Advanced Women’s Health of Chicago

I’ve been her patient for 2 years even before I got pregnant with my son, Dr. Kafali made me feel very comfortable through my prenatal care. She’s very knowledgeable she knows her stuff very smart, and caring straight to the point
her Medical assistant Maria was great very helpful and friendly and caring, she always knew when I was having a bad day, she always managed to put a smile on my face. I was very sad to find out she was no longer working with dr. Kafali the office doesn’t feel the same. Her new assistant is sweet but looks creepy
She could work on her office staff the receptionist does not greet patients which was a little off-​putting being the first person you are in contact with, her office manager Monique takes forever with the FMLA papers you literally have to be on top of it she works very slowly, she could be rude at times.

Overall I like Dr Kafali and thinks she is very knowledgeable. I have a few problems with the office, first if you go to an afternoon appointment you may have to wait an hour and a half to be seen which is just not acceptable. Second I was recommended this office because my pap had come back positive and I needed a biopsy. All scary stuff and basically I had to email the Dr to find out the results since they did not contact me, she emailed back saying the results were not good and she would call me that day and never did. When you are thinking you have cancer this is not the response I needed. I had to call her a few times to finally get the results which led to getting the surgery of a LEEP. Luckily all pre cancer was removed but again I had to email her to find out the results Bc she does not call you. The stress she put me under was horrible and I will go to another doctor in the future.

Finally an OBGYN Im comfortable with. She is realistic, knowledgable and makes you feel relaxed. Women issues are never fun. Even the yearly pap isn’t something one looks forward to. At times she is busy, so expect a wait. So happy I found her.

I began seeing Dr. Kafali as soon as I found out I was pregnant and I just left my 6 week post natal visit. I truly had a wonderful experience with her and her nurses/​staff. She is a warm, knowledgeable, and professional OBGYN and I am extremely happy she was the one to see me through my first pregnancy. I really enjoyed the fact that you actually see Dr. Kafali at each and every visit unlike some group practices where you see a different doctor each time. I once emailed her at 8pm a nervous wreck and she called my cell to speak to me personally an hour later (she returned all of my emails within hours). She even came to the hospital on her day off to deliver my son. I can’t express how awesome it was to have her there instead of another random doctor that I’ve never met. I would absolutely recommend her whether you’re pregnant or not.

I’m not sure why everyone gave this place and/​or Dr. Kafali such terrible reviews, as my experience is not as such.
My husband and I found out we were pregnant in October 2014. Two of my good friends were seeing Dr. Kafali and midwife Sara Rosenbaum for their prenatal services so I started as well. In December, 2 ultrasounds at 2 hospitals in a day determined that my baby had passed and my body had not recognized that I miscarried. During the entire ordeal, Dr. Kafali and Sara were extremely kind, warm, helpful, and supportive, and even the support I received afterwards (like Dr. Kafali returning my call at like 1am when I thought I would have to rush to the ER for a second time but didn’t thanks to her advice), was great. I had to have ultrasounds done that were very painful for me due to other medical conditions I have, and the lady who did two of them at this Halsted location was the sweetest, gentlest, most compassionate person ever. I think her name was «Dee.»
Dr. Kafali does not beat around the bush, she is very forward and up front, so if you don’t like that, don’t see her. However, I rather be alive and well because she was so blunt and short with me than to be suffering and afraid because she danced around the issue trying to make me «feel better.»
Sara was also responsive with me, returning all my attempts to contact her, in a timely manner, and even answering the phone at almost 2am as I almost hemorrhaged and had to be rushed to the ER. She reassured me that I would not die (lol) and helped me cope with whatever would happen next.
Thank you to all the amazing people who work here.

My name is Elvir, my wife sees Dr. Kafali as her doctor. Five stars doesn’t express how awesome she is. As wonderful of a review I want to write, there is no words to explain how wonderful, intelligent, and amazing this doctor is. Anyone who knows Dr. kafali will know truly how amazing she is. Anyone that says anything bad or negative about her should be ashamed and embarrassed at the review they write. Because she has been nothing but supportive and very personal with my wife through the whole pregnancy. Everyone at her office knows how to treat people with respect and great care and there just awesome for that. Anyone that’s planning on having a baby anytime soon should see Dr.Kafali. Husbands take your wife to see her and ladies you will be back on here writing the same review as myself if you decide to go with Dr.Kafali. She delivered our baby boy safe and sound and that’s all I wanted and she did an amazing job. We love Dr. Kafali and wish her nothing but the best in her life.

My primary doctor referred me to Dr. Kafali.
Visit #1: I thought Dr. Kafali was nice. Her staff was nice too. She asked me questions about my condition and she seemed to be taking good notes. I had blood work done and then I set up an appointment to get an ultrasound to look at my reproductive organs. Her staff was very helpful in helping me set up a date for the ultrasound (only done on Tuesday mornings) and a follow-​up appointment that same day.
Visit #2: I had my ultrasound in Dr. Kafali’s office but with a different doctor (I don’t remember his name). A few hours later, I came back to the office to discuss the results with Dr. Kafali. She misdiagnosed me with something (more on this later). I cried when she gave me the diagnosis, and she asked me why I was crying. She said that the disorder is actually very common. She prescribed me some medication, one of which I had suspected started my problems in the first place. I gently reminded her of this. Then she said the rudest thing in the world to me; she said, «Well, last week, the Sandy Hook kids were alive.» as a way to tell me that shit happens and we don’t always know why. WTF, right?
A week before my third visit (follow-​up), I felt upset. I still suspected that I was misdiagnosed. I made a call to one of my doctor friends who had specialized in women’s health, and she said it was ludicrous for Dr. Kafali to give me that diagnosis without further testing when I’ve told her over and over that my problems started with a medication I was taking, which would affect my hormonal levels. I was so pissed at Dr. Kafali, but at the same time, I felt relieved– my hunches weren’t that crazy, after all!
Visit #3: Dr. Kafali switched my prescription… to a more expensive medication. I was upset, but she told me that as long as I call her office a month in advance, she’ll be able to give me a few months of samples (free medication!). I’m not too happy about this, but I said fine. Then I asked her assistants if I could have a copy of my records. I paid $ 25 for this (a bit ridiculous, don’t you think?), and it took them nearly a month to give me my records. I even had to call back and ask for it. I even asked my primary care doctor to request for it. It was ridiculous.
I gave a copy of my records to my doctor friend, and she told me that nothing on my records indicates that I have the disease which Dr. Kafali diagnosed me with. WTF, right? I felt glad that I didn’t actually take the medication she prescribed to me, and had instead asked my primary doctor to prescribe a slightly different one based on my friend’s recommendation. It was a good thing too because who knows if I would have suffered strange side effects from the drug.
The only positive thing that came out of this ordeal was that Dr. Kafali was very thorough in her testing and the records confirmed that everything was normal. The minus from this is that all of these tests cost a shit ton of money. Luckily for me, I have insurance as well as a health savings account that should hopefully cover the rest. And I have my records now, so I can take it over to my next ob-​gyn so that I don’t need to have all these tests ran again.
TL;DR: Although, she’s thorough with her testing (=expensive!), Dr. Kafali didn’t listen to my concerns and misdiagnosed me. Furthermore, her bedside manners are lacking. Go at your own risk. I’m not going back.