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Dr. Frances Batzer
Philadelphia, PA
Gender: F
Specialty: Infertility / IVF
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Hospital: Pennsylvania Hospital
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# Ratings: 14
Avg Punctuality: 3.1
Avg Helpfulness: 3.1
Avg Knowledge: 3.2
Overall Quality*: 3.2
Range: 1-5 (5 is best)
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:) Click to report rating    12/30/09 5 5 5 I want everyone to know that I saw Dr. Batzer back in March, 2007 after one year unsuccessfully at PENN fertility. The very first try w/Dr. Batzer we conceived and had a beautiful baby boy who is now 2 yers old. She is tremendous and was never rude or unprofessional. I love her and am very grateful for a strong woman in this field who knows what she is doing. God bless you Dr. Batzer. 
Insurance: Blue Cross / Blue Shield
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:) Click to report rating    5/29/09 5 5 5 I was surprised by the negative comments. Dr. Batzer is a wonderful doctor. She took care of me at the beginning of my 3 pregnancies. She was always kind, friendly and extremely knowledgeable. I recall vividly that I had to undergo a hysterosalpingogram to check the patency of my tubes. It was a painful but necessary procedure which she did herself. Afterwards, she hugs me! She knew I was uncomfortable and that hug took the edge off. 
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:) Click to report rating    12/9/08 5 5 5 i have been seeing her for 12 years and think she is great and would recomend her to anyone! always knowlegable and very personal//empathetic with a great bedside manner 
Insurance: Blue Cross / Blue Shield
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:( Click to report rating    9/25/08 1 1 1 Dr. batzer misdiagnosed me and my husband. I cannot believe she has been practicing for so many years- I shutter to think how many lives she has ruined! Before ever testing my husband she put me on Clomid which was the worst 4 months of my life and when I complained that it was making me miserable that I was in extreme pain she brushed me off. I went off of Clomid after 4 months even though she advised 6 months despite my complications. Finally my husband was tested and his count was low and eratic but she was not disuaded from trying to sell us on IVF and injectibles even after my tests were coming back normal and my hormone levels all check out. She insisted that my husband was fine and I needed to take drugs. When I refused (trusted my instincts) and found a new doctor he referred us to a urologist who diagnosed the problem in 2 mins. Thanks to Dr. Batzer we wasted a year of our life and I was put on invasive and unneseccary drugs. DO NOT GO TO DR. BATZER!!!!!!!! 
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:) Click to report rating    7/17/08 5 4 5 Dr. Batzer is the extremely professional and highly educated in her field. You are in good hands if she is your doctor. 
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:| Click to report rating    5/29/08 3 1 3 dr batzer is very fast..to add to her quickness her move to the benjamin franklin house did not help where i always feel very very rushed. quick and to the point is one thing but bed side manor and personality are always a perk too! 
Insurance: Blue Cross / Blue Shield
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:( Click to report rating    1/11/07 1 1 Dr. Batzer is the worst insensitive physician I have ever met. My experience has not been endend yet... I had a breast reduction because all the wrong medicines she gave me and I am still suffering from anxiety. She is making a lot of money with her "famous treatment" and hurting a lot of womens... her license should be ended. 
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:( Click to report rating    11/17/06 3 1 She was unprofessional and arrogant. I went to another REI who told me she has a reputation for being rude. 
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:( Click to report rating    11/2/06 2 2 We went to his office looking for help because we wanted to have a baby. Had all the test done, found I was healthy but needed surgery for my cervix to do the embryo transfer(cervix was too small). I received needles (lupron, etc) to increase amount of follicle. When it was the right time for the recolection of the eggs... ohhh god!!! we forgot you needed the surgery for the cervix!!!, we can not perform the procedure. Dr. Batzer never gave us an explanation. The nurses were in charge and explain to us Dr. Batzer was too busy to talk to us. About the nurses: rude and unfeeling. As a result of all the medicine I have several health problems. This was the worse experience of my life. We had difficult when we wanted all the papers back (dates of exams, amount of needles, test). We decide to go to Latin America and now have a boy with help of a surrogate mother; my health is not the same since this experience. 
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:) Click to report rating    10/26/06 4 5 I love Dr. Batzer. She diagnosed me quickly and correctly when a previous doctor had me going for months of tests and still wasn't sure. She is very no-nonsense and tells you right up front what her opinion is. I'll admit that if you are thin-skinned you might be put off by her directness, but I appreciated it as well as her desire not to waste your time. I'm sure that many times the news she has to tell prosepective parents is not what they want to hear, and that if you meet with her once and hear bad news you would not have the best opinion of her. However, I worked with her and her staff for over two years on my fertility issues and couldn't be happier that I chose her. 
Insurance: Blue Cross / Blue Shield
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:( Click to report rating *  10/12/06 3 1 Dr. Batzer is the most insensitive and unkind physician I have ever met. Her behavior was so inappropriate that her staff apologized to me for her rudeness. 
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:) Click to report rating    6/26/06 3 4 She gets right to the point and knows her stuff! 
Insurance: Aetna
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:) Click to report rating    1/22/06 3 5 I had a fantastic experience with Dr. Batzer. She is brisk, no-nonesense, tells it like it is, but at the same time is very human. She was very sorry our second IVF transfer failed, and was thrilled when we finally got our baby. She was very knowledgeable about latest advances in the field and was not condescending when answering all of our questions. She has a very brisk, quick way of talking which may put some off but actually helped us to think more calmly about our options. 
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:( Click to report rating    8/28/05 3 1 Disrespectful, judgemental, insensitive 
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