Traynor Jeffrey MD

Dr. Traynor is the absolute best. He placed my cerclage at 13.5 weeks and it held steady the whole time until it came out at 36 weeks. And I delivered my beautiful baby girl totally healthy yesterday!
His staff is very good — super professional and really nice. He is brilliant, super competent, and has a dry sense of humor. That might not be your cup of tea, but I don’t need my doctors to coddle me; I need them to be super confident in what they do.
Also, if you’re lucky enough to have a short visit, be grateful. It means nothing is wrong with you or your baby. Short visits are a good thing! Yeah, we all want to see our babies on sonograms, but also realize that if you’re kept waiting or if the office doesn’t have time to take you on a fully guided tour of your uterus, it might be because someone else is there with a complication that really needs their care and expertise.
I had a great experience at Diablo Valley Perinatal and if I have another baby, I will definitely be going back.

Dr. Traynor is simply amazing! I had a high risk twin pregnancy that required me to visit him on a weekly basis for most of my pregnancy. I would say I had about 20+ appointments with Dr. Traynor. He is incredibly intelligent and possesses all the qualities I want in my doctor. He will definitely give it to you straight, but at the same time he is very supportive, reassuring, and completely caring. Also, he’s hilarious. I read some reviews that said his humor is dry, which it is, but it’s awesome and I totally got him. When you go through high risk pregnancy, you need to laugh once in a while. Every bump along my twin pregnancy journey that we hit, Dr. Traynor was there to assess the situation and come up with a plan. I ended up needing an amniotic fluid reduction (which is as icky as it sounds!) and I was scared. He was there for me and walked me through every step. At the end of the procedure, I remember thinking… that wasn’t so bad. And it completely resolved my uneven fluid situation which was probably attributed to slight TTTS. Then, my cervix began to thin early on (I mean, it was like one thing after another!) and Dr. Traynor recommended I take it easy for the remainder of my pregnancy, work from home, etc. With this, I was able to make it all the way to 36 weeks, which I never thought was possible! Dr. Traynor really is the man, he saved the day! And I was able to deliver two, beautiful and healthy baby girls!
I hope people who read my review will see that Dr. Traynor is there to ensure your baby (or babies!) arrive healthy and safe! It’s pretty simple. I am forever grateful for what he did for me and for my girls.

I feel compelled to let others know that this place is awful. I have never given a negative review, partially because I would never want to hurt someone’s business. That said, these folks really shouldn’t be operating like this. The reviews about him coming in and spending literally 10 seconds is actually accurate. I think it was really 10 seconds. Before he left, he dropped a towel on my stomach and let me know that I had a lot of jelly left. Then he yanked me up by my arm… I almost flew across the room. Such a bizarre interaction to have with a doctor. But that really isn’t the worst part. I could have lived with that. The whole vibe is just bad here. The main goal is obviously $$$. I was rushed. and even had one of the nurses roll her eyes at me when I asked to talk with my husband quickly about something, which apparently got her off schedule. Maybe that is why I only got 10 seconds with Dr. Traynor. They could really care less about you or your pregnancy. I have never in my life felt like this before with any doctor. It was a really weird and uncomfortable experience.
When you go in for an NT appointment they try to «up sell» you by having you fill out a form where you have two choices: Check box 1) essentially saying that you do not want them to to a full exam and that you understand that the basic NT exam will not tell you about all of the fetal malformations and plethora of problems you may have or you can check awesome box 2) which gives you all of the information you will need to know given their super powerful technology and amazing strategies and techniques which costs double the price and isn’t covered by insurance. The ladder part of this is left off the form… but the office person let me know that the «main difference is the price.» They told me that this was one of the forms you can print online, but I couldn’t find it there before or after the appointment. I wish I would have taken a picture of it because the wording was so unbelievable. I thought maybe I was on candid camera or something.
After speaking to my doctor, she was pretty shocked by the wording of the form and why they were even having me fill it out.
There have got to be better places out there than this. at least I hope there are. I had Kaiser for my first pregnancy, so I didn’t have to go to a separate facility for the NT appointment.
Thanks for reading and good luck. Your doctor should be able to give you a list of other places for ultrasounds and NT appointments.

Really pleasant experience. Great high tech ultrasounds and a very thorough and knowledgable staff. I recently had a horrible ultrasound experience at another office which just made me realize how good I had it with Dr. Traynor!

I’m glad that some of you don’t mind someone without bedside manner, but I’m a person who does. I feel that like any service industry, medicine should have both quality and good customer service. With Dr. Traynor, however, the customer service was awful.
His blood pressure cuff wasn’t working, so he told me, «I can tell by looking at you that you probably have hypertension and you should be on medication,» whatever tenuous relationship we had was over. I found him to be an overbearing jerk who didn’t know as much as he thought he did (despite being a chunk, my family has low blood pressure — it’s genetic) and was willing to make things up to fit in with his view of me. I argued that I didn’t have it and I wasn’t going on blood pressure medicine and he called me «noncompliant.»
We did not mesh at all, and I refused to see him again — which is probably OK with him. His stupid doctor’s note in my file told every doctor since 2012 that I had hypertension (I didn’t) and I was in denial about it. Not one word about his blood pressure cuff not working and all that was inference. Total jerk.
I’m guessing he’s been good for someone so I’m not giving one star, but all of you can do better.

The only way we could possibly love Dr. Traynor more is if he ends up being the one who delivers our baby because he is so awesome and we’ve been on this journey together for a while. We won’t love him any less if he doesn’t because that means he got us safely all the way through our pregnancy!
So blessed to have been referred to this practice by my regular OB/​GYN. After a routine 20 week ultrasound showed that my cervix had shortened to a dangerous point, we were sent to his office right away. When my doctor called him, he scheduled an appointment for us immediately, he saw us at 1pm, we left our home only 90 minutes before. He was calm, thoughtful, funny and very reassuring when explaining he would be meeting me at the hospital (John Muir, right down the road) at 4pm to do a cerclage (a stitch to keep your cervix shut).
Of course, to me, this seemed scary! I started to cry. He offered Kleenex, I took one, he said «take the whole box. I pay for them! they’re yours now.» When he told us of the possible complications, like puncturing the water bag or membranes, he said «Ask me how many times that’s happened to me.» «How many?» I said. «None.» These little remarks, some might find snotty or cocky, I found them funny and comforting that with such a serious job ahead, he could still make me smile and feel OK about the process. Afterward, he had and has continued to give clear instructions on how to keep this baby cooking. So far, so good!
Dr. Traynor speaks with confidence and authority. He’s not really a warm and fuzzy type guy but to be honest, I don’t need a warm and fuzzy specialist. I want a competent one! He is. Plus, he does have a dry sense of humor which some people might not get, but he’s not trying to be an a-​hole. He’s trying to make you feel better and laugh a little! Laughter is the best medicine after all.
Since the procedure in March, we have dutifully made the 1 hour trek from our house to his office for weekly cervical length checks and monthly growth checks for the baby. I firmly, firmly believe we could not be under better care or supervision. He wasn’t sure we would make it to 24 weeks, then hoped we’d make it to 28… and here we are at 31! So happy and excited he was able to help us make it all this way.
Everywhere along the way, when I’ve had a question or concern, I have never hesitated to call. Day, night, Tuesday or Saturday he or his partner are always there to help. If you happen to call during the day, there’s a high likelihood they will transfer you right to the doctor! On the weekends, the exchange often connects you immediately, but if you do have to wait for a call back, the longest I waited was literally 3 minutes on a Sunday. In comparison, my regular OB/​GYN NEVER transfers you to a doctor during the week, only the nurse. And if you call after hours or on the weekend, call backs take on average between 15 – 20 minutes.
This practice is busy, this practice is expensive. But I will tell you, it is worth the long waits and every single penny to have a healthy baby. At least in my opinion.
It always surprises me when I do hear people in the waiting room or see reviews like the one below saying they want a second opinion. I don’t think people really realize that Dr. Traynor is probably the best perinatologist in Northern California. His credentials and schooling speak for themselves; UCSB, Northwestern, Stanford. You’ll be hard pressed to find someone better, even at UC or other teaching hospitals.
He did tell us when the «miracle baby» is born, we owe him cookies. I think we can definitely handle that! Thank you Dr. Traynor for making this very difficult experience as bearable as possible! We will be eternally grateful for all the help he has provided.
Check out their website and his bio, and Google «Dr. Traynor youtube» to see an old video. His background and story are very interesting. Just a regular guy, saving babies and helping mommies!

I was completely unhappy with how quickly he came in the room placed the ultrasound device on my belly for literally 10 SECONDS!!! Our toddler was with us when he said he’ll let us get on with our parental duties. Ummm, she can wait since she made no fuss at all. Then I got a bill for almost $ 400 for that. EEEKKKK! He relied solely on the technician’s findings rather than doing any diagnosis or prodding himself I almost forgot to mention how the technician that did the ultrasound was terrible and had no compassion or anything. I suggest you look for another Perinatal service!

I was referred to Dr. Traynor by my OB/​GYN Dr. Hilliard. At 20 weeks I began bleeding lightly and my OG/​GYN noticed my cervix was opening. I was received at John Muir and Dr. Traynor and it has been a great experience working with him and his team since then (I’m 25 weeks and thankfully still pregnant).
Long story short, Dr. Traynor performed a cerclage and the baby is doing well. We plan to go full term and have talked in detail about the whole process and precautions we will take to prolong the pregnancy. I see Dr. Traynor at his office in Walnut Creek (partner Dr. Won also great) every week, since I’m high risk pregnancy. My check-​ups are thorough and no detail missed. I couldn’t ask for a better office to work with. I appreciate Dr. Traynor gets straight to the point, lays out all the pros and cons and is confident in his decisions. He throws in a few good jokes here and there. Kinda dry but in my opinion, has always helped me get through the scary moments of maybe losing our baby. I’ve always felt I was in good hands (gut instinct) and recommend him.

If you are looking for a Doctor that will do everything that they can to ensure a healthy mom and baby/​babies, then please don’t go to anyone else. As a parent, you owe it to your unborn child to give them the best chance of survival, should anything go wrong.
It is interesting that a previous post complained about Dr. Traynor having an ego. That ‘ego’ is what will literally save your child’s life if you happen to have a complicated pregnancy. (I also severely doubt the validity of that disgruntled reviewer. Ask anyone in the hospital… Dr. Traynor doesn’t make mistakes, which is supported by the fact that they said he never sent a letter of what he supposedly diagnosed.) I do, however, agree that he is confident and stubborn as hell. He is confident in his skills and knows that what he recommends is best for you and your baby. He gets fully invested in your pregnancy and stubbornly will not accept anything but a successful outcome. Isn’t that why you go to a high risk doctor? In case something happens, you want someone who is superior in his craft and whose track record warrants a mural of him in the hospital.
Don’t think for a second that complicaions cant happen to you. At only 24 yrs old and a previous NCAA Div 1 athlete, I went in for a routine cervix check to find that my cervix was failing and I was contracting. You think complications only happen to older women or those with poor health, but its just not the case.
I was only at 24 weeks and Dr. Traynor could see the membrane. He cut straight to the facts: if he didn’t do anything, the girls would be there within a day or two. Option 2– put in a cerclage (stitch) and if successful, it would buy us more time. However, at 24 weeks, it is well past the time that doctors usually put in cerclages because of the risk of hitting the membrane. His confidence and matter of fact demeanor when telling me that he would recommend option 2, just as he would if I were his own wife, assured me and my husband to get on board with whatever he thought was best. We are so thankful that we did.
He stopped my contractions and did an emergency cerclage. I was was put on bed rest in the hospital and medication as we counted the days until our girls had a better chance of surviving. The neonatologist said at 24 weeks, the chances were 50%.
When 26 weeks rolled around, I had severe bleeding which resulted in 4 blood transfusions and yet another emergency cerclage. All of the nurses swore that one of the placentas had ruptured and doubted that I would remain pregnant. Dr. Traynor wasn’t convinced and thought the bleeding was coming from me. He asked me if i would be okay with him doing an exploratory surgery to see if he could get my labor and bleeding to stop. Delivery was still a possibility, but I trusted my doctor and his skills. I was right to do so because he managed to stop my bleeding from a ruptured blood vessel and stop my labor contractions yet again. It was something he and the nurses had never seen before, yet he managed to solve the problem on the fly.
I ended up developing preeclampsia and Dr. Traynor made sure that I kept the girls in for as long as it was safe for me. I delivered at 33 weeks and have two beautiful and healthy girls. I have met so many moms while in the NICU that have similar stories. We are all in agreement that our babies would not be here if it weren’t for the care and expertise of Dr. Traynor. MANY of the nurses, other doctors and even the director of mother/​baby at the hospital have made it a point to tell me that any other doctor would have delivered me back at 24 weeks, and definitely would have delivered me at 26 weeks. They were all in shock and awe of how he kept me pregnant for that long.
You want a perinatologist that will know exactly what to do in the worst situation possible and execute their skills perfectly. You can’t afford to go anywhere else, God forbid something happens.

My OB/​GYN sent me to Dr Traynor for every ultrasound because he is the only person she trusts in the area (she doesn’t even trust the hospital ultrasound techs). His facility, Diablo Valley Perinatal has top of the line equipment and the images we got there were beyond extraordinary (they always show you the 3D and video too!). I would give Dr Traynor five stars just for that, but I unfortunately had the chance to see Dr. Traynor’s perinatal skills in action as well. I say unfortunately because no pregnant woman wants to be in need of a perinatal doctor beyond the standard ultrasounds. However, at 27 weeks pregnant I went into preterm labor and everyone was sure delivery was imminent. I was transported to John Muir hospital where they have a level 3 NICU and Dr. Traynor was already there waiting for me. He did a great job of explaining what was happening and what to expect. He was so personable and made me feel extremely at ease during such a traumatic situation. That first night he slept on a cot in the next room all night just to make sure he was there if my condition changed. Over the next several weeks he checked in on me several times a day and always remembered everything about me, my situation, and even my family! My mom, dad, sisters, brother and husband were by my side throughout, and Dr. Traynor got to know each of them personally. We are all great fans of his! Under Dr. Traynor’s care, I was stabilized and eventually sent home to bed rest for the duration of my pregnancy. I had regular checkups with Dr Traynor every couple of weeks and he always remembered me, my history and even asked about my family members by name! I ended up delivering my perfect baby girl at 39.5 weeks — well beyond everyone’s expectations. I credit Dr. Traynor and the great support at Diablo Valley Perinatal for getting us there. I hope none of you go through my experience, but if you do, I hope you are lucky enough to have Dr. Traynor help you through it!

My wife and I went in for a routine exam for our newborn baby. Dr. Traynor diagnosed our child with a heart defect and stated that she would need surgical intervention within minutes of birth. As I could not believe the news, I rushed my wife to Stanford for additonal testing. Fortunately, the baby was fine. Dr. Traynor misdiagnosed the heart condition! Scared us out of our mind. Can you believe this guy forgets to send a report to our doctor to let him know about what he «thought» he had found! Then he has the balls to send us a bill! I am not sure which this jerk needs more, a diagnostic seminar or people skills, Dr. Traynor has the biggest ego and the worst people skills I have ever met! Take your spouse and your unborn baby to someone who actually cares.

Saw him today. The receptionist wasn’t the greatest but Dr. Traynor was great. Contrary to other reviews I have read of him I found him to be very warm and personable. He explained everything to me and spent extra time with us explaining our options. We will definitely go back to see him. I would have given him five stars if it wasn’t for the receptionist.