Dr. Filomeno C. Gapultos Jr, MD

Not only was my visit with Dr. Gapultos absolutely terrible but it also held up the statistics revolving around black women being often dismissed and ignored by medical providers. I explained to him my issues, and his words were “why didn’t you come to me when you were having the issues?”. I then explained to him when I called (in November might I add) that the receptionist told me that my earliest date to be seen by him would not be until December 13th, 2018, and I was under the impression that I should go over all of my recurring issues at my appointment like I have always done. His attitude was nonchalant and very arrogant. It got to the point that he would ask me a question, I would answer, he’d block me out as I was talking, and then ask me the exact same question again. I repeated myself several times throughout the visit just to be ignored and tuned out. To defend his poor listening skills, toward the end, he stated: “I was writing”. Meanwhile, I was thinking that this is the worst OB/GYN visit I have ever been to, and I have never had a doctor behave in such an unprofessional mannerism. My experiences with the nurse was far better than with the doctor. I am not sure if this doctor was dismissing because of the color of my skin tone or my youthfulness, but as a healthcare major (nurse) and strong advocate for equality, this is not the way we are taught to behave with our future patients in class. Throughout his “45 years” of work (which he could not help but to mention), I started to wonder if he treated all of his patients so poorly or if it was just me. I had to raise my voice and explain to him that I am paying for a visit with him, and I think that he is forgetting that, so please do not just dismiss my issues as if they do not matter to you. After 45 years, you would think he would know better than that. I understand that he may think I am just this young, dumb twenty-three-year-old woman that does not know a thing about medicine, but that could not be further from the truth, and I am quite aware of how a person should be treated – with empathy, compassion, and professionalism. It does not take a person of medicine to understand that at all. I told him my pelvic region had been swollen and in pain lately. Considering the fact that he just inserted his fingers inside of me, I thought it was more than appropriate to ask him whether anything abnormal was going on down there and what could be the cause. His exact words were “there are a lot of body parts around that area, could be anything, I don’t know”.nnAmazing that I paid for a man to tell me I don’t know and shrug his shoulders while doing so. He then defended his ignorance by saying “doctors don’t know everything”. I was not expecting a complete analysis of what for certain was wrong right then and there. What I was expecting was whether or not he felt anything unusual, what the potential problems could be, and if he would be able to tell me more after something is sent to a lab for testing or if I should even give it some more time to see if the pain subsides and/or keeps coming back (as if it hadn’t already been bothering me for a little over a week). He also stated once more that I should have come when it was happening. I explained to him once again that that is what I thought my appointment was for and the pains are on and off, so, genius, therefore, they are still very much happening.nnThis is not my first rodeo at an OB/GYN, and I will never go back to his facility again. A friend of mine told me that she’d stop going to him a long time ago because of his ways, and I am starting to see why. I will try to look for more compassionate doctors that care about their patients rather than just their paycheck. He was listening so little, in fact, that I never even got the birth control I asked for.

He delivered my first child love him and his staff they are very sweet one of his nurses has a son born on the same day as mine waiting sometimes is agervating but that's the only problem

I love dr.g, and his nurse practitioner especially Mrs. Misty and the nurses they are all wonderful and they have a passion for caring for the women clients.nDr. G delivers both of my lil girls and he was on my heels about my lil boy but I moved to Chicago IL just got a season, but I'm back Dr.G and I'm coming to see you. Love y'all at the women's clinic.

The nurses was very nice in the office. The doctor on other hand was kinda rude and I felt a little hateful. Also did not like the fact that a nurse was not in the room when he done my exam. When did nurses quit going in with male doctors while examining a female patient??

He’s okay but a bit rude