Richard Bardowell, MD

There is no other Dr. nor staff that I will ever trade them in for. Dr. Bardowell, Sonia nor Nancy. He delivered 4 of my kids and done other surgies on me. I trust him to the fullest. His staff is the most patient and always willing to help. I’ve been happy for so many years, so will you. Highly recommended.

If anyone ever says Unilocal reviews don’t matter, don’t believe them. They can be life or death. We found Dr. B via Unilocal and when my wife went into labor 11 weeks early, he helped perform an emergency C section that saved the baby and my wife. The incision he left across her stomach was also masterful — barely noticeable.
He was always very nice and knowledgeable during appointments. We initially were a little frustrated when he was constantly late to our appointments, but we later realized it was because he was constantly running across the street to the hospital to deliver babies and save lives, so I suppose that’s forgivable!

Can’t believe I haven’t reviewed my OB/​Gyn! This dr is truly amazing! He delivered all three of my children and if I were to have another pregnancy, I would go to him again. He has excellent bed side manners and is very respectful. He has always been so kind to me and my family and I thank him a lot for helping me deliver three healthy babies. His staff are truly amazing as well! Nancy and Soña are the ones I remember the most and not once did they give me any attitude like office staff you come across these days. They are all very professional and kind hearted. I always refer my preggo peeps to him because of how amazing they all are!

Dr. Bradowell deliver 2 of 3 of my children. I first came to Dr Bradowell in 2006 when i had my daughter and back in 2011 for my son. He has deliver most of my nephews and nieces. He is amazing OBGyn. His staff was and still is very helpful. If i was to have another baby i would be coming back. Wouldn’t pick another dr to deliver my babies. And this is coming from someone that works for obgyn.

Great doctor! He did an excellent job during my first pregnancy. Always attentive and genuinely cares about patients, at least it seems so. I would definitely recommend him to any of my friends of family members. The staff is very friendly as well.

I came to Dr. Bardowell for my 2 pregnancies and I had an amazing experience and his staff. Very helpful and informational. He will only be my Dr to deliver my babies. Thanks a lot Dr. Bardowell and staff. Keep doing an amazing job!

Dr. Bardowell delivered both of my girls (first in 2013 and second in July 2015) and was an excellent doctor. Very knowledgeable and helpful. I had complications in the hospital with my second after delivery and as soon as the nurses called him (on a Sunday evening) he was there within 15 minutes and had me in surgery quickly as I had a hematoma that had developed from the delivery. I am done having babies, but if I were to have a third I would definitely use Dr. Bardowell!

I love Dr. Bardowell. He is an amazing OB. He will be delivering my second child this October and I couldn’t be more thrilled about it. I’ve even argued with my insurance companies in the past to make sure I always have him as my doctor. Very smart, pleasant and knowledgeable. Staff is amazing and very sweet. Ladies if your looking for an OB/​GYN, Dr. Bardowell is your go to guy… There is no other doctor I would recommend :)

Dr. Bardowell is an amazing OB! He has been my doctor with both of my pregnancies and has just been the best! Helped me deliver my baby girl in 14 minutes with minimal tear (my babies tend to be very big)
His office is very nice and clean, and their staff is so helpul. No doubt I will be coming here with my next pregnancies!

I just wanted to update my review and let everyone know that Dr. Bardowell and his staff have been an amazing choice for me, I’m now 30 weeks pregnant and I would highly recommend Dr. Bardowell to anyone who’s expecting. There are no long wait times for your scheduled appointments, the staff and Dr. are very pleasant. They have all the high tech gadgets to better assist patients. His office is conveniently located across the Street from Saint Josephs in Burbank, which is an excellent hospital to deliver your baby!

I just had my first appointment with Dr. Bardowell for an annual check up. The office is clean and the nurses are friendly. The doctor was kind and professional and asked if I had any questions. Very thorough. I took away a star because I arrived at 3 pm for a 330 appointment and wasn’t seen til 410, but all things considered, that’s not too bad. :)

I started going to Dr. Bardowell in July of 2014 when I found out I was pregnant with my first child. The office is always clean and the nurses are nothing but sweet and helpful. The longest I’ve ever had to wait was 45 minutes when he had to run out of the office to do a delivery. But who can get mad at that? Dr. Bardowell is kind, makes you feel comfortable and is great at answering any and all questions you may have. The only complaints I have about this office are not being called promptly when you’re waiting on test results and the fact that the experience feels a little impersonal sometimes. He has so many clients it’s probably just hard for him to remember them all. haha Oh! And if you don’t want to pay for parking, I’d suggest arriving 15 – 20 minutes prior to your appointment. Driving around all the side streets to find an open space can take a while.

Dr. Bardowell is an Amazing doctor!!! I had a short cervix he made sure to make sure my Baby was okay I ended up having the baby at 38 week I had a healthy baby girl. I had a vaginal delivery I didn’t rip at all the nurse Stacy made sure to rub enough oil so i wouldn’t rip. Anita the receptionist is amazing and organized I don’t want to leave such a long comment just know that if your looking for a Doctor your in Great hands with Dr Bardowell

Dr. Bardowell is AMAZING! I am a nurse at St. Joseph’s Hospital and did my due diligence when looking for an OB. I spoke with several of the L&D nurses, and Dr. B came #1 recommended. I have a history of multiple miscarriages and had been seeing an infertility doctor (referred by Dr. B). When Dr. B took over my care he was wonderful. My husband and I were very anxious and had tons of questions/​concerns. He took the time with us throughout the pregnancy to answer all of our questions and made us feel secure. He has a very calm demeanor, so any time I would start to panic he would put my mind at ease immediately.
Dr. B’s office staff is great as well. They were very efficient with my paperwork when I went out on disability. They were very kind any time I called or was in the office. You can tell they are treated well and it is a good working environment.
The day I delivered I was sent in for an induction for low fluid. I REALLY did not want a c-​section. The babies heartbeat had dropped a couple times during labor, but was able to recover when I was in a good position. Any other doctor would have probably done a c-​section (especially since it was in the evening), but Dr. B came into the room and did not appear to be worried. He wanted to let me labor and see how the baby tolerated it. A few hours later he returned (at 1 am) to deliver my beautiful baby boy. He also performed a perfect circumcision on my son — I wouldn’t trust anyone else to do that!
I am so grateful to Dr. Bardowell for giving me such a wonderful experience. I will definitely be returning to him for future pregnancies and referring him to everyone I know.

Ladies, if any doctor tells you that you must have a c-​section because of a prior c-​section. They are lying to you. If that is not your wish, do yourself a favor and find a VBAC friendly doctor!
As far as I got during my prenatal visits with Dr. Bardowell, I found him to be a very thorough doctor with great bedside manner. I found out early on that he doesn’t perform VBACs. So, at 29 weeks I switched to a VBAC friendly doctor for the delivery of my second baby. This review can only speak to the exams I had up until that point.
Initially, I heard of him during my first pregnancy which was intended to be a homebirth. It wasn’t, and I ended up with a c-​section from another doctor. The midwives I spoke with at first said they liked Dr. Bardowell as a back up doctor because of the respectful manner in which he treats the mothers in cases of transfers. This is a really big deal because it means he doesn’t look down upon natural deliveries or home births and ultimately has the baby and mothers best interest at heart, sets all ego aside and was just ready to aid in case it was needed. Which, is rare but can happen.
When I got pregnant again, we knew we wanted to have a hospital birth but wanted to try for a vaginal delivery. I remembered his name and sought him out for my second pregnancy. I was very disappointed when he began speaking of a c-​section at 9 weeks. He brought up my age and the possibility of risking a healthy baby. I felt extremely sad but decided to continue our path with him at that point because I had sort of given up on the idea of a normal delivery. I felt that if I was going to have a c-​section, I was in good hands.
I began to remind myself of the facts, the risks and recovery of c-​sections vs. the extreme unlikelyhood of uterine ruptures. And that, c-​sections are carried out as a means to make babies more schedule friendly and to quote Dr. Bardowell, «they can’t afford to pay me to wait around while you labor.» He also pointed out that although rare, complications from vbacs creates a liability issue which dictates hospitals must have an on-​call obstetrician at all times. And this is why many hospitals don’t allow them. In other words, an unnecessary surgery for me for the sake of scheduling and money saving policies for the hospital.
At a certain point in our visits, I began to stress how utterly against a scheduled c-​section I was and requested him to consider alternatives for me. I assured him that I was prepared to do whatever I needed to do to have a vaginal delivery. Partly, his policy has to do with the rules of St. Joseph’s hospital, who doesn’t allow VBACs. We began to discuss alternatives ways where it would be possible for me to carry this out. He told me that the only times where this had been possible for him were in cases where women arrived at the hospital crowning. Yikes!
As crazy as it sounds, for the next several weeks this was my plan. I would hire a midwife or doula to assist me through my labor at home. (I’d done this before, 5 days worth, I knew I could do it again for likely much shorter) then I would head to the hospital at 8 – 10 cm dilated! He seemed to agree to this. My husband thought I was crazy and that he had absolutely no intention of letting me have a vaginal birth. I eventually, realized that this was indeed the case. So, I followed the path of least resistance and found a Doctor in Glendale with a 98% vaginal delivery rate, who believes very strongly in VBACS, vaginal births for twins and even breech and went there instead. BTW, I had my baby girl VBAC without any complications at all just like LOTS of women my age (42 at the time)!!
You’d think I’d be bitter with Dr. Bardowell after all of this. But, I am not. It’s not what he does. It’s not what he’s willing/​comfortable with. Or, trained to do. And that’s fine. He made that clear to me early on. It’s unfortunate but it has become the norm for doctors to gloss over the true abilities of women to do what our bodies are designed for and instead jump to major surgery. This is most certainly in the best interest of doctors and to the extreme disadvantage of women.
Anyway, during our visits, I found him to be very kind, attentive and extremely thorough in examining my file and records. He asked a lot of questions and ALWAYS would help me up from the laying position. Believe me, this seems like a no brainier but I didn’t experience it with my former doctors.
His office is one of the cleanest I’ve seen of any doctor. He is very modern in terms of technology. You sign in with an iPad and all data is input into macs in the examination room during each visit. All former files of mine, lab work, op reports, etc were input or scanned and in front of him for all appointments. I liked being able to see this and know all was accurate. I found his entire staff to be efficient and extremely friendly. No complaints there.

All the negative reviews are true, you are another dollar sign to him and he takes on government funded programs so he treats everyone like shit! DO NOT GO TO HIM!

I am shocked to see even one negative review. Dr. Bardowell is absolutely amazing. I have been seeing him since my first child in 2008 and am now on my third child and going to deliver in 5 days.
Dr. Bardowell is always kind. This pregnancy I have been a stay at home mom so I have been bringing my 5yr old and 3yr old to my appointments… He always addresses them and at my last appointment he allowed my kids to use the wand to hear the baby’s heartbeat. Something so little makes a huge difference to the kids.
My 2^nd child was breech but he offered every possible solution so I wouldn’t have to have a c-​section because I was terrified. He even tried to turn him around but my son was 11lbs 4ozs at birth so there was no room. I had a natural birth and a c-​section with him and he is the ONLY doctor I trust. I stayed in California so he could be the doctor to deliver this baby I am pregnant with now.
His office has been amazing. I have had 3 different insurance types since I have been with this office which includes the most recent medi-​cal. They assisted me with obtaining it.
There were times I had to wait (not this pregnancy) but he was delivering a baby… He really can’t control when a baby decides its ready. I am surprised people are not understanding of that.
I would highly recommend him and have over and over on my Facebook. If my friends were having a baby and looking for a doctor, I would send them his way with no hesitation.

I have been going to Dr. Bardowell for about 7 years. He has delivered both of my kids.
I’m going to tell you there is some validation to both the good and bad reviews, here it is:
(really interesting fact at the very bottom)
The truth in the bad reviews:
He DOES sometimes have a cool (as in cold) front. He DOES sometimes have a very long wait in his waiting room.
And there have been times where he has to fly thru the appointment.
The true in the good reviews:
HE IS A GREAT DOCTOR! He doesn’t have time for games and so he gives it to you straight. I can appreciate that after I got jerked around an other doctor who didn’t want to worry me by telling me I was about to have a miscarriage. THANKS, jerk.
Doctor Bardowell knows what he’s doing. He’s a no Nonsense Kind of doctor who tells you the truth. (He also remembered me from 6 years ago.)
Most of all, he is human and allowed to be flawed.
FUN FACT: he has a Dalmatian that he takes to the sick patients to help cheer them up. Would a «terrible person» do that? No. A person with a heart that sees 300 vaginas a day with a «life threatening» condition diagnosed from the internet, would do that.
He is a doctor who is really good, and because of that, he is busy. Take a deep breath people.

Dr. Bardowell is a wonderful, caring doctor! I was shocked to see any negative reviews for him because I have had nothing but the best care from him and his staff. I have been going to Dr. Bardowell for over two years now and he delivered both of my daughters.
I am a naturally anxious person and Dr. Bardowell is wonderful at making you feel at ease. He answered any questions I had and made me feel better whenever I was worried. I also loved that I was able to email him with my questions!!! He always returned my emails or had one of his nurses call me to discuss my concerns.
When it was time to deliver I was happy to see him. He helped me through the pushing better than the hospital nurses did which I appreciated. He made sure I was comfortable and taken care of after my babies were born also.
He has moved offices and the picture on here is of his old office. His new office is bright and spacious. I have recommended him to several of my friends and I will continue to do so!!!

While I’m sure Dr Bardowell is a decent Dr. I wasn’t able to find out. He had no respect for mine or my husbands time. I’ve been struggling with getting pregnant, and had switched from another OB after poor care when I had a miscarriage. I had to wait a month and a half for my first appointment in which no one told me to bring over my medical file before my appointment. I brought it with me at which he asked to reschedule so he would have time to review the file. Fine. Understandable. I come back today, a week later. He walks into the room says «I haven’t reviewed your file, so I need to reschedule» and then just walked out. No apology, nothing. We then asked the office why didn’t anyone call me. «We didn’t know.» Seriously?!
Needless to say I’m changing Drs. I don’t have respect for people who don’t respect the fact that I’m taking time off of work to see them or my time. Again, he might be a great Dr. but I’ll never find out if he is.