytime I talk about it. I was called in for a scheduled C-section at 7am and Dr Pham very conveniently gets stuck with another lady whose baby decided to be born before mine and she has to make her push. But I cannot argue that right. She comes in the room I'm all prepped up in at 9.30 (2.5 hours late) and I am rolled into the operation room for my C-section. It takes few attempts to make the incision because of scar tissue and instead of a normal she made a T incision God knows what.. I don't even remember that.. All I can say is the rest was all carelessness and almost criminal negligence on her behalf. My uterus was cut open for 5 minutes and the baby was not pulled out yet. Every surgeon and obstetrician knows the baby has to come out immediately once the uterus is cut open. My poor baby swallowed so much fluid in this process of being drowned in there for 5 minutes and couldn't even cry for 3 minutes he was so stunned. They decided to vacuum his head because he wasn't coming out from the stupid doctor. Several attempts into it he finally came out but this left a big red bump and bruise on the back of his head for two months (cephalohematoma). I felt so helpless because obviously I couldn't move from the epidural. Even the doctors and nurses attending there that day witnessed this and it was definitely not "a rockstar" moment. My son had to be transported to the Children's Hospital in Oakland because the place he was born didn't have that level of NICU care. He was admitted there for 2 weeks due to respiratory distress syndrome and failure (all thanks to this nightmare delivery process and nothing existing with him pre birth). I am sharing this story even though it was a little more detailed than I planned because I wanted everyone to know what this Dr did to my son and I rate her a horrible surgeon. Although she might be an ok doctor or OB. She proved that day that she is not cut out for surgery. And she still had the Audacity to say that yes baby was born at 37 weeks although everyone at the Children's hospital stated his lungs were that of a 36 week-er! And I know my dates so no arguing there. VERY SCARY and UNEXPECTED EXPERIENCE in the end with DR PHAM. I don't want to belittle you but what you did was sheer criminal negligence and I still get goosebumps every time I think about my birth story.

I didn't even know it was possible to rate doctors on Yelp but this OB had such a profound impact…read moreon me since my last visit that I thought I'd write an honest review on my last experience 6 years ago when I was still a patient at PAMF. It was because of the last experience that I switched to Kaiser when I started working full time. She was my first OBGYN when I was when I was a teenager and I had nothing but neutral experiences with her up until my last appointment. As a young adult, you'd think that you could trust your OB with advice on birth control options but I beg of any young girl to please avoid this woman. Not only was she condescending, she actually laughed at me when I asked her questions about the pill as though I was stupid. It's a pretty traumatizing experience for a young woman to be laughed at by her own doctor when asking questions that should be safe to ask your health provider. I didn't see her, much less another OBGYN for another 4 years because of that and was glad I found my current one at Kaiser who doesn't make me feel bad about myself the way that Dr. Pham-Thomas did. I'm sure she's a fine doctor but she's got a condescending, rude, & elitist demeanor about her because of her profession and truly doesn't seem like a nice individual you could entrust so I'd avoid her if possible if you are a patient at PAMF.

I first came to Dr. Shammout two years ago when I was having problems with fibroids. Dr. Shammout…read moreperformed a myomectomy, which solved my issues for about a year and a half, but unfortunately the stubborn fibroids eventually returned. So I asked Dr. Shammout what my options were, and with his advice I decided to proceed with a hysterectomy. I read so many horror stories on hysterectomies that I actually freaked out and postponed the surgery. Through it all, Dr. Shammout never pressured me, he was kind and reassuring, telling me that my concerns were valid, but also putting my mind at ease. I finally got brave enough to do it and had the hysterectomy a week ago. I had a robotic assisted laporoscopic hysterectomy. I can't say enough nice things about Dr. Shammout and his entire care team. They are very responsive and helpful, and he did an amazing job on my surgery. I am feeling great and really have been since day one. I had a little pain and soreness over the first few days, but that is to be expected. Now, a week out, I don't even need Tylenol. The hardest part has actually been forcing myself to rest and recover for a couple weeks because I feel so good. I credit this amazing recovery and easy process to Dr. Shammout's expertise. He's a great surgeon and also very kind and genuine- a rare combination! I highly recommend his office for your OB/GYN needs!

I just started seeing Dr. Shammout and immediately felt comfortable, like I had been his patient…read morefor years. He has great bedside manner, gives his full attention, and never rushes the visit. After my longtime doctor retired, I struggled to find a new one and was hesitant about switching to a male doctor -- but choosing Dr. Shammout was the best decision. I would highly recommend him to anyone looking for a caring, attentive doctor.

First, Dr. Starr had moved to PAMF in Dublin, I think Yelp should update this!…read more How should I start? I started to see Dr. Starr in 2011 after I had horrible experiences with another OB in Valley Care. After talking to the office management, they recommended me to switch to Dr. Starr. I instantly felt "She's the right doctor" after my first visit. Out of her busy schedule, she was very patience with me for all my questions. Her wonderful bedside manner just made each office visit pleasant . Through my pregnancy, I had many complications, and she was on top of them. She communicated closely with other specialists about my pregnancy and conditions! On my 6 weeks check up postpartum, she discovered I had my tailbone fractured during delivery. She then referred me to physical therapy and closely monitored my progress on recovering. I was so fortunate to have her as my ob. If she still accepts new patients, I would totally recommend her to everyone who is searching for a great OB.

The pressure around choosing an OBGYN is often minimized by society. We write women off as being…read moredramatic/emotional and that any doctor should be fine. In my opinion obstetrics is probably the most important field in woman's health. It's taken me over one year and a lot of courage to write this review but I feel like what I went through should be shared so that other women deciding on their OBGYN will not have the same result. BED SIDE MANNER I initially wanted to have Dr. Jeffrey-Starr as my OBGYN because of her rave reviews from my neighbor who had a very positive experience with her after a bad experience with her first child. When I first met with Dr. Starr she confronted me with rude comments like why have you seen so many doctors? What is wrong with you? I had seen many doctors due to my endometriosis, it went undiagnosed initially by Dr. Pham who is also at that practice, but later Dr. Beatty (the only doctor I can recommend at that practice) ordered the necessary tests to be able to diagnose it. Every time I asked her questions about my pregnancy she dismissed me as if I was hyper concerned. I thought maybe I was being irrational, given she's done this a thousand times and I have only been pregnant once. She was always in and out of the room after about 5-10 minutes. She would appear visibly annoyed when I asked if I could facetime my husband for the appointment (as this was during the height of COVID) or if I asked if I could go through my list of questions (i.e., is this normal in pregnancy type Qs?) OFFICE FUNCTIONALITY I saw Dr. Starr once every third appointment. She never responded to a single inquiry I had through the online portal, instead it was her office staff who took anywhere from 3-8 days. Her NP would frequently say "that's a Q for Dr. Starr," in which I would never receive any follow through on whether the Q was relayed to her. I consistently waited in the office for my appointment anywhere between 1-2 hours. This is tough for a pregnant woman who is also working. DIAGNOSIS/CARE Because of our infrequency in communication, I didn't really feel like Dr. Starr was my doctor. My saving grace was a family friend who was an OBGYN. I could call her and ask her about symptoms I was having and she would tell me whether they were concerning or not. When she said they were concerning, I went to the ER and got the necessary blood work done. I did end up getting contractions early on and had some symptoms consistent with liver issues (all of these things went undiagnosed) and didn't seem concerning to Dr. Starr. When I was admitted to the hospital due to high blood pressure, I was there for 7 days. The first 72 hours I was induced, on a high amount of pitocin, on an epidural for 4 days, several cervical exams, a serious of high fevers, and very low over sight from Dr. Starr. I had asked Dr. Starr if we should go through a birth plan together, prior to me going to the hospital and she said no. At the hospital, I saw 5 other OBs at the hospital and there was no consistency of care. Finally, I requested a C section after having a very high fever of 102 and my blood pressure shooting up to the 170s. The C section was performed quickly but there was a lot of bickering on the other side of the curtain (overall it seemed like the care team wasn't functioning well together). In the recovery room, I went into septic shock, the rapid response team was called and was transferred to the ICU where my life was literally being saved. There were probably 20-30 different medical professionals buzzing around me, and I didn't see my baby for 3 days after he was born. AFTER CARE Dr. Starr visited me once when I was in the ICU to take my bandages off. I couldn't get an appointment with her for my 6 week post op apt. A different OB said my scar tissue indicates the surgery wasn't performed skillfully. Overall I would not recommend Dr. Starr and actually feel obligated to warn others because the result of having her as your doctor could be fatal.