Simotas, Alexandra, Md - Alexandra Simotas Obgyn

Special kind of physician...- I met Dr. Simotas while I was working at a medical facility, I was looking for a new obgyn and she gave me her card and I gave her a call, not knowing that I was calling in the middle of her studying for her boards, she still took the time to stop and gave me specialized "" new patient "" instructions. I called her office and scheduled my appointment I was very happy with every aspect of her office from the getgo the scheduling was very prompt the front desk and the medical assistant had outstanding customer / patient service and the billing office knew what to do, I did not have any insurance issues after my visit. Dr. Simotas is one physician that no matter what, I can always go to and expect to leave her office feeling that I was given new up to date information regarding my health concerns and all of my questions and concerns were answered. \r I have had to see other physicians due to insurance changes at times but Dr. Simotas is the one that stands out to me, and I am picky picky with dr.'s.\r Good Docs are hard to find and this is one of the good ones. more

Unfortunately all that was said was true. I spent 30 min filling out my history and then went to the exam room. I wwent to see the dr for a yearly womens exam and to discuss my history with birth control and request info on new bc. The nurse comes in first to ""explain"" how the dr ""works"" basically told me she is like on ny time quick fast to the point and blunt..not sensitive and sometimes rushes out before i can get answers to all of my questions but can email me back with answers...so basically painted me really bad pic two seconds before dr rushed in. But she forgot to mention impersonable...cold...uninterested and unaware. I wish she would have briefed the dr like she briefed me instead of having to answer all the same questions again. She spent less than 10 min with me exam and all and walked out before i could utter a word. Very intimdating i am sure like most people this was my first and last visit but she probably makes her money like that and doesnt care to see you again anyway. Good luck peopke more

This dr only cares about the money..with a threaten miscarriage was suppose to do u/s,,,when they told me that I had to pay 325 dollars,, 125 for vaginal 125 abdominal I told them did not have the money at the time and asked her if she could do only one ultrasound she said NO... Did not care about my pain or concern that I might be losing my baby... Had to leave the office... A good dr would do something about it. Really really sad.... This drs don't have any feelings they only care about the money ..,now I don't know what is going on.. Thank god I found another dr told everything tha I'm going through ..I have an appt. Thursday 7/19 and she will do the ultrasound for $25 . more

It was very hard for me to find a doctor after I moved to Houston. I tried several doctors before I met Dr. Simotas. I was so excited to meet a doctor who took the time to explain my issues to me. I have suffered wtih endometriosis and heavy bleeding for several years now. She was the only doctor who figured out what was wrong with me. I love her. She is patient and kind and intellegient, but most importantly she cares. I have sent several of my firends to her and she has delivered practically my whole family now. She is a gift! more

So excited to finally meet a doctor who is well read, knowledgable and caring. She saw my 14 year old daughter and was so down to earth and informative that she left us feeling secure. I later went to her for a mass in my pelvis and she was very quick to diagnose me with an ovarian cyst. She listned to my complaints and gave me a lot of time in the office to talk to her. Highly recommend. So glad I found her. more

Love Dr. Simotas. I have been with her through the birth of my twins and my recent delivery. She is so caring and knowledgable. She rounded on me every single day for three weeks when I was on bedrest for preterm labor and managed to get me to term. I love her honesty and caring manners. I also love that she is one of the few doctors who actually calls you back and talks to you. She is very rare. I wish I was having another baby just to get to see her more often! more

I really didn't like that she never told me she was pregnant till I was five months along and she was not going to be there till after her baby is born and she recovers. I did not like the dirty exam room, water spot on the ceiling, dust everywhere, a dead bug once. I didn't like that she seems to have lied to me, telling me that her insurance for the building would not allow children, even in the waiting room or for ultrasounds. This is a medical professional building and I just cant imagine that being true. But I guess I'll never know. I didn't like how once my second ultrasound came up and we were discussing it, she said I could bring my son because he was five, and that is not too young. He was five the whole time and missed one ultrasound already.I felt she thought it would be okay since she wouldn't be the one there to do it! Ah, well, back with a really good doc now so I am over it and have shortened this complaint to hopefully help others without really hurting anyone.... I wish her and all her patients the very best! I am just so relieved to feel like I have a doc who is in control, and really cares about every detail. By the way my new doc is Dr. Barnett, and though their wait times are incredible, it is sooo worth it! Pros: FRIENDLY Cons: LACK OF TRUST DIRTY EXAM ROOMS more

I usually hate going to doctors, esp gynos. But Dr. Simotas was very patient and thorough. She reviewed my records from my previous doctor and took the time to explain to me what my ovarian cysts meant. She had a picture for me and educated as well as treated me. She also took the time to personally call me and give me the results of my lab work which revealed PCOS. I would not trade her for the world. Pros: Best doctor in Houston Cons: wish she had a twin more

Love Dr. Simotas! I have jumped around to several doctors in the past, but I moved to Houston and went to see Dr. Simotas. I was in the middle of a miscarriage and was scared. She took the time to talk to me and even responded to my email questions. She was not in a hurry to operate on me and do a D and C , llike so many other doctors wanted to. She was not all about making money by operating on me. I found her to genuinly care about me. I don't know a lot of doctors that would call you back right away, but she always did. And when she could not call me she always emailed me. I wish there were more doctors like her. Pros: cares about patients, very informative Cons: not more doctors like her more

I found Dr. Simotas online. I went to her thinking something was seriously wrong with me. I was bleeding on & off for over a month. Which was not normal for me. She asked if it was possible I may be pregnant & I said there was no possible way. I did not think I could have children after being with my husband for 14 years & never getting pregnant. She ordered a lot of testing to be done to test a number of things, including my hormone level. All of my test came back normal with the exception of my hormone level being over 10,000. She called to inform me of the results and to tell me I was pregnant. She wanted to have more testing done & ordered me to go back that afternoon. I was shocked thinking I could not have children & was going to possibly have a miscarriage. Dr. Simotas took all precautions considering I was still bleeding on & off. I was very stressed having to deal with my divorce throughout my pregnancy. Everyone including her entire staff was very supportive to me. I had several ultrasounds to make sure all was well with my baby. Due to my last ultrasound results, Dr. Simotas suspected I may have IUGR (which means my baby had stop growing). She sent me to a specialist for further testing. Dr. Simotas' diagnose was confirmed accurate. I was sent to the hospital immediately to have an emergency C-section. Dr. Simotas delivered my baby @ 31 wks. My baby girl weighed 2 lbs. 8 oz. & was 14 & 3/4"" long. She was in the NICU for 47 days & Dr. Simotas followed up with us frequently to make sure my little girl & I were both doing well. My little girl had heart surgery @ 3 wks old & weighed only 3 lbs. @ that time. Dr. Simotas was there to talk whether it was professional or personal. I was very pleased with my experience with her & her entire staff. I highly recommend Dr. Simotas. I truly believe if she had not taking all precautions necessary with my pregnancy, my little girl would not be here today. I will forever be grateful to Dr. Simotas & her entire staff. more

I'm 23 and Dr. Simotas has been my only doctor. I was young and dumb and thought her in and out of the room in 20 seconds max was ""normal."" That is until now ... my husband and I are trying to conceive and when I went in because I was 5 weeks late and all my pregnancy tests were negative. I was told it was either ""in my head"" or I was ""stressed."" I explained to her that I am at a point in life where I am very happy and have nothing to stress about. Seeing how my missed period came after our first month of trying....I told her I was prepared to try for atleast a year before getting anxious and I was sure I was not ""tricking my self into thinking I was pregnant."" She ordered me an HCG test because I'm sure she saw how annoyed I was getting. This was on Thursday and since Friday was 4th of July I was supposed to get my results the following Monday. Well TODAY is Monday and I called their office twice!! The first time I was told the nurse was with a patient and would call me back. Then I called back 2 and 1/2 hrs later because I didn't get a call back and Wendi, the receptionist made it very clear (in a rude manner) that she had relayed my message to the nurse and she would get back to me when she got the chance to. I have spoken to other friends about they Gyno and was told that this is not the kind of treatement they would get from theirs. I am going to be online for a while tonight making sure I can find a reliable, caring and concerned doctor for a change! I may only be one more patient to Dr.Simotas and her staff, but getting pregnant is a life changing experience for me and I'd like to know if the HCG results came out positive or negative!!! Cons: Everything more

I normally go to a general practioner rather than an OBGYN, but I had a super personal question that I thought required the expertise of an OBGYN. So, not knowing anyone here in town I choose Dr. Simotas because of her location relative to where I work. I went early assuming there would be loads of paperwork, as is typical. After I finished the paperwork I waited an additional 30 minutes before I was taken back to get weighed and have my blood-pressure taken. The nurse asked me all the typical family history questions that I had JUST answered on another form - but that was ok, at least they were attempting to communicate. I was then taken into an exam room and told to change. I did and soon afterwards the doctor came in. I say came in, but what I really mean was she graced me with her presence for all of 2 minutes. The annual exam was so short there's no way I could have asked any of the prepared questions I had before she began backing out of the room. Her feigned concern almost had me going for a minute, but when you ask someone if they have any questions for you as you're backing out of the room with your hand on the door -- kind of hard to believe you'd actually slow down long enough to answer them. So I didn't ask -- I'll save my questions for a doctor that's actually concerned about my wellbeing. Pros: Office staff seemed friendly enough. Cons: No dr-patient interaction. more

On my first and last visit with ""Dr."" Simotas, she greeted me and my husband by asking us if we had maternity insurance and if we were going to have a baby, how we were planning on paying for it. Mind you the reason I was there was for left lower pelvic pain and nothing to do with getting pregnant. Little did she know that my husband is a doctor and we would pay cash should I get pregnant. The fact is that the topic of pregnancy was not the reason for my visit, but she did not listen at all to what my complaints were, never took a history, never palpated my abdomen or explained to me what could be causing the symptoms. In fact she said to me ""I would be guessing just like you."" When I told her to look at my ultrasound results which my GP had ordered for me, she dismissed the results and basically told me that they meant nothing even though it showed a 9mm cyst on my left ovary and a slightly enlarged uterus. Her continued response to me was if I could deal with the pain or if I wanted surgery. She never answered our question of what was causing the pain. What would I be having surgery on? She insisted it wasn't the cyst or the enlarged uterus but never said what it was. She made me feel very uncomfortable and made me cry the entire way home because I got no answers. It was a wasted visit. She is very confrontational when asked questions, and I don't know about anyone else but anything concerning my body, I will ask questions. Pros: friendly office staff Cons: you don't feel cared about by the doctor. more

1-2-08 Well I just found this web site and I am excited about telling you about my experience with Dr Simotas. I have finally found a ob/gyn who really listens to my concerns, I found her and her staff to be courteous, compassionate and very caring. The office is small and intimate and my appointment was a wonderful experience. If you are looking for a change in 2008 in your medical care, this is a doctor that I highly reccomend! Pros: Listens to you Cons: Not more doctors like her more

I felt like my appointment was rushed through with none of my questions or concerns addressed. I specifically asked for a certain type of borth control and was greeted at the door with a sample package of some other brand (nothing specific to my needs obviously because the nurse already had it prepared as soon as the doctor stepped out). Then, instead of giving me my prescription, they said I would need to come back in a month and get checked to see how I dealt with this new med they gave me???....I guess I will have to read the medicine brochure because I was not educated about what I was being given. Overall, I will not return to this office (the front lady was nice!). Pros: Nice front lady and the location was convenient Cons: everything else! more