Barrie May, MD's Online Review Report Card

I dont know why there are so many yelp pages for this practice. I am reviewing all of them. I highly recommend you stay far away from this negligent practice and Dr May!!!! I am not exactly sure how to begin this post or even put into words my experience. I am a surrogate mother and an currently 28 weeks pregnant with twins. I was seeing Dr May, who came highly recommended. At my last appointment, something very strange happened. It began when Dr May said you are growing a nice sized baby there. At that point I responded, two big babies! And he laughed like I was making a joke. Then, he checked baby A for heartbeat, but never checked baby B and when I said what about the other one? He laughed again like I was joking. It felt like he had no idea who I was. I was so uncomfortable. I watched him type baby As info into the computer and he left baby Bs info blank (because he did not check baby B). Well I left that appointment and immediately called the office to speak with someone in management so I could talk this through. Clearly he was overwhelmed or confused. I left a message for Nan Carpenter who never returned my call. Then, I called her a week later and left another voicemail. That time, she called me back. She agreed that my experience was very odd. She noticed that no info was logged for baby b (because he did not check baby b). She said she would discuss with Dr May and call me back. About 30 minutes later, she returned my call. What I hoped would happen was Dr May would just admit to the oversight, apologize and promise to read my charts in the future before meeting with me. If the parents of these twins were at that meeting, that would have been a trainwreck! Well, instead of just dealing with his mistake, he went straight into lying. He crafted a big, ugly web of deceit. He told Nan that he didnt log the info, however he heard both babys heartbeats through the same Doppler (hmm...??) and that he remembered that baby b (who he didnt check) had a heartbeat that was 11 beats slower that baby a. Okay, no. WHAT? Just no. That makes no sense. He did not check the second baby and he did not hear two heartbeats through the same Doppler and he could not memorize how much slower one was than the other and not logging info? Head scratcher! I was totally flabbergasted that he would resort to being untruthful. I told Nan that at this point, because of the lying, I was really uncomfortable and she asked what I wanted to do. I told her I didnt know and that I needed some time to think. She said I could change doctors if I didnt want to proceed with Dr May and I again told her I would need time to think. She asked if she should have Dr May call me and I told her that was fine but he would need to leave a message as I wasnt ready to talk to him if all he a was going to do is lie. She said ok. Well, Dr May called and left a nice message but stood behind his fabrications. Almost a week went by and I had to go into the office and Dr Han saw me. I really liked her so I told the lady at the desk that I made up my mind and I would be switching from May to Han. Cool. Scheduled my next appointment, all good. Right? Wrong. Friday I received a certified letter from Nan saying that since they cant make me happy, I needed to find a new doctor (at 28 weeks pregnant with twins as a surrogate). I thought there must have been some confusion so I called the office and the girl who answered the phone said that no mistake was made and my file was on total lockdown. She couldnt access it at all. It just had a note saying no doctor there could care for me. She transferred me to Nan and I left a voicemail. Never heard back. This was the craziest experience I have ever had during pregnancy. They made a mistake, lied, I tried to solve it and they turned their backs on me like I did something wrong. I was very hurt and very confused. I moved my care to another OB just as they asked and I am sure my new doctor will do a great job. I am just pretty disgusted by the lying and the way I was treated in this situation. I now have very little respect for this practice. I urge you to go elsewhere. There are so many options.

I've been with Dr. May for 18 years, he is the best. I highly recommend Dr. May

He is an excellent doctor and has a wonderful bedside manner. Very knowledgeable and takes the time to listen and explain. I have been going to him for years. He delivered both my kids and I trust him completely to take care of my needs. Totally recommend him. My only gripe is the waiting time to be seen is always long. Had to wait an hour before I was seen my last visit. Thats usually the case.

I love this Dr and would send every women I know to him.

Best OB/Gyn ever. Need I say more. Made my wife extremely comfortable and assured during all visits. Answered all questions in lay mans terms, we never felt rushed and he has a fantastic bedside manner.

I have known Dr. May for years as a physician! He has unbelievable bedside manner, spends extra time with his patients and is extremely professional!! He is an unbelievable OBGYN and the BEST IN OC!!! I would recommend him and his group to ALL!!!

I have been going to Dr. May for several years and he has been there for me through infertility, pregnancy and birth. He has always spent all the time I wanted answering questions and consoling me when I needed it. He has always provided me with the most uptodate and accurate information. When he needed to refer me to a Reproductive Endochronologist, he referred me to a wonderful doctor that was well known but also fit my personality, Dr. Lawrence Werlin. I specifically changed insurance groups, so that I can have Dr. May as my ObGYN. I highly recommend him. He is fantastic!

Dr. May has an excellent bedside manner. He takes time to meet with patients when they are experiencing difficult times in his personal office (not the exam room) where patients can feel more comfortable asking questions. I highly recommend this doctor!

At first I had a miscarriage and he was the OB to do my CND operation, and he was a very professional Dr, though barely listens to his patients. Then... when I got pregnant I went back to him, and at the beginning of the pregnancy he told me that I have heart shape uterus, and I may have trouble carrying my baby. So,,, I carried my baby right, then at 4 month pregnancy he told me because of the shape of my uterus, the baby my not turn, and have to do csection, surely I was fine with it and I had put my full faith in him. Then... yes there is more!!!!... at 7.5 month pregnancy he assured me my baby had turned upside down and she is in birth position.. though the entire time i felt she hasnt, and I kept asking him if my baby turned for sure over and over ( 6 visits) he again assured me she has turned. ..... Then he told me my baby can come premature because I had premature contraction and put me on medication to stop the contraction. I finished the medication at week 37, and still no baby, I waited until week 40, and no baby yet! Then he decided to induce me using the cathedar ( balloon) at week 42 because he was on call that weekend! I went into labor that night, and went to the hospital, i was in tremendous pain all night, with no epidural at all, until the morning when Dr May showed up, and removed the Balloon, and I got my epidural finally... after 10 hr waiting, i was finally 9.75 centimeter dilated and ready to push... the nurse asked me to start pushing, surely I started pushing for 1.5 hr, until dr. may showed up as he had surgery to do. He wondered why I am pushing and there is no sign of baby being even dropped!!!! he examines me, and all of sudden brings in 2nd OB doctor and she as well examines me, and he finally tell me the baby hasnt turned we have to do emergency csection ....that was the worst moment of my life and my family, I waited until week 42, and induced, pushed, and baby had never turned... if he had not being so confidence and arrogant about his experience and do a simple Ultrasound, my experience having my baby would have being much much better. If I could give him negative stars I would, but unfortunately there isnt.He never listens to patient, and always by the door wants to get out of the room not giving you time to ask questions.

Caring, efficient and a GREAT doctor.

I love Dr.May. Hes the best! During my pregnancy I saw a different Dr. at ocwmg but Dr.May was the last Dr I visited before I went into labor (this was on a friday). He guessed Id have a baby my monday. I went into labor on sunday and she was born on monday :) Now weve been trying to get pregnant again w/ no luck for almost a year. Its impossible to get an appointment w/ my regular Dr. so I opted for Dr.May. He has been very helpful and supportive. He listens to your problems and gives advice. I strongly recommend him!

I loved Dr. May! He delivered both of my boys. He is amazing at what he does and has an abundance of knowledge. I recommend him to all my friends and family and heard about him from a friend of mine who loved going to him as well

Dr May was great. I went to him once when my doc was on vacation a week before I was due. He was caring, very professional, and I felt like he really did care about my well being. I would go to him again if my regular doc was out again.

Dr. May rocks! He delivered my son 13 years ago and Ive gone to him ever since. He goes above and beyond the service most physicians provide. Hes thorough, knowledgeable, thinks outside of the box and genuinely cares about your health.