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!!

Dr Akerman and his staff are phenomenal. Not only did he take me on as a new patient, 32 weeks…read morepregnant, and high risk, but he took every precaution that my former OB was blatantly ignoring. He handled my third trimester very well. His referrals to specialists are all great quality. He unfortunately was not on call for my emergency c section, but he stopped in my room and made me feel that I was in good hands. His humor is very dry and he is very direct, but for someone with a high risk pregnancy, a little laughter feels nice to break the tension. Dr Ashrafian and his NP were equally wonderful. I saw Dr Ashrafian twice postpartum for mastitis, and she comforted me while I cried in pain and exhaustion. Forget the negative reviews. Yes, he's always in a hurry, and has a very dry sense of humor, but you're in good hands under his care. He is wonderful at what he does. I promise you.

I've been debating whether or not to share this, but I can't stop thinking about the traumatic…read moreexperience I had here with Dr. Akerman. On October 9, 2024, I was induced at 40 weeks and 3 days pregnant. In the beginning, some staff members were attentive and helpful, but after midnight everything changed. The care became careless and dismissive. I had to receive the epidural three different times because I could still fully feel my contractions and was in extreme pain. Each time, my fiancé or my mom had to leave the room and ask nurses to come check on me because no one was responding on their own. Every time, I was told, "You're fine," even though I was terrified and clearly not fine. One nurse checked my dilation and told me I was 7 cm dilated. I was crying and screaming in pain when Dr. Akerman walked in and said, "What is going on?" I explained that I could still feel every contraction despite the epidural. Instead of taking me seriously, he laughed and said, "We've already given you so much." He then said he was going to check my dilation again. I told him I had literally just been checked 5-10 minutes earlier, but he ignored me. My fiancé asked him to please go slowly and explain what he was doing because I was already extremely sore from how many cervical checks had been done. At that point, I already had a catheter and another internal monitor inserted, so I was already in significant discomfort. Despite being asked multiple times to be gentle, Dr. Akerman ignored us and aggressively inserted his hand, causing me to scream in pain in a way I never have before. He continued moving his fingers around roughly while I cried out. I felt completely violated. Afterward, he suddenly stated I was 9 cm dilated, which confused me because only minutes earlier I had been told I was 7 cm. My fiancé became upset and confronted him, but Dr. Akerman completely ignored him. At that point, I decided I wanted a C-section because I could no longer handle the pain or emotional distress. They prepared me for surgery and took my fiancé and mom to another room to wait. Then, moments later, they returned and told me another emergency C-section was being done first, meaning I had to wait another 15 minutes while still screaming in pain and discomfort. I remember thinking, "Is mine not an emergency too?" When it was finally my turn, they administered anesthesia, but I was given so much that I blacked out completely. I was not awake for the birth of my son. I never got to experience hearing or seeing him come into the world, or seeing my fiancé cut the umbilical cord. It has been over a year and a half, and I still carry the trauma from this experience every single day. What should have been the most beautiful moment of my life became one of the most painful and violating experiences I have ever gone through. I will never return here again.

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.

Found this clinic after an extensive Google research as I live far. Both appointments I arrived…read moreearly and they were able to accommodate me very quickly and I was in and out in a jiffy. They are cash only so I did need to find an ATM. They were able to answer all of my questions needed and provide the service that I needed. If I didn't live so far I would come here for all of my women's health needs! Marina was fantastic and very helpful and Dr. Nasseri was very knowledgeable.

I heard of this place from my friend and my first time experience here was truly amazing. I got my…read moresubscription just within 45 mins which is super quick and convenient. Thanks to Marina for being so caring & helpful. Definitely recommended

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.

I have been seeing Dr Sanchez since the beginning of my pregnancy and I adore her and her staff…read more This is my first pregnancy and they have all been so kind and patient with all of my questions. I look forward to each visit to be able to hear my baby's heartbeat, joke with the Dr and her staff, and have any of my questions answered. Dr Sanchez is very knowledgeable and has put so many of my concerns to rest. I feel so fortunate to have her as my doctor. I would and have recommended her to all my girlfriends and female family members.

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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!

Dr yen Tran is the BEST obgyn ever, I would recommend anyone to go to her. She listens, cares,…read morefollows up

If I could give Dr. Tran a zero rating I would. The worst and most painful pelvic exam I ever had…read more She treated me like a piece of meat. Rushed at that because she was late in seeing me for 2 hours. None of her staff informed me that she was going to be late. Maybe the reason why she was in a rush and the un-God ful painful treatment. She prescribed the wrong medication after consulting with another physician. She also ordered labs [full ovary and pelvic] ultra sound that was completely unnecessary. I am way past child bearing years, yet she justified the exam as though I was having a child. I suspect to get more revenue in the long run with unnecessary follow up exams that were also unwarranted. STAY AWAY if you are smart. Read her other reviews.

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.

My name is Mirwais Mohmand and my wife had chosen Dr. Debora Sedaghat as her OB doctor, so She…read morewas/is very nice to every patient especially my wife, I really appreciate Doctor Debora Sedaghat for her, dedication, best care of my wife and a awesome place for pregnant ladies to go.. Thank you Doctor

Very unprofessional, wanted to be seen because I have been to the Er and was told to follow up with…read moreob they decided they did not want to see me because of my "urgency". Not once did she call me herself to clear anything up or talk to me to see what's going on she is very unprofessional and so is her front office staff. If you want to be prioritized as a patient do not go here she does not care at all ! I will be making a complaint about her and her office as well I hope no other first time moms get this type of treatment just for being a first time mom!