Christine Z Brody, MD

first the good. dr. brody has great bedside manner and is very patient with you. I have a birth defect and cath, and was noticing it’s more difficult to do so. she examined me and noticed my uterus was dropping, as if i’d already had kids when i’ve never had any. i would have never known this otherwise, so thanks dr brody. now to the bad. I am becoming paraplegic so i came in wanting to not have my period so i didn’t have more to deal with. she advised against the birth control pill due to blood clots. she recommeneded the depo. she advised me i may have some spotting at first. what i had was not spotting, but not a full blown period either. the worst part about it was she told me it would go away after the second shot. i’ve had my period going on six months. this has been a nightmare. IN ADDITION, i found out from my primary care physician that i never should have been given the depo to begin with because i’m sedentary and it can cause bone loss. i’ve now been diagnosed with osteopenia. I’m not sure if this is due to Dr. Brody’s lack of experience with spina bifida and disabled people, or negligence on her part but i’ve stopped going to see her. she’s also booked very far in advance. getting appointments is very hard.

Dr. Brody has been a very kind and understanding physician, with excellent communication and operative skill. I am so pleased with the speed in which surgery needed to be arranged, and was very successful. Impressed with her surgical technique and follow up afterwards. Office staff is also pleasant and works hard to be sure all questions or issues are addressed effciently. Thank you so very much for a worry free procedure! Highly recommend from a GYN patient.

For the sake of your baby, please read through (at the least the short version) if considering care with Dr. Brody:
Short Version: Three weeks before my baby died when my cervix opened at 19 weeks, I called Dr. Brody to say that I was afraid my cervix was opening. Despite my call, being high-​risk for 3 separate reasons (including a prior loss at 19 weeks) and that at 43 this was a last chance pregnancy, Dr. Brody did not see or speak with me (I only had nursing visits, despite asking specifically for an ob appt with Dr. Brody ~7 weeks earlier. Scripps did not mention I would not see an ob). Although Dr. Brody could not spare 15 minutes to meet with me to take an accurate history (she did write a brief, error-​ridden note in my chart after my calls), she did have time to post selfie videos on YouTube regarding her weekend activities during the days between my call and when my baby died from lack of treatment for a treatable condition. She valued seeing a frightened, high-​risk mother, my young childrens’ and husbands’ grief from the prior loss, all my prayers that this baby would be saved and so much more as less worth her time than posting a Selfie.
Although my medical record showed that Dr. Brody was contacted repeatedly (the baby was born while traveling after Scripps said my cervix was fine) after my cervix did open as I had feared, she again could not be bothered to seek any follow-​up contact despite my losing enough blood to have half a normal RBC count and that I had the perfect set-​up for a postpartum depression. Please note that Dr. Brody has a history of refusing to treat patients she considers not Christian enough (Google it), and you should check to see if you are on her «un-​Godly» list, which includes some fertility treatments. Please also be aware that she uses an outdated medical term for miscarriage that includes the word abortion («spontaneous abortion» means miscarriage). Many physicians, such as myself, will not put the word abortion in the chart of women who have miscarriages out of concern that if she requests the records, such as to see a specialist, a husband, boyfriend, mother-​in-​law may see it and mistakenly think she did not actually have a miscarriage.
Additional Details: I called Scripps in Sept 2013 to make an appointment with Dr. Brody because her online profile noted expertise in high-​risk pregnancies. I stated that I was high-​risk due to a prior 2^nd trimester loss, and that I was entering my second trimester. I arrived thinking I would see Dr. Brody, since no one had stated otherwise. However, I was assigned to nursing visits only for months (I choose midwife care for my prior pregnancies and recommend it, but needed ob care for this HR one).
At the 1^st visit, I told the CNM of my concern of CI from a prior precipitous labor. She pretty much ignored this, and the written recommendations of my prior ob to monitor my cervix, and focused on routine «cookbook» care (her note concluded only «Return in four weeks or earlier if needed.») I later called urgently due to my concern that my cervix was opening, and asked to have it measured. I was told I needed to have someone call me back. No one called.
After calling again the next morning, I finally got a call that labs were ordered. I replied that labs are not a good way to measure a cervix, and again asked for measurement. The nurse did see me and I was told my cervix was fine. The CNM, apparently aware of my comment, noted that labs could show if I was developing a chorioaminitis (true), but I reminded her that the chorio in my last pregnancy could have been the RESULT of my cervix opening, as I had no signs of infection when I arrived at the hospital. (My concern of CI was strong enough that as an IVF patient I only had one embryo transferred).
The CNM offered to check my cervix every 2 weeks, and I was reassured. I should not have been. Scripp’s own perinatalogist later said that a cervix can easily open much more quickly than this, including in a single day. The midwife didn’t mention this huge limitation, or that if it opens in the wrong way (with membrane rupture or prolapse) that the best treatment option (cerclage) could no longer be used. She also did not go over any signs of an opening cervix or any treatment options.
About 2 days after a «normal» measurement, while on a short business trip, I lived every pregnant woman’s literal nightmare — my amniotic sac was falling out of me when the baby was too young to survive (19 weeks). The staff at the local ER asked why I had refused cerclage or other treatment when this same thing happened with the prior pregnancy. These and other obs I told of my experience had a number of harsh criticisms when told Dr. Brody never meet or spoke with me to discuss treatment vs. monitoring, etc. One said he used this as an example to teach medical students how not to act as physicians.

Dr Brody is one of the smartest women I have ever met! Her way of explaining things is so thorough and easy to understand. Twice I needed to be soon ASAP and she got me in that day! She is always smiling, and very gentle in anxiety provoking situations. I would recommend her to everyone!!!

I have been seeing Dr. Brody for 10+ years. She delivered my two kids and have gone in for other procedures. This may sound funny, but she is gental, and I like that :) She is professional and always answers my questions and makes sure I understand everything. She is very kind and sympathetic. I would highly recommend her.

Awesome doctor! I was bent over in pain at home. She immediately called in some medicine for me. She is always getting her assistants and other doctors back to me. I am so glad I switched. Her reputation is awesome!

Dr. Brody is amazing. I saw her throughout both of my pregnancies and she made me feel at ease and well taken care of. She’s extremely caring and knowledgable. It can be difficult to see her at times, but her nurse practitioners are GREAT! I wouldn’t dream of trusting another doctor more than I trust Dr. Brody.

Worst experience ever. I have Tricare through the military which means they chose which doctors you see. I was assigned to Dr Brody’s medical obgyn group and was displeased from the very beginning. I felt like I was just a number and shuffled in and out of my appointments as fast as possible. I had medical concerns that were continually brought up at every visit and was given differing answers every time. When I delivered I had major complications and ended up having an emergency c section. Dr Brody never followed up after during her rounds in the hospital I was at and if it hadn’t been for my intuition I would have never known my baby was in distress. I felt completely blown off and my pregnancy experience was greatly affected by it. I would definitely recommend going to a different obgyn!

She was great! Went in for a procedure which I read online would be violating & emotionally traumatizing.
It wasn’t at all! the nurses & her were great.
She made sure I was fully numb and showed me the sound the machine made so it didn’t startle me.
I would definitely recommend her

–Dr Brody has a nice bedside manner and is very gentle.
–It’s difficult to get an appointment and you can never speak to the doctor herself, and if you have a gynecological problem, don’t count on being «fit into the schedule» here as there is no extra time.
–I had a problem and it took them 2.5 weeks to see me — I wanted the doctor, not a nurse.
–Then they mailed me tests that read negative, but the doctor had told me there was 99% likelihood the issue was positive, but I couldn’t get any input without making another dr appointment — no phone oppty with the doctor or nurse to discuss the results and whether or not they should be followed-​up. I could only talk to reception.
–Also, read this article and several others regarding the doctors Brody refusing to treat single and lesbian women for fertility due to their fundamentalist faith and associated judgement of lifestyles. I didn’t appreciate the anti-​single woman and anti-​gay slant.
Currently shopping for a new OBGYN…