Dr. Benedetto was beyond unprofessional during the last few weeks of pregnancy and post-partum. Please stay away from this practice. Failure to communicate, failure to show compassion and care for her patient, failure to provide a professional service, failure to treat her colleagues with respect in front of me.Dr. Benedetto failed to inform me how long I had to remain pregnant or what the plan for birth would be. I only discovered there was a plan for induction when I showed up at the hospital for a routine exam and they told me I was scheduled for surgery the following day. Dr. Benedetto had plenty of opportunities to discuss major surgery or induction with me.I had to have a small procedure during my pregnancy and Dr. Benedetto behaved in a manner unbecoming a physician. She yelled and bullied the nurses and staff in the hospital and in the surgery room. It caused me great anxiety. The idea of her stewarding then like that during my Labor was very stressful.I presented her with my birth plan early on, which initially she approved and then close to the birth of my child told me to completely revise because her partners were not comfortable with it. On the day of delivery all my wishes were ignored by my attending physician. For instance, my child was poked and prodded and cleansed before I saw her. Several minutes passed before I was able to hold my child.On the day of delivery she could not attend and Dr. McClelland attended. He called the nurse to check in on me and scolded me through her cell phone for taking too long. But he failed to ask why we were delayed. We were delayed not because I was causing a delay but because the hospital staff was taking their time going over documents, procedures, etc. Then he scolded me again for talking to my doula. I had to explain I was not asking her for medical advice, I was just scared as this was not the plan. I had no idea I was being induced until the day before, my doctor wasn’t even there, I had never met him.Apparently as I walked in I was in labor, but didn’t know it. I was only allowed a few hours of my own labor before I was forced to induce. I should have been stronger and stood my ground. I felt alone and with no one on my side.Post partum I was clearly suffering from Post Partum Depression. The nurses that came to see me told me. But Dr. Benedetto failed to ask me any questions and instead did two things: 1) “fired me” as her patient because her partner had reported back that I was difficult on the day of delivery. 2) when a few days later I called her with a high fever and clearly mastitis she refused to help me. I cried on the phone and begged her to help me because since it had only been a few days I have not gotten another doctor.I know two other patients of hers and the general consensus is if you don’t mind being mistreated because you want someone who knows her stuff, then go here. She is cold and demonstrated with me a lack of care and basic human compassion. During our routine appointments she was very fast and didn’t explain things in a helpful way. Her husband, Dr. Anzai was the same way. Cold, aloof. One of them said explaining medical things to patients is like asking a mechanic to explain your car. You won’t know what the mechanic is talking about, so why bother asking (this is a direct quote).

Awful experience in L&D with this doctor. I was straight up abused in so many ways.

Very dedicated, competent doctor! Office staff is warm and extremely efficient, appointments are on time, doctor is an expert in the field and works with you on a personal level to give you the best care.

Shes simply the best of the best