Pearl J Yee, MD

I do not recommend Dr. Pearl Yee to anyone for prenatal care who has an opinion of her own, or expects to be treated like an individual. You will feel like the millionth pregnant woman through a revolving door. She also has extremely limited policies around birth.
I was given a list of 10+ blood tests without being told what they were aside from «standard,» and then they waited for weeks until my next appointment to discuss my abnormal lab results.
Her office then tried to charge me $ 25 to fax copies of my records to my midwife, while sending records to a doctor is free.
Generally felt uncared-​for.

I went to see Dr. Pearl Yee once and absolutely would continue to see her if she is not so far away. It took me 1 ½ hour b/​c I took public transportation which was insane but it was worth it. For me, I need to be able to have a connection with my OB and I did find that connection and I felt comfortable telling her my issues the first time I saw her. I think she was pleasant, straightforward, helpful and knowledgeable.
I didn’t go to the Irving office but the office in SF near Chinatown was OK. The wait was about 30 min for me but if you go prepared with your questions and let her know you have some questions, I believe she would answer them for you because she answered mine.

I read the reviews on Unilocal before going to see Dr. Yee, but it seemed like most of the negative reviews were related to those who had a bad experience due to complicated issues. I was just going in for an annual exam since I wanted to get some birth control so I wasn’t too worried.
I had to wait a little bit to see her, but it didn’t see like too much time.
In a similar fashion to another reviewer, I had a really quick visit. The whole time with the doctor was probably about 5 minutes. I don’t remember experiencing much pain, so that was good. It was so quick that I wasn’t sure if Dr. Yee was coming back to talk to me. I had just shared a personal issue with Dr. Yee near the end of my visit. She told me this was common and made a suggestion, but it really wasn’t clear to me if she was going to come back and talk to me about it more or if the visit was over. She seemed nice and friendly, but she did seem to breeze through the appointment since I’m a healthy woman in my twenties. She mentioned that it was such a chance to see a patient like me whereas most of her other patients are older with problems.
I had numerous billing issues with them such as how they forget to bill my insurer and sent me the bill instead. I loved it when I called the company who sent me the bill and asked about why it wasn’t covered by my insurance they told me that it was because they never sent it to my insurance.
The other billing issue I had was related to the HPV test. On the website for the HPV test, it clearly states that it’s recommended for those who are 30 and over, but Dr. Yee ordered it for me and I had to pay $ 100 out of pocket. This was kind of galling due to my low risk factors. After talking with Dr. Yee’s staff several months after my visit, I also found out that she had tested me for other STD’s which I was also negative for. I thought it would have been nice to know what kind of tests I was getting before they were actually done, rather than finding out months later due to lingering billing issues.
Would I go back? I’m not sure. The visit did leave a bad taste in my mouth, especially the lingering billing issues (BTW, the staff was nice but not really able to resolve the issue to my liking and tried to use many different reasons to justify why the test was done), but I did like Dr. Yee in the 5 minutes I spent with her. She seemed very personable. But is it good to have 5 minutes with a personable doctor who doesn’t communicate effectively with you about the tests you’re getting, about whether the visit is over, or whether she can provide additional suggestions to a personal issue you have? I don’t think so, but my laziness might get the better of me and I might just make another appointment when I need more birth control.

I thought Dr. Yee was super nice the first few times I saw her. Then the exams started getting quick, like «wham bam thank you ma’am» quick. Once, when I filled out my intake form, which is quite lengthy, and which she obviously doesn’t read, I stated that I had been suicidally depressed for a while. If you skipped that detail and read the form cursorily, one would’ve seen I had a good history: no drinking, no drugs, plenty of sleep, excellent diet and exercise program. Her comment to me upon entering the exam room, «You’re doing great! I wish all my patients were model patients like you!» Yea, if they were, and we all acted on our depressive thoughts, she’d have no patients. Maybe that’s the point –she wants to retire. I recently went to the Bush St. office to make my annual exam appt. — no Dr. Yee there. I don’t recall getting a card saying they moved. Time to move on to someone nicer.
DR. RICKI POLLYCOVE in AWESOME, but she doesn’t take insurance, so it’ll cost you. I guess that’s the difference between a co-​pay fee and a full price Dr. She went to a no insurance policy so she could give people the full service she feels they deserve. I think it ends up being $ 275, then you have to send the reimbursement form to your insurance co.

Waited 30 minutes for a 5 minute appointment with Dr. Yee. I was disappointed at the service. She rush through everything and I did not even have an opportunity to address other issues. She brought in an assistant that was clueless and spoke to her more than to me?!? The rooms on 2340 Irving St is very small and you have to walk up a set of unappealing stairways to get to the front office.
My preference is to build a relationship and feel comfortable with my OBGYN and I did not get that feel from Dr. Yee.