Dinesen & Associates OB/GYN and Infertility

Dr. Dinesen has been my OB/​GYN for 18 years. He and his fabulous staff saw me through my infertility and then my two subsequent pregnancies. My last pregnancy was very high risk and he literally saved my life in a split second. He is very kind and takes the time to listen to you and talk to you about any concerns you may have. I recommend all my female friends to him. His staff is extremely courteous, they are always very accommodating if I need to change appointments and remember who I am. I hope I never move because out of all the physicians I have had over the years, I would miss him and his staff the most.

A month ago I went in for a routine pap, associate took the garden shears to me twice, so I’m thinking at least I won’t have to come back for a few years. Bled a little later. She advised me they’d call either way with results. Never heard, so called for results; receptionist looked me up and said…“oooh. I’ll have to have a doctor call you back.” No one likes to hear this after a month, but I waited and no one called me back in 4 hours, office closed, got the on call staff, they just blew me off. Waited all next day, no call. I called before closing and the receptionist again, no doctor ever spoke to me, said, «Yeah, the lab didn’t have enough cells.» Since they collected enough for a shishkebab, I knew that was a lie, and said, «Why don’t they just say they lost it? And was anyone ever going to call me?» «You have to come back in.» «My insurance won’t cover a repeat visit.» «Right, there wouldn’t be a chawge.»
Never an initial call to apprise me of the situation, a return call from a physician, or so much as a cursory apology. So I guess I just go without a pap this round.
Really unacceptable behavior. You should see the raft of «AWESOME“s they’ve got decorating their website. What a crock.
Update a few days later: The really nice office manager did agree to credit back the visit to my insurance so I could go somewhere else. And was the first to offer an apology for the experience.

Dr. Dinesen delivered my son in 2007, so it was a no brainer that he would be caring for me with my second child. Dr. Ware is newer to the practice, but I’ve heard all good things and look forward to meeting her. The staff is great and they make the experience a comfortable one. Dr. Dinesen is a medical doctor (not a midwife), so sometimes appointments may feel rushed. He’s a busy guy! But his bedside manner is fabulous. He’s soft spoken and gentle. I recommend this office 100%.

At first I loved this practice because Dr. D took the time to explain some complicated things to me and didn’t rush me out the door. I also thought he had a good bedside manner. However, after that visit, I had bad experiences. They were good about bringing me in for bloodwork when I became pregnant two separate times, but when I miscarried both times, they were short with me on the phone, didn’t seem to want to take the time to explain things to me and diminished my feelings about what was happening. Twice. I gave them the benefit of the doubt the first time, but the second time I was insulted. They ran lots of blood work for me after the second one, it took 3 weeks to get the results back… and I called every couple days to check in. They cleared me to start trying again 4 weeks after my second miscarriage, but they didn’t think it was important to tell me to wait to see what the genetic testing results were just in case there was a problem. Turns out there was a problem and if I would have gotten pregnant again it most likely would have turned out with the same results as the last two. Come on, use some common sense, and have some compassion for people’s feelings. So, I’m leaving the practice. They should focus on quality of care, not quantity. The receptionist was always so pleasant and attentive. She was great!

Dr. Jennifer White from the Doylestown ER advised me to see Dr. Dinesen (she highly recommended and trusted him) about a cyst I had on my ovary that had set up camp and was refusing to leave.
Great things: He got me in immediately (I had to wait over a month for Ianieri). The waiting room was nice. What I LOVED: the exam room was clean and nice. Dr. Dinesen came in and talked to me while I was still dressed. I told him that I felt I really did have a cyst on my left ovary but it didn’t show up on an ultrasound (but it did show up on CAT scan) and he said «Ultrasounds do lie. They lie often.» He answered all my questions and when I brought up I might just as well get all my lady parts out since that ovary gave me nothing but trouble and those parts weren’t functioning anyway, and my mom had uterine/​ovarian cancer, he agreed and asked that I get cardiac clearance first since I’d had a problem under surgery before. He gave me a NICE pink cloth gown to put on after I got undressed so he could examine me. I was impressed, most ob/​gyn give you these horrible paper gowns and are about as comfortable as wearing sand paper.
I liked him a-​lot, he was no nonsense yet friendly, and took time to make his patients feel comfortable. Now, the only thing that made me hesitant, was the fact that he was sort of bragging how busy his practice is and how he pays his front office more than what other doctors usually pay — how he spends more (on the gowns/​sheets) to make patients feel comfortable. I’ve been in sales, I’ve studied marketing and business — so those were things I’d noticed immediately. I felt like he was trying to sell me on his practice — which made me start to question why he felt he had to sell me on it. I believe people should be proud of their accomplishments, and perhaps that was all Dinesen was doing — but it came off just a wee bit like bragging.
I had been told by one ob/​gyn to keep my lady parts in, Dr. D said «take ‘em out» and so I decided to see a third doctor, who I went with simply because I was a bit exhausted by making the rounds of doctors by that time (and my sister in law used her and loved her) HOWEVER, looking back now, even though I’d ultimately choose Dr. Ianieri, I would have chosen Dr. Dinesen. Looking back, I think what I perceived as «boasting» was simply pride. And if Dr. D cares enough to provide nice gowns, a beautiful office, and nice staff — I’m sure he very much cares about the experience and care of his patients.

Amazing doctor. When I had my second child last year he told me he has delivered over 17,000 children. Amazing bedside manner. Very caring. The PA is kind of stand offish but smart. Dr ware is newer to his practice. She’s friendly. Dr D is very good and amazing in his practice.

Three appointments in and I’m a fan of the doctors here. Patient, thorough and gentle bedside manner. However, the front desk has lacked a basic level of friendliness each time I’ve been there. Have yet to be greeted with «hello» or «good morning».