Dr Pamela A. Starks, MD

I used to go to Dr starks over ten years ago and I always thought she was a great dr. I recently started to go to her again and it has been a totally different experience. She doesn't seem like she likes her job anymore. She also takes forever to respond to emails or messages. By the time we call the office she has already left for the day or is off for like a week. I Would like to see more of a sense of urgency from her

I have been seeing this doctor for quite a few years. She is always professional, willing to listen and find solutions to my needs. She cares about my health.

This doctor is very rude and feels that you owe her something for wasting her time. A BI@#@ of the highest order. She has no bedside manner, very robotic and does not have time to explain what she has found. If you confront her about how rude and idiotic she is she attempts to talk down to you and cut your appointment short. You cannot be serious that this woman has an intent to help people. Why is she still working as a doctor here....she should go work at Kaiser.

Awful, awful doctor. So irresponsible. I can think of no other reason for such poor care other than utter malice and total self-absorption. I should've guessed when this old woman seemed more concerned about what heels she wore to work than about my medical issues. She immediately presumed I was a drug user or that my diagnoses were fake despite having been diagnosed and confirmed by more qualified professionals 6 years before I ever visited her. She prescribed me heart burn medication in my early 20's rather than diagnosing the cause of it despite it being a sudden occurrence. Then she took advantage of the fact that I was stuck going through her in order to get my PTSD medications refilled just to milk me for "follow-up appointments" when no appointments that we ever had EVER lasted longer than 10-15 minutes, and she had no idea what was going on. Didn't even seem to remember me or read my charts before she came in. She refused to refill my medication despite it being common… knowledge that sudden disruption in my medication is highly dangerous and causes seizures and then went on vacation for weeks and refused to take calls. (You cannot refill anxiety medications through any doctor but your primary care doctor or a psychologist) Because of her irresponsibility I went through dangerous withdrawals that may have caused me permanent brain damage and ended up losing my job as a result.

Dr cushinberry takes her time to listen and makes me feel very comfortable.

We are trying to get in with another doctor, but Sutter Gould keeps pushing us to make an appointment with Dr Pamela Stark. Her online reviews strongly suggest to run... our health is too important to go to her simply because she has an open agenda.

Hard to get ahold of over phone or email. Response time is extremely slow, even in urgent situations i.e. Allergic reaction. One of my perscriptions was not approved by insurance, pharmacy alerted dr. Starks to write a generic, took over two weeks to get my medicine.

I have been using Sutter Gould doctors for over 10 years and the care has gone down everyone of those years. She always seems to be ready to run out the door for the next person. View visits does it seem she cares. Most visits it is as if she hates her job. Sad.

Likes: Friendly office and nursing staff, easy to schedule an appointmentDislikes: Long office visit wait times, unfriendly doctor, doctor unfamiliar with basic OBGYN guidelines and medications, witholds necessary medication if you disagree with her course of treatment (borderline unethical behavior), requires unnecessary exams, gets upset if patient disagrees with her recommended course of action and takes it out in passive aggressive ways (witholding of medication).

would recommend Dr Pamela Cushenberry to my family n friends. She is a very caring doctor, makes me feel very comfortable since i dont like going to doctors.