Zero stars - At 36 weeks my water had broken. At the hospital, since my doctor was not on that night, Dr Skipitis introduced himself via the phone, as the physician on duty and explained he would be delivering my twins. The conversation we shared was rather brief so the next part of his message came out rather quickly. He said he would be performing a c-section. I responded that we had wanted to deliver vaginally. He stated that a c-section was necessary. I asked why we couldn't still consider a regular delivery. Instead of explaining or speaking to me as if I was an intelligent person he responded that this was the only way he'd deliver the babies. I said I needed to speak with my husband. He added at the end that if we didn't agree then he'd have to have me removed from the hospital and flown by helicopter to a distant hospital. I was holding the phone, lying in a bed in a hospital, in a hospital gown, contractions pulling at me more strongly, baby heart monitor beeping and I was calmly registering your statement that if I didn't agree to a c-section with him that he would have me removed from the hospital. There was some final statement from him about calling me back in a few minutes to find out our decision. The phone was hung up and I relayed his message to my husband. My husband felt a twinge of fear as he wondered if he really had the power to make such a decision. The idea of his wife being removed from the hospital while in labor with his children was rather terrifying. he staff in the room was listening and hearing what Dr Skipitis had said too. At that point in time the saving grace in this situation was the supportive and caring, truly caring, responses from the medical staff in my room and my husband. I could feel the women in that room circling around me protectively, offering me their strength and support. I was comforted with statements like "You aren't going anywhere," "This is your delivery," and "You have choices." Their statements were true and I knew it. The mere idea that a doctor would threaten a patient in labor with twins that she could be removed from the hospital seemed ridiculous. It felt like a scare tactic to get me to do what he wanted, with no discussion or questioning of his opinion. It made me think of the old cliché "My way or the highway." If I didn't acquiesce immediately to his orders I needed to hit the road. I am an intelligent and reasonable person. I needed a conversation. I didn't need to be ordered around or spoken at. In light of what he had told me the staff made phone calls to other doctors. We awaited another doctor's call or arrival. In the meantime the babies were still being monitored and my contractions were growing more intense and painful. When Dr Skipitis called back I was focused on what was happening with my body and the babies, so my husband took his call. He asked what we had decided. My husband responded that we were waiting to hear from another doctor. He sounded angry on the other end of the phone and asked who was this other doctor that was being called. My husband replied that he didn't need to tell him that. Dr Skipitis again sounded quite angry over the phone and stated that he wouldn't be our doctor and would not be delivering our babies. My husband told him that we thought that had already been decided. Not too long after that phone call from him, Dr. Pena arrived to speak with us. He was kind, gentle and reasonable. The exchange we shared with Dr. Pena is how I felt it should have been from the very beginning. Speak to me reasonably. Don't just toss out orders. Especially when it comes to something so amazingly intense and personal as the birthing of ones' children. Family and friends asked us about the delivery. Some of our contacts were with people in the local medical community. When they heard the story of what had been told to us about being removed from the hospital they asked who it was that said such a thing. We told them. I am insightful and I am willing to consider that anyone can have a bad day or an off night. At one point I wondered if he was having a bad day. I was willing to make an excuse for his treatment of us. I was willing to consider that maybe this was very out of the ordinary for you. Yet, there were several people who heard the story and who either knew him or knew of him, and they gave a knowing smile and a nod of the head. This story did not appear to surprise them. What I do still wonder though is how many patients has he treated and spoken to the way he did me that night. How many women have been scared by the threat of being removed from the hospital by him? Since then I have seen other accounts, some much worse than mine, of his treatment of patients. It is disturbing that he is still practicing. read more

Dr Skipitis delivered my son and he was the most calm and caring doctor I met. For it being my first child he definitely mad a great doctor!

I have a medical issue that I was interviewing a prospective physician for, after being told there was a possible permanent solution for me For a harmless condition that is more annoying than anything else. Not contagious. I had been referred to a different provider, but I think my previous employment @RTAS kicked in & I remember this doctor's name better... I was unable to call in, as their phone times mirrored my work schedule. Got up EARLY on Monday and went in person to make a desperately needed appointment. The lady at the front desk was very helpful and got me an appointment right away. I had my only appointment today. I arrived @ 12:15 as indicated on my appointment card. I spoke with someone who confirmed I had an appointment. She also accepted the form pack I had completed prior to arriving. I sat patiently until I was called. My weight was recorded (down a few). I took the opportunity when the restroom was offered ( NEVER pass it up, lol). Went to the room the medical assistant had indicated. I finally introduced Myself & learned her name. Vitals. Small talk. "Dr. will be a bit, he's not back from lunch." I jokingly reacted "What the French toast?!" or something similar & must've been too believable!! She looked taken aback. I assured her I was kidding & put on the offered "drape"... And I waited. At 1:31 I was ready to don my clothing & get the f&ck out. Exactly at that moment dr. arrived in the room. Inspected the situation. Informed me of the only treatment. That was probably temporary. There was basically no hope. And mine was the WORST case he had ever seen. Gone. To the schedule counter. I had been trying to hide my tears. Made a follow up appointment. He was gone in a flash. Not eye contact. No nothing. Tried to pay; they'll bill me. They stood there & Watched me leave. All of them. I was looking for a tissue. Found one in waiting area. Left that 1970's depressing "decor". Got to my car & got Waited a couple of hours and called the office. Stated I was canceling next appointment. Did I wanna reschedule? Yeah, NO. Pause... "I don't think dOcToR is a good fit for ME. Have a nice day... read more

I've had 3 beautiful children delivered by dr.skipitis. He was always professional and made me feel comfortable even when things didn't go as planned. He also saved my life when I had a tubal pregnancy that bust. I trust him fully and would be a nervous wreck if I ever had to deal with someone else. read more

I gave birth to my first child 6 months ago. I chose Dr. Skipitis because I read really good reviews about him and from a woman who never had kids before, I trusted those reviews. The first 8 months of pregnancy, my appointments with him were very short. Every time I met him, it's as if he's such in a hurry and he just wants to get his job done ASAP. It seemed like he doesn't care; I voice my concerns many times to him and he doesn't have much conversation with me about anything. Everything I brought up he said I can find out more information on the internet. It bothered me for a while, I thought to myself, are all OBs like this? Careless? But it didn't took a big toll on me, I was willing to overlook past this and thought things would be better, until my delivery happened and I for sure know I would never want any woman giving birth to go through what I went through. When it was time for me to give birth, Dr. Skipitis was in the hospital, and he was the delivery doctor that night. I was having bad contractions but I was thinking to myself, at least one good thing is happening; my OB is delivering my baby. Dr. Skipitis knew I was giving birth that night! He talked to my boyfriend in the hallway that when it's time to push, he will be in the room. What happened then? He came in late, after I already pushed my child's head out half way. I had a traumatic birth experience because he came in late! I pushed my baby's head half way, but the nurses told me to stop pushing because they can't deliver the baby without a doctor! So my child's head was half way out, for 20 minutes, we had to wait for him. This might be too much TMI, but everyone needs to know. Like can you just imagine down there opening the size of your baby's head for so long?!!!! The baby was suppose to pop out fast and smoothly, but I had to wait!!!!! Because of this, I resulted in a big tear and my recovery took 3 times as long as it should've been. This was definitely something that could've been avoided, if only Dr. Skipitis was there while I was pushing, had never of this would happen. Later we found out, he had no delivery before me! What was he doing? Sitting in his office, duh! He was not on break! I didn't have a hard time pushing my child out at all; it went smoothly. But because of that delay that we had to wait for him, I'm in more pain than I should've been. My boyfriend was really unhappy with his late presence and the Doctor's answer was, Sorry. No.....never do I want anyone giving birth to go through an OB who does not know his duties!!!! Every OB that I talked to recently even agreed that that should've never happened. That night still haunts me and I'm still seeking therapy for this. I'm don't recommend anyone to go through Skipitis. Please, please, find someone else. read more

Dr. Skipitis is my doctor currently, if I have questions he explains in great detail. Also explains to me about things I didn't even know about... he keeps it quick, but he's also very thorough recommended I get a u.c Davis ultra sound, even though the nurses didn't see why I needed one. He had them come to redding wich was way easy on me. I've gone to the hospital for minor things anx he always showed up to check on me. All my worries no matter how small he doesn't ever make me feel stupid or uncomfortable. I would recommend him and I would consider him again if I was ever to get pregnant. (Wich I won't be because hes also doing my tubal litigation) read more

Dr skipitis was my dr and i had all kinds of issues. At the hospital no onekept checking on my. My son was crowning with the cord around his neck and the catheter still in backed up with blood. My son thankfully was ok. My mom quickly realized he was crowing by the way i was acting. It was my first baby i didnt know what to expect she ran and grabbed a nurse and skipitis came shortly after. He yelled at the nurse for the catheter still being in like he didnt have part in neglecting to check on me for hours. Also after having my son i kept saying my lower back hurt for weeks. He made no response. Again i just thought it was a new mom thing. I got mastitis so bad i had a 106 fever. Went to the hospital and they said i was septic from a kidney infection mostlikley caused by the catheter. That any dr should have been able to catch that. I was in the hospital for a bout 2 weeks with my 2 month old not able to breast feed had to pump and dump because the medication i was on. It was horrible. read more

This doctor is all about the money. His visits are short and make sure you don't ask any complicated questions- it irritates him. No patience no bedside manner. Office staff extremely incompetent... they "forget" to monitor your blood pressure and get a urine sample. Pretty important when your 6 months pregnant. Also they cancel appointments on you 3 days to the day of your appointment. So don't take off work or invites friends and family to your ultrasound! Office is filthy especially the doors and chairs. The water jug they provide doesn't work. Staff was rude and uneducated. Wouldn't recommend this place to anyone! read more

I am copy and pasting this from my review of Generations of Women: "Dr. Skipitis was nice and knowledgeable given his profession, but I always felt like he was extremely rushed. Then again, they were always running behind. He never sat down when he'd come to see me, just walk in, measure me, and leave. Then when it came time to check my cervix, it was pretty much the same scenario. I went into early labor at one point and was in the hospital for a night. When I called the nurses two days later to report some symptoms, the nurse that worked for Skipitis said they had no idea I was even in the hospital. All of that I could live with, my birth experience with Skipitis was horrific. Birth progressed very quickly and I had a natural birth, it was around 7:00 am so I am guessing that Skipitis was ready to leave, which is understandable. BUT, I was at 10 cm and he broke my water and began pulling me apart "down there." I was screaming at the top of my lungs begging him to stop. It was more painful than the crowning! I know he was trying to stretch me (it was my third baby), but my husband said what he could see was as the baby was coming out Skipitis was pulling my skin back around the baby's head. Not only that, but he was telling me to push when I wasn't even contracting. When I would scream he would tell me to be quiet and use my energy to push. It was so horrible! When my baby was handed to me, I was so upset I could barely concentrate,I was sobbing. Then Skipitis began pushing on my uterus and pulling the umbilical cord to get the placenta to come out. I hadn't started contracting yet for that part of the delivery, but he was pushing and trying to stimulate it to start up. His pushing on my uterus was so painful...way worse than what the nurses do! Afterwards I became well acquainted with one of the nurses and she told me that Dr. Skipitis had a reputation of being really rough with the girls. She said as a nurse she's seen him do things to girls that make her cringe. He couldn't even make time to see me in the hospital after my delivery. The nurse told me that he delegated authority to her to make decisions about when it was best to discharge me. So I never saw him after my birth. I am not one to speak badly about someone, but I certainly want girls considering him as OB for delivery to think twice! Let his reputation speak for him....every time I tell my story to someone in Redding, before I finish they guess EXACTLY who I saw for my OB care." Furthermore, ten weeks after my birth I was in so much pain I could not use the bathroom comfortably. I had switched to another OB in town who did an exam and said I had definitely torn during birth (of which Skipitis did not even tell me this or I may have taken better care of myself! After all, it was third baby, I knew the drill!). The new doctor said it was questionable whether I needed to be stitched after birth. Such a horrible experience.... read more

This is perhaps the most famously arrogant and pushy doctor in the area. I understand he is also skilled, but we have experienced equally skilled OBGYN's who took the time to explain procedures instead of demanding we do as he said or get helicoptered to the Coast. This kind of threat to a woman in labor is unacceptable. We have had many conversations with others who feel the same way, including most nurses on duty that night. read more

Dr Skipitis has been my doctor for over 7 years now. He has helped me through 4 high risk pregnancies and always made me feel comfortable with what was going on. I've always felt he is right by my side all along the way to make it through the pregnancies as healthy and long as possible so we could have a successful healthy birth. He was also extremely compassionate when we experienced a miscarriage in between our 3rd and 4th child. Flat out he is extremely experienced and the only Dr I will go to! read more

Only good for patients who do not think on their own. Dr. Skipitis is very controlling (this is an understatement) he manages his patient's care in his own interest and convenience, not in the interest of his patient or even in the interest of best evidence based practice. He comes off as superficially caring but this is a ruse, don't be ignorant to not see past this. He seems to be out of touch with new research and too arrogant to change his habits regardless if they are not inline with up to date medical practices. If you are the type of person who educates themselves and does in fact care about what is best for you and your baby (not what is most convenient for your doctor) then choose someone else. However, if you are the type of person that views doctors inline with God and just accepts and trusts whatever they tell you then you'd probably be okay settling for him. Definitely not a good doctor for the educated, especially if you yourself are in the medical field and know better. Notice how high his C-section rate is? There is a reason for this! One good thing is that his colleagues in the office are much better. I would choose one of them instead or switch to one of them as fast as you can. He seems to be the only doctor in the office with this problem. read more

I found Dr. Skipitis to be compassionate, patient, and highly skilled during my high-risk pregnancy. He took excellent care of me and carefully monitored my progress-helping me carry until full term. I believe it is because of his diligence that I had a successful pregnancy. He always took the time to answer questions and offer support. His staff was also very kind, caring, and accommodating. I had a perfect experience from start to finish. I would never go anywhere else for all of my OB needs! Dr. Skipitis is the best of the best! read more

Quite literally the worst doctor I have ever had. It has been over a decade since the birth of my daughter, and my husband and I both still look back on our experience with Skipitis as absolutely horrendous. Every appointment was rushed, I literally had to chase him down the hallway to ask questions. (And this was my second pregnancy, so I really didn't have many.) Without going into all the details, when it came time for delivery both my husband and I found him extremely arrogant and condescending. He brushed off our very legitimate concerns (given history of previous complications), and I swear he never even read my chart given how surprised he acted when I brought up some very important details (history of preterm labor, positive for GBS, etc). He was brash, rude, condescending, rough, and utterly lacking in compassion during what was already a very stressful and traumatizing experience. I felt infantalized and dehumanized; I was not a patient or even a human but just another customer in line. Steer clear. Find another OB because literally anyone would be better. read more

I highly recommend Dr. Skipitis. I had and unplanned pregnancy at the age of 43. At 20 weeks I chose to change doctors because I felt that the provider that I was seeing before I switched to Dr Skipitis wasn't experienced enough with my condition. I was worried about the unforeseen delivery complications and chose to ask for referrals from coworkers at the hospital where I work. Every nurse that I spoke to recommended that I see Dr. Skipitis. His experience is greater than any other OB/GYN in the area. Dr. Skipitis accepted me as a patient at 20 weeks and I was glad he did. He was professional, gave me choices and listened to my concerns. He was to the point and informative. The office staff were wonderful, I was able to have my ultrasounds at the same location and he kept a close watch on the growth of the large fibroid. My son was safely delivered and the best interest was always taken for me and my son. My daughter is now a patient and I will continue to refer him to others. read more