Theodore Shea, MD - Red Bluff (CA)

5 /5 Ashlee Bartlett: I was seen by Dr Sheas office for my entire pregnancy and postpartum as well. From the front desk staff to the nurses to the MDs everyone was caring, friendly and professional. I received wonderful, attentive and timely care from the nurses (particularly Rosie). Dr Shea was very respectful of my autonomy and consistently made sure I knew what to expect going forward to the next appointment. Anytime I called with a question, I would receive a return call with 24 hrs. I also met doctors Wahi and Leininger and they too were kind and professional. I would have been comfortable with any one of them delivering my baby. Recommending highly this clinic and doctors. Worth the drive from Redding to recieve high-quality care.

5 /5 Amy Moran: I had several years 2014 to 2019 of run around in Chico and UC Davis Cancer center regarding mass on ovary and cluster of cysts in cervix that I believed was Mucinous Ovarian Cancer and Adenoma Malignum. I was scheduled for major surgery with a female Dr at UC Davis which unfortunately showed herself without knowledge (calling Adenoma Malignum "very benign", its called that due to high fatality) and poorly lacking in bedside manner (patted my head, after dismissing me. routinely checking, eyes widened by what she and her fellow felt, and thwn without any direct answers, asked me vaguely if colon cancer runs in family. No telling me she felt anything. As a last ditch, to get answers, I scheduled with Pam Stewart at Dr Shea office, as she brilliantly helped me deliver my 5th baby at St E in 2005. Dr Shea had been overseeing Dr. Pam did the check. Felt what she said was a "mass." I scheduled the surgery at UCDavis but after another frustrating visit there. I switched my surgery from the "expert" green cancer Dr at davis to Dr Shea. He was so good. He listened. He validated my concern I showed him on my mri. He was kind. Laid out the plan clearly regarding my input. Showed complete respect for me. He did the surgery near total hysterectomy vaginally and A+ job. Up in just a few days and back to normal fast. In the whirlwind of my follow up visit, I failed to ask several questions and the final situation remained unspoken. I believe in the early years the ovarian mass had ruptured at least once, sending me to ER for pain and tremendous loss of blood. I believe the mucinous fluid spewed into my pelvic cavity, as in a sonogram about a year later, I could see the seeding (black round small dots across the screen showing on my internal cavity tissue) but the chico woman ob with horrrrible bedside manner could not admit I had been right and her dismissive attitude had been incorrect. At any rate, I have controlled the abdominal fluid build up and pain over the past 5 years by doing periods of heavy ginger powder in flax seed milk. (Ginger is anti cancer amd may work better than chemo with some cancers per U of Michigan) Id let it go for the last few years and am having some current symptoms so starting ginger again. I have theories of why UC Davis. Dr Greg Davis ( a good one in chico), a Colonoscopy Dr in chico, and Dr Shea felt they could not plainly spell things out to me. I wish they could have and while I no longer live in State I still wish I could have those clarifying conversations. ( in case, Cell- 530 230 7001.) All that rambling aside, Dr Shea was excellent and was the right one to do my surgery. I pray for his continued success and a big helping of grace to deal with the difficult patients he encounters.

1 /5 Juanita Ocampo: I had a horrible experience with Dr Shea Red Bluff Womans Health Specialist. I went for ultrasound and was confirmed that I miscarried at 4months ( my midwife Pamela Stuart who I trusted and preferred was not in that day) He then scheduled me for a dnc which I wasn’t not clear on understanding at the time what he would be be doing I was so emotionally stressed. Then during dnc he did not actually remove the baby as was supposed to have been done. A week later I had to go to ER because pieces of the baby was coming out. They had to fly me to UC davis. I was told I should sew them but I was too emotionally unstable. Now that I am in a better position to express myself. I know what he did was wrong. 2 days after the surgery they received the labs that stated no fetus was present just blood. Why did Dr Shea if Red Bluff not check on me. Why is after they received the labs he did not get me back to the office. Nothing. I waited 2 years to file a suit they told me I was too late. So I put in 2 complaints with the health board and no word.

5 /5 Melony VonRotz: I cannot recommend Dr. Shea enough. He delivered both of my babies and I had the best, most comfortable experience each time. Dr. Shea is incredibly knowledgeable, caring, and always made me feel at ease throughout both pregnancies and deliveries. He took the time to listen to all of my concerns and answer all of my questions, and I never felt rushed during appointments. Dr. Sheas bedside manner is top-notch and he truly goes above and beyond for his patients. I am so grateful to have had him as my OB and would highly recommend him to anyone looking for a compassionate and skilled OB.

1 /5 Janette Cantor: If I could give less than one star I would- I had Dr Shae twice once almost 24 years ago when I had my oldest son and he almost killed me because he didn’t know what post partum eclampsia was and did not address my high blood pressure after the delivery of my son. I ended up in ICU and it was the eye surgeon who told everyone what had happened to me. ( dr shae are you reading this do you remember me? I sure hope so) Then in 2004 he was my ob again when I was pregnant and I remember going to my first appt and letting him know my concerns and he said every pregnancy is different and we aren’t going to focus on what happened during my first one. The first half of that pregnancy was normal. I was gestational diabetic but it was controlled fairly well. But this pregnancy ended very differently- my son was a stillborn because I was having contractions on a Friday - and he did not want to do a c-section on a Friday. And told me if the pain gets worse go to the hospital- pain never got worse and I had an appt on Monday at the hospital. That’s when I found out not from him but from a nurse and an ultrasound tech my son was gone. Dr Shae- took over an hour to come to the hospital- when I asked him what did I do his response was you didn’t do anything wrong. And then he rolled my care off to Sally Cox and would never look at me again when I went into his office. He does not need to be practicing medicine.