Catalin Marinescu, MD's Online Review Report Card

The Doctor and staff are very pleasant . I'm so happy to have found this office. I had a great experience!

Dr. Marinescu and his staff are friendly and knowledgeable! Thank you! 😌🤲🏾

Dr. Marinescu is empathetic and an excellent doctor and surgeon. He made sure I was informed and comfortable at every stage of my care. I had 8 large fibroids that caused me constant pain removed via robotic myomectomy and everything went better than I had hoped. He has exceeded all my expectations for patient care. My husband appreciated that he made a clear and decisive plan and that he cared about me and improving my quality of life. The office is amazing and we have had nothing but excellent experiences with all of the staff. I would give 6 stars if possible. Thank you for seeing the person and not just the procedure as important. Gold standard for patient care 👍

Dr. Marinescu and staff are great. They are always on time with appointments, have excellent communication with me as a patient, and extremely trustworthy and make me feel comfortable every time I am in the office

Dr. Marinescu and his staff are incredibly caring people. I found Dr. Marinescu through my daughter who had been referred by her primary. Unfortunately my daughter and I shared some of the same issues. She had surgery in April and I had mine in June 2021. Dr. Marinescu and his team were very understanding about my situation and for the first time in six years and three different doctors my problems were taken seriously and he gave me hope. It brought me to tears. There are not enough "thank you" to express how grateful I am. The surgery went well but due to my age I need extra help and medication has been prescribed.The girls in the office worked very hard with me get the pr-op tests done, worked with my primary physician and my insurance to get me ready to go for surgery. they were amazing, thank you, ladies!All in all, I had a great experience with D. Marinescu and I just again, want to say, thank you for helping me get my life back!!!

Dr.M is great! Super professional ! I'm the of person who loves to crack jokes in these appointments because let's me real no one enjoys doing these things ! Dr. M is great! Super kind, super friendly, laughed at a few of my wise cracks, and made what is normally very uncomfortable, comfortable !10/10 to him and his entire staff ! Great team

I absolutely love Dr. M and his staff! They treated me well.

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My wife was a high risk patient and we moved from northern California to socal in her second trimester. We read all the good reviews here on yelp and trusted Dr. Marinescu with my wife's care. The 1st couple appointments the doctor made my wife feel comfortable and provided all the the necessary info she needed being a first time mom. Buy soon after he slowly started cutting corners and would rush my wife through appointment not address her concerns and make her feel stupid for asking questions. By then my wife was in her third trimester had gestational diabetes and was taking insulin and it was difficult for us to find another high risk gynecologist. Dr Marinescu never told us about the next steps and kept us wondering the entire time what is coming and what will happen. When my wife turned 39 weeks he told us to go to the hospital and ask for an induction because he had not scheduled one. My wife was barely 1 centimeter dilated when they started the induction process. She delivered at hoag hospital and the hospital staff was extremely immature and had no idea of what they were doing. Dr marinescu would contact the staff and have conversations and make decisions without our input. It was extremely difficult for my wife to lay down at the hospital bed and have nurseries and doctors make decisions about her body with out her input. Because of that my wife had to be on epidural for 2.5 days. Dr marinescu never came to check up on her to do an exam and because of inexperienced nurses at the hospital performing multiple vaginal exams my wife developed an infection and fever. This resulted in her being hooked up to antibiotics for 2 days and ended up with several urinary tract infections after her stay. He also gave us the false information that our son was too big to come oit naturally and pressured my wife to get an emergency c section. However my wife insisted on a vaginal delivery and when the baby came out he was only 6 pounds and very petite. It was extremely difficult to reach Marinescu throughout the labor process and he wasn't willing to hear my wife's concerns. Postpartum care was even more atrocious, because while my wife was suffering from several uti infections it was extremely difficult to get medication from him. She suffered for weeks with pain and burning before the doctor got back to us. Overall it was a very poor choice of gynecigist and we hate that his name will be on our sons birth records for life because he truly lacks the empathy a doctor should have towards his patients.

He is very sweet and kind. Super gentle and helpful. My exam was efficient and easy for me. I needed some samples of birth control and his office easily provided everything I needed. Thank you 🙏 😀

I had a wonderful experience with Dr. Marinescu during my pregnancy this year. In fact, I sought out this doctor after having seen another five star doctor off Placentia which was not a good experience. Dr. Marinescu is very thoughtful and evidence based. I needed to know everything while I was pregnant to lessen my anxiety about the process. Dr Marinescu always answered my questions with sound rational and evidence to support his knowledge; this put me tremendously at ease. Unfortunately, my second trimester blood work returned a fetus with a genetic anomaly. Dr. Marinescu communicated all of our options. Families today are fortunate to have NIPT that can alert them to problems with the fetus before birth. Even better, this office will send your blood to a lab that uses cfDNA testing for the best risk assessment you can get from the mothers blood; not all doctors do. Some women will want to undergo further testing and TFMR if the anomaly is confirmed. Some women will choose to forgo additional testing because it poses a risk to the fetus and they plan to keep it. Some women plan to keep their baby and still want additional testing so that they can plan for complications that might arise after birth. Either way, knowledge of your options is important and this doctor communicated them well to my family. I never felt pressure to TFMR, but a doctor does have to talk about that as an option it would be irresponsible if they didnt. I wanted to see this doctor because of all the great reviews. I would recommend this doctor because of all of the information that I gained about my baby. No matter how you choose to proceed with a wanted pregnancy, more information as soon as possible is always better IMO. You can always opt out of that testing if you disagree. This doctor is great IMO for most families. Other: 1. I highly appreciate how quickly Dr. Marinescu responds to messages on their portal at most times of the day or night. 2. Great bedside manner. Softspoken and smart but not arrogant. Cons: I think that you guys should move the ultrasound machine to another room in the back if possible. I never liked that the ultrasound room opens up facing the waiting area.

He is very sweet and kind. Super gentle and helpful. My exam was efficient and easy for me. I needed some samples of birth control and his office easily provided everything I needed. Thank you 🙏 😀

Simply the best. Helped us deliver our beautiful baby girl 3 years ago.

Lovely caring office. And my visit with Dr. Marinescu was awesome! Learned exactly what I needed to know in a very educational, & respectfully-fun way. Such a great guy. And so and fun to be in an office treating women at such a range of ages; including getting to see those beautifully & calmly pregnant under OBGYN-Care’s care!

Dr. Marinescu takes time to ask questions and is very kind and resourceful. I trust his knowledge and experience and am extremely happy I found such a wonderful Doctor.

Dr. Marinescu is by far one of the best, if not the best, OB/GYNs out there. I compare his care with me to the care my sisters received with their OBs (who are also very good doctors) and he's just more confident, honest and definitive. He puts your concerns and health before anything and everything. He's just super skilled as a surgeon as well. Excellent bedside manner and super focused.

Simply the best. Helped us deliver our beautiful baby girl 3 years ago.

Attentive, gentle, listened to my questions and concerns.

Dr. Marinescu is by far one of the best, if not the best, OB/GYNs out there. I compare his care with me to the care my sisters received with their OBs (who are also very good doctors) and he's just more confident, honest and definitive. He puts your concerns and health before anything and everything. He's just super skilled as a surgeon as well. Excellent bedside manner and super focused.

Attentive, gentle, listened to my questions and concerns.