Dr. Saovaros Vongngarm Michaels, MD

She did a great job in explaining my current situations.

The best!

Dr. Michaels is great listener, very knowledgeable and professional. I’ve been seeing her for almost 15 years now. She delivered all 3 of my children. She takes her time to listen to your concerns and give you all the information you need and answers all my questions. I never feel like she rushes to the next patient and that is very important to me And shows she cares about her patients. Her staff is also wonderful!

I was referred to this clinic !! It is a bit far for me but I didn’t mind since the person that referred me is very trustworthy so to say less Dr. Michaels was very understanding in my situation, she took her time explaining everything perfectly!! I definitely made the right choice choosing this OBGYN! I will gladly recommend this clinic.

I love Dr.Michaels ,she's amazing and very professional, she always make me feel safe and comfortable, her staff is always friendly, I highly recommend Dr.Michaels

friendly on first visit but rushed and not as friendly anymore on the next ones, no compassion felt, negligence experienced during delivery caused me to suffer bec even delivery was rushed, she left right away, no further observation, consequently my placenta wasn't completely evacuated, i suffered severe reaction to misoprostol she ordered just so they could evacuate the remaining placenta. i was hoping she'd come back quickly since she only attended to me for a short time, but no.. i stayed for longer days in the hospital bec of that reaction, hoping she would at least come to check on me, but nothing, not even a call. i suffered for more than a month bec of the negligence. relatives were pushing me to sue but im not someone who would seek monetary compensation. it is more than enough for me to let her know so she can make things better for future moms.

After reading reviews both on Yelp and other places, I decided to make an appointment with Dr Saovaros Michaels because her reviews made it seem that she would listen and take her time with me. I was very very wrong. First, it was difficult to get an appointment (all I wanted was the first available, I fully intended to take time off work to make whatever appointment date they gave me). My PCP even told me on the day she referred me to this office that she had heard from other patients that it was difficult to get in. After contacting the office three times, I was scheduled. The woman who scheduled me for my annual said that Dr Michaels only does yearly examinations on Fridays... that should have been my first clue that I would be rushed in and rushed out. Upon arrival the ladies at the front desk were very pleasant and easy to get along with. I got signed in and waited to be called back. As I waited, I was texting with a friend so I knew precisely when I was called back by the… nurse-- 1:24 PM. She was kind.. took me back to get my vitals and then immediately to my room where I dressed in a gown and waited for Dr Michaels. The doctor came in a few minutes later and seemed friendly, sat down, and we began talking. I told her of my concern of what I thought was a side effect of the current form of birth control I'm using. She cut me off to tell me that the type of hormone my method uses has nothing to do with my concern and that it must be something else causing it, likely the fact that I'm aging. Mind you, it has only been two years since I've been using this form of birth control, yet I've noticed a drastic change in my body which began within a month of beginning the BC. Nevertheless, she insisted it was due to age. She rushed through the exam, not really listening to me... at one point she asked me if I'm taking vitamins, to which I said yes and listed them all. Within a minute she asked me the same question again, to which I listed them all yet again. I brought up another concern about a symptom that I told her I've noticed since very shortly after starting this BC and she said that it has nothing to do with the BC and this particular BC has high patient ratings, higher than any other, as though that ought to make me feel better. Her tone changed when after the exam she said that I can either stay with what I've got or I can go with something else or I can just not do anything, it was all up to me... and then she gave me a very quick "OK, well see you again in a year, you can get dressed and head up front," and walked out. That was it. I got dressed and checked out. When I got to my vehicle I checked the time of the last text I sent as I was called back to the exam room (1:24 PM) and the current time was 1:50 PM. Vitals, undress, exam, dress, and checkout in 26 minutes. I would honestly estimate that I was actually with the doctor for less than 8-10 of those 26 minutes. I now have no answers to my issues, she gave me no directions as to where to even begin to find answers, and finding some sort of solution or direction to address these concerns was my number one concern going into this appointment. I thought I had made that clear when I started out the time with her by bringing those things up to her right off the bat. Now I'm frustrated that I'm no closer to finding any solutions for my health issues, angry that I wasted my time on a doctor that made me feel like she had too many other appointments to get to, and sad because she will likely do the same thing to many other women who come to her for help, just to be rushed in and rushed out. I'll never step foot in this office again.

Dr michaels was a completely terrible experience. Never felt that she cared for me or my baby. Always in a rush and when I asked about something she always had a short, unexplained answer. from he beginning she tried to push me towards a C section which I always said I wanted to try vaginaldelivery. Almost at the end of my pregnancy she pushed me again towards C s. Her argument was that my baby was too big, and explicit words: your baby is too big, and if you don’t get the C section I will need to dislocate his shoulder to be able to get him out. Of course I freaked out. But didn’t agree with that still, I got a second ultrasound with a different office and they told me my baby was a perfect Size. I was induced the night after and she didn’t show up in the hospital until 1-2 hours later, the nurses could see the baby’s head but they told me to stop pushing because the doctor wasn’t there yet. She came in and she asked the nurses if something in my vaginal lips was normal, the face of… the nurses were amazung! They couldn’t believe the OBGYN was asking that to them.

13 years ago I went thru 3 docs before I found Dr. Michaels to be my OB for my pregnancy. She is extremely knowledgeable and has always compassionately taken the time to answer my countless questions. Dr. Michaels has now been my doc thru 2 pregnancies and a hysterectomy, and I could not possibly recommend her more highly. (And as a bonus, her staff is friendly and helpful, and the waiting area is large and comfortable!)

If you need a good gyn doctor, well keep looking. When calling the office you will have to leave a message and good luck with a return call. Dr. Michaels will order test and procedures that the insurance won't cover due to coding issues. When you finally get a call back you are reminded of tbe waiver that was signed stating that you are responsible for any amount due that is not covered by insurances. Hum, well, I am looking for a new gyn.