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    Daria E.

    Wonderful doctors Barr and Akerman, I'll come again great place, The girls at the reception are helpful, all the doctors are very friendly

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    Payton B.

    Before I start, The only thing that upsets me is I'm being charged $50 for a "no show appointment" or "cancellation" but I canceled 48 hours before my appointment. I have another appointment in August but one of the front lady's was being rude about it when I canceled it on the Healow app. The front people didn't tell me about the app until I was ready to have my baby. I don't know who to reach out to if anyone can help please let me know now, I found out I was pregnant and called to make an appointment here they made me an appointment as soon as they could. I was nervous for my first visit but I got treated very well and even got sent home with an extra ultrasound picture of my baby lol. I went here my whole pregnancy from 9 weeks until I had my baby. With being in the hospital several times he was always quick to respond to get the best results for me and get me through for my iron and blood transfusions every other week having a high risk pregnancy and high risk anemia. Having a c section was super scary for me but Dr Akerman gave me the support and told me everything will be okay and pretty much helped me calm down with my anxiety and nerves. The procedure was very quick and my healing process went well. I plan to have one more baby in the future and will definitely come back here as he was super helpful and the staff as well were very nice.

    Esther T.

    Dear AkermanMed Family: We cannot say thank you enough for walking us through the final weeks of pregnancy, and then ushering our baby into the world. At each point of care, we experienced compassion, expertise, and actionable advice. We could not have imagined a better finale to the pregnancy. To the front office team -- I enjoyed each little "hug" on my arm from the blood pressure machine before we settled into our NSTs. My blood pressure readings were decent in large part due to the calm demeanor of the team. To Midwife Vickie -- Thank you for teaching me how much water I should have been drinking daily. Until you said something, irrespective of the small collection of pregnancy books I'd read, somehow I was oblivious that my fluid intake was low. Your frank talk made all the difference for my amniotic fluid measurements. A huge, heartfelt thank you for supporting my last minute decision for a caesarean as well as reassuring me that the procedure was safe and common. Most recently, thank you for calming me down when I cried about breastfeeding challenges. You are my wise counsel. To Dr. Barr -- From the first time we met, your quiet confidence struck me as someone of high performance and low ego. Though I was scared of the caesarean, my mind and body believed that I couldn't have been under better care. I knew that in any OR procedure, a million things could go wrong. But I also knew that if anything went amiss, with you there, I'd have an ace up my sleeve. Thank you for being my lead surgeon. Finally, to Dr. Akerman -- My incredible experience hinged upon your openness for my late transfer to your office. My friend Dr. Dan could not sing higher praise of you and your team. I must have done something remarkable in a past life to have the chance to count myself as your patient in this one. When you visited us in the mother-baby unit at St. Joe's, perhaps you didn't realize it, but you made me feel better about my age. Thank you for choosing the path to become a doctor. PS. As someone who loves multiculturalism, the number of languages and cultures embraced within the practice makes me feel there's hope yet for the world to grow in appreciation of each other.

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    I have been seen by Vicki (midwife), Mayra (nurse practitioner) & Cassie (midwife) all PHENOMENAL.

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    Stephanie Lao, MD - Post partum visit @ Hoag Newport

    Stephanie Lao, MD

    4.6(11 reviews)
    5.1 mi

    Had an appt scheduled with Dr Lao today when I was informed that she no longer worked there. I'm…read moresad that she's no longer there, but I hope that her career life balance are what she wants them to be cause she deserves the best. She's truly a wonderful doctor. I hope our paths cross again in the future. Blessings!

    I rarely ever leave reviews, but I wanted to go out of my way to locate Dr. Lao's yelp and give her…read morethe praises due! I just delivered my second baby at Hoag hospital. My ob was not on call that evening (sad, because he's great!), but I had the privilege of receiving care from Dr. lao! My first baby I got the epidural, but this one I was hoping to go unmedicated. MAN is that so much easier said than done! As I lingered for awhile at 9/10 centimeters, I was becoming more and more tired, scared, and indecisive on my next steps for bringing my son into the world. Every contraction made me less confident that I could do it, but Dr Lao was one of the 3 in the room who reassured me and helped me through! My biggest praise has to go to her CALM CALM demeanor. What a difference that made! She was incredibly patient with my indecisiveness, never pressed me for what she wanted over what I wanted, but also (so) kindly gave her recommendations and gave me both the space to think things through and all the options before me. She also took great care and extra steps in physically delivering my son, and honored my wish to delay cord clamping until the cord turned white. Never with a hint of annoyance either. Thank you Dr. Lao!!

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    Oh Bloom Gyn

    4.1(106 reviews)
    5.2 mi

    Great office! Workers were super nice and helped out when there were scheduling conflicts. Was made…read moreto feel super comfortable and the doctor is super nice and explains things in detail. Definitely my go to place

    I saw Dr. Diana Tran-Kim as my OB for my first pregnancy, and more or less, did not think this was…read morea good clinic. Pros: Why you'd want to go? If you plan to have a c-section exclusively and get aesthetic treatments after. Cons: After going several times, I realized this office can be disengenuous, and felt like they wanted your money more than the care. The care provided felt fake. You can tell by how bougie they look. They promote a lot of superficial services like body sculpting after pregnancy, vitamin shots, etc. You get charged for everything. And the front office doesn't always let you know this until you get sent a bill in the mail. They also would do everything they can to keep you in office, including trying to get you to schedule exclusively with their ultrasound technician, who is only there on Tuesdays. For my last ultrasound, instead of being flexible and scheduling me earlier or recommending another place for imaging, the front desk made me wait 2 weeks out for the next available appointment. By then, the tech said my baby was breech. I'm new to babies and didn't realize what that meant. I thought it meant there was time to flip him and that they would talk to me about ways to unbreech him. They otherwise just told me he was breech and did not elaborate. They also scheduled me with the nurse practitioner who also had trainees look at me without talking to me first. You can only ask so many questions. NP didn't mention anything about what a breech baby meant. Fast forward two weeks at 38 weeks. I see the doctor and she says, baby is breech and almost immediately wants to schedule a c-section. Like, whoa, I researched online and some articles say the doctor typically tells you these things starting week 30 give or take. But they went straight to the c-section. Honestly, I'm upset this was brought up so late into the pregnancy, as it could have given me more preparation time... Even mentally would have liked to have been prepared. Here, I only had two weeks to figure it out, and did not even know you had to do it before week 39..! I wasn't going to jeopardize the health of my baby and the surmounting stress of delivering so we went ahead with the scheduled C-section. But they don't care about what your outcomes are, they only care about the money. And it's really obviously that a big surgically procedure is going to pay them out way more than a natural delivery. The doctor did everything she could to convince me how good the surgery was going to be. I told her my concerns, and my biggest was the recovery that is needed with any surgery takes time. It really felt like my concerns were brushed under the rug. Also, if I wanted her to answer questions, I needed to take my partner with me, otherwise, the doctor rushed me out the door. Their office also sucks at communication. I should have taken the first red flag when I was billed for gender testing, but they chose an out-of-network lab. Not only that, they didn't tell me it was out of network. I still had to pay. And the biggest issue came when they filled out the pfml paperwork and for my work, and I had my pfml time reduced despite having a c-section. Knowing they will probably just charge me again, I didn't bother, and made sure that my time in their office after delivery was done. Months later, I'm still billed, for the hospital procedure, and other than the surgery, doctor literally only looked at me for like 5 minutes and I'm being billed, $1000+. On top of that, they upsold a silicone strip that's literally only 6 inches, and it's $80; newsflash, me: it's a fraction of the price online. RIP. I ended up calling their office one last time to close any outstanding bills, and I really wanted to laugh in their face when the admin said if I don't I wouldn't be able to come back. LOL! The assumption that I cared enough to do that. I just care about my credit score. I'm not coming back ever. Overall, I don't recommend this office for lack of sincere service, and very bad communication. For something so big like a pregnancy, I'm really disappointed and I really want to kick myself for screening this office better, and went somewhere else. This office just happened to be in the right area and the hospital that I wanted, but could have just chosen just about anybody else.

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    AkermanMed - Our physicians have privileges to perform gynecological surgeries at HOAG, St Joseph, La Veta and Pavilion Surgical Center

    AkermanMed

    4.0(182 reviews)
    5.2 mi
    15 years in business
    Certified professionals

    I will always recommend this OB office to everyone I know! There are a lot…read moreOf Doctors, midwife's & Np that you will see through out your appts (unless you request to be seen by a certain person) From start to end everything was clear, they sent me for bloodwork when needed. Gave me an ultrasound when needed and always answered my questions and made me feel cared for. I delivered at st. Joseph Hospital and it was the best experience, all the nurses are very well experienced and professional. Thank you Dr. Akermed for the positive experience, see you in 2 years!

    I have mixed feelings about this place. At AkermanMed, you have to be seen by every Obgyn and…read moremidwife before you can officially choose a provider. Wait time can get pretty long depending on the day. For the positive, I would say that after meeting everyone, Dr. Lao was the best here. She was caring, empathic, and knowledgeable. She listened to every concern. She was also a great surgeon. My pregnancy and delivery experience were made better by her. Sarah who works the front desk was also very friendly and sweet. Now for the negative. I had an IUD placement at the office by Dr. Barr that ended up being a very traumatic experience. I received a diagnosis afterward that the IUD perforated through my uterus into another organ. I wish that the deployment was stopped if something didn't seem right. Some offices offer ultrasound-guided IUD insertion, so look into that instead. I felt like I went through hell and back the subsequent months after insertion. The office tried to fix it, but the experience just went downhill from there. I had multiple procedures, but it couldn't be removed. I requested CT/MRI scans, but didn't get them. The IUD location was discussed as possibly being in the stomach cavity, which it wasn't. Scheduling appts were also difficult. I ended up going to UCI and thankfully met an experienced Obgyn who found it through ultrasound, confirmed with MRI scans, and collaborated with another specialist to remove it for me. All in all, I would still recommend Dr. Lao for pregnancy and childbirth. However, I would be hesitant to recommend anything else here.

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    Krystal H Pham, MD, FACOG - Dr. Krystal H. Pham, Board certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Founder of Miracle Orchids Medical Center.

    Krystal H Pham, MD, FACOG

    4.1(32 reviews)
    2.9 mi
    Women-owned & operated
    Certified professionals

    Dr. Pham took such great care of me throughout my whole pregnancy, she took the time to ask me…read morequestions and answer any of my concerns. I developed Bell's palsy at seven months and when I went to the ER at hoag they were quickly able to get on the phone with her to discuss my treatment. She later personally called me to make sure I was doing ok. Dr. Pham's bedside manner was top tier, she always had a smile on her face and made me feel so welcomed, I couldn't have asked for a better OB. Linda her NP was just as amazing, she is an absolute ray of sunshine, I loved going to my appointments because I knew I was going to be well taken care of. The delivery went really great, Dr. Pham has so much experience and this being my second baby I knew what to expect, baby girl had her umbilical cord wrapped around her neck and Dr. Pham acted quickly to release her as I was pushing. I am forever grateful to the Miracle Orchids team for making my last pregnancy so wonderful. I honestly have nothing but immense gratitude for all the women that took care of me, from the front end staff like Diana who always treated me kindly to the medical assistants, ultrasound techs, nurses and of course Dr. Pham.

    Dr Pham delivered my first baby over 2 years ago now. This review is very late. I loved my…read moreexperience with this practice and thought everyone was so kind. I never waited more than 5 minutes for my appointments and Dr Pham always had time for my questions and concerns. I didn't experience any scheduling issues or problems getting ahold of people. Delivery went perfectly and Dr Pham delivered my baby at 8pm! I was so worried she wouldn't be there but my nurses called her and she said "I'll be there in 10" and she came rushing in ready to deliver my baby. NP Linda provided amazing support during postpartum. Couldn't recommend this office enough!

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    Thomas Tri Quach, MD - Baby girl Mia!

    Thomas Tri Quach, MD

    4.4(74 reviews)
    5.4 mi

    Dr. Quach has been my OB-GYN for over 10 years, and I seriously wouldn't trust anyone else…read more I first saw him after my family doctor referred me when I was dealing with really bad pain from an ovarian cyst. I ended up in the ER multiple times, but because of insurance issues, it took over a month to schedule surgery. When I came to his office, the staff was incredibly kind and did everything they could to squeeze me in ASAP. Every time I've had an emergency or urgent concern, they've been so supportive. You can tell they really care. Fast forward a couple years--during a routine checkup, they found another cyst. Thankfully it was caught early, and I had a second surgery. After that, Dr. Quach helped guide me through my pregnancy journey, and I just had my baby two months ago! If you're looking for an OB you can truly trust and feel safe with, especially during delivery, Dr. Quach is the one. He's not just knowledgeable--he's calm, supportive, and makes you feel taken care of from beginning to end. Highly, highly recommend. There are a lot of great doctors out there, but finding someone who's both skilled and genuinely cares is rare. I'm really grateful to have found that in Dr. Quach.

    Dr. Quach is truly an amazing doctor. He delivered both of my daughters where my last last was…read moreproblematic. He took great care of my wife and saved her life. As I review the other reviews from other patients, I am left to wonder if these patients understand the things that they are saying. In one review the patient said that they were told that Dr. Quach was in surgery. Did they truly expect for the good doctor to leave surgery to get to them? How arrogant? There is only one of him and dozens of patients. People just have to understand the reality of a private practice for a sole practitioner. As for the nursing student. Where do you get off judging a doctor when you're just a nursing? Its like someone looking up the law and think they're a lawyer. I was just so angry reading some of the narcissistic reviews compelling me to write one for the good doctor. Dr. Quach is human and he is a great doctor. You should be grateful that he is your doctor. In any other country you would be delivered by a midwife.

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