EvergreenHealth Maternal-Fetal Medicine

Great place! I see Dr. Wall as my primary OB/​GYN due to being high risk. He is amazing. Very thorough, talks to me like a person, answers my questions without making me feel stupid. His nurse Lisa is the BEST!!! I work in the medical field and can say this office is the BEST off the best!!!

MFM is amazing! All of the doctors are fabulous and very friendly. I was extremely high risk with my first pregnancy and they always made me feel comfortable and relaxed about my situation. I was on bedrest at the hospital for 5 weeks before my daughter came 12 weeks early. Every morning one of the doctors would come
In and check in with me. My husband and I got to know all of the doctors and felt comfortable with all of them. I had an emergency c-​section and my Doctor wasn’t on call. I didn’t care who was on call because we loved all of them:-) I can’t imagine going to another doctor. They made my whole pregnancy experience the best it could be!

I have been referred here twice for ultrasounds. This clinic specifically handles high risk pregnancies, and I’m sure they do it well. However, in my experience they are very prone to jump from an mildly uncommon situation to the worst case scenario. I have had three babies under 6 lbs. All healthy, all small. On the most recent occasion at my routine 20 week ultrasound when the baby measured smaller-​than-​average by 2 weeks I was subjected to a list of possible causes, from genetic disorders (some fatal) to birth defects. It was recommended that I get further testing. I was made to feel like my daughter’s life depended on it. The tests were not all covered by insurance, something that was never mentioned by MFM. They did help me craft a review to insurance but it was denied and we ended up paying an extra $ 1000 out of pocket, not to mentioned over 15 additional follow up appointments, and the costs associated, because of their prognosis. I would not recommend this clinic to anyone who has not already been diagnosed with an extreme case.

Never have problems getting an appointment here. I’ve seen Dr Gavrilla and Dr Kline and both are amazing. The staff is very nice and professional and you feel like you’re getting the best care possible there. Cannot recommend them enough!

These beautiful people helped me through two very hard pregnancies. Everyone was extremely loving and nice. The practitioners would calm me down when I would get nervous. They went above and beyond every single time I went in. I loved going in for my ultra sounds. They help me deliver two very healthy baby girls. I am forever grateful. Bella almost 4 and Scarlett 16 months are still healthy and mom is healthy again too. Thank you MFM.

I’ve been coming here the past 3 weeks for Non-​Stress Tests and I gotta say, the nurses who administer the tests rock! I’m one of those patients who asks non stop questions and the nurses are extremely caring, comforting and they treat their patients like family. I really cannot say enough good things.
I commute from DT Seattle so with the lovely 405 traffic I have been known to be late a time or two. They will literally stay late there to still see me going beyond the call of duty.
It’s not just one nurse either. It’s pretty much all of them.
Thank you MFM nurses! You guys are the best!

Went here for ultrasound due to pregnancy complications. The staff were kind, considerate, calm and explained what they were looking at and for.
My problem is that I was told One thing and my midwives were told something different.
I went to Bellevue the following week as my symptoms were worse. I had to have a «special» ultrasound… I hate this kind, you feel … Anyway, the tech talked with us and explained what she was looking for and what she found. Again what I was told was completely different from what the report sent to my midwives said.

Coming here for my ultrasound was the perfect reminder of why I decided to choose the Eastside Birth Center and not the Hospital for baby #3.
1. Not family-​friendly. No explanation of their policy that we shouldn’t bring children to view the ultrasound at the time of making the appointment. So we came with two kids in tow, not a problem, except for how long this appointment took. Patients should be able to choose if they want their children to participate in the experience. But give us the information, let us know how long the appointment will last, so we can make an informed choice.
2. Not informative. It took a full two hours with three different techs «for quality control» to do the ultrasound. I wouldn’t mind that they took this long if they explained ANYthing throughout the process. There was no explanation of what they were viewing, measuring, gestational age, etc, except for when I explicitly asked for specific information.
3. Bad bedside manner. We wanted we wanted to know gender, and asked this upfront but they waited until the very end of the exam to tell us this detail, and then it was told awkwardly. With no screenshots. No typing ‘it’s a girl’ on the screen. Nothing that we had been given at the previous places to help celebrate this information. They didn’t even volunteer standard profile pictures or pictures of hand or foot, I had to ask for them.
Positive:
They give you a complimentary DVD of the ultrasound.
If you have a choice, go elsewhere.

I’ve only been here for ultrasounds for pregnancy but my experiences have been great. I’ve had non-​pregnancy related ultrasounds before with rude techs and this was definitely not one of those places. They have always been on time for my appointments and the techs have been very friendly and even very understanding when I drank too much water and ended up having to interrupt the scan to pee… twice.

Just a quick note. I haven’t been to this branch, but when I needed to get in quickly to see Dr. Gavrila (as a new patient), Claudia at the front desk was incredibly helpful. She lined up a couple of options for me and then told me I might be able to get in sooner at their Bellevue branch (which I did). [See my review for the Bellevue location.]
I called back over the lunch hour to let Claudia know that I wouldn’t need the appointment in Kirkland since Bellevue had gotten me in that day, and since they were closed for lunch, I had to leave a message with their answering service. I nearly minused one star for the answering service frankly, because they not only gave me the wrong suite number for the Bellevue location, but did not deliver my message to Claudia at the Kirkland branch. However kudos to Claudia, she actually called me later to follow up and see if I still needed the appointment. Very professional!

During two very difficult times, the genetic counselor here was exactly what we needed when we needed her. No one wants their pregnancy to be high risk but if it is, this is a wonderful place to go. Thanks, Kathleen.