Gregory A. Langford, MD, FACOG

Asked a nurse friend who works in the labor and delivery dept of palomar who she would recommend for an OBGYN. She stated that she recommends Dr. langford to everyone including her own daughter who has had two babies under his care.
I do have to admit that anyone having their first baby can be a little taken back with the pay schedule. However, this is the norm. Basically if you are going to have to pay $ 600 out of pocket for his services (from start to finish). They divide up that amount by 6 and require you to make six equal payments at each visit. So you basically would be paying $ 100 at each visit which are a month apart until you get to around 25 weeks. I actually appreciated this because after my six month I no longer had to pay anything and could just worry about the hospital bill after my baby was born.
I want to note, the reason they do this is because people have been known to use a dr.‘s services up until near their delivery and then go to someone else who is cheaper in order to avoid having to pay the higher delivery fee. Therefore this is what good L&D doctors have had to start doing in order to ensure they get paid for their time and expertise for the pregnancy check ups (leading up to delivery).
I had nothing but great experiences from the whole staff and would recommend him to anyone. After reading the negative reviews, my guess is that people didn’t want to pay what was required of them.

I came here after a horrible obgyn experience in Murrieta. I instantly felt at ease with the office upon walking in. The front desk ladies knew who I was upon walking in. They were quick, sharp and to the point. Meeting Dr Langford was a god send. He is very calming and put my mind at ease when I’m normally an uptight and high strung person.
Doing my hysterectomy with Dr Langford was a great, although traumatic experience for what it was. Every question I had, answered. Every care and concern, dealt with. With compassion and thoughtfulness. I don’t care that I drive from Temecula to see him. I have found my OBGYN.

I am on my 4^th baby with Dr Langford and have had nothing but great experiences. I read some other reviews and am surprised by what others have said. I have never had a problem with the office ladies either. Which makes me think there is a little more to the story. They have always been very nice and helpful. My insurance covered everything and I’ve only ever had to pay my co-pays.his fee may be higher than most OBS but he does an ultra sound everytime. Most OBS only do one on your first visit and then send you somewhere else for your 20 week anatomical scan. Dr Langford is an excellent doctor. He is very attentive to your needs. He does an ultra sound every time you visit so you can see the baby and really know everything is going well or not. If there is something that he can’t see in an ultra sound he sends you to the perinatologist just to get it checked out. I love this because I tend to be a worry wart and like that he checks everything out. He even does the 4D ultra sounds and gives you the pictures. His demeanor is always very calm and even though it’s my 4^th pregnancy with him as my doctor he makes sure that he goes over everything with me and makes sure I don’t have any questions. He doesn’t have one foot out the door while your talking to him like many other doctors.
If you ever call his answering service after hours for something HE personally calls you back within minutes. With my first one I was having really bad pains. I was only 20 weeks so he told me to go to the ER and he met me there himself (not during his rounds, in his street clothes on a Saturday morning). Usually you get the luck of the draw of the dr who is at the hospital if you go in randomly like that.
I purposely drive from Murrieta to Escondido every time I’m pregnant just so I can have him. I’ve had to have c sections and my recovery was so easy, no pain and very minimal scarring.

I ended up in Dr Langford’s office for an emergency ovary surgery over a decade ago, and have stuck with him ever since. He delivered my first baby in early 2015 and I intend to stick with him for my next.
My favorite thing about him is that I felt that he listened to exactly what I wanted in the delivery room. After 2.5 hours of pushing, he (understandably) was ready to use the vacuum. This made me a little nervous, and I asked Dr Langford if I could have a little more time. He gave me just that, and we got my baby boy out without the help of a machine. I was exhausted, I had too many family members in the delivery room, and in the middle of all the commotion, I only had to make my request once, and he did exactly as I asked. I am very appreciative of that.
I called Dr. Langford’s emergency/​middle of the night hotline twice at the end of my pregnancy, once with a concern about bleeding, the other time was on the way to the hospital. Both times he called me back immediately, and was very thorough in his advice.
I feel that Dr Langford really took the time to explain things to me during each office visit, and he answered every question I had, no matter how silly it may have seemed. I never felt rushed or shorted on time. He also has ultrasound/​3D ultrasound equipment in his office, so you get an ultrasound for each pregnancy visit.
I have always had positive experiences with his office staff, and I didn’t have any trouble when I made an insurance switch right at the end of my last pregnancy. Overall, I would recommend Dr. Langford to anyone.

People please DO NOT GO HERE!!! All they care is your moneyyyy!!! They overcharged my insurance plus some cash and made many excuses for not refunding it. Very rude and unprofessional service. Especially Mrs. Gail ! Hello Mrs. Gail! You were one of the rudest ob-​gyn manager. Money talk first, disrespect your patient and many hidden services i’ve known so far !! You’ll soon have a search warrant of your business. When we came to solve the problem and asked for a statement, you ended up sent a letter to «kick us out» the next day!!! (please find my picture i attached)
Im going to switch out. I feel so uncomfortable dealing with the front desk every time i come. Im done!

So I made my first appointment thinking I was going to get a great service, a couple of day later before my appointment I got a call from the office, I thought they just wanted to reminds my the date of my appointment but NO! They called me to tell me that I already owe the doctor his fees for all his services including the delivery and that they divided that amount into 6 payments! Oh wait did I mention that at this point I haven’t even meet the doctor yet??? What a bad way to welcome you patients, at least give them the chance to meet the doctor and see if they want to go all the way with him! Terrible administration, maybe Dr Langford is a good doctor but this is just no the way! So I just cancelled and change to another doctor.

This is my 3^rd baby, first one with Dr Langford. He has thoroughly answered all of my questions and makes me feel like he is really listening to me. At about 31 weeks I came down with the flu. Dr Langford checked on me each day to see how I was feeling and to see what I needed. Very impressed. I have a scheduled C-​section coming up (very medically necessary, as my 2 other emergency deliveries /​C-​sections indicate) and he has set my mind at ease.

Unfortunately, my experience with Dr. Langford was horrible. I am 7 weeks into my pregnancy with high blood pressure. Due to my complications I was put out for work, I am an RN at an ER. While trying to get all my paperwork together for my job the office staff was unprofessional and inconsiderate. After a week of calling the staff I was constantly treated horribly and nothing was ever done. Friday evening I receive a call from Dr. Langford and he begins yelling at me! Whenever I tried to get a word in he would say «No, you let me finish.» He aggressively asked me if I was «Calling him a liar» or his «Staff a liar» (which conveniently happens to be his wife). I expressed to him my concern of my high blood pressure and how the situation wasn’t making things better and he made me feel so dumb and said «Maybe it’s time I look for another doctor.». This man was suppose to deliver my child.
Overall he seems to keep his composure until you have a concern of your pregnancy or issue with his staff. Then he just looses it. Being an RN I have never encountered such unprofessionalism from a doctor.

Dr. Langford delivered my son in 2002 with no complications and my daughter in 2005 who was born 7 ½ weeks early via an emergency C-​Section. She had a heart condition. The cardiology specialists didn’t know exactly what was wrong with her until after she was in the NICU for about 5 days. But they did know that she was lucky to be there. I am certain that if I’d had any other doctor they would not have been as thorough and my daughter might not be with us today. I am forever thankful to Dr Langford for all the patience, thoroughness, experience and professionalism. Had he not been such an experienced doctor that knew just what to ask and listen for in my words, he may not have suggested we do yet another ultrasound that led us to see that my daughter was in distress in the womb and needed to be delivered immediately. She will be 10 years old this weekend and I can’t imagine my life without her. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!!

I’ve seen him a few times. He was recommended by a friend and I thought he was very nice initially. I felt comfortable and he was very thorough with my visits but I made a phone call out to him for a specific issue and he made me feel stupid for asking the question when he returned my call. From that point, I stopped seeing him. I was calling him for a concern and he didn’t seem to care. There are other caring docs out there.

I’ve been to this office multiple times and I love the front desk lady Violet, she is such an asset to this office.
Dr. Langford is so knowledgeable and comforting. Although I haven’t had any children yet, I’m looking forward to the care I will receive here.

Dr. Langford is nice person very calm but unhelpful. He delivered all three of our children and was paid by our insurance. However Gail his wife who works in the office is incompetent in billing was uncooperative and hostile, confrontational and inflexible to do her job right. My wife called and corrected the problem so they could be paid the extra $ 200 dollars for circumcision for my son last child born. All she had to do is resubmit to insurance as we were covered. She did not and was not paid. We assumed it was taken care of because my wife did all the legwork. Not only was it not taken care of Gail lied and documented that we refused to pay and had my wife banned for non payment. When we found out we offered to pay but were not allowed to re visit the office as she is banned forever and Dr. Langford will not make an exception to his policy do not go here as the staff and apparently only care about your money. Customer service is the worst I have ever seen and do not recommend for anyone.

Doctor Langford delivered both of my babies. He takes his time during appointments. Explains things clearly and is kind. I feel very comfortable with him. And I love that I got an ultrasound every appointment during my pregnancies.
There are a number of people that wrote negative reviews regarding his office staff. I think they are absolutely wrong. They greet me by my first name when I come into the office, even after a 2 year absence. They ask about my children. They smile, engage and were very helpful when my insurance changed. They always call back the same day if I leave a message. I even had an overdue $ 20 bill that was left unpaid for months, it was no problem and was never sent to collections. I find it hard to believe that other people have had any issues with his staff, they are wonderful.

I chose Dr Langford for my second baby. Now 18 weeks I have been so impressed with everything! Every appointment he talks to you tells you what to expect gives you a 3d and regular ultrasound with pictures! And the staff has been nothing but easy to get ahold of and kind. Even when waiting for 3 weeks for a test to be approved by my insurance they did not mind me calling everyday :) still have some ways to go but thought I would share how wonderful this dr and staff are!!! Thank you!!!

After hearing all of the great reviews by my coworkers, I switched to Dr. Langford from Sharp-​Rees Stealy with my first child. I appreciate that at every visit he uses ultrasound to check up on the growing baby (and if you bring a rewritable dvd you can have a recording of each visit!) while explaining what he is doing and why. He is always very professional, and his calm and gentle demeanor carried through up to my vaginal delivery. He also listened to me when I gave him my birth plan for a natural birth (no pain meds, no epidural) and I happily delivered my baby boy at Pomerado Hospital with no complications. I recently gave birth to my second son (yup! back to back! Irish twins ;D) and his care was excellent. This time around I was nervous because the umbilical cord was wrapped around my baby’s neck twice (which we were able to detect early because of his ultrasounds), but to be sure everything was okay I went to Pomerado Hospital for weekly fetal non-​stress tests. Luckily baby untangled himself and I had no problems during delivery (again, no pain medications or epidurals). It has been a pleasure being a patient of Dr. Langford twice now!
I subtract a star mainly because of his office staff, who are generally pleasant, but can be hard to reach (I remember calling before lunchtime and and hearing the click as I was hung up on). Additionally, I had not been told to fast prior to a scheduled lab draw and had shown up at Labcorps only to be turned away because I didn’t fast.

After review of Dr. Langford’s court record, found numerous Medical Malpractice and other lawsuits. This caused us great concern about his professionalism and with his perspective on money, perhaps this is why his practice is failing.

We were referred to Dr. Langford by some friends. All of my babies were delivered by him at Pomerado Hospital (a great hospital, by the way). Dr. Langford takes his time and definitely has a «better to be safe than sorry» philosophy. Out of 3 pregnancies, he was rarely late for a prenatal visit and I had, maybe 2 appts rescheduled. I always felt like I was the only patient in his office, never rushed or hurried like I was just another number. I felt as if I were family. It also was nice that his office was furnished with the latest technology (4D ultrasound!).
Last year, I decided to end my baby making days. Dr. Langford performed the tubal and all went very well. I still plan on seeing him for my annual check up. He’s a great doctor and his staff have always been kind and helpful. I completely recommend Dr. Greg Langford.

Dr. Langford is the doctor who delivered me, and 19.5 years later I’m still alive. So he’s alright.
Update1: still alive 22 years after delivery.
Update2: 23-​years-​old and still alive. I don’t if Dr. Langford is directly involved in me still being alive; I’ll just assume since he gave me life he is responsible for taking it away. I’m pleased that his professional skill as a doctor has allowed me to exist for nearly a quarter of a decade.

I’ve been a patient of Dr Langford’s since moving to Temecula in 2003. I’d had a previous high-​risk pregnancy and since we planned to have more kids, I figured I’d better be prepared with a doctor who could handle it.
Dr Langford’s office is located directly across Valley Parkway from Palomar Hospital, which is a good thing, because he is a solo practitioner who rarely misses deliveries OR routine appointments. I’m not quite sure how he does it. I suspect a big part of it is attempting to manage/​schedule deliveries, but there isn’t pressure if that’s not the route you choose to take.
I had natural childbirth (i.e. no pain meds, vaginal delivery) and he was supportive of that. I gather from talking to the nurses that to deliver at Palomar without an epidural is extremely rare. (They brought in nursing students to show them an example of «a woman in natural labor.»)
Dr Langford’s demeanor can be summed up in a word: UNFLAPPABLE. He is utterly calm no matter what is going on. He also does not like to cut corners, which is a good thing when you’re dealing with matters that can be life & death.
I had a situation during our daughter’s birth when a small emergency arose, and the nurses later told me that when they prepare a cart for Dr Langford, he insists they add several extra items, and it was something from that tray that saved the day. (I began bleeding a lot and he had a shot of something handy that he could stick me with to stop the bleeding right away, rather than having to call down and have it sent up from the pharmacy.)
The nurses and other staff at Palomar REVERE Dr Langford. Mention his name and they jump to do whatever needs to be done. I don’t get the impression that they’re scared of him… more like they really respect him.
He is not super «huggy» or emotional, so know that going in. I find him kind and compassionate, but it’s delivered in a very dry, straight manner.
This office does not accept credit cards so come prepared with your copay.
I am now an infrequent visitor to this office (luckily!) — mostly just annual exams; our youngest child is now 4 years old. I’ve had a few instances of UTIs and been seen right away on an emergency basis.
Conveniently located for all labs. Refers to Valley Radiology (in same building) for mammography and other xrays and refers to blood labs with offices throughout the area. (I can have blood drawn in Temecula, where I live, if I prefer.)
Has all kinds of high tech equipment in his office so you don’t need to be sent out for things during pregnancy (e.g. he can do most screenings, ultrasounds, etc including the 20 week «big» ultrasound himself in the office.)
Very conservative on referring «just in case» and for age-​based recommendations. Always errs on the side of caution (i.e. if you’re not sure, do the test). Referred me to mammogram at age 36 because knew I was trying to have a baby and wanted to get a baseline test in before I was potentially pregnant or nursing.

Although I had heard good things about this dr from a friend after having met the office staff, I became concerned. They are disorganized and very rude. When you ask for an explanation about anything, they are huffy and only offer uninformed excuses. You get an immediate sense of being a nuisance to them. When I asked to speak to an office manager they didn’t hesitate to put her on the phone. I soon found out why. The office manager is not only the dr’s wife but she was quite happy to tell me that if I didn’t like it I could go somewhere else. When I tried to tell her about particular incidents she actually raised her voice over mine (to where I had to pull the phone away from my ear) cutting me off saying that she doesn’t care to hear about the incidents and that if I don’t like her staff I should find another dr. I’ve NEVER in my LIFE had an experience ANYWHERE like this.
When it comes to an OB/​GYN you want not only a good dr that you can trust but to feel as though you are respected and valued as a client. A dr is only as good as his staff. There are plenty of good dr’s out there, pass this one over,