Raymond McDermott, MD

Though Dr. McDermott was not my OB, I met him during a routine (stressful) Non Stress Test where he callously told (yelled-​ish) me I wasn’t taking my twin pregnancy seriously and again at discharge after my girls were born when he encountered me crying after learning that one had to stay in the nursery and he said to my husband «I guess you told her the good news». I’m 10 000 000% sure this man is an incredible doctor, but god he could work on his bedside manner. I’m laughing about all this now, weeks later, but in the moments he made me cry.

I have been going to Dr McDermott for the last 20 years, I have followed him from union health service, saint Joseph hospital and now Swedish covenant hospital. Dr McDermott delivered my oldest daughter 24 and my twins 13. The only issue that I have is … The office staff takes to long to follow up on test results and follow up phone inquiries …
Over the years I have assessed that Dr Mc Dermott is confident — personal-​forthright –and thorough. Just recently I have lost my insurance with BCBS but his office notified me that he does accept my current insurance policy. Thank GOD for dr RMcD. !

So I’ve made a complete 180 on Dr McDermott, because he conducted a c section on me two weeks ago and it was wonderful, peaceful and he was amazing throughout it.
I was not looking forward to a c section. I was devastated to go that route. I went into the OR crying.
Totally different man than the first time I met him. I don’t know what his deal was that first day we met, but apart from that first hiccup he has been funny, kind (if hierarchical in true doctor fashion) and focused. If I had to get another c section, I’d choose him.

I just came from a routine visit with Dr. McDermott, and I thought he was fine.

I’m dismayed to see that Dr. McDermott has so many negative reviews. I have seen him for years and find him to be personable, efficient, and helpful. I even followed him from one practice to another. I have a chronic condition that affects my reproductive health. Due to this I sometimes need quick/​responsive attention regarding infections and other things. He always was able to fit me into his schedule and sometimes even did phone consultations (once he understood my conditions and medical history). I appreciate that he is efficient and do not take it personally. While I have not suffered a miscarriage or delivered a child (I imagine that this is VERY traumatic and different from my situation), my health conditions are stressful and anxiety-​provoking and I find him helpful and attentive.

Arrogant and not an ounce of compassion (that I could see). I ended up having to see McDermott because none of the other Doc’s where available, his attitude and arrogance made we wish I hadn’t asked to speak to a a Doctor in the first place. When it came time to make my follow up appointment I told the nurse «I don’t care whom I see but do NOT schedule me with Dr. McDermott»

I suffered a miscarriage under the care of Dr. McDermott (not his fault) and the way he handled it was unforgiving. He sent me to the Swedish’s ER when I was spotting where I stayed for 10 hours, never checking on me even with a phone call. My first post-​miscarriage visit with him was emotionally and physically painful. As I winced in pain as he roughly began pulling handfuls of tissue out of me, he stated, «I’m not doing anything else today if you want to wait,» in a very sarcastic tone and I couldn’t believe it. When I asked him when I should go back to work, he simply stated, «You can go back tomorrow» and left the room. Being my second miscarriage, I worried about getting pregnant again and having a third and asked him about it, to which he replied, «Next time you get pregnant you might have another miscarriage or maybe not.» I have friends who had one miscarriage and during their second pregnancy their doctors put them on progesterone in the early weeks of their pregnancy to decrease the chance of miscarriage. I just wish he would have been more sensitive and caring. His presence and attitude makes it seem like he just doesn’t like his job or women. I am pregnant again and though Swedish is a mile from my home, I’ve decided to go to Northwestern.

I have stayed silent on Unilocal about Dr. McDermott since the birth of my beautiful baby five months ago. Every now and then I think about the horrible way he treated me and I just looked him up here. The other two reviews make my blood boil because it shows he still treats patients this way, and he wasn’t just having an off day with me.
Long story short, he was the attending physician when I went into labor. I had Dr. Wos as my OB and had met 4 other docs in her practice, all very nice and knowledgable women. I developed a reasonable birth plan with Dr. Wos for natural childbirth. My pregnancy had no complications, nor did my labor. Well, not unless you count the horrific attitude and treatment I got from Dr. McDermott. I don’t want to get into all the details of my birth here but a few highlights: (1) You can forget what the hospital’s birthing class and tour say about supporting natural childbirth if you get this guy, because he forced — physically forced — me to labor on my back. Like pushed me back and yelled at my husband and doula to hold my legs his way even though it was painful for all of us. (2) He threatened me with episiotomy if I didn’t do as I was told: «If you don’t want me to CUT you, do xyx.» (3) In the final stages of pushing he shouted «let my voice be the only voice in the room!!» as my doula tried to comfort me. Thus I had no guidance or encouragement from the wonderful nurses, or my doula whom we paid, to talk me through the delivery of my baby; even my husband was too freaked out to talk. Our beautiful bundle of joy came into the world in this icy, confused silence. Dr. McDermott barked «cut the cord» to my husband and whisked our girl away even though the hospital promises immediate skin-​to-​skin contact. He did not bother explaining that they were short staffed — she just lay there screaming all alone under the lamp and he said I’d just have to wait. Why couldn’t I hold her??? Finally I stood up to him and screamed for my baby, and he scolded me for my language.
Those are just the highlights.
This man is a blight on Swedish Covenant, on the OB practice there and frankly on obstectrics in general. You can get Brennan or Wos or any of the wonderful docs there, but there is a 1 in 8 chance this guy will be your attending when you deliver. Also worth noting: In the maternity ward when I was upset, the staff immediately guessed what doctor I had. Enough said. I hope more people speak up.

I was looking for an OB since I was released by my reproductive endocrinologist after getting pregnant thru IVF. I wanted Dr Maura Brennan and I got scheduled with Dr McDermott instead. This man is the worse doctor I have ever met. He was very rough and abrupt, the speculum hurt when he inserted it. He found some bleeding, and showed me and I got worried since I have a history of miscarriage. We walk next door to the ultrasound room and it took him ten minutes to tell me me that he could not find a heartbeat. He send me across the hospital, upset and worried that I am miscarrying. When I finally get the ultrasound the lady found my baby right away and the heartbeat was very strong. I came back to his office to continue my prenatal visit and he says come back in two weeks when the situation gets better. He said that he did not feel confident about my pregnancy to continue any testing that day, and wanted to wait it out for two weeks to see if it’s a viable pregnancy. He actually told me that my pregnancy was called a threatened abortion. I left that office in tears, with no reassurance at all from him or the nurses. He had no good reason for his faulty diagnoses, since I never had prior bleeding, I don’t have miscarriage signs and the ultrasound that he ordered revealed a healthy baby with a healthy heart beat.
he was dismissive and could not care less about my feelings. He even said that if I was miscarrying there was nothing I could do about it, and that docs only suggest pelvic rest as a psychological reassurance for patients, that it really doesn’t do anything to help prevent a miscarriage. What a jerk!
I have since gone to anther OB who is way more compassionate and caring and was reassured thru testing and more ultrasounds that my baby is indeed healthy, strong and here to stay.
Needless to say, I should have read all the other reviews here before going on my appointment. Don’t let this man near you or your baby.