John D Holmes, MD

Dr. Holmes is amazing! Dr. Holmes saved my life!!! He takes his time with his patients and will listen to your needs, wants, concerns. Dr. Holmes will do the work to figure out how to fix a problem and also try to figure out what caused it in the first place. He is not one of those doctors that are afraid to touch a patients, he comes in the room and sits down to talk to you and will go to any extent necessary to help with your medical needs. You will always see him NOT a PA, I really like that! Better than any female OB/​GYN I have been too.
I don’t like that no one ever answers the phone and you have to leave a message and wait for a call back, but other than that I will never go to another doctor as long at I don’t have too.

I adore Dr. Holmes. He’s exactly what every down & out expectant Mom needs! I lived in a very rural town with my first pregnancy & had a terrible obgyn. A good friend saw how sickly & underweight I was and recommended Holmes when we moved to Mesa for ASU. I got in by the skin of my teeth, mainly because I was deemed high risk on the phone. I’d lost 20 lbs in the first trimester and was super under weight. I couldn’t even hold down water. He took one look at me and put me on a milkshake diet, plus found I had a bad UTI. He was furious the other doc never caught it, even with the current lab results from his office. I should have been put in the hospital, but he got me back on my feet. I loved every visit & his ultrasound was known as «the toy». He even gave me 4 free ones since insurance only covered 1. Delivery was smooth sailing. When I became Prego with #2, I looked forward to having him again. He did an outstanding job with this pregnancy too. I had preterm labor &/​she came out purplish black 3 weeks early. Cord was around her neck. Her 1^st Apgar was low, but a minute later, she had a high score. I was so happy to have him with both babies. Highly recommended & he’s also very funny!

I switched to Dr Holmes with 5 weeks left in my pregnancy. Best decision I ever made! He looked at my history and knew after just one visit that I have a rare blood clotting disorder. He noticed in one visit and my other doctor had me for a patient over a year and didn’t catch that! The delivery went perfect! He let me know what was going on every step of the way. He was very polite and didn’t seem rushed. He answered every question I had. When I got a fever a few days after I delivered I called the nurse line after hours and he gave me a call back in less than 2 minutes. I ended up needing an ambulance because I blacked out. They took me to the nearest hospital which was not Dr Holmes hospital. He checked in on me by phone and let me know that even though he couldn’t be at the hospital, he was still able to monitor everything over the computer. I am so happy my friend referred me to him. He is the best doctor I have ever been to, and I’m going to cry when he retires. Thank you Dr Holmes! You are a wonderful doctor

I scheduled an appointment with dr Holmes after he was recommended to me by a good friend. I was wanting to get on birth control since I was getting married back in 2012.
He came in the room and shook my hand and then went to do an exam. He wasn’t gentle at all but the main issue that I have with him is he said «wow, stretch marks before a baby, that’s impressive»… I was dumbfounded that an Obgyn would say that! Im hoping that he doesn’t treat all of his patients like that, especially first time patients, like I was. Needless to say, I have never gone back to him and I will never EVER recommend him to anyone.
P. S. Now, two and a half years later I just had a baby and if anyone needs a good Obgyn, go see dr huish at university Obgyn. He is so kind and definitely knows what he is doing! I would bet good money that dr huish would never make a comment like dr Holmes did.

This Doctor really cares about his patients. I wish all the other doctors were as caring and thoughtful as he was with my wife. If you are in AZ and need a good OBGYN then you might give him a try.
We were new to the PHX area and had gone to 4 other OBGYNs’ prior to Dr. Holmes and each one told my wife she was exagherating pain and said she was too young to have any serious complications. Dr. Holmes was the first to identify the signs of endometiosis and conducted the surgeory to take care of it.