OB GYN Needed in Amarillo Area

I LOVE my dr. His name is Dudley Freeman.

Congrats on the new baby! I use Robert Carrasco. LOVE HIM!!! And if you feel more comfortable with a female, then his wife Londa is in practice with him. Dr. Robert is just amazing. He is so, so sweet but also such a great doc. My first baby was a very high risk pregnancy. I went into labor at 26 weeks and b/c he is so diligent (yes, sometimes bordering on hyper) we were able to keep her in until 36 weeks. When it was time to deliver, her placenta tore away from my uterus and I started hemorrhaging. He literally saved mine and my daughter's life with an emergency C. Now, lots of docs can do that. But he was so patient and caring with who I am as a person, that he worked with me on my next 2 deliveries. He really listened to me, and I was able to have the next 2 COMPLETELY naturally! Vaginal births with NO drugs or interventions. That is UNHEARD of for most docs.
All that being said, there are lots of other good docs in Amarillo. However, I would not got to Castillo or Shelton as the above ladies suggested. Also, avoid Miles Davis (yes, thats his real name). But Dr. David (with a d on the end) is fabulous. Karin Apple is also really good, though pretty young and new.
Now, Dr. Castillo is very sweet. But on Sept 18th my sister's sis in law delivered a little boy that was full term, 8 lbs 12 ozs. He died 15 minutes after birth. He had horendous birth defects. Dr. Castillo TOTALLY MISSED all of it. There is NO WAY that should have happened. She could not have prevented the defects of course. But she SHOULD have caught it. She was not thorough at all and should have followed up extensively when some small things appeared out of whack on the sonograms (there were several). PLEASE DON'T GO TO HER!! And Dr. Shelton is just plain creepy. Plus I talked with him briefly once about using The Bradley Method (a natural delivery) and he literally laughed in my face.
I had my first at Northwest and my next 2 at BSA. Both are great, but the rooms at BSA are much nicer. Hope all this helps and welcome to Amarillo! Maybe we'll cross paths!

R. ~ Welcome to Amarillo! I think that you will love living here and it's a great place to raise a family. I go to Dr. Rhodesia Castillo at the Women's Health Care Building on South Coulter. There are like 4 other doctors in the practice and like 2 or 3 P.A.'s. I've gone to Dr. Castillo for over 5 years and she delivered my first and only son (so far). She's got an excellent bedside manner and is great even with hubbies! You will love her! If you'd rather have a male OBGYN, Dr. Meek's and Dr. Eades are also there.

Secondly, I delivered at Northwest Texas Hospital, but that's where I had to with my insurance. Do you have insurance that states where you have to deliver or do you get to choose your hospital? BSA (Baptist St. Anthony's) is also really great. Both have NICU's and birthing rooms. The only thing that BSA has over NW I think is that the room that you deliver in, you get to stay in and they've got what is called a family bed. It's a queen sized bed that you and the hubby can sleep in during your stay at the hospital where as Northwest you deliver in a birthing room and then are moved to either a small room where hubby can sleep in a chair or they get a cot or a bigger room that's got a couch where he can sleep. The size of room you get depends on how many patients they have. The staff that I delt with at Northwest was awesome though. Very caring and supportive.

PM me if you need any other info or have just general questions regarding Amarillo. I've lived here here all my life. I've been married for 6 years and have a 2 1/2 year old son and an 11 year old step son. Once again, welcome to Amarillo!

I recommend Dr Douglas Shelton. He is very caring. Or another one is Greg May I have heard several good things about him. I go to Dr Shelton but I personally know both and wouldn't hesitate to go to either one.

R.,

I used Dr. Harrell she is with the same group the others have posted (Women's Healthcare Group). I had a high risk pregnancy and she would call me and check on me if she was out of town. She also did my C-Section and you can barely see my scar. Welcome to Amarillo!!

Welcome to Amarillo!!! I've lived here about 10 years and enjoy living and raising my family here. This year, I started seeing Dr. Meeks at the Women's Healthcare Associates (WHA). He and his staff are very caring. I'm due in November with my 2nd child and they are keeping in close tabs on me. I have friends who see other drs in the same clinic and they really enjoy going to them. I've never heard anything bad about this clinic. I'm usually in and out within 1 - 1 1/2 hrs. I would avoid Dr. Pablo Diaz if at all possible. He's the only dr in that practice and his wait time is 3 hrs min. His new staff is not very friendly either. I didn't feel like they were taking care of me any longer. That's why I changed drs.

As for hospitals, either one. I delivered my 1st child at Northwest Texas (NWTH). They were very friendly, informative and caring to me, my husband and extended family. I would have no problem going back. I'm having to deliver my 2nd at Baptist St Anthony (BSA). I've heard very good things about them too. If it doesn't matter where you go, I would set up tours with each and speak with the staff on the maternity floor of each.

I was laid off from my job in August and am staying home for awhile. Please feel free to send me a personal message and I'll give you my phone number. We can talk and I'll try to help you all I can. I know what it's like to move someplace new and have nobody really to call friend.