John R Owens, MD

I’m really sorry to hear some of the sad and disappointed stories about Dr. Owens. I’ve been a patient if his since 2007 and I do not have one bad word to say about him. He delivered my youngest son in 2008 and was wonderful. Yes his office gets very busy, he comes highly recommended and has lots of patients. I at times saw Laura and was fine with that. I’ve since had a tube ligation and also bladder sling and ablation with no complications or complaints. I will continue to be his patient and refer clients to him.

I cannot describe how great my experience has been with this office. I found out I was pregnant and my previous OBGYN office would not return my calls so I asked a nurse who she would recommend because I needed a new Dr. ASAP. My first visit was with Laura, and she was great. I like people who are ‘down to earth’ and ‘business like’. She was very matter of fact and answered all my questions… Dr. Owens was great as well. He always asked if I had questions and always had answers. I felt comfortable with both of them and it made my pregnancy really stress free. I delivered a wonderful boy and just as the recommending nurse said, Dr. Owens was very encouraging and finished efficiently. I like a Dr. who is honest and collaborative with their patients and that is just what he is. I couldn’t have been in better hands.

I have had 2 visits with Dr. Owens’ office and have not yet met him, only his NP. I am in my 2^nd trimester and even my 3^rd appointment (upcoming in a few weeks) is scheduled with the NP. I’m not impressed with the 1 hour wait time to only see the NP for less than 5 minutes. The NP’s bedside manner is lacking some.

I only gave him a 1 because a 0 is not possible… my husband and I have been trying to get pregnant almost 5 years now. The first 4 were wasted on dr owens office. At first they were nice and after about the 2^nd or 3^rd visit they started being super rude to me and they cancelled appointments on me. I can handle rude and unprofessional but there’s just some things that I can not handle. So… here’s my #1 problem with this place… in 2012 I had a check up because I wasn’t feeling well in my girlie regions and I felt like my ovaries were going to explode. Upon further review they found ovarian cysts, endometriosis, and a fibrous tumor in the lining of my uterus. Well we did the surgery and when in came out of surgery DE owens came in to talk to me and told me I in addition to all the other stuff had lesions of my bowel and my intestines were twisted around my bowel so he went ahead and burned off the lesions and fixed all the other stuff. So here it is 2014 and I am still not pregnant and I have been maxed put on every infertility drug possible when my husband has to get transferred for his job so now I’m living in reno. Well I wait for 3 months for Dr owens office to send my medical records and my new doctor is going through the surgery notes and NONE of the stuff he told me was in the notes! All it said was that they took out cysts, a tumor, and burned some endometriosis out of there. No mention of the lesions or anything else! So now I look like a liar to my new doctor! Well my new doctor did some digging and found out that Dr owens did not dictate my surgery until 3 weeks after the surgery and the only notes he went off of was the stuff he wrote before the surgery. So now I’m back at square 1 aurgerynd almost 6 years later I’m almost 31 with no children and desperately trying to fix the mess Dr owens made. Oh and btw… he removed part of my ovary and there’s no notes of that but the new Dr can see surgical scars! Dr owens is a hack! I wish I never would have trusted my body to this man! I feel like I’ve been emotionally raped and violated in ways u can’t imagine. Please eont trust this guy to hack u up or ull end up like me. :-(. Dr owens should be ashamed of himself.

My old ob retired so I have been going to Dr Owen’s office this pregnancy. I like them, I have never had a problem with the staff they are all nice & helpful. I see Dr Owens about half the time the other half is Laura his Np & they are both nice, professional, always ask if I have any questions, etc I feel comfortable not like I’m being rushed. Sometimes it can be a wait for afternoon appointments but that is the case with most dr’s. I’m happy being a patient here.

I am moving out of state and I needed the office to send my medical records to my new doctor for my appointment the following week. After constant badgering from the office I was to be seen by, and multiple faxes for documentation, I finally had to get on the phone and call Dr. Owens office myself. After two separate phone calls, and two instances of being on hold for over 25 minutes, I definitely have to say good riddance to the terrible staff and inadequacies of Owens’ approaches to «infertility.» I’m in better hands now.
Unfortunately, the experience as a whole is a negative for the few staff members that were always diligent. Joy, the medical assistant, will always have your back. Unfortunately, she’s the only one.

I can’t call him Dr owens because a Dr is a person who cares and helps people for whatever they are going to them for, so I will just refer to him as John. Back in 2004 when I was pregnant with my first baby I was given all kinds of due dates, my first was a due date of November 13 and the next was December 24^th. They always kept changing. As a result of no one knowing what they were doing my baby was still born, I do believe he was over due. I called Dr owens office and said my baby hasn’t been moving, they said make sure he is doing 10 kick counts every hour, I informed them he isn’t doing 1. The recomended I come to office or go to hospital, so I went to office where they «found» heart beat. This office is crazy busy and women are always just in and out, which you don’t get to see John you see his rude nurse practitioner Laura. So I don’t believe it was my son’s heartbeat they heard. A few days later I went into labor excited to deliver my baby boy. I get checked in and nurses couldn’t find heartbeat… they knew my baby was dead but John had to come to confirm and give me the bad news. He brought in his ultrasound machine and the was my baby lifeless, no movement, no heart beat pumping NOTHING! The words of John will never leave my head…“you’re baby is DEAD” took off his gloves and left the room, no I’m sorry no nothing. I cried and banged on the walls thinking about my future with my baby down the drain. I didn’t see John again till I delivered my son the next day. He was rough and just had no bed side manners. Worst time of my life. I’ve had two beautiful girls since and my amazing Dr Lascano has been an angel in my life. He let me cry on his shoulder and get makeup all over his white jacket from tears. He reassured me everything will be ok, you get to see him every visit no nurse practitioner yiu are him and only him. Choose your obgyn very carefully. I’m only rating a 1 because I have to chose a star, it won’t let me post without rating.

I went to Dr Owens office to get my yearly check up. I chose this office because of the 5 star review here, and I am planning on getting pregnant soon and I wanted to find a doctor I liked. I can’t comment on Dr Owens at all, because I did not see him. I also cannot comment on the nurse practitioner either, as they would not let me see her. Instead I was seen by a student, and I had to wait over an hour to be seen by her. She was nice, but was only there to get her hours of practice and would be gone within a few weeks.
That was nearly a year ago, and I recently made an appointment to meet Dr Owens and discuss how I needed to prepare to get pregnant. I called my insurance and verified that I didn’t need a referral, and when I made the appointment I verified that this was just a normal office visit. A day before my appointment, Carla from the booking office called to tell me that my visit would not be covered, as my insurance does not cover infertility. When I called her back to find out why a standard office visit was considered an infertility consult, she was very rude and told me a mistake was made while booking the appointment, but she would not fix it. She advised me to call my insurance for a referral.
I was excited to try this office, but I will not be choosing them for my pregnancy needs. If I have this much trouble for a standard office visit, how much trouble will they give me when pregnant?

Dr. Owens delivered my first child in 2006 and as a soon to be Mom, I cannot express how wonderful of an experience it was and I owe a lot of that to him. He has the best bedside manner I have ever seen in a doctor, and that is gold when you are dealing with the future birth of your child. I was always comforted, reassured when I was nervous and felt that him and his staff were just as excited as I was to welcome my baby. At my last appointment before my son was born he detected toximia and immediately left the room to schedule my hospital stay. After having to have a csection due to complications (that Owens walked me through completely as I have never had major surgery) he came in bright and early the next morning, in street clothes to check in on us and was very warm and caring. Unfortunately, we moved and had our second child elsewhere and in that experience we were bummed that he was not our doctor. Dr. Owens and his staff are wonderful, the only downfall I see is that the area he is located in is not new and in a modernized state of the art building with matching décor but when it comes down to having your baby, none of that matters! If you are looking for a new doctor, you must consider Dr. Owens.

I have been going to Dr. Owens since I moved to Bakersfield in 2008. Originally I was only going there for Gyn, but more recently saw him for my second pregnancy. I urge people to stay away from this office. Although Dr. Owens is a nice man and a very knowledgeable Dr., it’s not worth what you have to put up with from the rest of his staff. The office is very old and somewhat dilapidated. There is almost always a VERY long wait time and it’s rare that you will get to see Dr. Owens. Rather, you’ll have to see his Nurse Practitioner, Laura. She is also very knowledgeable, but her bedside manner leaves something to be desired. One of the Medical Assistants is EXTREMELY rude and has NO personality whatsoever. His nurse, Angie, never returns phone calls in a timely manner and isn’t helpful. Often times, there are children running wild in the waiting room when there are signs clearly posted that small children should be left at home. You really feel the lack of personal care here and feel as if no one really remembers you.

Dr. Owens is a great physician because of his medical expertise and great way of answering questions and concerns in an informative manner. He educates, rather than just summing up his opinion or telling you just what he thinks you need to know or hear. We are happy he’ll be delivering our baby soon!