Rhonda J. Winchester, MD

Dr. Winchester exceeded my expectations. She took her time with seeing my children and addressed all our concerns. My quiet and bashful teen daughter felt comfortable and at ease with speaking with her on all matters important to her. This provider really cares and goes above and beyond to make sure her patients are well taken care of. I am glad that I chose her to care for my girls. My daughter and I are so much closer as a result of this one visit with her. MWHC is fortunate to have Dr. Winchester.nnThis is the first time I’ve ever commented on a review on a provider...and I’m a healthcare provider so that should tell you something. Thanks. ud83dude42

Dr. Winchester is a Great Pediatrics physician!!! She very thorough.She cares for her patients. She will take time to call you and check to see how your child is doing under her care! She's the best Pediatrics physician I have ever had! She's awesome! joke!!!!

We can not say enough great things about the practice and about Dr. Winchester. We came from a practice that didn't support the parents choice and only went by standards not by each individual child. Dr. Winchester has great bedside manor, a big heart, and will always help find the answers needed. Her and the practice helped our family by calling in to the nuro department and the VCU ER department to make sure we were taken back quickly once we got there. She takes her time to make sure my daughter gets the care she needs.

Daughter used to go to Dr. Goeden and always enjoyed her bedside manner, love for the kids and advice provided. If we didn't see Dr. Goeden, then we would have a visit with Tarin Miller and she was also excellent! Dr. Goeden has retired thus we made an appointment with Dr. Winchester. Daughter had her 12 year old physical today and we met Dr. Winchester for the first time. Upon entry into the room, she didn't extend a hand to myself or my daughter to have introductions of our first encounter with each other. There was only one question of small chat of what kind of grades my daughter gets and then Dr. Winchester stated she had some personal questions to ask and if my daughter felt comfortable with her mom in the room. Our relationship is very strong and my daughter stated her mom was to remain and reached out to me and tapped my shoulder. Dr. Winchester listed to my daughters chest and for bowel sounds. Dr. Winchester then asked my daughter to lay down on the table. Dr. Winchester proceeded to ask my daughter if she had started to have her period and then she proceeded to ask her if she has had sex. My daughter answered no and then Dr. Winchester proceeded to ask her about the knowledge of how to protect herself from infection when having sex. My daughter said no and answered it in a tone that she had no clue of what Dr. Winchester was speaking about. I answered the Dr. stating that these are family discussions to try to move the conversation differently and Dr. Winchester continued. She continued to speak of condoms and STDs and states it is her job to ensure she informs her clients to be healthy. I should have cut the conversation off as my daughter was visually not comfortable with the conversation and the Dr. should have taken my responses also to acknowledge this was not the conversation to be having. Yes there are times that you should have such conversations but children mature at different levels and when you have a child that is feeling uncomfortable about the subject as she is not in that stage in life and has no clue of the words the Dr. is referring to than the Dr. should be able recognize it and move beyond to the other items at hand. Dr. Winchester didn't ask any questions pertaining to social emotional well being. My daughter and I had a discussion about the doctor appointment and she relayed she was very uncomfortable with the questioning. I told her that I am sorry that I didn't stand up and demand that the topic be moved passed and my daughter responded that she should have also told the Dr. to stop as she was uncomfortable. Topics such as sex are discussions that are very important and different levels of the topic during different times in life. It is unfortunately that my daughter had to experience this feeling. I would expect a Dr. to be able to feel the vibe and the experience of the patient and adjust accordingly. We gave the practice a try since Dr. Goeden retired, however, very disappointed with the experience and have learned my lesson that don't just go to the same practice you have always been to if someone retires, that you really have to have a consultation with the doctor prior to having your child visit the Dr.