Lisa S Sundberg, MD

I had a miscarriage at almost 13 weeks pregnant and needed a D&C. My normal OB/​GYN was not available to do the surgery so I was assigned to Dr. Sundberg. From the pre-​op phone call through to recovery, Dr. Sundberg was compassionate, gentle, and patient with answering and respecting all of my questions. I felt that she respected both me and my baby through. It was a horrible experience to lose my baby — I am so thankful for Dr. Sundberg’s care and help in this time.

I had a terrible experience with Dr. Sundberg during an IUD removal attempt. She was the roughest gyno I’ve ever encountered in my entire life — and I’ve seen close to 20 now. She is currently practicing at the Kaiser in Roseville.
Even from the get-​go it was an incredibly uncomfortable experience — she roughly inserted the speculum without a warning. Then, during her attempts to retrieve the IUD, she very painfully and forcibly continued her attempts at grabbing it even after I was screaming at the top of my lungs, BEGGING for her to stop.
The only way I can honestly describe it was torture, pure and simple. I left her office in tears and in pain.
I switched doctors as soon as I could — I would hate to see what her delivery practices would be. I attempted removal again weeks later with a different gyno and it was a breeze.

I have a somewhat complex gynecological issue which is too detailed & confusing to go into, but I went to see Lisa Sundberg at Kaiser after being referred to her by a nurse practitioner there. Perhaps they’re trying to build up her practice, & that’s why she’s being referred to? She was terrible. After a difference in opinion on how to treat me between her and a specialist, she suddenly dropped me as a patient. She emailed me with the name of a doctor, telling me that was my new doctor, saying the only reason she saw me was because she was the one on staff when I came in. (Untrue. I actually chose as my doctor within Kaiser a few weeks before I went to see her.) She weaseled out of being my doctor because she didn’t want to deal with my issue? Or because another doctor was saying she should do a particular procedure, & she didn’t want to or know how? Whatever the reason was, it would have been appropriate for her to talk to me about it. In many email communications, I found I couldn’t trust anything she said. She was hot and cold in her communication, and I couldn’t trust her to be sincere. The bottom line is — if you can’t trust your doctor, you might as well not even be treated.
Also, I see many different addresses for her. A doctor who job-​hops is a doctor we should question.

I had an appointment with Dr. Lisa Sundberg earlier this year to discuss fertility issues and to get a few things checked out.
The office (Granite Bay) was clean and staff pleasant, but the actual appointment felt cold, impersonal and left me feeling violated.
When you are dealing with such personal issues as trying to conceive, having someone barely listen to your concerns or questions leaves a lot to be desired and left me feeling like a chart and not a person. She refused to even discuss a condition I thought I may have (since diagnosed) and just told me to take my temp for three months and then to come back. Losing that valuable time is a slap in the face which could have been prevented had she listened to me.
Oh and a surprise… special exam if you will… warn a person will ya? I will not «relax» when you for some unknown reason decide I need to have that done on a surprise basis. It was unnecessary and ridiculous.
Brush up on the bedside manner for your next patient, I will be looking elsewhere.