Dr Nicholas Cunningham Md's Online Review Report Card

Nona is an amazing doctor and a wonderful person. She delivered my son and I had a positive childbirth experience, thanks to her calm and supportive energies. I am so fortunate to have her as my Ob. She is very easy to talk to and to understand. Everyone in the office is friendly. Thank you everyone, and Nona specially, I'm beyond thankful for my son. Words can't say how much I appreciate you but thank you so much for everything!

The level of care and compassion you receive as a patient from Dr. Cunningham's office is exceptional. I fight to get my other doctors on the phone whereas I get a near immediate call back from this office. I had some health issues that were met with true kindness and care. They always followed up, in fact multiple times, to see how I was doing. They aren't turning around clients in rapid succession like in other offices. They care and know each person individually.Dr. Cunningham is no nonsense and no frills and I appreciate that from her and her office. She tells you her exact medical opinion while also being a human being. She will always stay longer in your room answering each and every one of your questions - I have never felt rushed from her and have always been heard. I must give a huge shout out to Courtney and Deborah. They are so lovely that I would consider them my friends, not just staff that works at my doctors office. If you don't want to just be a number in the medical system, do yourself a favor and go to this practice. I've been there for nearly two years and will never go anywhere else.

Dr Cunningham delivered our 3 children. We felt beyond fortunate to have her as our obstetrician for each delivery!With each delivery, she was encouraging,confident and fantastic. She is a smart, no nonsense ob/gyn. And, a gem of a human being & doctor.This is a belated review but it's never too late to say 'thank you, Nona!" The community is so lucky to have you and your staff providing such fabulous patient care!

I would like it to be noted that one star of this review is for Courtney. She is a tech at the office and is just wonderfully kind and a lovely person. Every experience we had with her was upbeat, helpful, felt customer service oriented, and she was a shining light there. The rest of the experience at this office was unfortunately 1 star. When we first visited... we had some initial reservations. On the first visit we came into the office and it felt a little surprised about the presentation. The waiting room is dark, old, feels dirty and a bit messy. All of the exam rooms are also very tiny.. feel the size of a broom closet. The office has very dated decor, old facilities and in general seems disorganized/scattered and not super clean. This isn't very relevant in terms of being able to receive awesome care so we didn't make it a big issue but there is something about the way we felt while there that wasn't great. After being a patient and pregnant for nearly 6mos, we found ourselves exploring all of options and decided that we wanted to consider home birth. My partner and I had different frame of reference on hospital vs home births and so after talking about it, we decided that to cover every base, we wanted to continue our obgyn care simultaneous to receiving care from a midwife, so that whichever route the birth took, whether home birth or hospital birth, we would have someone who has followed through the pregnancy and knew us and our history etc. We felt that sounded reasonable and we continued moving forward with our obgyn appts. When our midwife requested the records, Nona's office then asked if we were planning to have the birth at home. We told them yes, we were hoping for that. We were then told that couldn't help us anymore because "they really don't make enough money on the routine appts. Most of their money is made for the delivery." We were so shocked!While we understand the concept of having to run a business ... that phrasing was really surprising. I felt like I was just a check to be cashed, rather than a person, receiving healthCARE. I expressed that I didn't feel cared for and was told "Sorry about that. We would love to help you get the PROPER CARE but without knowing for sure we will be doing the delivery there's just not enough money to continue." I could go on and on about all that this represents to me the antithesis of how healthcare should work, but I'll leave that to you to think about.On top of this final closing on the worst note... there were two other circumstances in which I felt very confronted/uncomfortable in their office:One was when I shared my hesitations about hospital care and birth and about the environmental differences between hospitals and home births, and was told "Well, who is is the most important here? You, or the baby?" which to me felt like low rent manipulation and really violating. BOTH the mother and the baby are EQUALLY important. Every woman should feel safe and safely held during this incredible transition and life changing moment. I often felt patronized during my discussions with Nona. The second was when expressing that I wanted an unmedicated birth, being pushed toward a medicated birth and being told that it needs to be left on the table as an option, even if it was against what I wanted for myself and the child. In any case, she has wonderful reviews from many others so I'm sure they are a great match for some people... but for us.. not ideal. Sharing this review for those who may find it helpful.

When I developed shingles I was alone in a new home in Oregon. Dr. Cunningham and her staff helped me immediately with the proper prescriptions. Very professional!

Nona is truly a one of a kind doctor. I absolutely adore her, and am so thankful to her and her staff for guiding me through my first pregnancy. We found out at our 9 week ultrasound that we were pregnant with twins, and of course with this news, I had so many questions and had to re-write my whole narrative about my pregnancy. There are so many myths out there about twin pregnancies and twin deliveries and I always felt like I got clear, direct and honest guidance from Nona. I ended up going into early labor at 35 weeks, and she was right there within 20 minutes of my arriving to the hospital. She rested throughout the night while I labored in the room next door and delivered my babies vaginally within 26 minutes of each other. It was all such a pleasant experience. Where most doctors would schedule a c-section right away when they heard "twins" I knew I was in good hands with someone who was incredibly experienced and wouldn't push an intervention on me unless she really thought it was in my best interest. I looked forward to going to her office for every visit throughout pregnancy, and it was so wonderful to see her face each morning after I delivered in the hospital to come check up on me. I miss going to weekly appointments at her office because Deb, Courtney and Lori are all so awesome as well. You will be in absolutely great hands with Nona and her team!

I switched practices, and am updating my review to 1-star because the differences between a modern practice with current technology, competent staff, and extremely responsive nurses and doctors is mind blowing. I will NEVER trust my care to a single-physician practice ever again.Having any issues during pregnancy is scary enough, so it was a huge relief to find a new doctor when I did because the response to my questions was immediate the first time I reached out through the patient portal and my doctor followed up with me a few days later with an in-person appointment and an action plan. Given that I couldn't reach Dr. Cunningham on multiple occasions, I doubt she would have provided the level of care I just received.

I decided to become Dr. Cunningham's patient when I became pregnant with my first child. The first appointment got cancelled after I arrived because she was busy delivering a baby. Totally understandable. The rescheduled appointment started 30 minutes late and felt rushed; she talks very fast, as if she says the same things to everyone, and doesn't spend much time answering questions. My husband and I both felt like she could not wait to leave. The same thing happened at our next appointment as well. She also makes a lot of strange comments stated as facts that are not supported by data. Instead of referencing academic studies, Dr. Cunningham tells a lot of anecdotes and old wives' tales based on broad generalizations. We've decided to find a new doctor because of the following:Complete lack of communication1. Dr. Cunningham never goes over lab work with you, or explains what makes everything "fine" when asked. 2. The patient portal is worthless. There's no appointment calendar, they don't respond to messages on it (but tell you to contact them that way), and you have to beg for them to upload your lab work. They also don't respond to email. 3. The office and exam rooms are extremely outdated. The equipment appears to be very old; for example, they don't have digital copies of ultrasounds, and instead photocopy printouts for you. What year is this again??? 4. No one from the office follows up with you after appointments to remind you to schedule blood draws by a certain week; they don't do anything in-house, which is disappointing. TROUBLING PRACTICES DURING A GLOBAL PANDEMIC 1. THE STAFF TAKE OFF THEIR MASKS CONSTANTLY when speaking to each other, and sometimes to patients if they believe they're far enough way. I was not comfortable with the mask-free woman who chatted me up while I waited for the nurse to return to the waiting room. Pregnant women are considered very high-risk for catching and having extreme reactions to Covid-19. One would think an OBGYN office would take preventative measures seriously.2. The long wait times meant my husband and I were stuck indoors with multiple people during a pandemic. If the doctor was going to be 30-40 minutes late each time, we would have preferred to wait outside. They did not space out patients at all during our last appointment, and we were stuck waiting in their very crowded waiting room with two other couples. 3. Because the doctor is always late and the staff takes forever after appointments to present whatever paperwork you need to take home, it means you're inside even longer than necessary. Also, in the year 2021, no one should have to wait for printouts when medical records and whatnot have been digitized for years.

During Covid I have listened to many long unnecessary messages before being put on hold. Dr. Cunningham's office always answers their phone and her staff is polite and professional. It is a pleasure in this day and age to be treated with respect.

I would seriously give Nona (and her incredible staff!!) many more stars if I could. She helped me through 2 pregnancies and a few miscarriages and I can't even begin to tell you the amount of strength, empathy, hope and joy she and her team brought to our lives. They truly feel like part of our family. I had complicated deliveries (2 of them) and Nona was right by my side every step of the way. She is the absolute best and I'll be forever grateful for all she has done for my family.