Dr. Melanie Russell Blackstock, MD

She was very rude only seemed to care about my weight despite the fact I have told her I had lost 80 pounds in one year , she wanted me to go see a surgeon about gastric and because I told her I was not interested she did not want to see me any more .

My visit was great i trust her and feel she does care.

I saw Dr. Blackstock as a new patient. I can see why there was an immediate opening. I found her impersonal (no eye contact), dismissive and insulting. I would not recommend her to ANYONE. If I could rate "NO STARS" I would.

Dr. Blackstock is wonderful, she is very professional, caring and spends time discussing concerns with you. I have found her to be very thorough.

She took the time to speak with me about my problems, get to the root of the issue and help solve it. Wonderful!!!

I went to her for 2 yrs. Multiple times I waited over 2 hours. She also came in to do my exam & I asked her if she would mind closing the blinds on the floor to ceiling windows i was facing. She said the windows are tinted don't worry about it. I was astonished, I am the patient and if I dont feel comfortable just close the blinds. Then we got 1/2 way thru my pap and she stops in the middle and leaves the room for 20 mins w/ no explanation. She came back in complaining about a surgery of hers being reschedules at St Francis in 2 weeks. Not only was it unprofessional to be complaining to a patient, but it was completely unprofessional to leave in the middle of an exam to make a non-emergency phone call. I also had seen a specialist at UTMB in Houston or some issues I was having. This Dr. was the head of the OBGYN department there and diagnosed me w/ endometrosis. From there he put me on a specific birth control that would help with my condition. Dr. blackstock wanted to change my… birth control and i explained that she could look at my file and that i was put on a specific birth control for my condition. she then argued with me that I did not have endometriosis because i had never had surgery to remove the scar tissue. Well i never had to have the surgery because we caught it early and the birth control i was on kept it at bay. She then pushed me to change to the Nuva Ring which gave me horrible side effects. My hair fell out, i got melasma on my face and I started having horrible hot flashes. I've finally switched to a new doc and having such a good medical provider has made me realize even more what a terrible experience i had with doctor blackstock.

Wait time is always ridiculous! Then she feels so rushed that you don't get what you pay for. Take advice and see someone else.

Dr. Blackstock has unrealistic expectations of her patients and creates more stress than necessary for already stressed out parents-to-be. She sounds like she's being nice when she tells you that your already overweight and your diet is completely wrong (even though you're eating A LOT better than you ever have, AND exercising). If you want a list of everything you are doing wrong, and made to feel like a complete failure of a parent before you've even given birth, this one's for you. Also, the front office scheduled me for a initial pregnancy appointment on a day they didn't have an ultrasound person available, and the nurse was about to send us home without one. She got huffy with US because we couldn't take ANOTHER afternoon off of work to come back the next day and have one. Luckily Dr. Blackstock made arrangements for us to have one at another office before we went home, but overall I have been disappointed with this office and will now be seeing someone else.

Waited 1 hour and 39 minutes for her. Doesn't value Her patients time.

To sum it up, she seemed to be in her own world.. i tried to explain some issues i have been having and she would cut me off and disregard what i was trying to explain.. when i tried to explain again and point to my ovaries because of pain i have been experiencing, she cut me off AGAIN saying "oh that could mean anything". I could not tell her everything that was going on since she would cut me off and then talk down to me.. i will NEVER go back..