Isabell Beddow, MD

Having seen more than my fare share of OB/gyn’s in the various places I’ve lived and having worked for them I am extremely pleased with my experience with dr Beddow. She is genuine, patient, professional, calm and has a sense of humor. I began seeing her when I first became pregnant… about a year ago. My husband and I are always seen right on time and never feel rushed. Dr Beddow made it to my delivery and was great there too… very relaxed and pleasant. Even the RN’s in labor and delivery had good things to say about her.
Her office is small, which I like, and her receptionist and medical assistant are awesome. I am very happy to have found her and would recommend her to anyone!

I went in for my annual and had a great experience. Dr. Beddow is extremely welcoming and comforting. I was happy when I left the office.
My issue lies with the follow up… I never received a call about my pap smear results and so I assumed everything was fine. Unfortunately, when I called the office about a bill (roughly five months later) they told me that one of my results had come back that worried them. You’re going to tell me this five months later?! When I had to call and ask…
Someone should have called me to tell me this information the day they received the results. I will not be returning.

Dr. Beddow is really cool.
Listens, understanding and she’s funny. Most important she is an experienced professional who knows what she’s doing.
Her staff are amazing too. I would’ve been lost without the help of Mitra on quite a few things.
I feel very lucky to have found this team. Other professionals in the industry (other doctors, nurses, genetic counselors) all have amazing things to say about Dr. Beddow.

Called her office to find out of she could take on a new patient. The receptionist asked only for my due date, then told me the Dr. was already fully booked up for deliveries from Dec-​Feb.

This office is hands down the most thoughtful, caring and overall helpful place to be if you’re a woman and you need care.
Dr Beddow is amazing and if you’re the nervous type or if you’ve been elsewhere and felt like nobody in the office really cared – come here and you’ll know what great medicine is and a provider who puts you first. Plus, a real, live, nice human answers the phone!

I love Dr. Beddow! I get queazy and faint with my checkups and she was really understanding and sympathetic. Unfortunately, I moved to Southern California but I recommend her to all my friends in the bay area!

Dr beddow is amazing! I love her and would highly recommend her. Her staff are great too… My daughter was a preemie and I had complications with my pregnancy and she was right there with me!

This is already my second with her. We went through some tough times at the beginning and she is always very patient and caring.
She is very calm and just that can take away many anxiety involved in pregnancy.
Highly recommended!

I have had such good experience with this doctor, I was desperately looking for a decent doctor when I moved down here from SF, and I feel so lucky to have found her. would recommend to anyone and everyone — of course females only ;) On a serious note, she is a great listener, and very gentle too. She is the best OBGYN I have been to.

I am very surprise to see some of the negative reviews for Dr. Beddow and team. Dr. Beddow was the first doctor I really went and saw on my own, so I had some nerves going because I didn’t know all the insurance stuff. I found Dr. Beddow through Unilocal a few years ago. I looked around quite a bit, and decided to go to this location and I have not been disappointed.
The staff is always very friendly and helpful both on the phone and in person. I usually get Amanda or Mitra on the phone. They are very accommodating with finding an appointment time that fits your schedule.
I have gone here about 5 times (2 for a routine check). I am always called back within 5 minutes. Dr. Beddow is very sweet, warm, and welcoming. She has general concern about your health and is personable. She also really explains what she is going to do, what to expect, and will explain why certain additional things may be good. There was a test she suggested, but I was worried because of insurance. She was completely understanding of that and said to check it out and then let the staff know if I decide to come back for that after checking with insurance. Well, I decided to go back because insurance covered it! During those appointments the staff was even more accommodating — squeezing me and such.
There was an insurance issue at a different point, it wasn’t the office’s fault. It was the insurance end. Mitra was super helpful with helping me figure out what to do. She called the insurance many times for me and always returned my calls.

I recently saw Dr. Beddow while on a vacation in San Francisco area. I was very fortunate to get an appointment with her as an out of town patient. She was kind, professional and made accommodations to her personal holiday schedule to help me in a unique situation. I am very grateful my good fortune connected me with a great doctor over the holidays.

Dr. Beddow is AMAZING! This review is overdue… She delivered my son in 2012 and will be delivering my next baby due in a few months. I moved south last year and she’s absolutely worth the hour and twenty minute drive to keep her as my doctor. It’s not easy finding a doctor that’s knowledgable, caring, cautious and easy to contact if needed in an emergency. Her kindness alone goes above and beyond… I couldn’t imagine seeing any other doctor. Dr. Beddow has a beautiful bedside manner and makes me feel 100% comfortable and cared for every time I see her. I love that I can ask her anything and get an honest answer based on my own needs without feeling rushed or uncomfortable.
I love Dr. Beddow! So happy to have her as my obgyn!

I never had the opportunity to meet with the Dr. After moving to San Mateo 26 weeks pregnant, I made an appointment for an initial visit (for which the only available appointment was almost 3 weeks out). Anxious about not having a new OB in the area, I decided to wait the 3 weeks based on the good reviews I read. I received a call 3 days before my scheduled appointment telling me that the Dr needed to reschedule because they had not booked enough time for a preliminary VIsit (even though that is what I scheduled when I made the appointment). The only time the extremely unsympathetic woman on the other end of the phone could offer was anther week and half out. 4 weeks is way too long to have to wait for an appointment when you are now almost 30 weeks Pregnant in my opinion. She didn’t even offer to put me on a cancelation list. I called Medical Arts and got an appointment for next day. I wonder if the Dr. is aware of how rude and un accommodating her office staff is in trying to rectify errors they make? She may be a wonderful Dr. but her office staff made going there a deal breaker for me.

My wife says she’s a good Dr. for regular checkups. My experience started with her when my wife got pregnant. From that exposure, I have to echo the experiences of the other people on this board. My wife used this doctor as her OBGYN for years without too much of an issue, but once she got pregnant this past year the problems with the office became very apparent.
I’m writing this because my wife has been reduced to tears too many times and doesn’t want to write it herself. Beddow started out dealing with my wife’s pregnancy as if she was going to be able to deliver the child, but as we advanced through the process, and started paying them money as if she was going to be delivering the child, it became apparent that she will only deliver at one hospital in San Mateo. Which we were never informed of, and now we have to pay a fee to get her records transferred. EDIT — in exchange for me updating my Unilocal review they eventually waived the fee, although it took a week for them to actually get the paperwork over.
Also, at the beginning of the pregnancy, her office gave us a price list saying that her staff would contact our insurance to determine the co-​pay. We never heard back from them, so we assumed there was no co-​pay and decided that as long as there was no co-​pay, we would make San Mateo work.
In fact, what happened was that they just billed us and never checked with our insurance. We found this out after we got the bill when we called to question what was going on. Apparently, according to the staff, the procedure is to wait until 38 weeks of pregnancy before they check the benefits, at which point, the full bill is due, which is not what the Dr had said.
Once we got the bill, we realized that we needed to switch providers, but they insist on charging us to do that too, by charging a $ 25 administrative fee. Attempts to talk to the Doctor directly are blocked by the administrative staff, who refuse to work with patients or provide more reasonable rates.
As I said above, after I posted this Unilocal review, the office was willing to waive the fee and we actually got to speak to the Dr, seemed genuinely surprised to learn what was going on and how her office was being run. It’s because of all of this, that I’m giving them 3 stars, up from my prior 2 star rating.

She is SO kind & caring. I feel at ease at her office, and she really builds a good relationship with her patients. I cannot recommend her enough! The staff was also just as nice. She cares for your *overall* health and well being, and you can’t beat that! Love Dr. Beddow!

Dr. Beddow is great and takes time to understand your case and administers the best possible solution. Her staff, however, is awful. They often run late, and the receptionist (Venita) is a roadblock to the business. She is not polite on the phone and her attitude towards patients is off putting. She soured the experience.

Dr Beddow is a fantastic doctor and I highly recommend her. During my pregnancy and labor she has always been extremely helpful and commited. As compared to other friends who shared with me their experiences with their doctors, I can say that Dr Beddow spends much more time with each one of her patients, performs more exams in her office, as well as stays closer to you during the labor process. This all makes a huge difference.
In addition she is always updated with the latest advances in terms of prenatal screening and diagnostic tests, and will inform you of all the possibilities so you can make a very well informed decision.
I will definitely continue seeing Dr. Bedow and continue to recommend her to my friends.

I’ve been visited Dr. Beddow for about a year and she delivered my first son.
I should say that though there were complications during my pregnancy, I got all necessary help from the doctor. After all I’m very glad that the delivery went well, so I guess I made a right choice when picking a gynecologist.
PS And by the way Amanda, the secretary, is very nice and helpful.

She is an amazing DR. I was in and out in 30 minutes with all my questioned answered. Seemed very educated in her field and had a very kind/​gentle nature. I felt very comfortable and safe. She went through all my paperwork asking questions and getting to know my medical history. I have definitely found a great gyno!
I would recommend her to all my female friends.

By far, the fastest doctor appointment that I’ve had in ages! Found Dr. Beddow on Unilocal — her office is close to home and she came highly recommended by the community. They worked me into the schedule pretty easily and they even called to remind me the day before.
I got there a few minutes early, a good idea when visiting a new physician for the first time. Had to fill out the standard healthy history and HIPPA paperwork, but once that was over, the doctor saw me right away. She was a little nervous when I told her that I found her on Unilocal,but the entire appointment was handled professionally.. Going to an OBGYN for the first time can be a little awkward, but Dr. Beddow was warm and friendly.
The appointment lasted less than 30 minutes, which is amazing. I was expecting to be there most of the afternoon, but that was not the case at all!
My only complaint is that Dr. Beddow suggested running a particular test that wasn’t covered by my insurance and now I owe the office a little bit of money. Wish we had checked that out first. However, the overall appointment was great.