I had one interaction with this doctor and that's all it took. Without going into too much detail, I had a very important blood draw I needed done one night. It was the deciding factor in if I was going to need an invasive surgery the next day. It was my misfortune that the offering physician forgot to put the stat order in, and my even more misfortune that the on call doctor that night was Dr. Melissa Owens. There I was, at the lab, trying frantically to get the order in the system before they closed. I am a triage nurse, so I know how these things work after hours, and there's always an on call doctor on duty and it's their responsibility to take over these kind of orders. So the lab/I get in contact with Dr. Owens and explain the situation. She tells me she doesn't want to put the order in because, "then I'll get a call at 3 in the morning with the results, and I don't want to be woken up." I literally pause for like 30 seconds...so you'd rather put my health and well being on the line because you don't want to be woken up at 3 in the morning? I just thanked God she wasn't my regular physician. I wouldn't want to interrupt her day or night with my burdensome life threatening problems. She did finally call my original OBGYN to ask her to put the order in for me. But it wasn't until after I sort of stood my ground, saying, "well, I kinda need this..." Also, of note... The lab result came in at 11pm, so she would have been "burdened" before midnight. To think that she put my medical need behind her restful sleep. Not the type of doctor I'd want watching my back. read more