visiting Dr. Elliott for over 30 years, I am still looking for someone, who compares to him. He is the most dedicated, kind, empathetic, professional and dependable physician. read more

I have been going to this practice for over a decade, and they never cease to amaze me. The front office staff is fantastic and easy to talk to, the check in before hand is quick and easy, all the nurses are lovely and personable and make you feel at home even though there's so many people in the office, and lastly, Dr Elliott is the most wonderful and caring doctor I know. I am so grateful to have the entire team care for me. I have seen every doctor in this practice and every single one is phenomenal and I will never go anywhere else; highly recommend! read more

I called in about a month before my appointment. I gave them my insurance info. When I went there they want me to sign I am responsible for the first $175 visit. My insurance company Liberty told me I have a $0 copay. The office said the first visit code is 9310 and not covered after wasting my time going there and scheduling another appointment. Liberty told me to tell them there are 4 other codes to cover the first visit but they refused to accept anyone. I suspect they are greedy and know Liberty will not pay them $175 so BEWARE ask before you waste your time. read more

Went here for 2 and a half years, and they dropped me based on the fact that I had to participate in a Partial Hospitalization Program. Discriminatory against those with mental illnesses. Go elsewhere or be randomly dropped when you're in medical crisis. read more

YAY! I've finally found a Dr. and a Dr.'s office that is really great to deal with. Now I know, no one likes going to the gyn, but if you have to go, you'll want to go somewhere where the people are kind and the doctor has a great bedside manner. Dr. Elliott is that doctor. The man is so kind and caring. (Either he's really this way in real life or he does a REALLY good job of acting.) He always asks me about my personal life, how my job is going, and if there are any questions I have of him before we go into the exam. I have a number of health problems that we have to address at each visit - he's quick and thorough and will spend as much time as you need. Yet, somehow, this man is almost on time every time I've seen him. Dr. Elliott's kind demeanor extends to his staff. His PA and his front office people are professional, friendly and courteous. This isn't a 15 doctor partnership type office that just screams chaos and delay. It's just Dr. Elliott and one partner (Dr. Lashgari). I think because of this, they are just way more efficient. And, no waiting 45 minutes to an hour past your appointment time to get in. Ladies, if you're looking for an excellent OB/GYN, give Dr. Elliott a try. I've unfortunately made my rounds in this city looking for a good doctor and after a number of very bad experiences, I've finally found him. Now, I highly recommend him on to all of you. read more

Simply put, Dr. Elliott saved my baby's life. My wife's water broke six weeks early, and we rushed to the E.R. The wonderful staff at VA Hospital Center took care of her for the next 24 hours, doing what they could to make her as comfortable as possible, and to keep the little guy inside for as long as possible. Then, in the middle of the night the contractions really set in, and not long after it was clear the baby was in distress. Rushed into the O.R. for a stat C-section, Dr. Elliott and his team acted fast, professionally, and without hesitation. My little guy came out "limp and blue" but was resuscitated after a couple minutes. All this happened during the blizzard of 2010. One year later we are celebrating his first birthday and he is the happiest little guy in the world. THANK YOU DR. ELLIOTT!!! read more

I love Dr. Elliot, I truly do. I went to him. scared nervous and in great pain, He was very professional assertive to my needs and concerns. I felt 100 percent safe with him, before and after my surgery, his team was great as well. Thank You so much, Dr. Elliot Monica Jones read more

We have been coming to Dr Elliott's office for the past few months since we are pregnant. All the doctors int he practice are good and we like the office staff too. Make appointments are good even when my wife wanted to visit the doctor in an emergency! read more

I found Dr. Elliott thanks to Yelp and couldn't have been more impressed. I'm a clinician myself, so my standards are high and I will admit that I can be a difficult patient to please. Well he pole-vaulted over that bar by miles. He was a very kind man, truly listened to my concerns, addressed them appropriately and in their entirety and conducted a thorough and gentle exam. I left trusting his recommendations as a patient and knowing they were medically correct as a practitioner. Undoubtedly the best ob/gyn I've ever seen. read more

Dr. Elliott is a wonderful doctor. He did a surgery on my 60-year old mother. Throughout the pre-op visits, on surgery day, and during post-op check-ups, Dr. Elliott has been very kind and addressed all our concerns. read more

Dr Elliott's office is horrible. Their office staff won't work with you if you have a problem. I always say, "The Dr is as good as his staff". In this case, Dr. Elliott is just as bad. He sides with the staff not the patient. Find another doctor. Don't know where these 5 star accolades came from. I didn't get that kind of treatment. He sat me down in his office and told me, "This isn't going to work". Can you imagine? Then I received a certified letter from him wishing me well and said, "Find another doctor". read more

Dr. Elliott is an angel! I was nervous to see a male OBGYN and was so pleasantly surprised. He has spent a lot of time with me, listening to me and comforting me. He helped me through a complicated birth. I wanted a natural birth despite my son being in a poor position. He was very respectful of my wishes and really tried to help things go that way. In the end, my son wouldn't turn and I needed an emergency c section. I am so thankful I was with Dr. Elliott for that experience. He is so kind and so good at what he does. My scar is very small and thin even though my son was 9.5lbs. read more

Our research brought us to Dr. Elliott and it is clear he and Dr. Lashgari have had success with many patients. Our experience however could not have been more disappointing. Both Elliot and Lashgari present an image of confidence and professionalism. Don't buy it. Here is a factual account of our experience. The regular examinations were inconsequential as it was a normal pregnancy. The doctors and staff seemed competent, friendly, and professional. During a pre-inducement sonogram, it was clear the baby's head was cocked against the cervix. We have a snapshot showing this, in fact my wife and I even joked about it before labor. We wrongly assumed that it was not a problem since the doctors made no reference to it during the examination. It later became clear Dr. Elliott or Lashgari never saw the sonogram. My wife went into labor about midnight on a Monday evening. Dr. Elliot was paged but according to hospital staff, the page was not returned after several attempts. This was not a problem since labor was just starting, although I'm not sure what would have happened if there had been an emergency. My wife went through an 18 hour labor with Dr's Elliot and Lashgari providing check-ups through about 3pm on Tuesday when my wife was about 9cm dilated. At about 5:30pm the nurse asked us if Dr. Elliott examined my wife before he left! He essentially abandoned us. The nurse, although very professional, was clearly shocked and assured us the on-duty doctor was an excellent physician (she was 100% right...always trust the nurses). By this point however my wife was in tears and thankfully the nurse was able to offer comfort. This is the good part of the story. Dr. Julien Martinez took over and quickly recognized the baby's head was cocked and a C-section would be required. Since he was new to the scene, he suggested we wait an hour to be sure since at that point the baby was not in danger. However, my wife's temperature quickly shot up and Dr. Martinez made the right call to rush into emergency surgery. The sad part of all of this is that a c-section should have been diagnosed early on avoiding 18 hours of difficult labor, but Dr. Elliott and Lashgari did not recognize the complication. During surgery we were presented with another surprise. My wife had a fist-sized cyst on one of her ovaries. Dr. Martinez removed it successfully. It's still unclear to me how this was missed by the sonogram. But wait, there's more. The follow-up examination at the hospital consisted of a "how are ya doing". They (the doctors) were not even aware she had a cyst until we asked about it, and they did not do any subsequent follow-up. Fortunately, Dr. Martinez did provide us with the results (benign) even though we were not his patient. When it came time for discharge, the nurse mentioned she would get discharge orders by phone. The hospital staff and I joked about how Dr. Elliott can give a discharge without having done an examination. Well, the lack of proper discharge meant we did not get the proper pain prescriptions. When my wife ran out of medicine, we had to raise hell to get an emergency prescription filled by phone (they were happy to discharge her by phone, but calling in a prescription was a different matter). Fortunately, wife and baby are fine. But it pains me to think that my wife went through 18 hours of unnecessary labor, emotional distress when abandoned by her doctor and extreme pain due to lack of proper follow-up. There were many heroes to this story. Dr. Martinez, the many nurses and caregivers, and Virginia Hospital Center performed extraordinarily and we are forever grateful to them. However, if you are considering Dr. Elliott or Dr. Lashgari, I would take a second look. read more

I was so incredibly lucky two years ago when my son was born that Dr. Eliot was the doctor on call at NoVA Hospital Center after my doctor had gone home for the evening. I was not a model patient but this man treated me with all the patience and care a woman having her first baby could ask for. After a long day of labor and they ushered me into a C-section , Dr. Eliot also performed the procedure. I had as docs would say a " beautiful procedure" done , was healed and walking in a week, and barely a scar to this day. Dr. Eliot may not have been the doctor I was seeing but I was so blessed to have him there that night. read more

Dr. Elliot is the most compassionate, kind, thorough, professional OB/GYN I have ever had. I had a procedure done that I dreaded, and yet Dr. Elliot made sure that I was comfortable every step of the way. His staff has been kind, and his team that did the procedure was amazing. Thank you, Dr. Elliot!! read more

These reviews of Dr Elliott are barely scratching the surface. As you can see, so many woman have positive interactions with him. There are numerous specifics I could share about the 7yrs I've been going to him but will just add the most recent... He drove in during the middle of a massive snow storm to deliver my daughter. He could have rescheduled my csection but based on some of my complications he was there for me and made the experience such a good one. I'm thankful he's one of my Drs. He's such a professional and pleasant OBGYN. read more

This practice is very busy. After going there for 6 years for regular GYN visits, Dr Elliott did a good job. He came in, asked a few questons, did his thing and left. That was always fine. It's when I became pregnant that things changed. After a scare, Dr Elliott told me over the phone and without an examination that I had miscarried. Thankfully, I went with my gutt. After going to the ER that night, he was wrong. When I expressed my concern to Dr Elliott and the office mgr about how the situation was handled with me being told I miscarried without an examination, I was abruptly informed that was how they did things and that maybe that was not the office for me. They couldn't have been more correct. I left the practice and am now with a wonderful Dr who sees me BEFORE making a diagnosis. I am so happy I left Dr Elliottt. read more

I wonder why so many people love this doctor. I guess I missed the boat!!! Dr. Elliott is extremely concerned about weight gain. When I put on 9.5 pounds in 3 weeks, he lectured me. He shook his head and tisked at me. I told him I was not eating and he referred me to a nutritionist. He also suggested a c-section. Kept on saying I was going to have a big baby. I had to drill him to define what "big" was. The doctor never gave me an explanation as to what the complications were of having a big baby. I just kept on hearing "big baby" and "c-section." I swelled and put on 58 pounds. At the 6 week check-up, I asked what I could have done to prevent the weight gain. He told referred me to a nutritionist and I did not listen. At my annual physical I had blood work done. They found that I had thyroid disease. Thyroid runs in my family and a simple inquiry or blood test would have solved this problem. I had some medical issues after the delivery neither doctor explained what happened or what to expect. read more

I switched to this practice half way through my pregnancy and had a wonderful experience with the group. The office staff are very helpful, organized, and professional. I rarely waited long for my appointments and was seen early several times. Whenever I had a concern and called in with a question, a physician would get back to me immediately and/or see me that day if needed. The physicians are outstanding. I wanted a natural birth and they were very up front with me about what could be accommodated in my birth plan. In the end, I delivered naturally with Dr. Elliot and he was wonderful. I had back labor that went off and on across a 48 hour period and when it came to the final stages of labor, I was exhausted. Without Dr. Elliot's encouragement and coaching, I'm not sure I would have ultimately had the natural birth I wanted. I would highly recommend this practice! read more

I have been a patient of Dr. Elliott's for 35 years, and I cannot say enough about his wonderful practice. He treated me through an awful, scary first pregnancy when I was very ill, 26 years ago, and through two subsequent healthy pregnancies. Were it not for his knowledge and care, my eldest daughter might not be the healthy 26-y.o. she is today. The other doctors in the practice are wonderful as well--my three daughters see them, and I have seen them on occasion, too. I have NEVER had to wait beyond my appointment time--I don't know how they do it. The office staff is wonderful too. You cannot get any better than this practice! read more

Dr Elliot is the one of the doctors in DC area and definetely the best in VA Hospital Oby group. Please don't waste your time with lady doctors in the that group (especially Dr Prather) and stick with Dr Ellliot. Great medical knowledge, and great bed side manners, highly sensitive to your needs, holds your hand, is supportive like a true doctor should be. He has my full confidence from the moment I met him. read more

I agree 100% with Laura V. I have seen both Dr. Elliott and Dr. Lashgari and they are both WONDERFUL!!! The only hard part about going is deciding which one to make my appointment with! So I alternate! :) read more

I hate to disagree with everyone here. I too thought that this practice was great and was a patient for many years, but it is a hassle to have to schedule your appointments 1 year in advance for a routine yearly exam or risk not getting in. This year I overlooked my appointment because I never received a courtesy call and I was slapped with a $75 bill for missing the appointment. In all the years I saw Dr. Elliott I never once missed a single appointment. Trying to reason with the Office Manager was like talking to a brick wall. She was extremely unpleasant and didn't seem to care about anything I had to say. To say the least I am extremely disappointed. In addition, for my last yearly exam Dr. Elliott never even showed up! I was at my appointment at 8 am and I waited for over an hour at which point I was informed that Dr. Elliott would not be able to make it, I could either reschedule or see another doctor. At that point after having already missed time from work I decided to see one of the other doctors. This made me extremely unhappy as everyone can relate this is a personal examination, but I had no choice. I guess this practice has just gotten to big and patients represent only dollar bills to them. It's unfortunate. read more

Dr. Elliott diagnosed me with uterine cancer after it was undetected for many years. He is passionate about his profession and has a lot of experience. I couldn't disagree more with Paul D.'s comments. Dr. Elliott has always been thorough, professional and clear about recommendations. He is one of a kind and even when I moved 1.5 hours away, I still go to him. He has compassion for his patients and I have always been treated with the upmost respect. I would give him 10 stars if it were an option! read more

Let me start off by saying i am sure Dr Elliott is a great doctor. Because of the great reviews online i scheduled an appointment with Dr. Elliott specifically. However, when i got to my appointment i was told that Dr. elliott was too busy and that dr. Lashgari Prather was going to be my doctor for the day. This was after i had been in the waiting room for over 45 minutes after my appointment. I was fine with another doctor, since i was sure that all of them were great and she immediately made it clear that coming to this practice meant that i would have to deal with either one of the 3. My problem wasn't with that necessarily, even though i did specifically ask for Dr. Elliott and waited a long time, i had a problem with Dr. Lashgari Prather's poor bedside manners. Mind you, this is our first baby. This was our very first appointment with our obgyn so we just wanted to have some time with the doctor and be able to ask questions, feel comfortable, make sure that everything is ok especially after our ER visit the week before. Dr Lashgari Prather did none of that. She literally spent 5 minutes with us, never asked whether we had questions. If it wasn't for my husband being there, i would have left with all of my questions. She then answered our 4 questions, never sat down, made it very clear that she was in a rush. Every question was answered with: "you are young, you are fine, do no worry about it". She never asked about symptoms, did no blood work, no pap smear, and was very dismissive about everything and just short. I felt so uncomfortable and rushed and so unsatisfied because we were paying a lot of money. I am very disappointed by my visit. After this visit we decided to find another obgyn and we did and it was like day and night. He was so kind, took the time to talk to us, made us feel comfortable, did blood work, was thorough. We will not be back! read more

I like Dr.Elliott personally. He is very nice, warm and personable. The only downside was the communication part. Dr.Elliott delivered my son. We previously asked him to circumcise our son. so the second day he came to visit me and I was in the bathroom. Dr.E did't wait for me to come out. HE was about to leave that my husband asked him when would he be taking out son to do the circumcision. Dr.E was surprised (apparently he'd forgotten that we asked for circumcision!!!!) he grabbed my son and flew out of the door. My hubby couldn't follow him. Dr.E disappeared and he came back with our son. Well after my son's wounds healed, I noticed that the circumcision Dr. E had done was not complete. He left a lot of skin there. So I asked my pediatrician and she said that it doesn't worth the pain to redo it. Anyways, long story short: 1- If Dr.E was not competent or willing to do so, he shouldn't have accepted our request. 2- His attitude towards me and my son after the delivery was not professional at all. Why didn't he wait for me to get out of the bathroom (or my hubby) to accompany him? Anyways, I will not go back there. read more

Dr Elliott is the best physician I have ever had. No wonder Dr. Elliott's extensive medical knowledge and professional trainings has made him one of the top ranking doctors in the Country. Dr Elliott applied his excellent medical skills in my D&C surgery which led me recover without any complications and I was able to get pregnant with my second baby within two months after the surgery. I've also got excellent and professional medical prenatal care from Dr. Elliott and his office staff during my pregnancy. When I have questions, Dr. Elliott always returns my phone calls with prompt response. His friendly office staff makes me feel comfortable when I am having check-ups. Knowing that I was experiencing some medical issues during the pregnancy, Dr. Elliott patiently counseled me and help me overcome my fear of having an amniocentesis procedure. When my baby was born, Dr. Elliott was right there for me. He carefully examined and counseled me (not some people described "phone discharge") and he makes sure I am good to go before I was discharged from Virginia Hospital Center. Dr Elliott is still the best gyneacologist I can ever have and I do not hesitate to recommend him to people I know. read more

Dr. Elliott is the best doctor ever. One could not ask for better care or interest from a doctor. I highly recommend him. Anyone would be lucky to be his patient. read more