Dr. Richard Allen Kesselring, MD

He doesn't like his opinion questioned. He totally wigged out on me during my second pregnancy and fired me as a patient a few weeks before birth of child. He ended up delivering my baby but was totally rude. He was in Parkersburg WV but I think he had burned too many patients with his manac behavior.

He has been awesome with both my mother and I. He has deliver all four of my kids and has helped me with all my women probs since the begin

I visited this doctor for my yearly checkup. He suggested I could take a birth control pill to help with my periods, even though I have had a tubal ligation done. When I expressed my concern about the safety of birth control medications the doctor became extremely aggravated and defensive. I started to explain that I had seen commercials and read articles about Yaz and other products and I wasn't sure I was willing to risk side effects just to eleviate menstrual cramps. This doctor showed no compassion or understanding regarding my concerns, he told me that I struck a nerve with the birth control misconception! He was so adamnt and forceful with his opinion that I ended up in tears sitting there in the exam room because I felt so uncomfortable with the way he reacted. I politley thanked him for his time (even though I wanted to scream at this point) and told him that I no longer felt comfortable with proceeding. He didn't apologize or reassure me, he simply said ok and walked out of… the room as I ran crying out of the office! Completely unprofessional and a severe lack of compassion in a field where it is necessary. I would never go back there and would encourage anyone reading this to go somewhere else. I wouldn't want anyone to experience what I had to!

He has delivered 2 of my children. Both births were traumatic events, but he handled it with professionalism and, ulitimately,in a very caring manner. I would not hesitate to recommend him. The wait time at the office is kind of annoying, but I know it is becuase he spends a lot of time with his patients and does not rush them through an appt.