Banafsheh Bayati MD

Dr. Bayati is a fantastic doctor and I highly recommend her. I’ve been seeing Dr. Bayati for quite some time and for your standard yearly exam, she is always thorough, warm, knowledgable and very kind. I originally found her on a recommendation from a friend.
Just recently, I had a baby — and got to know Dr. Bayati even more closely. Everything changes when you become pregnant and you realize how important it is to find a good OBGYN who is open to hearing all of your fears and answering your questions. For me, she was open to all of my ideas; doula, delayed cord cutting, hypnobirthing — and she never judged when I had a silly question or idea. During the end of my pregnancy, Dr. Bayati made herself available, even on her days off, to see how I was progressing.
A few things that were extremely important to me in an OBGYN:
–quick to communicate — Dr. Bayati always called me directly with test results — and she always emailed me quickly when I had a question
–ease of getting appointments — I never had an issue making an appointment to see Dr. Bayati
–not rushed — Dr. Bayati is not rushed and takes her time with each patient
–thoughtful — Dr. Bayati doesn’t stop thinking about you the second you walk out of the office. A few times, Dr. Bayati followed up with me after an appointment to offer additional solutions/​thoughts.
–loves babies — okay, this should be a given, but Dr. Bayati really loves babies. Every time I would have an ultrasound, Dr. Bayati would smile ear-​to-​ear. Or when we’d hear his heartbeat, she would beam with joy. You can just tell how much she loves and cares about the babies she is caring for.
–office staff — I really love her office staff. Everyone is fantastic. They are extremely smart, efficient, kind and supportive. I actually miss seeing all of them since I’m not going all of the time.
–open to natural birth — she was positive and helpful
–open to my birth plan — Dr. Bayati didn’t bat an eye at anything I listed on my birth plan, and even gave me excellent feedback to make it more clear.
All-​in-​all, I can’t recommend Dr. Bayati enough. She is a top-​notch doctor who gave me and my family the absolute best care.

I had been going to Dr. Bayati for years before they started the annual fee and small charges for other services like sending my birth control prescription refills to my pharmacy. She is a wonderful, caring doctor with an incredible bedside manner, but I don’t need to pay $ 300 when I only go once a year! Paying extra might be worth it if I were pregnant but definitely not for my annual checkup. Now I have to find another doctor :(

After interviewing a few doctors I knew Dr. Bayati was the doctor to guide me through my pregnancy. Im now 7 months pregnant and am really glad she’s my doctor.
She’s incredibly knowledgeable and really takes her time with her appointments, I never feel rushed. There have been a few times where I’ve called because I was nervous and she’s called me back. One time I asked if she would see me and I was able to see her within the hour. I email her all the time and she’s quick to respond. I feel safe with her, and thats important.
There is a small fee for emails and an annual fee, but its completely worth it.
Her staff is beyond nice and welcoming. They always make me smile.

I highly recommend Dr Bayati. I saw her for many years just for annual appointments. I liked her then, but my appreciation for her grew tenfold after I started to try for kids. I’ve been through a complicated miscarriage and then the birth of my daughter with her — and with both she did an amazing job. She came to the hospital to check on me while I was in labor and came in early to help me push, which I’ve heard is a rarity with OBs these days. She is very bright and knows her stuff. I love the nurses as well and I appreciate that you can come in to get blood tests whenever you need without an appointment. They are diligent about monitoring pregnancies, which is very reassuring with high risk pregnancies. The downside is sometimes there is a wait to see her, but the upside is she prioritizes emergencies… you will get seen right away if you need to.

In pregnancy and parenting there are many choices and decisions to make. Having Dr. Bayati as my OB was my best decision to date.
During pregnancy, she was very thorough and always answered my questions clearly and concisely. She respected our concerns and choices, while explaining her reasons for certain practices. She contained my anxiety and helped me prepare for birth.
During early labor she called to check on me until arranging to be at the hospital. During delivery, she was a great coach and managed all in the room gracefully! She worked well with my doula also.
Since giving birth, she has been thorough with my after care, physically and emotionally. She prepared me for what to expect and made extra follow-​ups to assist me with recovery.
I am grateful for the comprehensive care I have received from Dr Bayati.

As a medical professional myself, I cant say enough great things about Dr Bayati and the care she provides. I have had very complicated medical issues and she tackles each of my problems effortlessly. She makes sure that all my questions are answered, she knows all the state-​of-​the-​art testing, and she remembers every detail of my medical history. She was present for both my births and I didn’t have to wonder who was going to be covering when I went into labor. She rounded on me every day — and over the weekend — when I was in the hospital. Additionally, all her staff are extremely professional and available to answer my questions or get Dr Bayati involved ASAP. Believe me when I tell you, she is EXCEPTIONAL!!!

I first saw Dr. Bayati in 2012, once. I moved about 8 times since and now I reside in SoCal, again. I just saw her and was unaware of the new annual fee. At first, I was very upset about it. Especially since I wasn’t informed about it prior to my visit. I actually almost walked out but when I got up to leave, I was called in by her nurse. Which, by the way, she is not the friendliest.
However, after going through the appointment, I am very satisfied with my visit. She spent 1 hr ½ w/​me! She did not rush me. She was very attentive, compassionate and extraordinarily thorough. In fact, she just called me, after hours, to go over something we had missed during the appointment! It’s very hard to find a doctor, these days, who takes time to LISTEN to you and to make personal calls. This is the type of care that I expect and value.
I understand the annual fee, sucks. But for this level of care, I am willing to pay it.

I had a very bad experience with this doctor …
Obviously she cares much more about MONEY than her patient happiness and satisfaction. Unfortunately for this type of DOCTORS you need to see him/​her at least a few time before you judge her knowledge. After seeing Dr Bayati couple of time I realized that I shouldn’t chosen her and wasting my money and time.

Dr Bayati just delivered our first little one this week and I couldn’t be happier with my experience throughout my pregnancy and delivery! She’s not only extremely knowledgeable and caring but I found her to be a calming and positive force over the last 9 months. It’s obvious she truly loves being an OB and her patients. We had some potential concerns during our pregnancy and Dr Bayati helped us overcome them and safely deliver our healthy baby girl.
Regarding the annual fee — it’s well worth every penny! I wouldn’t change my experience for the world and plan to have her deliver all of our future children.

$ 300 for an annual membership fee??? HELL NO RUN AWAY
The previous reviewers were right — it’s impossible to get past the receptionist! They had to switch people to try to help me make sense of their $ 300 «club fee.» So douchebag. What a disaster of an office.

If I could give no stars, I would. This doctor is strictly out for money, and has no care for her patients. I had gone to her for several years, prior to the Federal changes in health insurance, and never had a problem with my insurance there. Her stuff it always been somewhat offputting, and she wasn’t the most attended doctor — almost always walked in the room with no recollection of my file even though it was in her hand. I had to go through my sexual history with her every single time I met with her, which is just a basket of fun the first time… Much less every single time you have to go see your gynecologist. every time I went and I had a reminder which test we had done, and which we had not. Again my file was in her hand but opening it was just a little bit too much to ask from her. The last time I tried to visit, when they were already 20 minutes late for my appointment, the receptionist informed me that they didn’t accept my insurance and I needed to write them a check for that day’s visit. When I mentioned that I had been here many times before with my insurance and it never been a problem, she responded that I needed to understand my insurance better if I was going to show up with it. I I walked out, and let them know I’d be finding A different doctor for my husband and I to start a family with. I now go to a new gynecologist, and recently received a letter from this doctor letting me know that there would be a $ 300 annual fee to be a patient of hers to cover administrative cost. I sent her back a letter letting her know that I had already decided to work with a different gynecologist, and how wildly unethical it was to request such a fee from patients. Part of what led to me leaving her was her lack of sensitivity, inability to read my file before meeting with me, and absolute rudeness in her and her staffs demeanor. I wasn’t sold on his services before, I can certainly tell you I would never pay $ 300 for the ability to be cared for by her unprofessional and unethical practice. She called me back and left a message to tell me how this was the only way she could have time for herself and that it really was all about money and she was shocked that I couldn’t understand but it was just all about money. In her own words, she said it all… This doctor is all about money. She does not care about her patients. Seek medical help else where.

I’ve heard good things about this Dr so I called to book an appointment and had the most difficult time with the receptionist so I ended up cancelling my appointment which I couldn’t even get for almost 4 weeks. On top of the annoyingly overinvasive receptionist, I was asked to give them a credit card to book my appointment and also was informed that I would be charged an annual charge of $ 300 for administrative fees. Sounds like a scam so I think I’d rather save that money for anything else. Good luck if you go anyways!

Dr Bayati is the most attentive and personable doctor I have ever had. She takes the time to sit with you during each exam and go over everything in detail. Plus, if you have any questions, you can just email her and she’s super responsive. She delivered our son in 2013 and she will DEFINITELY be delivering our next child (when we’re ready to have a next child). She genuinely cares about our family. She even emails asking for pics of my son every now and again :)

Dr. Bayati is amazing. I have been seeing her for 8 years & would even pay cash to see her when i didnt have insurance that she accepted. I made sure to get new insurance before I got pregnant so that she could deliver my baby. I am 30 weeks pregnant & she is taking such great care of me & baby. She is very understanding and easy to talk to. She also responds very quickly to email so whenever i have a question, i know i can get an answer. This is amazing when you are pregnant! I always hear back from her the same day. She is a gem & I highly recommend her.

Love this woman! I have been with her about 9 years, since she was in a different practice, and I followed her to her current location. She was the only doc who listened to me when I suspected I was having fertility issues (other doctors just kept patting me on the back saying «give it time»). She was nothing short of fantastic through 3 miscarriages and subsequently 2 pregnancy (one being high risk, which resulted in a 3 lb 10oz baby and me with hyper-​tension and gestational diabetes.). Now that I am not longer an OB patient, but a GYN, her care and concern when I go for visits is extraordinary. It’s true, that sometimes you have to wait a bit, even when you have an appointment, but I have yet to meet a doctor that ISN’T behind schedule and I believe it’s because she spends so much time with each one.

I had a horrible experience with this doctor (and her incredibly rude, unprofessional staff). She made some potentially dangerous omissions during my pregnancy and after almost every appointment I had to query ‘mystery’ charges on my bills. I was so upset by the way that I was treated that I switched to a different OB just 3 weeks before I gave birth. I was so glad I did, the other office was SO much more efficient and the doctor actually bothered to read my notes and treat me like a human being. Stay away from this doctor!

I had a pregnancy with some potential issues, but Dr. Bayati was great at letting me know what my options were. She had me consult with a specialist and after that meeting I decided on my own what I wanted to do. She respected my decision which I really appreciated.
My delivery had complications that necessitated a c-​section. I had some complications afterwards and Dr. Bayati was great. She took care of me with the help of the staff there and I recovered afterwards with a healthy baby.
You will wait a little longer at her office. It seems to be the norm. Be prepared and schedule extra time for your appointment.

FIVE STARS: DR. BAYATI
I saw Dr. Bayati last year and absolutely loved her. I am super picky about my OB’s because of all of the health/​medical issues I have had in the past. I was always weary of OBGYNs that were quick to recommend drastic measures. I absolutely loved Dr. Bayati and had a lovely experience. I have even recommended her to my doula friend’s as a recommendation for an OB for some of their clients. Yes, she may have you waiting a bit but doctors can never predict when something might happen with a patient. Thus is life.
ONE STAR: OFFICE STAFF
However, I am incredibly miffed with the office staff. I found out my insurance was dropping me in November (was still on my parents’ insurance). They had switched insurance in August so I called to see if I could get my annual earlier than scheduled and got the go ahead. I wanted to have my annual early, before I was dropped, so I called them at LEAST twice a week for 3 weeks in September to see if they could squeeze me in. Then kept checking in during October – I NEVER received a phone call. Every time I called it was straight to voicemail. I got a postcard in January for a reminder for my annual. Guess what? I DON’T HAVE INSURANCE NOW. Thanks to the office staff! I have never been so frustrated. I am trying to pick a new insurance that I can afford and I like Dr. Bayati so much I am trying to find an insurance plan with her on it. The staff completely dropped the ball on this and I am seriously mad about it.
I have nothing against planned parenthood at ALL, but I would rather see MY OBGYN.
So, here is hoping that I can continue to see Dr. Bayati.

LOVE dr. bayati.
she spends more time with me then any other dr EVER and lets me ask all my questions. also, she and the staff give ample samples of my prescription (if they have it), which is expensive. some of the staff can be a little rushed and not as nice, but i mainly care about the service i get from the dr. dr. bayati is always so thorough and i never feel rushed.
i know that the office gets super busy, which is why i always try and make the first appt. of the day. they tend to get backed up– just like every other office does.

I was a patient of Dr. Bayati’s for several years before I moved out of the area. I even flew back for my last appt because I’m procrastinating finding a new Dr. She has a great bedside manner and is very gentle. She’s good about explaining the medical stuff and is also great at listening to your concerns. The staff in the back has always been very nice and professional. The receptionists seem a bit rushed, but I’ve never had any bad experiences with them. I have been in for an emergency and was treated promptly and efficiently.
In regards to parking, don’t park in meters. Come ½ hour early and hunt the neighborhoods 2 – 3 blocks west. No meters and I think they are 2 hr parking without permits.