Dr. Kathy Nguyen Walker, MD

I would not recommend this OB-GYN based on my experience throughout pregnancy and postpartum care. From the beginning, there was a consistent lack of attention to detail. She repeatedly asked the same basic questions—like the date of my last period and both mine and my partner’s birth weights—at multiple appointments, as though she had never reviewed my chart. It made me feel like I was just another patient to get through quickly, not someone she was actually paying attention to. When I told her I only had six weeks of maternity leave, she offered a C-section so I could get eight weeks off—with no medical reason. She was not joking. It felt incredibly dismissive of the real challenges new moms face and showed a total lack of empathy. She even compared my situation to hers, saying she only got six weeks off too—presumably decades ago. When I brought up concerns about gestational diabetes, I asked if I could monitor my blood sugars at home as an alternative to the glucose tolerance… test. She told me that wasn’t an option, only the 2- or 3-hour test. Later, after I’d gone out of my way to buy the supplies and started tracking on my own, she casually said, “Oh, I could’ve ordered those for you.” It was frustrating and showed a lack of flexibility or patient-centered care. During a brief nutrition discussion, I mentioned I had been eating feta cheese but made sure it was pasteurized. She responded by saying she once had a patient who ate feta cheese and their baby died. This was incredibly inappropriate and fear-inducing. I had done my due diligence, and instead of reassurance or guidance, she offered a worst-case anecdote with no context. It felt like an attempt to scare rather than support me. During our second trimester ultrasound—before we even knew the sex—she made a joke about how “the baby could always change their gender later.” Moments later, she revealed the sex, and then asked if we wanted to know. Thankfully, we did—but for families who want it to be a surprise, that would have been devastating. The moment felt disrespectful and flippant. Throughout my prenatal care, she never asked how I was doing emotionally, never asked if I had questions, and often ended appointments abruptly. When I shared that I wanted an unmedicated, natural birth, she briefly acknowledged it and immediately changed the topic to vaccines, without any further discussion or support. She used outdated and insensitive language—like referring to my estimated due date as my “date of confinement.” She pressured me to go to the hospital on my due date, even though I wasn’t in labor, and guilted me for declining cervical checks. At one point she said, “We wouldn’t want a big baby,” as justification for early delivery. That kind of thinking is outdated and not evidence-based—babies grow at different rates, and size alone is not a reason to induce without other medical concerns. Even at my six-week postpartum visit, she brought up the fact that I hadn’t gone to the hospital on my due date. She told me that in the future, if providers asked why I delivered “so late,” it would be because I went against her advice. It felt like she was still blaming me, weeks later, for making an informed choice about my own labor. Consent was a major issue. On one occasion, she walked into the room already gloved, placed her hand on my thigh, and began preparing to do a cervical check—without asking for permission or explaining what she was doing. At another visit, when I was actually open to a check, she again performed it without ever asking. Cervical exams are medical procedures and should always require explicit consent. This kind of behavior was invasive, presumptive, and completely inappropriate. To top it off, at my postpartum checkup, she flippantly asked if I was “capable of turning a computer on and off” before checking a box to clear me for return to work. I didn’t even feel comfortable asking for more time off after that. During the same appointment, she

The worst experience I've ever had with an OBGYN. Would rate lower if possible. For starters, I book my appointment and the nurse on the phone confirms the address, which I write in my calendar. I show up to that address only to be told by an employee at that location that Dr. Walker moved offices months ago. I call Dr. Walker's office and tell them I was at the wrong address and they say it isn't possible that someone in their office gave the wrong address. That should've been my first red flag. I finally get to the right address and am seen by the doctor over an hour after I was scheduled to see her. She comes in and goes over my medical history with me. I had asked over the phone to have an IUD replacement, and had hoped for a same day procedure since I was in the window for getting it and had discussed all this with the nurse prior to visiting. Instead, the doctor criticizes my medical history. She brings in laminated pages of outdated research, hands me one sheet, and… forces me to read part of the paragraph of the medical research out loud to her. As it's a medical research paper, I don't understand it, so when she asks me if I understand, I tell her no. She then condescendingly explains that she won't be doing a pap smear (which is not what I was there for) since I had one last year and she does them every three years (which is fair and the recommended amount, but again not the service I was requesting anyway). At this point in the visit I am confused, as they had me note down the *two* things I wanted to talk with the doctor about on a form while I sat in the waiting room. It's immediately clear that she has not read that form, so I bring up the second item (since you are only allowed to have *two* concerns), about a severe depression I have in the days before my period and if there's anything to be done about it. She pulls out another laminated chart to tell me why I'm wrong about how I feel and points at a graph about horomones and says that "this is why women are emotional rollercoasters" and that with men it's always just testosterone so all they think about is "sex, sex, sex." At this point I just want to get the IUD and never come back, so I ask about it and tell her I got my last one installed in Jan. 2016. She makes a big point about how late I am to getting the IUD replaced (mine lasts three years), and just makes me feel bad about something I had no control over (moved, changed jobs and insurance). I then realize I actually meant to say Jan. 2017 and that means I am literally right at the three year mark and she makes a point to scratch out her notes and tell me again how late I still am again. But she says maybe we can get it changed out today, and then abruptly leaves the room. She was with me for probably a total of four minutes. Then someone else comes in and tells me, after I've driven nearly an hour in traffic to get here and had told them over the phone that I was requesting to replace my IUD, that they can't do it today because I needed to get insurance authorization. Had I know this prior, I could've gotten the authorization, but they just wanted me to come all the way into their office. So at this point, I am embarrassed, frustrated, and humiliated by the way the doctor spoke to me. I leave in tears but need to have the IUD replaced so later in the week they call me to set up that appointment. As I'm halfway to my appointment and in the middle of traffic, I get a call from Dr. Walker's office saying my appointment was cancelled because Dr. Walker got called to deliver a baby. I get that they can't control that, but when I told them this was unacceptable to let me know as I'm already en route and that this was the last day in the window where I could get it changed, the receptionist cops an attitude with me and tells me that babies don't make appointments. At this point I tell her I won't be coming back to their office ever again so no need to book the appointment. So now, after 5 hours of my work week have been completely wasted by this office, I'm waiting to get a bill for the *four* minutes I saw the doctor who did not administer any care to me, and was completely condescending to me all the while. Funny how they make you pay for a missed appointment, but are totally content to completely waste your time like it's nothing, and then be rude to you for being upset about it. I'm so upset and disappointed. I just hope I can warn one other person to avoid this office, it's not worth it. There are better OBGYNs with a far more competent staff out there. You deserve better than this office.

great experience!!!

Exceptional doctor who takes her time with patients.

Went in for a well-woman visit. This was my first time in her office. She came in, barely greeted me, didn't ask me if I had any concerns, just sat down and started reading the paperwork I had just filled out. When she got the family history, my grandmother died of breast cancer (50 years ago) and my mom died of cervical cancer (two months ago) she muttered something under her breath and said, "Did you hear what Angelina Jolie did?" I was so taken aback, I replied incredulously, "Yes! And I would never do that!" She said, "It just opens up a discussion." I told her there was nothing to discuss. She was detached and cold from the beginning to end. I might as well have been a specimen in a college anatomy lab class. Go in for a pap smear and the doctor recommends a hysterectomy and a double mastectomy! What a nightmare!

Dr. Kathy Walker delivered both of my pregnancies and I have to honesty say she provided me with the best experience I could have ever asked for. She made the experience of child birth for me one to treasure. Dr. Kathy Walker demonstrated great bed side manners and coached me throughout the entire process. Dr. Walker's consistent display of competence, commitment and genuineness ensured that I had a safe and easy delivery and that the aftercare transition home was a success.

she was awful. Rude. Quick. And I was misdiagnosed.

This is my first pregnancy. I chose Dr. Walker because she was the only doctor under my HMO's plan who was willing to accept new patients. Secondly, she was very close to the hospital I plan to deliver at, to work and to my house.Since I am a healthcare worker, I felt comfortable with the medical jargon Dr. Walker uses. She is very matter-of-fact which turns out to be a good match for me. I accept that there are visits that will take longer wait because she gets calls from unexpected calls from the hospitals and worked it out with the front desk people.I trust her professional opinion more than needing her soothing reassurance. Her training and experience supports and guides her recommendations to her patients to minimize risks to the patients and also to protect her practice. We have discussed our difference in opinion and she does push for her point, but I expect my doctor not to waver her opinion by listening to different patients. I appreciate her confidence and forthcoming manner… because I need to trust her to lead me down this path that is totally new and foreign to me.