Dr. Jennifer Anne Barkley, MD

Dr. Barkley is the most unprofessional, inconsiderate, and uncaring doctor that we have ever met. Although she was never our primary pediatrician, we we unfortunate enough to have several appointments with her because our primary pediatrician was out-of-town for an extended period of time. As new parents, we were looking forward to working with a pediatrician to help keep our baby girl healthy, as we had issues with both breastfeeding and weight gain. Instead, Dr. Barkley has several times implied that we are uncaring parents who do not care about the well-being of our child, threatened to take away our baby to put her in the NICU, forced us to come in for daily weight checks including weekend checks that required us to drive our newborn to a hospital 40 minutes away, unnecessarily referred us to other health professionals, and failed to provide any constructive advice in helping our baby. At one point, she claimed that she cared more about our baby than we did, which was ironic as she… was more than an hour late to that appointment. We met with her only a few times until we refused to see her any further, but at each appointment she appeared to be very frustrated with the fact that our baby was not gaining sufficient weight even though we were following all of the advice that she was giving us. At one appointment, she kept repeating that our baby's slow weight gain was a very serious issue and kept implying that it was our fault that this was happening to our baby. This caused my wife to burst into tears and afterwards we later learned through another doctor that Dr. Barkley suggested that my wife may have postpartum depression because she cried in the office. After we had made our dissatisfaction with her very clear and expressed our wish to be seen exclusively by our primary pediatrician moving forward, Dr. Barkley vindictively made several false statements and grossly misrepresented several interactions that we had with other medical staff in her medical notes. Needless to say, we were extremely disappointed to see such unethical and dishonest conduct from a medical professional, let alone a pediatrician. On top of everything, shortly after our last meeting with Dr. Barkley, which left us feeling dejected, angry, and upset, my wife's milk supply dropped drastically and we attribute that drop in supply large to the negative feelings we felt after our experience with Dr. Barkley. As an aside, I would also recommend anyone reading this review to not trust the doctor ratings on Sharp's website as it appears that they selectively choose which reviews are posted there. It has been three months since we submitted a negative review of Dr. Barkley through Sharp and our review is still not present on her profile. It seems that Sharp is more interested in making their doctors look good rather than providing honest feedback regarding experiences with their doctors. On a happier note, ever since we refused to see Dr. Barkley, our baby's weight gain has improved dramatically. Although it took us several months of hard work, my wife was able to restore her milk supply as well. Our baby girl is all smiles and our whole family couldn't be happier. At this point, we'd just like to help other parents looking for a pediatrician and to make sure they don't go through the same negative experience than we did. If you are a parent, we would strongly urge you to choose another pediatrician that is more professional, ethical, experienced, and will place more importance in the care of your child than Dr. Barkley.

I have been lucky to have Dr.Barkley as my doctor for the past year.Her manner is very efficient,and she is very thorough.She is very easy to talk to,and offers very sound medical advice and diagnoses.I had blood tests due to various health ailments.I had a myriad of blood tests,and she personally called me that night!A first time that a doctor has called with test results.

Ugh, Jennifer Barkley has the mindset of a DMV employee. She is very milquetoast w/ zero personality which makes it hard to communicate with her. The automated phone system is more interesting. You have to keep repeating your questions because she's a little (lot) like Alvin the mouse w/ her nose in the computer typing in random info but not listening to you as a patient in any meaningful way. You could walk in w/ 2 heads and she wouldn't even notice because she's typing in info to get the appt. over with and on to the next patient. I think calling her "doctor" is quite a stretch. I could be wrong but my impression is that she's a bottom of the barrel HMO "doctor" who just graduated from med school w/ not a lot (if anything to offer). Changes plans after two worthless appts. w/ Alvin the mouse (using that reference since she's got these big glasses and keeps her head down reading your chart or typing on the keypad instead of paying attention to anything around her - but she actually… does have a striking resemblance to a rodent too! Seriously! Look at her "glamour shot" professional picture on the Sharp website - ringer for the dead rat I found in the garage- along w/ these huge bifocal glasses. Wouldn't care other than she's so petty on top of everything else.)

I have been seeing Dr. Barkley for the last couple of years. When you see a physician who is younger than yourself, sometimes you proceed with caution. However, she has proven to be extremely patient with me. I have had several medical conditions 'pop' up that required referrals to specialists and some extra attention. She seeing this has always, called me back in a timely manner, or, responded to my email. I rarely have to wait long to see her. We were always taught as kids to bring a book to the Doctor in case you have to wait. It is not a fast food restaurant. Some people are very sick who come in before you and I am happy to wait. I know that if I had a seizure or a heart attack, they wouldn't just step over my body and move on to the next person. I was aghast at the negative comments written about her. It sounds in certain cases that people wanted a 'Dr Buddy' as opposed to a straight up doctor or a pharmacological dispensary. It is unfortunate with all of the rules… and regulations on pain medications, they would understand the paperwork and challenging run around for refills are being mandated by the government due to abuse. In reference to the patient saying that Dr. Barkley was wrong about basic things, I have not found this to be true. My last visit I was complaining about hip pain and she suggested that I see a podiatrist after ruling out other things. Well, I saw the podiatrist and she was spot on with her referral to the point that the podiatrist thought that I could be running pain free in a couple of months. I would highly recommend Dr. Barkely to anyone needing a physician. If you do your research, you will find that she is also double boarded, which should speak for itself.

I could not disagree more with the negative comments; Dr. Barkley is NOT lazy nor unprofessional

Jenny Barkley really seemed to lack self-confidence - I think because she doesn't really know what she's doing. She gave a lot of wrong answers to questions (to really SIMPLE questions) - to the point that I actually looked her up later on to see if she was really even a doctor. Lol. Saw other bad reviews out there - Wish I had read them before I wasted my time w/ Jenny Barkley! She didn't seem knowledgeable and she had a dry, boring personality (i.e. one big yawn for Miss Mousey). I felt like my visit was just an uncomfortable, useless WASTE OF TIME. Staff was friendly but useless (like a really nice person giving your completely WRONG directions when you're lost - know what I mean?)

IMO, this lady is the worst doctor ever and you should RUN, not walk to get away from her! My opinion is that her staff is equally sub par. She can't even keep track of simple labs. Plus, she is arrogant, rude, and condescending. Doesn't really fit in with the local clientele so maybe she can't really relate to the concern Moms have over staying fit, active and healthy - i.e. trying to prevent problems beforehand. She has a VERY "HMO" oriented mentality that is protective of ins. companies spending any money on lab work or tests that could help the quality of life of her patients. Was surprised she even "allowed" me to order a pap smear - She ACTUALLY mentioned the cost for my INSURANCE for running tests!! Seriously? What about the cost if the worst happens!! For the ins. company and patient. (Although in my opinion, she seems like the type who would probably help the ins. company drop you because she seems very COLD and unfriendly. She's very young so I wonder if she's trying to… be "friendly" with ins. companies to try to get ahead financially... I saw a news program where ins. companies REWARD doctors for cutting their costs which is what made me think of that. Don't know if that policy applies here but she's got that very BUREAUCRATIC, COLD approach that I wanted to RUN from DURING my very first visit. There are plenty of other "GP"s so why not go ELSEWHERE to a kind, caring, friendly doc!

My family of four all enrolled with Dr. Barkley last year when we moved to the area. We have two children - a tween and teen and I like the fact that she is a family doctor but also has pediatric experience. While we are generally very healthy - it was an unusual year with some sports injuries and some other issues in the family. While disconcerting that doctors can now be younger than me - I like Dr. Barkley's way with the children, and find that she is a good listener and good communicator (explaining things) when we see her. I was sick this summer and I was pleasantly surprised to have her check on me via telephone before she went on vacation. All in all, I would recommend her highly - she is the stuff that old-fashioned family doctors were made off with a younger, more open-minded twist!