Immanuel Asuncion, MD

Women, please think twice before using Dr. Ascuncion as your OBGYN. I was treated with absolute disdain by this doctor. He was rude, and condescending to me, bringing up stuff in my chart from 40 years ago as though it were a current problem, and wanted to discuss them as such. He even put in my chart that the reason I came in was to discuss abortion, crabs, herpes, etc. Stuff that happened when I was homeless at 13 years old. I was in for a wellness visit and standard pap smear, not anything else. WTH? He acted disgusted by me and used an entire tube of KY and acted like I was contaminated with a disease. I will NEVER go back to this misogynist doctor again, and hope you won’t choose him either.

The worst doctor I have seen in my life.
Avoid him! and don’t fall for the innocent smile.
To my understanding, he scams you and your insurance.
Here’s what happened to me:
I visited him for the first time to establish contact. Paid my co-​insurance for it and things went fine. He wrote a blood test for me. I also asked him to write another test as well. Which he did.
Two weeks later I got a note that he has charged my insurance $ 400+ for «fertility consultation» in addition to the visit and I have to pay my part for that.
I can only say wow. Had he told me that he was gonna charge me extra, I would have accepted the charge. At no point did he mention that was going to charge me extra for the extra 20 seconds that it took him write the test.
In case you think he has spent another 10 seconds looking at my lab results, I should let you know I have not done any of the labs (blood, etc).
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Sutter itself is a corporation with all the pros and cons. But the fact that sutter did not let me appeal this and I had to go through my insurance for this scam is not very appealing. I don’t know how much of this is Sutter’s fault and how much is the doctor and his staff’s fault.

Dr. Asuncion is an extremely caring and responsive physician. I have received emails or phone call follow ups from him or his staff during the evening or on weekends. He explains things clearly and remembers your history from visit to visit. His staff is friendly as well. The office uses an online system so you can see your test results, request refills, or ask questions in a very convenient way.

Dr. Asuncion is the greatest doctor I ever seen it. He takes time to listen to your concerns. Very friendly!
I will recommend him to all my friends.

If There is zero star, I’ll give that. He is really nice! However, medical assisants there have no idea what they are doing. Also, they give my baby rectal temp check 3 times because the machine is broken. ARE YOU SERIOUS! Nowadays, they shouldn’t give baby rectal check anymore. Never want to go back again!

Dr. Asuncion is my Doctor as well as my husbands’. I am very happy with his care. Every time I call to schedule an appointment i get one within 48 hours of my call. I’ve never had to wait long for one and when i have a questions I always get my answer clear and fast.
He is a friendly person which makes it easier to talk to open up about health questions and concerns.
I definitely recommend him.

We love Dr. Asuncion for the whole family! He is awesome with everybody, me and my husband, our son and both daughters. As a matter of fact, we moved away and kept coming but the commute was killer so we found some new doctors. They are not bad BUT they are no comparison so I have decided to come back and suffer through the commute for quality care, terrific bedside manner, intelligent, engaging and compasionate personality plus he’s funny!

i LOVE doctor asuncion. i followed him from an albany clinic to the hilltop office even though it was a bit out of my way.
i’ve also usually preferred female doctors, but dr. a. is just too wonderful!
he is a good listener, encouraging when i am trying to work on a health issue. he helped me get through an addiction to alcohol with no judgment, no hassles.
he watches my cholesterol which is borderline and other concerns. he seems to know the newest/​best drugs for things. and he respects my own research into things as well.