Vidya Nitin Mhamunkar, MD, FACOG

This review is long overdue. I had my son about 2 years ago. I changed my OBGYN three times before I found the perfect match — Dr Mhamunkar. One of my primary concerns was if the doctor I consult with throughout my pregnancy will be the same Doctor delivering my baby. I realized that with medical groups such as PAMF or Altos Oaks, the on-​call Doctor will be the one delivering, not necessarily the doctor you have built a relationship with over nine months. This search lead me to Dr Mhamunkar.
She is the most knowledgable, genuine and caring Doctor I have ever met. I really wanted to go natural if there were no complications without epidural. But I did not want a home birth as I wanted to ensure that my baby and I have the best medical care if need be. Dr Mhamunkar fully understood my birth plan and was not pushy in any way. I was lucky enough to not have any serious complications. When I went into labor and checked into the hospital, she was there within 20 mins at around 1 AM! I had seen her earlier in the morning for a checkup and she was still there. It turned out that my son’s heart relate was a bit on the low side. But she did not panic, nor did she make me panic. She said that she would continue monitoring as I tried natural birth, but had me prepped for an emergency C section IF she felt it was getting too risky. The hospital nurses tried to discourage me from going natural when I was screaming in pain saying unsupportive things. However, Dr Mhamunkar would check with me every hour or so to see if I was managing the pain and would let me be. Her primary concern was any risk to my baby or me, as was mine. Pain was not a risk. That was my choice. I was able to birth naturally and Dr Mhamunkar took great care of me to ensure there was not too much tearing.
In short, I am blessed to have found such a great OB. I trust her. I have recommended my friends to her. My friends had higher risk pregnancies and she was loved by them as well.
Wait times maybe unpredictable, but this is because she delivers all her patients. So if there is an emergency, she is the one attending to it. I have no problem waiting because I know when I am the emergency, I will be her priority.

I wish I could give more than 5 rating to Dr. Vidya. She is an amazing personality, care taker and a doctor. After doing lot of research, we narrowed down to go to Dr. Vidya for consultation. After our first meeting, we made up our mind to have her as my wife’s OB. During entire pregnancy of my wife, Dr Vidya was very supportive. She answered phone call during odd hours and explained everything patiently.
I would highly recommend Dr. Vidya. Hats off to you, M’am!

My wife was treated by Dr Vidya. Not only I find some of the negative reviews below offensive for a Dr like her, I find them unfair. During the four years she has been our Dr, she was attentive and prompt. We trust her judgement and the care she provided. We have suggested some of our friends to her and they all have only good things to say. She is competent and compassionate doctor.

I delivered baby boy on February 20^th.
Dr. Vidya does excellent job in following up and doing regular check in. Whenever we have doubt, we used to message her on her cell phone and she was kind to reply us in short time. I lost patience waiting for the delivery to happen. But she never lost her patience and encouraged myself to stay energetic. She always wants the mom and baby to be more safe. And very cautious. She is very responsive, strong in her experience. Very flexible in terms of timing. She was with us throughout the labor and the surgery went very smooth. She cared me like her own Sister
I would strongly recommend Dr. Mhamunkar to all prospective moms. All of them can be rest assure that they are in safe hands. I wish her loads of luck and best wishes for all her future career endeavours.

I had an excellent experience with Dr Vidya. Just as any first time mom-​to-​be, I was always apprehensive about the whole pregnancy, labor and birth thing. But, every time after I would visit her, I would feel confident about everything going around me. Be it any time of the day, I felt comfortable to call her and worry less after talking to her. She knew what she was doing and was very detail-​oriented. She was very patient and supportive throughout and she was there with me during my labor and delivery process, unlike some doctors who don’t even come in to check for their patients. I liked her approach to always try for normal delivery first if everything is normal and keep an option open about c-​section only if really required. Due to this, I was mentally prepared for all the options. Fortunately, nothing really came in as a surprise for me. I had an amazing, pain-​less and normal delivery experience. I would highly recommend her.

I had a very good experience with Dr Vidya. I had fibroids when I visited her and I was given various recommendations from other doctors which was very unconvincing. Dr Vidya was the first Dr who sat through the entire session with patience and went through my report i detail. I had a normal delivery and everything went well, thanks to her knowledge and experience.
She is very thorough in her diagnosis, goes through every report in great detail. She is very supportive and does not suggest any unnecessary surgery/​tests.
She is very professional, yet very connected with her patients even on extremely busy days.

Dr Mhamunkar has been an excellent OB for my wife. Right from the first day where she accepted our same day appointment request till the delivery of my baby she has been very supportive. My wife and I had no one to support, Dr Vidya acted as a family member to us and provided all possible guidance. Yes she does recommend few tests, but she never forces. Its completely on us whether to get those tests done or not .
Even during delivery of my baby, Dr Vidya supported us with lot of patience. Even though babies heart rate was flickering a lot and nurses recommended to have C section immediately, she took the judgement of still going the normal way .
I would highly recommend Dr Vidya Mhamunkar .
I would like to advise people, that as patients we have to trust our doctor. Just reading things over baby central or wikipedia doesn’t make us doctor after all.

I would recommend Dr. Vidya Mhamunkar, if you want your wife to have a healthy, smooth and safe pregnancy, don’t think twice, have your appointment and go to her clinic. She will make the pregnancy less stressful along the way.

Dr. Vidya Mhamunkar is the best OBGYN one could ever get. I had a high risk pregnancy. And we were more worried when we had to move to CA from NJ during my 3^rd trimester. I am glad I found Dr. Mhamunkar. She is very knowledgeable and gives enough time for her patients. She was very empathetic to understand the problems and very efficient in managing complications. She was with me throughout the labor and the surgery went very smooth. I would highly recommend her.

Aaah… where to start?
Everything is problematic.
1. Appointment schedule:
Helen is receptionist. She feels that she is owner of multi-​billion firm and acts like she is supreme power. So much arrogant and egoistic. Its pain to talk to her and schedule appointment.
2. Billing:
No words for billing. You would get bills after 4 – 6 months and every time it would have mistakes. They try to make money by manipulating bills.
You can not pay bill online. You can not get your reports online. they are running 20 years old system.
3. The doctor:
After all, I went there because of dr. But very sadly, she does not have enough knowledge. She does not know latest things in practice. Still uses obsolete medications. You would wait at-​least 30 – 45 mins, when you reach on time for appointments. If you are late by 5 – 10 mins, then you are gone. you must wait for 60+ minutes. This wait is not because she is so popular and she is handling so many patients, but she goes out of clinic when never returns on time. You cann’t trust this doctor, she does not have latest knowledge. If you ask her few questions, she would easily run out of answers, better do goggle and you would find answers very easily.
In short, 1 star is also too much for this facility.

I wish Unilocal had negative rating and i would have given that.
For some reason her previous profile and reviews have disappeared and new one with a 5 star has appeared. seems like she just discovered a way to get rid of negative feedback and start fresh.
I chose this doctor as she had glowing reviews and being an indian I thought it would be good to go to an indian lady doc.
There is always a lot of waiting around in her office. First keep waiting outside then sit in a room and keep waiting. If the doctor is running late they can just call up and inform, all other staff do that. She makes it a point to push you into a room so you dont talk to other patient and can exchange notes. She will make you wait in the patient room for 30 – 40 min !!
She sends women at 9 and even 12 weeks of pregnancy for diabetes tests. Seems like she is trying to pin the diabetes label on you. She will tell you that you are diabetic even when you are not. Will send you to the worst possible endocrinologist ever — Len Doberne’s office (They deserve their own review) She will send you for a battery of tests. Meanwhile the endo will make ur life hell and keep pushing insulin on you. And this is almost a pattern. Whoever i spoke to from her practice had the same story to tell. If not this and she will find something else to make the entire pregnancy stressful for you. Most of the tests and ultrasounds she will send you to, the clinic will be surprised and will tell you that you did not need to do it.
She kept trying to convince me all the time that something was wrong and would require intervention. Sometimes she would say baby is small and is not growing. another time, baby’s shoulder could be very broad and may not be able to come out. My baby came out in 10 minutes of pushing.
as you get closer to your due date she starts telling you about inducing and c-​section. She tried to coax me into inducing too and all other patients i know. She induced this other girl to suit her own schedule, in labor she tried to create an urgency and talk the patient into c-​section at 8 cm dialation !! This pregnant lady finally gave birth naturally and said that it was because of the nurses else Dr. M would have done a C-​section even if the baby was out.
Finally i changed my OB and found that i was not even diabetic and was being stressed for no reason. This lady is completely money minded. I would not recommend anyone go to her unless they want to have a stressful pregnancy

After changing insurance, I needed to find a new doctor for my girly bits. I spent forever on the insurance website, going through doctors and reading reviews on them when I finally decided on Dr Vidya Mhamunkar. Choosing a new doctor, site unseen, is like taking a shot in the dark. This time, however, I am very pleased with my choice.
For my 1^st appt, I arrived a bit early so I could fill out the mandatory paperwork. I was quickly taken back to my exam room and then there was a small wait for Dr Vidya. I didn’t mind though because she was very thorough with me, taking her time to go over many questions and a general background chat. She even took my email to send me some information on travel vaccinations after she learned I am a wanderlust! I enjoyed our visit. She was very patient, gentle and had a calm demeanor. And did I mention she was thorough? I really appreciated her time and attention.
Dr Vidya Mhamunkar is located in the back of the El Camino Hospital, the women’s center. She is on the 2^nd floor, room #261.
I would recommend her to family or friends or you. :-)
Might see ya there!

Dr. Mhamunkar is one of the best doctors I have seen. Like they say — Having a good doctor in itself solves half the problem. She is an amazing doctor who cares a lot and makes you feel safe. She is extra careful and makes sure she does not miss any minute detail. I am so glad I went to her for my first baby and I would not have been able to manage it all without her.

Dr. Mhamunkar is the best. She delivered our son in Dec 2011.
My wife was 8 months pregnant when we had to move from Maryland to the bay area due to my job. Finding a good doctor was the most important thing for us and we didn’t have much time. We found Dr. Mhamunkar and called her few weeks before we moved. She asked us to fax all the required documents and made sure she was up to date with all the information. She even called couple of times to talk with my wife. We were already very comfortable with her even though we hadn’t met her.
When we arrived in the bay area, we set up an appointment immediately for the next day. She was very detail oriented and took her time talking all about my wife’s history, medication, tests and other information. We knew we had made the right decision going with her.
She made us feel very comfortable. Whenever my wife had any doubts, she used to call Dr. Mhamunkar. Even if she couldn’t answer right then, she used to give a call back to ensure all the doubts are clear. We even remember calling her at 4 in the morning.
During the delivery, she made regular visits to monitor the progress and talk us through the process. We found her diagnosis was spot on. She took all the necessary precautionary measures to make sure my wife and the baby was doing well. My wife’s delivery was a long process and being first time parents, we had no experience. Her advice and support helped us make right decisions.
Even after the delivery, she helped my wife recover and monitored her progress by doing frequent visits.
We would recommend Dr. Mhamunkar without any doubt. She is very detail oriented, takes time to understand her patients. She treats them as family members.