Suzanne Gilberg-Lenz, MD

Dr. Gilberg-​Lenz delivered my daughter 6.5 yrs ago at CS not sure why I’m reviewing now but here’s the deal:
She’s freaking awesome… it was a rough delivery… things got hairy but she handled it and rallied the «team» and drove hard for the win… her depth of knowledge and ability helped me to be strong… I was pretty scared and that doesn’t happen.
My little one was doing her newborn thing and a couple of Residents came rolling in and tried to be harda$$ and really disrupted the bonding. Dr. Gilberg-​Lenz asked them to take a step back and they balked. I about lost my shi# and Dr. Gilbert-​Lenz literally grabbed me by my face and said with fire in her eyes «Papa Bear… I’m a passionate person too… I got this… go be with your wife and baby»…and she went to bat. I’ll never forget that… this little lady grabbing a torqued off 6’2″ 225lb man by his face and giving me permission not to be a harda$$.
My point is she’s on your side and willing to roll up her sleeves and crack some skulls as your advocate.
She’s the real deal! She sets the bar pretty high and if I ever am blessed with another child she’ll be there to run the show!
I don’t think I ever got the chance to thank her… but I guess I’m kinda doing it now.
To the Dr.: my girl is doing awesome. She’s a wonderful child and a beautiful, brilliant little bada$$ to boot!
Thank God that you kicked Can*#% in the gonads… the World is a much better place for having you in it!

Suzanne is the best doctor period! I have seen many gynecologists throughout my life and have now found the best one.
For starters her bedside manners are the best. She is so kind, and listens and makes you feel completely safe and comfortable. I have been seeing her for several years now and my experience with her is a world of a difference.
The most telling was with my recent visit. I had an IUD from a different doctor about 10 years ago and it was the worst medical moment I have ever had. About six weeks ago Dr. Lenz gave me one and it was easy breezy. It was mild discomfort but she talked me through the whole thing and had an assistant helping her with a sonogram. The entire process took less than 3 minutes and she was the best! I was so scared and now that I have done this with her I know she truly is the best doctor.
I trust her completely and would not go to anyone else.
Thank you Suzanne for the wonderful care you provide. I am so grateful to have found you.

I recently saw Dr. Gilberg Lenz for a consultation for which the fee is $ 250 because she does not accept Medicare. My history of cancer is a lengthy story but the severe night sweats is the result of going off Bio-​identical hormones. An anti depressant was recommended by the doctor. The consultation lasted 12 minutes. I barely got to ask any questions. I was told it was a busy Friday. I’ll never go back.

I had originally wrote a review but accidentally deleted so here it is again…
This is from February 2011
I found Dr. Gilberg-​Lenz through a random referral from another Cedars Sinai doctor. I have to say, it was a great one!
I just recently (Feb) had my first baby and the whole process was very positive. She offers various options and what I liked the most was my delivery. She guided me so that I can deliver quick!
I definitely recommend her to anyone. In a few years when we are ready for our second child, I’ll be looking to her for guidance.

Dr. Gilbert Lenz is still awesome. I recommend. Been going here for a few years now. I have no babies so I come here for annuals and breast check ups. Found a small mass in my breast and they saw me next day and sent me to get mammogram and sonogram an hour after my exam. Everything is happy with this tities but I was so relieved and impressed to get immediate service. Nothing’s worse than stressing about that while you wait for appts. Had my annual a few weeks later. The office is a little behind. Waited an hour for appt but it did seem like the preggos girls went right in, like immediately. Good news if you’re preggos! Gilbert is very smart, funny, and is good at listening and taking your seriously. She’s very present in her appts.
Parking: one hour parking in Beverly Hills a block down. I was there for two hours, never gotten a ticket.
I did inform her that I’m taking lots of supplements for my menstrual symptoms. FYI to everyone, these have been lifesavers.
Evening primrose for breast tenderness!! Magnesium/​calcium for soreness.
Bcomplex for cycle.
D for moods.
Cranberry for bladder.
Maca for fatigue.
Probiotic for digestion.
I may still take a midol once during my cycle but I was in DEEP pain and fatigue for a while. Good luck ladies!

Two words: the best. Some more words: smart, caring, thoughtful, helpful, and warm. I have sent three friends to her. We can all be tough cookies and we are all extremely happy with our excellent care.

I called several times over the course of a week to get in to get in to see Dr. Gilberg-​Lenz, my gyn of 2 years, because I am experiencing very severe menopausal symptoms. I repeatedly left messages with her staff and was told that I would receive a callback. I NEVER got one. I can blame the staff, but the truth is that the doctor is responsible for her organization. It is unthinkable that a medical professional would not return a call from a sick patient in her time of need. I am so sorry, but this is inexcusable. Not only that, I am now left to find a new doctor when I thought I had been establishing a relationship with the one I had. There are several other reviews attesting to the fact that this office is incompetent and poorly run. I am not an isolated case. After posting this review I received a call from the doctor saying that she was «slammed last week and sorry she couldn’t get back to me.» I found her explanation galling. If she was so busy, why didn’t she have one of her staff call to let me know. She also put me in the uncomfortable position of having to tell her that I was already looking for another doctor.

Dr. Gilberg — Lenz put my wife’s life in danger.
She was very rushed throughout and certainly by the labor where she put my wife on a «clock» for no good reason.
As one of the reviewers wrote she def feels the doctor knows best and even in a case where not medically necessary she is authoritarian in her approach.
The major problem came right after the birth. She yanked the placenta out without allowing it to birth itself. Our doula who was a retired midwife was horrified as she helplessly looked on.
Dr Lenz immediately left because her daughter was sick at home and was not there when a nurse were cleaning my wife up and she was bleeding profusely. My wife started feeling very dizzy and sounding incoherent and I ran out to try to get the doctor to be paged. I heard the head nurse on the phone telling the doctor to come back as there was an emergency. The nurse got off the phone and told me the doctor said she was not coming back. Chaos reigned in the room as the nurses prepared to bring her to ICU for blood transfusion.
In the end another doctor rushed in and was able to stabilize my wife so while she lost a lot of blood she didn’t need the transfusion in the end.
I would not let anyone near or dear go to this doctor.

just another amazing doctor. shes real, takes her time and totally wants to make sure that the patient’s well being is her priority.

Honestly, this is one of the worst doctor’s offices out there. The front desk staff is so incredibly rude. I can get over the fact that I had to wait a full hour after my appointment time — things happen, I get it. You always have to wait a minimum of 30 minutes here and parking is awful, so expect to pay extra for that. However, I can’t tell you how rude the front desk girl was. It was shocking.
Dr. Gilberg-​Lenz is perfectly nice, but there are other good doctors in this city. She has a ton of clients and they definitely try and get you in and get you out. It’s a bit factory-​like.
I switched doctors after the last visit and I found another doctor just as nice and with a normal office staff. Plus, it turns out that you don’t always have to wait 30 min to an hour after your scheduled appointment.

I love Dr Gilberg-​Lenz. She’s always been nice for all my visits.
Most of the staff there are very nice as well. However, I had quite an unpleasant time during my last visit. I was suggested to go in for a testing due to possible infection. I was told to go to the restroom before the testing, and I wanted to ask a question before I do since I remember having to provide urine sample if I wanted to perform a pregnancy test. The lady wouldn’t let me ask questions and told me to just go to the restroom and ask questions in the room after. I decided to just do it anyways and place my sample in the trashcan since it was still empty. She wasn’t extremely rude but she wasn’t pleasant to talk to. I feel like it’s important to feel comfortable in the doctor’s office since we’re here ’cause we’re concerned about our body, and since we’re no doctors of course we’d be asking questions. I understand maybe my questions sounded obvious or she was just having a bad day. However, I wasn’t even trying to be difficult, so I felt like her attitude was not necessary. Towards the end of the questionnaire, she told me that she DID need a urine sample, so I told her where I placed it. The whole time I was just thinking, IF ONLY you let me ask ONE question.
I wouldn’t be going back in if not for Dr Gilberg-​Lenz.

Changing my review after a few more visits over the years. First of all Dr. Gilberg-​Lenz is never available. Every time I’ve had an appointment I’ve had to see Dale Perry instead. Dale Perry is excellent and is not the reason for my review change.
The problem with this place is the front desk. They are extremely rude and the hold times are 10 minutes plus even in the middle of the day. Every time I speak with someone they are short with me and usually take 10 minutes to answer a simple question. It took me over 2 weeks to get permission for a generic form if birth control. I will definitely be finding a new doctor just because of the office staff.

I went to her because she is supposed to be a specialist. To put this brief without getting too personal with my health matters — she performed an surgery on me and never told me the possible scenarios of outcomes. I am worse now than before and pretty much ruined. When I returned to her afterward her response was «I don’t know what to tell you » … some specialist. In retrospect I should have sued her. Then I was an audience member on a talk show that she was on as a «specialist », it was all I could do to not stand up and tell everyone in studio and at home that this woman ruined me and never warned me and didn’t even give me a decent apology or help with solutions in anyway. I always had to wait for a minimum of an hour sometimes two and three hours in total. I guess she just gets in as many as she can and then responds «I don’t know what to tell you ». She did see me in emergency situations f it was a friday only. She always said she’d connect me with other health resources and call me and she never did. She’s no specialist. RUN.

I love Dr. Gilberg-​Lenz.
I’ve been seeing her about 4 years now.
We live in Pasadena area but I drove sometimes more than an hour to see her.
She is simply the best so was worth being stuck in traffic for me.
I had a couple of miscarriages before and some hard time keeping it but she supported me emotionally and advised me and referred me to specialist to run tests. She completely made feel at ease.
2009 and 2011 Dr. Gilberg-​Lenz delivered my 2 kids by C section. All went smooth and recovered so well, she even left a very little c-​sec scar.
I’ve already recommended her to a few of my friends and would more in the future.
Thank you Dr. Gilberg-​Lenz.

I LOVE Dr. Gilberg-​Lenz. I have been going to her regularly for 8 years now (WOW that’s a long time. I didn’t even realize it until I counted) and she’s the best. She is always very friendly, and super easy to talk to. Even when I was in my teens and scared to talk about anything, I always felt comfortable with her. She’s my friend on Twitter! hehe
Making appointments has always been easy for me. I love the ladies at reception. They know me when I call, and they’re very sweet.
As far as wait time… Well, what do you expect from a busy Beverly Hills doctor’s office? They’re much quicker than most other doctors I have visited.
I have called the office for minor problems, and Dale Perry (Nurse Practitioner) got back to me super quickly with an answer, and a prescription called into my pharmacy (when needed).
Parking in the building is a no-​go for me. Street parking is usually easy, and walking a couple blocks beats paying the expensive BH valet costs.
I highly recommend Dr. Gilberg-​Lenz for anyone looking for a good OBGYN. I’m sorry if the other reviewers on here had a bad experience, but everyone who I know who goes here, loves her. It stinks when people only take the time to complain, but not compliment.

I could write a novel here and I know you don’t have the time to read it. I have never written a review for a doctor before but in the case of Dr. Gilberg Lenz I feel I must.
I went to her as an over 40 year old pregnant woman who wanted a natural birth. My previous doctor had told me that because of my age she wouldn’t let me go more than a week past my due date and Dr. GL seemed to be okay with letting things take their natural course. She actually specifically said she was fine up to two weeks. It wasn’t, in fact, until I actually WAS past my due date the truth came out and she also started mentioning induction. Fortunately I went into labor before a week had passed.
We had, in the last few appointments, had several unpleasant confrontational conversations about wait times and the doctor — patient relationship. As my birth approached it became clear to me that she does not like to be questioned but rather prefers the sort of patient who will treat her as the voice of total authority because, after all, SHE is a doctor and you are only a «patient». I had made an appointment elsewhere (even at the 11^th hour) when my labor started and I ended up calling her anyway. She was rude and dismissive to me when she finally came to the hospital. She strong armed me into letting the nurses break my water because it was taking too long for her, I guess. I had a long labor (not her fault) and pushed for hours with no result. She had a schedule C section at another hospital so I was essentially sidelined until she could come back and perform mine. They did this by talking me into an epidural and despite me asking for it to be a light as possible it knocked me right out. When I came to I had a pitocin drip despite specifically being told it would not be done without my permission.
None of this is the true crux of my complaint.
I was told to push too early by the nurses and it was a nurse who pushed my belly so hard that I was able to feel my baby move out of position. The fact I ended up with a C section really lies as much on the shoulders of the staff at Cedar’s than Dr. GL.
The real problem I have with her and the one which haunts me to this day is that she promised me that even in the operating room I would be handed my baby immediately. Instead she was taken from me to weigh and clean despite having perfect scores and being in vital health. Not many moments of my life felt worse than to be left there on my own to recover. I insisted my husband accompany the baby, of course.
To add insult to injury she had another doctor assist her in the C section and they were casually discussing holiday plans and had made comments about my own colorful language. I’m sorry but honestly, whatever a woman in labor says is her own business and yours to let go in one ear and out the other. I was cursing like a sailor and a lot of it was directed at her but what kind of OB lets that get to her and has the extreme lack of tact to mention it? Here I was about to accept a C section after trying for 72 hours to have a natural birth. The last thing my doctor should be concerned with is what I am saying. She should keep her mind on the work and rise above it. She should also have empathy for my disappointment. Having the opportunity to see my newborn angel would have gone a great way to ameliorate the situation and that is a moment of my little one’s life I will never get back.
My totally uneven herniated c section incision is a daily reminder of her ineptitude. I was also completely aghast to have a total stranger once refer to this review in a not very kind manner and I thought about removing it but if I can do some good by warning people, I guess I must.

I owe a lot to Dr. GL… she gave me my life back. After dealing with a PH imbalance for nearly 5 years, she was the one doctor to figure out what was going on and how to treat it. Within three months, the five years of excruciating pain and discomfort was reversed. Dr. GL has ALWAYS tended to my needs in a TIMELY manner. If I ran out of pills… she’s given me a temporary refill until I could make it in the office. If I was in pain… she would fit me in for a visit the next day. Just recently, I found myself in her office crying and hugging her because I’ve been going through a rather tumultuous time in my life. She is comforting, caring, and dedicated. Some may find her demeanor short or cold… but she’s just upfront, and I like that about her.
It’s true that it can be very difficult to get an appointment with her, but I don’t see that as a reason to give her a low rating. In fact, that should be an indication as to what a greatly appreciated doctor she is! I know to schedule my appointments in advanced, and the wait is well worth it.
The only reason I docked a star is because I do find that she can run behind for appointments. I know that this is because she can get tied up giving attention to her patients, which is GREAT, but her staff needs to do a better job of keeping the other clients who are waiting informed of the timeframe. I also have had a few unpleasant run-​ins with her assistants (who I believe have changed a few times?). They can be a little rude sometimes.
Other than that, Dr. GL is a five-​star doc. So long as I live in L.A. I will be a patient of hers.

I found Dr. Gilberg-​Lenz after moving to LA from NYC. I had tried two other doctors before discovering her.
She has been my doctor now for over five years and I could not be happier. She is a wonderful person, an amazing doctor and the office is very nice. She spends a great deal of time whenever I come to her with a problem and always makes me feel cared for and comfortable.
I had my first baby two years ago and ended up having a high risk pregnancy situation. She guided me through it with ease and I had the most amazing pregnancy and delivery.
Having her deliver my baby was absolutely wonderful. She allowed me many choices in the delivery process and I felt totally at ease in a situation that originally was terrifying to me.
I have recommended many friends to her, and they all love her as much as I do. She is one of the best, if not the best doctors I have ever had.

There are so few people you feel you can really talk candidly with – Dr. Gilberg-​Lenz is one of them. I’ll give the warning that this office is EXTRAORDINARILY busy. As the friend who recommended it told me – «It’s like a black hole of time.» I was there for 2 hours. I should have brought my laptop. Or charged my Blackberry. Anyway…
Every single person I encountered (other patients aside) – from the office staff to the nursing staff, techs, etc… was so nice and friendly and warm. And Dr. Gilberg-​Lenz was clearly whip-​smart, funny, engaging, and made me feel totally comfortable for my least favorite doctor visit of the year.
I felt confident that she was giving me good advice as well as a very thorough exam. Despite the crazy long wait, I recommend her 100%. I’m also completely bummed that she won’t be contracted with Cigna starting in the spring, but I may even pay the extra out-​of-​network costs just to go see her.

*Note to Dr. Lenz– if you think what I wrote is slanderous, just look at the OTHER bad reviews below*
I have been to Dr. Gilberg-​Lenz several times, but not because I feel confident in her or her staff, but because like many people, it is hard for me to find a good gyno that I can stick with.
Anna is very rude on the phone and does not accommodate patients. I’ve had a very bad bacterial infection for 2 weeks and I had to call back Dr. Lenz and BEG her to give me the right medicine. When she or Dale are on the phone, they always make you feel like you are a pain in the ass and really, they have better things to do so make it quick kind of attitude. I have never felt so uncared for by any type of doctor. I am looking for a new gyno as I type.
They ran tests and gave me the wrong antibiotics before the test came back. It was so hard to contact Dr. Lenz to follow up to get through that wall of rude people, from Anna to the front desk ladies. It is always so hard to get my prescriptions sent because they say they will send it and they don’t. So I finally get a call back from Dale and she tells me the one I have will clear it up. She promises to send new birth control, but surprise, my pharmacy did not receive anything AGAIN. Then I suffer another weekend and finally get a hold of Lenz where she explains then I NEED another antibiotic. Also, abruptly tells me after 5 minutes of me asking serious questions, «I have to go now» CLICK!
My condition was not improving the next day so I left her a message and she called me back. Dr. Lenz was very caring towards me and we discussed what were the next steps. She even said I should come in. I was about to alter my review, and to increase it and modify it, but then she mentioned my review on Unilocal.She pretty much mentioned that I was writing things that were slanderous and that I needed to find someone else. She told me that I should not write that Dale Perry didn’t know anything, because in my opinion she doesn’t! (Do you guys have any idea how much I’ve spent on antibiotics that were wrong for me? Missed work?) Maybe Dale Perry does know something, she just doesn’t care enough about her patients to get it done! She always talks to me in a belittling manner.
I began to cry and explain to Dr. Lenz that I stood by my review and that all the things were true and then my cell phone died.
I am going to go to another gyno because I know I deserve better.