Roseline Dauphin Baptiste, MD

Please avoid — the practice is unprofessional and discourteous. While Dr. Baptiste herself is nice enough, I never waited less than 45 minutes to be seen (usually over 75 minutes), and there was never an apology about my time being devalued. They never called with pap smear results, and on more than one occasion a concern I had was dismissed out of hand. There are better GYNs in town.

Dr. Baptiste is a great gynocologist. Yes, you wait a little bit. Yes, her office is set up weird but the people are nice who work there and you can get to see her right away. On several occasions, I have had real conversations with her about my health and she has explained it with knowledge and even showed me diagrams to explain. My two sons wait in the corridor and the receptionist offered them cookies and water. She delivered my niece and has been helping women for decades. Some of these reviews don’t even seem legit as she is a gyno, not a regular doctor. I don’t know why you’d be seeing her for a swollen foot or a sinus infection? At any rate, I feel very comfortable with her in a vulnerable situation.

As a person, Roseline seems like a nice person. But as a doctor, I would not put my life in her hands. I came in to the office with a very swollen foot from water retention. She tried to dismiss it as nothing serious, possibly from me eating salty food. Only after I insisted that something was wrong (because I know my own body), she gave me a list of general doctors to see. Fortunately, I chose a very competent doctor who diagnosed me quickly with Hyperthyroidism. This was several years ago and I am now cured, but I have never gone back to see Roseline. Also, nobody ever followed up from her office to see if I was okay. Only after about two years did someone call to say I was due for an exam. Her instincts as a doctor are very poor.

Extremely a rude physician who clearly lacks empathy for her patients. If you like to be mistreated, belittled, and humiliated, see Dauphin-​Baptiste. Even Veterinarians show more respect to their patients. It amazes me that doctors like her continue to hold a medical license in this country.

I have seen Dr. Baptiste on three occasions in the past year– for check ups and screenings. Although I will not be returning to her, I am still dealing with her staff to resolve an insurance billing issue that dates back to September 2014. On two occasions, I was overcharged, once by $ 20, another time by $ 50 because their staff did not read my insurance info correctly. To this day, they still owe me $ 10… and they still send me incorrect invoices demanding payment. Clerically, her office is a mess.
My review of the Doctor is that, like many other reviewers, she does not have a particularly soothing bedside manner. During my last visit, the Dr. told me that if I did not take contraceptive, I would get pregnant, and then my partner would leave me. Seriously? A wildly inappropriate way to compel your patient to use contraceptives. Out of touch, impersonal, and unaware of how hurtful her communication style is for patients.

This review is long overdue but I feel like I need to say my peace due to some of the obviously fake positive reviews for this awful person.
This is not a one-​star review. There isn’t a star-​rating that accurately rates my experience. As I don’t feel like this is a «oh I didn’t like it so I’m going to give it one-​star» review.
This is a «Please, for your safety, DO NOT allow this doctor to treat you» review.
She is the rudest, uncaring, un-​sympathetic and potentially life threatening doctor I have ever had or even heard of.
She practices brazenly and with wild abandon while endangering her patients health.
I came to her office in late 2009 because of symptoms that I was concerned about.
I was sent for an ultrasound in another building where the tech (YES, the technician was the first time I heard this information) notified me that I had a tumor and sent me back.
The office staff scheduled me for surgery.
I was so young and terrified at my diagnosis that I didn’t think to ask for more information or get a second opinion.
A «tumor» to me meant cancer, chemo and possibly death.
Three days before the surgery I was in so much pain I literally thought I was going to die and took myself to her office.
She advised me to go home and surgery would be done in the morning. YUP, sent home with NO pain medication when I was in so much pain I couldn’t walk upright.
She performed a laparotomy and removed an ovary, corresponding fallopian tube, alleged tumor (actually a benign endometrioma or so I was told after) and adhesions.
I was in the hospital for 7 days.
It took between 4 – 6 months for me to feel normal again.
She would NOT talk to me about the surgery or the status of my fertility other than to say that I would not be able to have children. WOW! Way to drop a bomb in front of my friends and family when I am doped up on morphine.
Follow-​up appointment was much the same and she tried to push some intense medication on me without explaining why I needed it. Again stated that I wouldn’t be able to have children and that it wasn’t a big issue and I shouldn’t be getting upset about it. WTF? Thank you for killing a lifelong dream with not an ounce of compassion.
I finally got some sense and left her office.
Imagine my boyfriend and I’s surprise when a little more than a year later I found myself with an unplanned pregnancy.
In shock and absolute denial I convinced myself that this was one of those hysterical pregnancies you see on TLC/​LMN.
New doctor confirmed that I was indeed pregnant and I told her about the surgery and Dauphin’s insistence that I was infertile. She was absolutely appalled by my account of the medical treatment I received at the hands of Dauphin.
EVERY doctor that I have seen since then has had many in-​depth questions about that portion of my medical history. One doctor stated that she practiced old-​school medicine and should not have performed such an invasive surgery. Another stated that he was shocked that I was able to conceive at all after such a surgery.
Less than three years after my oldest was born, we welcomed baby number two.
I no longer think that my son was a miracle baby because I was able to conceive. I think both my sons are miracle babies because god knows what this woman actually did to me. I find myself wondering if I truly needed this surgery or not.
Scary that this person has a medical license and is allowed to treat patients.
I am so thankful that I escaped permanent damage and never became pregnant in her care.
TL/​DR; THIS IS A HORRIBLE DOCTOR AND YOU SHOULD STAY FAR FAR AWAY FROM HER.

I’ve been a patient of Dr. Baptiste for almost three years, so you’d think my rating would be better. My experiences with her up until this point have been mostly positive, if not average.
However, I’d only ever been to her for my yearly check ups. When I actually had a problem, I sorry to say it was a bad experience. Her new office (I’ve never been to the same place twice, by the way. This is the third time they’ve moved in like two years) is sort of terrible. It’s set up more like a law office, so there’s no real reception area, which makes for awkward sitting in a corridor without a welcome desk. Also, I could hear the doctor telling patient health details to the receptionist, which kind of bothered me. There’s no privacy at all.
As far as the doctor goes (as the doctor is really the important thing to review) I went in to see her about a problem that I was worried was serious. She sort of rushed through the exam, labeled the problem and then said to treat it at home. When I asked about things like causes and prevention she got a little irritated with me, which made me feel bad. I left not feeling relieved or enlightened. I actually GOOGLED the condition and called another doctor from back home. It turns out that she should have run bloodwork and other tests… what I had could be symptomatic of larger issues. That’s kind of a kick in the proverbial nuts.
So, I made an appointment at a different clinic for the next day, where they agreed that I needed to have more tests done. So far, so good on everything, but the experience really bummed me out. I feel like doctors have a responsibility to your health.
Anyway, as a final blow (and one last star off my rating), I called this morning to cancel tomorrow’s appointment. I was reminded to do it by an email I got confirming the appointment. I called the office, the receptionist answered curtly and I gave her my reason for calling. She just said, «You don’t have an appointment for tomorrow.» I told her I had just received my confirmation email. Reply, «Yeah, well you’re not in the schedule.» Sooo… glad I decided I need a new doctor, as not only was I not listed for a CONFIRMED appointment, but the receptionist was just plain rude about it. Why?
Bottom line, you want your healthcare professional to be part of a kind, informative and knowledgeable team. I never minded the Doctor’s lukewarm demeanor, as long as I was taken care of. ESPECIALLY with OBGYN’s, I need someone I can trust and feel safe with. Now, the search continues.

This is the 2^nd year I’d been seeing Dr. Dauphin-​Baptiste. I had my annual wellness exam in March, and everything was fine. In June, I felt a lump in my breast and made an appointment to see her on a Monday. The Friday before the appointment, someone from her office called to tell me the Dr. would be out of town and that I needed to be rescheduled. I rescheduled for the following Monday, only for it to be cancelled again on Friday. I got busy with school, and figured I’d give her time to get everything in order. When the lump persisted through 2 menstrual cycles, I called Dr. Dauphin-Baptiste’s office to schedule an appointment. My call went straight to voicemail, which was full so I was unable to leave so much as a message. I haven’t experienced anything like this with her office before, so I hope she’s okay. Meanwhile, her patients seem to be suffering. Luckily, I was able to find another doctor who was able to see me within 2 days of calling, got my mammogram and ultrasound done all in the same day. My new doctor definitely relieved me of a lot of stress that could have been resolved much earlier.

i have tried to get an appointment for 2 weeks… the phone line either goes to a full message box or no responce to my left message. the one time I got through I was told to call back because they were having a problem with their computer. They wouldn’t even set up an apointment on paper… it had to be on their computer… they never got back to me for an apointment… I’M LUCKY I’M NOT ILL NOR DEVLIVERING A BABY… I’M LOOKING FOR ANOTHER DOCTOR!!!

see reviews by Beth T. 8÷28÷2008 and June C. 2÷11÷2008, I had avery similar experience with Dr. Dauphin who delivered my son last year.
–extremely long wait time at office (every appt. over 30 min)
–Dr. Dauphin has poor bedside manner, treats you like a child and poo poos most of your questions
–came down with terrible bladder infection over a weekend, couldn’t reach Dr. Dauphin on her cell phone for three days (thankfully didn’t wait to hear from her, got treated at end of first horrible day in emergency room)
–billing dept. (who is one person) messed up two bills and didn’t resolve it until 4 months after son was born
–after check-​up for mastitis with Dr. Dauphin she wouldn’t prescribe me antibiotics until I begged, 4 weeks after my son was born (had 104 fever and ALL the other signs and two visits with lactation consultants confirming diagnosis). And she also gave me no advice on treatment, thankfully the LC did!
I could go on but you get the idea. Needless to say I am pregnant once again and found a different OB.
The only bright side to Dr. Dauphin’s office was her nurse, Veronica.

This is the first review I have ever written, but I feel it is important to warn women of this horrible «doctor». I agree with others that she spoke to me like I was a child but worst than her attitude was the misinformation.
My purpose to see this doctor was to get an IUD, which is what I told her secretary over the phone when I made the appointment. But when I saw the doctor she told me she does not do IUD’s, and then proceeded to give me some quack speech which equated IUD’s with abortion! Then she had the nerve to make a sales pitch for some form of contraceptive that I keep seeing commercials for but which I am not interested in.
So now I am in a gown ready to just take off but she decides that since I’m there might as well do a pap smear. She did her job and left me there bleeding on her table, did not offer anything for me to clean up or a sanitary napkin nothing. It was a shocking and humiliating experience. Needless to say, I am never going back!

If I could give a zero star rating I would. This has been the worst experience I have had with a doctor. It has gotten to the point where I am now notifying the AMA (American Medical Association) and you should too if you have been treated horribly. People like this shouldn’t be in practice and shouldn’t get away with treating the medical field just like whatever and not having any urgency or care that they are taking care of PEOPLE! I have never encountered such incompetent, unorganized, and rude invdividuals before. Myself and my health care provider have been trying to notify Dr. Baptiste for two weeks about sending in my express scripts, so I can receive my medication. Not only have they not sent it in, but the office is COMPLETELY unreachable. I have tried calling myself daily, with no one answering. It got to the point where I thought they had gone out of business and my heatlh care provider told me to notify AMA. What if this was a very serious medication I needed and had no one to get ahold of? I feel so bad for patients who are pregnant or have serious matters that they can’t even reach anyone to talk to. I even tried leaving a message directly for the doctor on her emergancy line. The machine explained that I would receive a couple back shortly… I didn’t get a call back until the very end of the day and she was VERY rude and annoyed I had called her since it wasn’t a medical emergancy, but I explained to her the situation and why my last resort was to call this line. In my head I am thinking what if I had had a real medical emergancy and your NOW getting back to me? Again, I feel very bad for patients who are pregnant and need to know they can reach their doctor at any point in time and trust them, YOU CAN’T HERE. DO NOT GO HERE!!! The secretary went on to tell me that they are only in the office two days a week. I told her maybe you should then have a voicemail explaining this and your hours, so people understand when you are open and don’t worry… maybe answer the phone too, that is always nice!
To contact AMA see below:
American Medical Association
515 N. State Street
Chicago, IL 60 654
(800) 621‑8335

She delivered both my girls, granted 15 ½ and nearly 12 years ago, 1^st pregnancy fine, 2^nd had gestational diabetes and pre-​term labor, but I’ve always had good experiences with her and the staff in her office. I’m way overdue for appt, will update if my experience is different. I love Dr. Baptiste, and sorry to hear others didn’t have a good experience.

I can see what other Unilocalers are saying about the Dr’s casual demeanor. She is very casual but she is also funny & a nice lady. I think she’s seen her share of babies coming out of vaginas so she’s not super serious & straight-​faced. I found her to be warm, sincere & professional without being a stick in the mud. Let’s just admit it, having your vag examined and having your pregnant belly pushed around with that ultrasound goo is no fun for anyone, so I think she does a good job of keeping it light and casual.
She has a whole entire wall of photos of babies she has delivered into this world that you can see in her office. She is also from Haiti, and I’m sure being from a country where women birth babies on the floor, she wonders what all the worry is about with women in this country.
My wait time for my first appointment was about 20 minutes so I didn’t experience the long wait like some people are complaining about. The waiting room is quiet and clean, there is a nice aquarium, magazines.
My only concern is that I felt a little rushed during my appointment but I think that’s because it was the end of the day and I’m sure everyone was anxious to get out of the office. I had a few questions that I didn’t get to ask but I will ask them at my next appointment.
The front office staff are nice, the girl I dealt with in particular was friendly. The intake nurse was a sweetheart and had me pee in a cup but didn’t really tell me why I was peeing in the cup and what it was for. I would’ve liked to know, but then again, I could’ve asked her.
Parking is lame. You can park in the garage but it costs alot of money. It’s like $ 1.00 per half hour or something like that. I opted to find street parking and just walked.
I will report more after my second appointment.

What a nightmare experience! I was rushed to the hospital on july 10^th 2011 & seen right away in the ER room. They chose to keep me at the hospital for emergency surgery & dr. Bapiste was called to care for me. So surgery was supposed to happen on july 11^th. Dr baptiste didnt show up until 6pm to see me for my first time. Well by this point, infection spread & surgery wasnt possible. I was put on anibiotics & told well try for surgery tomorrow. Mind u, its now tuesdY night & i hadnt had a lick of water or food since sunday. Well everyday the dr said to tomorrow for surgey for 8 days! Baptiste couldnt figure it out so she had to csll in infectious disease to see me. Long story short, dr. Baptiste released me from the hospital, condition unchanged & still very dangerous. She told me to stay on bed rest for a month & take my meds. I dont have insurance so she wrote on my release forms & verbally that she would do a courtesy follow up for free to make sure the meds are ridding my body of infection. Well i thought, hmm they are releasing me before they should but shes gonna follow up so ok. Well was i wrong thinking this aas ok! I was supposed to get s ultrasound yesterday but needed the dr.‘s order. Per dr. Baptiste i was to do this before my follow up & have the records released to her for my aug 3^rd appt. Turns out dr baptiste refused to send the order & cancelled me for my follow up. When i spoke with her she just repeated shes not my dr. & i need to go find cuz its not her & she would never see me again! I pleaded that my release Papers said to follow up with her & she just yelled at me & said no. That my papers were not accurate & shes not my doctor.
I have never been treated this way & i feel so abandoned. If the meds arent working i could die & she could care less. Stay away from this horrid woman. She did nothing for me except rack up a $ 100,000 medical bill to send me home on antibiotics for a condition that requires surgery. Horrible doctor.

Dr Baptiste is professional and caring. I read the other reviews and I realize people have the right to their opinions. But while I did not have to wait a long time to be seen and I was given very personable service. The complaints I read relate to any doctor waiting a while or having to pay for validation.
First of all, the RN did an overview of my history, and discussed my current situation. I saw Dr. Baptiste, she was well informed on my situation and right away worked at a solution.

Very unhappy with this doc and doctors office.
They take forever to see you. And her receptionist Cristine is helpful but she also takes forever to help. When she answers the phone she always puts you on hold.
The Dr Roseline isn’t very friendly, she looks like she just wants to get the day over with and go home.
Her clinic is clean however, but the service is no good.

Zero Stars!!!
I can’t tell you how terrible this Doctor is. I believe I lost a pregnancy because of this doctor, and on top of it all she was totally insensitive about my emotional state. I was alone at home bleeding and she didn’t return my urgent phone call for over 24 hours. Stay away from this quack!!!

After having such a wonderful experience with RN Stilson I felt compelled to add more regarding my horrid experience (s) with Dauphine-​Baptiste.
June C is absolutely correct and on point when she says DP treats you like a child. I went in very very sick last year and she was brash, uncaring and frankly rude with a very sensitive subject. Without getting into too-​personal details she actually made me cry in the middle of the room with nurses all around and her condescending attitude. My memory places it as sort of a nightmare at this point. (reminding myself to keep that experience mind next time I need to act terrified and hurt on set)
After having the very opposite experience with Nurse Stilson I would emphatically state even more so to stay away from this office — I KNOW there is better out there.

Hi,
I saw Dr. Dauphin-​Baptiste and was somewhat dissappointed. I am like many ladies not looking forward to the annual exam. Since I’m planning a family soon, I wanted to see an ob/​gyn instead of just seeing a gyn. I had an appt. and I came 30 min. early so I could get the paper work out of the way. I was brought back and asked to pee in a cup… then I was put in a exam room with my paper gown for 45 min!!! YES…45 min… mind you, the exam took only 7 min. While I was waiting for Dr. Dauphin –Baptiste for 45 min., I could hear the ladies chatting about hair… shoes… other girlie stuff with the Dr. joining in the conversation. I sat in the exam room with a concerned look on my face. I thought they forgot about me.
Overall, I agree with Beth T. about the girls. When I was on the phone, I felt like she was the SWEETEST person in the world. I felt good because it reflected warmth, but I was totally WRONG. Where was that SWEETEST lady who answered the phone?!? The environment was cold and abrasive… everyone seemed like they were just there for the money and not for love accompanying money. Only person I did like was a lady named Melissa.
Dr. Dauphin-​Baptiste talked to me as if I was a child and not a client. I told her that I was anxious about whether I could become a mother in the future because of my surgery in the uterus. She kept on saying «anxious, why?» with a no big deal vibe. I’m thinking…“mmm…hello?! I just told you why.” Basically, I don’t want to see her. :o (I will be looking for another OB/​GYN. and another thing, they don’t validate so I had to pay $ 5 for parking. My true rating for her and staff is 1 ½ star… oh well.