Dr. Colleen Gardner, MD

I would give 0 stars if I could. She was my fill in doctor because my usual OB was unavailable for this check up for my pregnancy. I had my son 5 yo) with me during this appointment. I had asked her pretty serious questions in regards to my physical health this pregnancy & every question I asked was met with immediate dismissal and rude tone. She made it sound as though I was wrong for even asking the questions I did, trying to make me feel stupid. It completely blew my mind that she is someone who works with women especially pregnant and is able to talk to and treat them the way she does. I walked out feeling defeated, crying to my car & had to call back to advocate for myself & ask to never be seen by her again. Save yourself the time & mental burden and don't see this doctor. Her bedside manner is terrible, and has no respect for her patients. She even wrote false information in my after notes, and was just as rude in those as she was to be during the appointment.

Had to change doctors after seeing the same gyno for 10 years. She was super nice, easy to talk to, and took my concerns serious. Highly recommend her office as there was little to no wait time.

Colleen Gardner is excellent at making a bad situation even worse. Our main OB at Michigan Medicine has been working on other projects and hasn’t been able to see my wife for all of her appointments, so we got stuck with Colleen for some of the visits. She’s been a terrible mix of inexperienced, inflexible and dismissive. Her bedside manner is truly awful. There was a noticeable lack of empathy and compassion, which is crucial in any medical profession, especially in obstetrics where patients often feel vulnerable and need reassurance. Our last appointment with her was the worst of all. She had a student shadowing her so her need to project authority and competency was over the top. We requested a simple ultrasound to make sure the baby was still in a breach position before attempting a procedure to move her, and she absolutely refused to do it, citing that it was not the “standard of care.” Clearly that was a ridiculous reason (the ultrasound machine is next door, no one is using it, it will take you 30 seconds, it is not an invasive procedure, she wasn’t behind schedule), so I had to absolutely demand that she do it and told her that her behavior was unacceptable and unprofessional. After continuing to press her, she told us that the reason wasn’t the standard of care, but that our (excellent) insurance might not cover it. At that point I immediately told her that cost wasn’t an issue for us, and called her out for gaslighting us. When I reiterated that she should have just told us that the insurance might not cover it instead of telling us no and that it wasn’t the standard of care, she was offended and made a snippy comment. Colleen truly should not be a doctor, and she definitely shouldn’t have students shadowing her. I get she’s ambitious and wanted a prestigious job, but she should have picked a career where you can be incompetent, unresponsive and arrogant without any consequence. Michigan Medicine has plenty of good OBs. This isn’t one of them.