Kimberly McMahon, MD

If you’re looking for an obgyn, look no further– Dr McMahon is amazing! I went in for my annual checkup and preconception visit following a friend’s recommendation (friend had breast cancer, and spoke very highly of her bedside manner and how containing she was), and found Dr McMahon to be warm, knowledgeable, with a sense of humor– exactly what I was looking for. She spent a good 30 minutes exploring my medical history, went out briefly, came back to perform physical and talk about prenatal care and options. I cannot recommend her highly enough! (Oh and also, staff is great and office warm and welcoming, as others have said).

Dr. McMahon is wonderful. I have been going to her for about 5 years now. This past visit, she sat with me for over 30 minutes about my concerns and walked me through all of the information I needed. Her office returns calls quickly and is helpful when refilling any prescriptions. She is personable, approachable and knowledgable.

I had a lot of issues with healing after having giving birth (come to find out due to the doctors at this practice) so I had a lot of apointments and needed to make them when I could. I was sitting in a room waiting on Dr. McMahon and I heard her say, «ugh, her again, why do I have to keep seeing her.» Needless to say, I am now healed and have to have reconstructive surgery due to these horrible doctors. DO NOT GO HERE!!!

I don’t get these reviews. I did not have a five star experience. I found out I was pregnant, my general doctor recommended several ob/​gyns. Checked the Drs. out and chose two I wanted to meet. One got me in right away and I made an appointment to meet the second, Dr. McMahon the next week.
1^st doctor VERY nice. Answered ALL questions, did not rush, very informative and nice. However, I didn’t have anything to compare it to. First baby kind of a big deal. So I wanted to meet the other doctor that had high reviews, Dr. McMahon.
1^st doctor did ultrasound, pelvic exam, extensive blood work, and new urine preg test. I told the 1^st doctor that I was going to meet Dr. McMahon. She explained (very nicely) that insurance billing for a baby is done in a lump sum and since she had already done some of the initial tests I would need to contact my insurance company to make sure I would be covered for another initial visit and that I should contact the other doctors office. She said it was no problem and if we decided to go with the other office she would have all of the test results sent over to them.
My insurance company said that I could go and meet another doctor but that 2^nd doctor could not redo the tests and procedures that were done a few days ago. 2^nd office should bill it as an office visit. Insurance company said it wasn’t a problem.
I spoke to several people at McMahon’s office and explained the situation. Spoke to billing, they said it would be billed as an «initial ob visit» and told me to call my insurance co back. I called insurance co and they said, «No it can not be an initial ob visit. You can only have one of those. They should not redo all the tests you had done last week. You should just meet and speak with the doctor and assess the office and staff.»
Call Dr. McMahon’s and tell someone that I need to cancel. She said, «Before you cancel let me have you talk to billing again. I think you should be able to do this.» Talk to billing. I explain it cannot be initial ob visit with tests, etc. Billing says, «Ok, we can do that. Just let them know when you get here tomorrow. Tell the front and tell the Dr because she is the one that will determine how it is billed. You can let her know when you meet her.»
Get there. Office nice. Front desk person nice. Let her know I just wanted to meet the doctor. She tells me to tell the nurse practitioner. I tell np I’ve already seen another doctor, had tests, and wanted to meet and talk to Dr. McMahon. She seems to understand and says the other office can send tests over. IDK maybe I wasn’t clear. She leaves and on her way out says, «I need you to undress and put this gown on so Dr. McMahon can do an ultrasound.» Thank god my husband was there because I am tired from being pregnant and work. He says, «You don’t need another ultrasound. You just had one a few days ago.» Right. I don’t undress and wait. NP comes back in. I tell her I just had that done a few days ago. She seemed kind of unclear but said, «Oh, okay so you just wanted to basically meet the doctor and interview her.» I said, «Yeah, I guess that’s accurate.» She said, «Ok, I see what you are doing now, sorry about that.» I’m thinking no problem, not a big deal.
Another woman comes in and says, «I still need you to get undressed. The doctor still wants to do a pelvic exam.» Omg. She leaves, my husband follows her out the door to try to straighten things out. He comes back in and says, «They didn’t realize you’d had all those tests. I think they get it now.»
Ok, so we’re waiting and in stomps Dr. Kimberly McMahon in her five inch heels. She introduces herself to us in a huff, plops herself down on the stool and says, «I don’t really do ‘this interview thing’. So just ask me whatever questions you have to ask me, because other than that I don’t have anything to tell you.» I wish I could convey in words just how nasty her demeanor was.
I was speechless. My hubby says, «I don’t know that we had any specific questions. We just kind of wanted to meet you to get some insight into your philosophy and the way you do things around here.»
Shoulder shrug. «Like what?» she asked, incredulously.
«Like if we create a birth plan, will that be communicated to the other doctors, If we…», my husband goes on to ask several pointed questions. Over the next few minutes she became moderately less biting. At one point I explained to her that I had talked to at least four people the day before in an effort to prepare them for the situation. «Who?!» She shot back.
I said someone ette. «Oh, she laughed we have so many people with ette in their names here.» She was laughing to herself, having a good olé time, and did not seem to notice that my husband and I were stone faced. She said, «Then it’s not you’re fault.»
«No, I don’t believe it is», I said. And then, «Well thanks for coming in and meeting us.» I mean, what’s the point of dragging this on? I made my decision within 5 seconds of her being in the room.

Dr. McMahon is not my main doctor but since I am pregnant, I met with her. She is wonderful and had a great bedside manner. She made me feel very comfortable and not at all rushed during my appointment. I would be more than happy if she is the one to deliver my baby.

Thanks to Unilocal,I found Dr. McMahon about a year ago and I’m never looking back. She is amazing-​so nice, makes you feel completely comfortable, she’s straightforward, and most importantly-she’s good at what she does. Since moving to the city after graduating college, I’ve been to several ob/​gyn offices, and Dr. McMahon and the staff at The Northwestern Specialists for Women are far and away the best!

Dr. McMahon is great. She makes you feel comfortable and open. She has a positive, straightforward manner about her — exactly what you want.

As far as gynecologists go Dr. McMahon and her staff are outstanding. I’ve been a patient for over 5 years and highly recommend her. McMahon is this cute, perky, adorable and thorough doctor who doesn’t leave you sitting in her office for 30 minutes in a gown.
I had a problem with having a prescription filled yesterday at Walgreens. Walgreens needed my doctor to call my insurance company to okay the refill. After many phone calls back and forth, Karen (someone with McMahon’s office) took care of everything and my prescription was ready to be picked up that afternoon.