Lori A Bluvas, MD

Dr Bluvas is amazing! I can’t imagine a better surgeon in an emergency. From a patient’s perspective, she could not possibly be a better doctor. She is calm and patient and instills confidence in her capabilities with her professional manner. But is still totally friendly and relatable. It’s the perfect balance. I had to have an emergency surgery and it was my first time in an ER or a hospital, and there couldn’t have been a better surgeon for me. She was so wonderful and I am so grateful to her for making my experience as pleasant as possible.

One of the absolute best doctors I have ever had!

Dr. Bluvas was generally great, but her billing office is HORRID. I have had 3 surgeries with her, paid everything on time, but post my last baby one of the visit copays was overdue and they sent it to COLLECTIONS. I had called the billing office several times and had to leave messages, but they would call back and tell me they didnt. The office is only open select days a week, so you have to reach them specific times. Either way, when you ahve been a patient for several years and had major surgeries and visits, you do not send to collections for a copay visit.

First time mom here! Dr. Bluvas is calm and very chill. I had some minor complications during delivery and she handled it calmly. She is regarded as one of the best OBs in the Bay Area. I am so glad and blessed to have found her.

This review is not about the Doctor since I have only seen her once for 5 minutes. I read all the best reviews then decided to see her. However, the office is chaos and panic:
1, Very small lobby filled with patients and crying baby. I didn’t even find a seat to sit.
2, Front desk girls are super crazy busy and never answer my question in full.
3, They don’t return phone calls. Called them 3 times and they said they will call me back, but never happened.
4, They don’t tell you the lab results even you called.
5, The doctor is always not there, and the nurse is not really taking responsibility to return calls or answer questions.
6, If you need to change to another doctor, they need to charge $ 25 for the fax fee to fax over your record even the record is only one page. You have to pay them on the phone first, or this will never happen. They only care about collecting that $ 25 then process your request no matter how much you are in the hurry.
7, They are always so rush to hang up your phone call before you finish talk.
Conclusion: they need a bigger lobby and bigger office and have more staff work there or train their staff better.
I will never go back there again to have such a headache. Def not recommended.

I’ve seen Dr Bluvas twice.
First time, when my C-​section got scheduled 3 hours before it happened and we were still waiting for my regular OB to get back from his vacation for the surgery, she came to talk to me. I was nervous because here was this person whom I’d never met and whose online reviews I hadn’t read, and she was about to assist in my C-​section. I was nervous. I wasn’t sure exactly how to politely interview her for the job, but she took all my questions in stride. She seemed both competent and friendly. I healed well from the surgery and the nurses spoke well of her, so I think she’s actually an excellent surgeon.
Second time, I had an unnerving medical issue after the delivery. My regular OB was booked and I didn’t want to wait, while Dr Bluvas had an open slot. She listened and gave a clear answer on what was going on and how to resolve it. She seemed knowledgable and had nice bedside manner.

I have gone to Dr. Bluvas as she came highly recommended by my best friend. My visit with Dr. Bluvas was great, she is kind, caring and very easy and comfortable to talk to. I did also have contact with her excellent, nice and very sweet Medical Biller Stephanie, she was great! She was easy to get a hold of when i needed to pay my bill and very, very responsive and helpful. I’m not sure what the previous post was about in terms of «dark ages» and not being able to get a hold of Stephanie. I had no issues as well as the rest of the women I know that go to Dr. Bluvas. Its a 5 stars for me!

After 2 horrible Obgyn doctors, a miscarriage and D&C, I did lots of research and found excellent reviews on Dr. Bluvas. She is WONDERFUL! She just delivered my first baby 2 months ago. I had an emergency C-​section and by the 3^rd day I was already walking in the hospital. The recovery was very fast. She’ll always answer to the huge list of questions that I have and I never felt rushed. I had to change my insurance in order to be seen by her. Totally worth it! I highly recommend her!

Dr. Bluvas is wonderful. Non-​judgemental, excellent bedside manner, calm and supportive. Also, her annual exams are the fastest and least intrusive I’ve experienced.
I haven’t been to her new office yet, so can’t comment on that.
Highly recommended.

I’ve been seeing Dr. Bluvas for almost a year now. Every time I see her I don’t feel rushed and I really feel like she takes the time to listen and provide good feedback and/​or suggestions and has a gentle bedside manner. The office staff is always friendly and helpful as well. The office is always clean and relaxing.

Dr. Bluvas is the most amazing doctor. She’s kind, caring, compassionate. She delivered all three of my kids. I had a C-​section with my twins, and you can hardly see the scar and it hardly hurt to heal. She was amazing! If you’re looking for an OB, Lori Bluvas is top notch!

I have a hard time finding doctors that I like and connect with and this was definitely not a problem with Dr. Bluvas! From the get go she was incredibly friendly, funny, and comforting. I had a rough beginning to my current pregnancy and she never made me feel uncomfortable and she always made me feel reassured. I also saw Dr. Pravadin for an emergency appt. and she was excellent also.
The office staff is very friendly and helpful. I’ve never had to wait more than 10 mins and her assistant is very friendly. I have had to bring my 1 year old daughter to appts. before and they were totally happy she was there.
I found Dr. Bluvas on Unilocal and I’m so glad I did! I just wanted to add my 2 cents for those of you looking for an awesome comforting doctor! :)

I was really hesitant to meet with Dr. Bluvas because of my previous experience with my ex OBGYNE — boy was I glad I made the change!
She made me feel very comfortable and she was so easy to talk to.
I am so looking forward for my pregnancy as I know I am in very capable hands!

So I almost had a melt down here the other day and by the time I left all was good.
I guess my insurance from San Mateo or something along the line closed down and this was new news to me. The lady behind the window said my card expired and I’m confused, what do you mean expired? I pay for insurance, it shouldn’t expire! So she moved me onto another lady to help me out with my situation. At first of course I was frustrated and VERY confused and shortly there after we figured everything out and I was off to see my doctor. The medical assistant was very understanding and help me perk up my attitude. What a sweetie!

I have nothing but good things to say about Dr Lori Bluvas, though I only met with her a couple of times.
Someone recommended her as a great doc for the medical end of my otherwise home birth, plans. She was great; respectful, understanding, open-​minded and supportive. I couldn’t have asked for a better fit for my needs and if I needed an OB-​GYN I wouldn’t hesitate for second with Lori Bluvas!

Obviously because I’m male, most women wouldn’t (and shouldn’t) care about what I have to say about an OBGYN. However, this review is Wife Approved, and has most of the relevant details. Also, take this with a grain of salt because, like Seinfeld said, nobody says their doctor is a butcher.
The Wife had a different doctor, but after finding out she was pregnant, she received a recommendation for Dr. Lori Bluvas from a colleague. Part of the reason for her move was proximity to Sequoia Hospital (which was well-​recommended), and the other reason was that her doctor was general practice.
As other reviewers have noted, Dr. Bluvas has a remarkably friendly bedside manner. She even laughs politely at my feeble attempts at humor. At first, her relaxed manner could make one wonder if she’s a bit too relaxed, but after the second or third visit, and spending a bit of time answering the many questions that come up during pregnancy, you can see that she is very knowledgeable and competent. She said she delivers about 150 babies a year, which if you consider that she would visit each of those patients about 14 times during the pregnancy and several hours during the labor and delivery, that adds up to about 2100 office visits and 300 hospital visits a year… she may seem relaxed, but she’s a busy lady (and that’s not even considering the other OBGYN related visits).
She stays on top of it though, and during our appointments she remembered the details well (or took good notes and read them). Our pregnancy went very smoothly, and she had recommendations for the outside labs for ultrasounds and bloodwork. She also gave candid comments about the ‘topics of the day’, e.g. cord blood and the various delivery options. She is a mother too, and is very sympathetic to the pregnancy pains.
When we approached near-​term, we discussed how we would proceed. The Wife wanted an epidural, and she provided answers to all of our questions about that. She then noted that our baby was probably big, and let us know candidly that it may be prudent to induce the labor directly after the due date because otherwise it may be too big to deliver.
It turns out, she was right. We tried induction twice, separated by a week, but after dilation didn’t advance enough after a two days of labor with her water breaking, she told us that we needed to move to caesarean section. We were well-​informed and completely certain that everything was tried that could be tried before surgery. When the time came, she was the doctor performing the surgery, and after she delivered our baby, I took a very brief peek (not recommended) and saw her putting my wife back together very calmly and proficiently.
Yeah, she’s relaxed, but she knows what she is doing.
Afterwards, she followed up on my wife’s progress daily, answered even more of our questions, and we felt like we got to know her pretty well during all of this. For these reasons, and others, I’m sure the wife will be seeing Dr. Bluvas for all of her future OBGYN needs.

I went for an appointment with Dr Bluvas… she is extremally sweet and professional. Took her time to answer all my questions and made me feel very comfortable. Her assistant is also super nice…
Too bad it takes so long to schedule appointments, but she is 5 stars for sure…

Dr. Bluvas is wonderful. Wonderful bedside manner, and I never felt rushed. She explains things thoroughly and kindly, without talking down to you. She’s also not overly quick to turn to medicine and surgery, which worked out very well for me. My last doctor rushed me into a LEEP procedure that I now wonder if I could have avoided.

Another wonderful doctor. She also has wonderful bedside manner. Her office is very friendly, very quick in their response time, and always a pleasure to deal with. Dr. Bluvas has a way of making you feel comfortable in less that opportune moments and is very, very caring. I just love her!

awesome doctor — caring, takes time to explain.