Dr. Colleen Foos

There was only one good thing about this practice, and that was through one medical assistant named Skylar. Otherwise, the practice, especially the doctor, was awful. First of all, despite my husband and I repeatedly saying we had zero interest in birth control and wanted children, we got the birth control talk every visit with the old NP Susan (so this review is years old). We got the same thing with Foos our first visit and when we said we weren’t interested she asked “are you Catholic”. We said “something like that” because we HOPED they’d stop shoving it down our throats. It seemed to work... so we thought. Their office repeatedly messed up our insurance. We had two at the time and every visit, until we got new insurance, they billed in the wrong order. The office manager was awful and pretty much useless. I had a confirmed miscarriage. Foos REFUSED to say miscarriage and instead said “spontaneous abortion” with zero care that we lost a child. She pretty much acted like it… wasn’t a big deal and we’ll get over it. Yes, both are medically accurate terms, but one is a punch in the face for grieving parents. And we repeatedly said miscarriage. I later conceived our son and due to the previous miscarriages (unconfirmed second) we were understandably anxious. We called whenever we had a concern and for the most part got blown off. She later basically said “if you are that worried go to the hospital” with a blaze attitude. We did go a decent number of times and probably would have gone more if I wasn’t so put off by Foos’s attitude. I went to the Internet a few times due to symptoms, but like anyone should I called Foos to get a doctors opinion when I was actually concerned. Pretty much was shoved away with a “don’t read the internet”. I bled a few times later on and saw Dr Foos at the hospital. The second time I went she seemed frustrated, stuck her fingers in me, pulled them out, and said “see, no bleeding” like I was lying about it. I have a pretty good idea what actually caused it, which ended up not being pregnancy related since it was only barely spotting. She was actually a typical doctor during routine checkups... until I dared asking questions about delivery. I wanted to go drug free as much as possible and be able to give birth in any position I wanted. She pretty much told me “yeah, if a woman gives birth squatting I can deliver... but you’ll be so exhausted by that time you won’t be able to stand” all with this “you can’t handle it” attitude even though it seemed she was “trying” to not be. Sorry Dr Foos, but from reading those horrible “internet stories” (and people we know) I’ve never heard of women not being able to be in a non back-laying position unless they’ve had an epidural or something was wrong. So I go into labor. At 4cm she said “time to have a baby!” But not before telling me “That doesn’t hurt!” when she was checking my cervix (oh yeah, it DID hurt) I didn’t progress after 6 hrs in the hospital so she pretty much said “you could go on and be in labor for another 12 hours or get induced” so I opted for pitocin and nuban. Every cervix check was just about worse than the worst contraction, but thankfully the hospital nurse was fantastic. So I end up pushing, while on ALL FOURS on the bed as it was the only least painful position. Foos comes in and immediately says “she has to be on her back” without any real reason besides her own comfort. I said “I can’t” and she goes “I won’t deliver this baby unless she’s on her back”. I was furious but too exhausted to fight. She got “lucky” because his heart rate dropped so she did an episiotomy so he could come out ASAP. My boy starts coming out and she goes “dear lord we have an albino” like albino children aren’t even human. No, he wasn’t albino. The umbilical cord was around his neck, but his heart rate had been good prior to his head showing. She then forgot several things. First that my tests were normal so I didn’t need iron... but then she prescribed iron before discharge. She also forgot that we didn’t want a circumcision and so she was like “oh, I have to circumcise before you leave”. She then berated my husband because she overheard us being “anti vax”. FYI, we aren’t. We didn’t want the Hep B at birth for numerous reasons and opted for it at 1 month. He’s been up to date on everything since. She has no business regardless. So the postpartum checkup comes, which is with the new NP Michelle. My husband wanted to make sure I brought the baby because he overheard a postpartum mother get berated by the office clerk when she didn’t bring hers. Apparently the clerk was pretty much saying “we did the work, it’s our right to see the baby” and was pretty mad. The poor woman seemed to not speak English real well and pretty much said nothing. So I see Michelle and all is well until... “so, birth control options”... I pretty much think they ignore patients requests for NO BC. Obviously I know about it so if I’m concerned and want to know more I’ll ask, but I specifically said no. Thing is, for her medical services, Foos was pretty good. Clean environment, sterile instruments, did well with the episiotomy. In terms of any mental services she was awful. Any tiny bit of compassion I thought she had would be destroyed with her actions and attitude. I didn’t want a male doctor prior to her, but she changed my mind. It felt like my birth plan was really HER birth plan. If we had understood that OBGYNs generally look at pregnancy as a problem then we would have made a better effort into a midwife or vetting another OB. There were other smaller things, but it’s been a while and these were the big things I recall.

I have been with Dr.Foos since I was 13 years old. She is the most amazing OBGYN. I have also seen her NP in the office and she was so nice. The staff has always been very sweet and kind.Dr.Foos delivered my daughter also. I have never meet a kinder, caring and compassionate doctor like Dr.Foos. I highly recommend her as a OBGYN.

Bad bed side manor, rude and abrupt.. Suffering from fertility struggles is difficult enough without a doctor being cold.

She was not an attentive and responsive doctor. Also the subordinates who worked for the practice at the time were unprofessional and took advantage of their patients.

Dr. Foos is a fantastic OBGYN. She is a caring professional who listens, explains carefully and thoroughly, and offers excellent information to help make important medical decisions.

After reading some of the negative reviews I decided to write a review that is not only accurate but also life saving. Every person, including your doctor, may have a bad day and it may reflect in the way you see her on that particular day. However, the most important thing is that you have access to a doctor that can treat you and even save your life. Dr. Foos diagnosed me with an enlarge thyroid. I had no symptoms and all my lab work was fine. After ultrasound and biopsy, it showed that the cancer on my thyroid was out of control and it metastasized in the nearby areas as close as my upper chest and as far as my ear. If it had not been for her magic touch and her wisdom, my cancer would have damaged my vocal chords and not to mention it would have been more difficult to treat. As you can see, I consider her my heroe. So, please, before writing a bad review, make sure you don't take away the opportunity for this doctor to save and treat others.

I have never been treated so poorly at a doctor's office in my life. Dr. Foos and her nurse practitioner were not only cold and condescending, they totally misdiagnosed me. After being treated like the scum of the earth in her office and being prescribed the wrong medication, Dr. Foos showed zero courtesy to me in other capacities. I originally chose her because I wanted a female OBGYN in the area with good credentials. I realize now that this criteria I originally had in mind tells one nothing about the quality of care you will receive.

I was and am still not happy here and will be moving my care elsewhere I feel that my situation was not taken seriously and am not satisfied with the care that has been given to me

Dr. Foos berates her patients. Instead of trying to establish a good rapport with her patients and emphasizing the physician-patient relationship in healthcare decision-making, she prefers a paternalistic approach and really does not seem to value or even care about her patients' input. Be very skeptical of the positive reviews. Avoid like the plague.

Incredibly disrespectful. Worst bedside manner I've ever seen in a physician. Has definite God complex.