Dr. Paul James Gehring, MD

I am a patient of dr ghering and have been for 26 years always kind and very knowledgeable he delivered my 25 year old daughter and she is now his patient I love his bedside manner and would recommend him to all my friends and family love the staff

Hi Paul, I doubt you will see this message or remember me. I saw you for several years. I had some chronic abdominal pain that you decided was IC (even though it wasn’t a true reaction) and your staff lectured me because I was stressed about changing my diet—once again. (I am also celiac). Due to my pain continuing, I asked you about endometriosis surgery since my mom had it. You tried to dismiss me by saying you’d do it but really didn’t feel it would give me the answers I needed. You found stage one endometriosis but still dismissed my pain. Later, I returned to you for replacing my IUD. Not only was this one of the most traumatic procedures that left me in agonizing pain while my body was convulsing and cramping involuntarily. It was agonizing pain. My mom was there trying to help me and you felt the need to say ‘yeah, you should probably slow down your breathing.’ Really? Is this how trauma informed a doctor should be? All of this to say—I now have stage 4 cancer that was… pressing on my bladder and kidneys. I suspect it was there at least since 2017 so definitely when you were investigating my ‘IC diagnosis’ (which I haven’t had a flare since my 10x10x11 leiomyosarcoma TUMOR was removed so I don’t believe your diagnosis was accurate and it seems like a quick way to get rid of a difficult patient who needs help and to move on). I implore you to get out of a narcissistic mindset and see that your mansplaining and dismissive behavior is not only emotionally harmful but also physically harmful. What if you would have caught my cancer before it got this bad? Now I’m on disability and traumatized by doctors like you. This is my email telling you that you owe it to the patients you serve to do better. Listen to them and believe their symptoms. Don’t brush them off assuming you know what’s best. I am appalled by how you treated me and how many important things you missed while making me feel like it was all in my head. I have stage 4 cancer, Paul. It was not in my head and you missed it.

I HIGHLY recommend Gehring. He is a wonderful, patient, & kind doctor. I saw an absolute nightmare of a doctor before him and Dr. Gehring changed the course of it all.

Think twice about going to Dr. Gehring if you have endometriosis. I saw Dr. Gehring for 14-plus years and thought he was a great, thorough doctor. He’s friendly, and I even referred him to friends and family. I felt safe under his care. Well, I went for my annual exam one day where, at first, Gehring said all was good. But then I told him about a feeling I was getting during sex, so he checked again. After the second exam, a nodule was found and I was told I needed surgery ASAP. During that surgery is when Dr. Gehring found endometriosis. The endo was elsewhere (that Gehring removed), but it had also showed up on my bowels (pouch of Douglas) and was shaved off laparoscopically by a colorectal surgeon that Dr. Gehring recommended. At the time, I knew virtually nothing about endo and had no idea it could eventually come back. Dr. Gehring never advised me that it could come back, and at every subsequent, annual appointment after surgery, said everything looked good. I thought everything… was okay. 2.5 years after surgery to remove the endo from my bowels, I started burping all the time, very gassy, and felt extremely bloated. I thought I had IBS. Again, not thinking anything about endo. When I started having extreme pain and blood in my stool, I went to my primary care doctor who I knew could refer me to a gastroenterologist. After all, a gastroenterologist is what I thought I needed to see. When I told her about my symptoms, she was the one who suggested it could be endometriosis, but that I needed to get a colonoscopy. Before that appointment with my primary care, I had seen Dr. Gehring a few months prior and he never once mentioned endometriosis. It was like he didn’t pick up on the fact that the endometriosis could be coming back! I had a colonoscopy and it showed a mass in my rectum. I spent 2 grueling weeks waiting on the results as the docs had never seen anything like it, and finally ruled out colon cancer. It was endo. A later MRI would show just how big the mass was. Long story short, I ended up needing a colon resection, my rectum was reconstructed, and I had an ileostomy bag placed on my abdomen (small intestine) for 2 eye-opening months. I also had a total hysterectomy. The endo had actually dragged one of my ovaries into my rectum! In this surgery, 3 surgeons operated, including a gynecological oncologist, because my new OB/GYN felt it was too risky to do the hysterectomy because of how extensive the endometriosis was. So after 2 life changing, challenging months, I had the bag surgically removed (called an ostomy takedown) and after about a month, was able to defecate on my own again, but to this day it’s hard. It’s a struggle every day. Dr. Gehring, knowing that endo was on my bowels, should have been monitoring that closely EVERY YEAR, if not every 6 months, via colonoscopy, MRI, whatever, to see if it was coming back. I should have absolutely been told there was a chance it could come back. Had I known that, when I FIRST started having gastrointestinal issues, I would’ve known it could be endo and wouldn’t have been put in the life-threatening position I was ultimately in. My new gynecologist, thank God, educated me about endo, and I have since done extensive research on the subject. Now I have an educated, thorough, amazing colorectal surgeon who monitors me closely, and ANY signs of endo rearing its ugly head again, he’s on it.

Think twice about going to Dr. Gehring if you have endometriosis. I saw Dr. Gehring for 14-plus years and thought he was a great, thorough doctor. He’s friendly, and I even referred him to friends and family. I felt safe under his care. Well, I went for my annual exam one day where, at first, Gehring said all was good. But then I told him about a feeling I was getting during sex, so he checked again. After the second exam, a nodule was found and I was told I needed surgery ASAP. During that surgery is when Dr. Gehring found endometriosis. The endo was elsewhere (that Gehring removed), but it had also showed up on my bowels (pouch of Douglas) and was shaved off laparoscopically by a colorectal surgeon that Dr. Gehring recommended. At the time, I knew virtually nothing about endo and had no idea it could eventually come back. Dr. Gehring never advised me that it could come back, and at every subsequent, annual appointment after surgery, said everything looked good. I thought everything… was okay. 2.5 years after surgery to remove the endo from my bowels, I started burping all the time, very gassy, and felt extremely bloated. I thought I had IBS. Again, not thinking anything about endo. When I started having extreme pain and blood in my stool, I went to my primary care doctor who I knew could refer me to a gastroenterologist. After all, a gastroenterologist is what I thought I needed to see. When I told her about my symptoms, she was the one who suggested it could be endometriosis, but that I needed to get a colonoscopy. Before that appointment with my primary care, I had seen Dr. Gehring a few months prior and he never once mentioned endometriosis. It was like he didn’t pick up on the fact that the endometriosis could be coming back! I had a colonoscopy and it showed a mass in my rectum. I spent 2 grueling weeks waiting on the results as the docs had never seen anything like it, and finally ruled out colon cancer. It was endo. A later MRI would show just how big the mass was. Long story short, I ended up needing a colon resection, my rectum was reconstructed, and I had an ileostomy bag placed on my abdomen (small intestine) for 2 eye-opening months. I also had a total hysterectomy. The endo had actually dragged one of my ovaries into my rectum! In this surgery, 3 surgeons operated, including a gynecological oncologist, because my new OB/GYN felt it was too risky to do the hysterectomy because of how extensive the endometriosis was. So after 2 life changing, challenging months, I had the bag surgically removed (called an ostomy takedown) and after about a month, was able to defecate on my own again, but to this day it’s hard. It’s a struggle every day. Dr. Gehring, knowing that endo was on my bowels, should have been monitoring that closely EVERY YEAR, if not every 6 months, via colonoscopy, MRI, whatever, to see if it was coming back. I should have absolutely been told there was a chance it could come back. Had I known that, when I FIRST started having gastrointestinal issues, I would’ve known it could be endo and wouldn’t have been put in the life-threatening position I was ultimately in. My new gynecologist, thank God, educated me about endo, and I have since done extensive research on the subject. Now I have an educated, thorough, amazing colorectal surgeon who monitors me closely, and ANY signs of endo rearing its ugly head again, he’s on it.

This was the worst experience in a Dr's office I have ever had, very rude, uncaring, uncompassionate and flat out disgrace to the obgyn profession, please save yourself the heartache and do not see this Dr.

Great doctor. Very nice and thorough with his examinations.

After a serious bleeding reaction to Coumadin, Dr. Gehring performed a hysterectomy that saved my life. He helped me secure an internist/admitting doctor, and he visited me daily in the hospital to check on my case before ultimately advising me to proceed with a hysterectomy 10 days later. He was attentive, compassionate, and caring. I wouldn't trust anyone else.

Dr. Gehring delivered our second child in 2009. He is an experience OB doctor with four children of his own. He always took time to answer any questions I had during my appt. and was very reassuring. He never got too excited and was very calm throughout the pregnancy.

Dr. Gehring was very professional and respectful during my office visit and exam. He listened well, and I appreciated his candor. He is also an excellent surgeon. I recommend both him and his wife, Dr. Gena Gray.