Dana Shipp

Danielle with Dr. Shipp’s office is fantastic. She has gone above and beyond to assist our family in getting the best perinatal care before we even became patients of this practice. She is someone who truly cares about what she does. Thanks for all you do!

One of the best doctors I have ever had. He has great bedside manners and he is also brilliant. I admire his preparedness and ability to give me a lot of current or relevant information as he is performing the examination. A few years ago when I was pregnant I broke up with my original OB to have him complete the remainder of my visits. I also had my IUD placed by him with zero issues.
SRS is also an excellent provider overall. I had my baby at Sharp Mary Birch. Recently I have only seen Shipp for my annual exams. He continues to be excellent. If I ever needed surgery I would feel safe in his care. Highly recommended.

I was having some gyno problems and based on positive reviews, I scheduled an appointment with Dr. Shipp. Initially, he was very friendly and I immediately liked him.
He kept mispronouncing my name during our first visit, which wasn’t a big deal. I have an unusual name so I’m used to that. During a subsequent visit, it was established that I would be undergoing a hysterectomy for fibroid tumors. Since I knew we’d be seeing a lot more of each other, I decided to politely correct his mispronunciation of my name. Instead of just apologizing and moving on, he became extremely defensive and was clearly annoyed that I’d corrected him. He went on and on, at one point saying he usually goes by Dane but he doesn’t correct people when they call him Dana. He made me feel very uncomfortable and I thought this was a really weird thing for him to get bent out of shape about.
During my next visit, he performed an exam and also my pre-​op consultation-​to get it out if the way and save me another visit. I thought this was very considerate of him and was happy when I left the office. A couple of days before my operation, Shipp’s nurse called in a panic, saying I needed to come in right away for another visit and to complete more paperwork. I rushed over in horrible I-​5 traffic only to be given the same pre-​op consultation he’d previously done «for my convenience!» When I pointed this out to him, he made excuses and tried to save face, rather than simply apologizing. It was annoyed but didn’t feel this was a reason to cancel the surgery.
I had the surgery, which went fine. Four weeks later, I went to my previously scheduled post op appointment… then never heard from him again. No additional follow ups were scheduled and I received no phone calls from him or the office to check on my recovery.
I began having serious pain about 11 months after surgery and after a trip to the ER, I contacted the office. Rather than calling me himself, Shipp had his nurse call to inform me that he believed the large fibroid in my uterus was causing my pain and l should come in to discuss my options for removal. I was completely shocked that he’d actually forgotten he’d already removed the tumor… along with the rest of my uterus!!! After reminding her that he’d already performed a hysterectomy, the nurse curtly stated that he’d be happy to see me if my pain came back (by the time she called, I was in longer in pain). At that point I decided to transfer to a new gynecologist. Unfortunately, I had an HMO at the time and could only see Sharp Rees Stealy doctors. The earliest appointment I could get with a new doctor wasn’t until almost two months later.
The pain came back shortly after and was worse than ever (felt like labor pains that radiated thru my abdomen into my back). After another trip to the ER and an ultrasound, I contacted his office again. Again, I was called by his nurse-​no call from the doctor. She informed me that he reviewed the ultrasound and, «Everything looked great.» I asked for more details about what she meant by «great» and was promptly told she had no further information about that. Instead, she wanted to know about the appointment I had made with another gynecologist. She began grilling me about why I was seeing someone else and avoided answering any other questions about my medical condition.
As far as I knew, I was still under Dr. Shipp’s care and my issues should have been addressed more appropriately. I was a month away from needing my annual exam and had only been seen once post op. Minimally, Shipp should have scheduled my annual exam. If he cared at all, he would have taken the time to call me himself to discuss the problems l was having. Not only did he not care about me as a patient, he didn’t even remember that he had performed major surgery on me.
To this day, I have never been contacted by doctor Shipp. Not only was he forgetful and weirdly defensive, he was uncaring and neglectful of me as a patient. I’m advising all of my friends, family and anyone else who needs an OB/​GYN to stay away from this doctor.
After MANY negative experiences with Sharp Rees Stealy doctors and staff including misdiagnoses, doctors canceling appointments at the last minute and ridiculously long wait times, we’re finally able to go outside of this group for medical care. We now have a PPO and will only continue to see the Sharp Rees Stealy doctors who have consistently provided excellent care. I was able to cancel with the other Sharp gynecologist and schedule with a non-​Sharp Rees Stealy affiliated doctor.

Dr. Shipp is one of the best doctors I’ve encountered. I was sent to him about 15 months ago because my doctor was unavailable and I’ve been so glad. I never went back to the other doctor.
He is extremely caring, extremely thorough, easy to talk too, and explains everything in a manner that I can understand.
He takes his time with you and never makes you feel rushed like so many other physicians do. He follows up via the email system on everything that has gone on, including results of tests. He will even squeeze you in for a quick appointment if need be so that you don’t go weeks waiting to be seen.
I can’t say enough about the patient care I’ve received from him. I wish I’d met him years ago!!!

I met Dr. Shipp when my previous OB switched to another SRS location. He is truly a godsend. He is takes his time to answer all of your questions and answers them thoroughly. He is patient and funny which helps keep things light and less nerve wrecking during your visit. Not only is he great but also his nurse Jennifer which I consider her to be a friend. Dr. Shipp and Jennifer helped be my coach, leader and friend during my challenging twin pregnancy. I can’t even thank both of them enough. If you are reading this Dr Shipp and Jen (I’m pretty sure you know who this is) I am so grateful to have you as my medical provider as well as a friend!!! Thank you!!!

WOW! This is all I can say…
I have had Sharp Rees-​Stealy since I was born (28.5 years) and unfortunately the professionalism and quality of care has dramatically gone down within the last 10 years, so much so that next year I will no longer be experiencing «The Sharp Experience» I will be choosing Scripps instead. I am currently 30 weeks pregnant. Since 9 weeks I have attempted to find a OB/​GYN. My pregnancies prior I had no issue with my OB/​GYN, however, his bedside manner last time was enough for me to not want to choose him. This is why I specifically wanted a female OB/​GYN and attempted to see on on Wexford. I was treated horrible by the staff, they made it more than clear they did not want me as a patient and kept intruding on my reasoning for no longer wanting to see my previous dr. Since they basically made it difficult for me and for what I feel, discriminated against me, I choose Dr. T at SD Main location. I seen him and nurse practitioner (maureen, who is great) 2 times. Dr T was awful! Didnt spend any time, couldnt figure out a due date calculator and was consistently late by minimum of an hour. I knew that I could NOT continue there. I came to find Dr. Shipp because Sharp mailed me a flyer about their new location which was equal distance as SD Main.
I am so sad I didnt find him sooner! He is amazing!!! I have NEVER experience a doctor like this in my whole life. I never even had a OB/​GYN ask me how I was feeling. He sat at least 15 minutes with me talking about my health care, measurements, precautions, birth plan etc. No doctor has ever treated me like a person, every other dr treated me like a patient or a number but he treated me better than that. He is so cautious, he wants to give me ultrasounds to measure baby due to macrosomia. I just cant believe I have found such a wonderful OB. :)