Lindsey Ma, MD

"Dr. Ma came in at 8:00pm to perform a D & C on a patient that wasn't his. He is friendly, honest and an overall enjoyable human. Thank you for your time."

"I love his practice. Jamie and Barb are great as well. Getting in to be seen pregnant or not doesn’t ever seem like it was an inconvenience for there office. They make everyone feel safe and are attentive to the patient as a whole. My delivery with Dr Ma was great. He’s very informative and honestly cares for baby/mom and dad which is rare it seems like these days. 10/10 would recommend his office."

"I have been seeing Dr. Lindsey Ma for approximately 3 years, my appointment today will be my last with Dr. Ma and this office. My first encounter with Dr. Ma I was very impressed with his competency and skill level. I found his bedside manner to be a bit odd, he does not inform you of what he is doing as he is doing it, ie breast exams and paps, he will carry a casual conversation while gesturing and moving you into the necessary positions, examples of this; pressing you gently backwards by the shoulders to indicate he wants you to lie back as opposed to verbalizing the request, manipulating your arms/moving your gown out of his way while preforming the screenings.) I personally do not mind this, but many patients would potentially take issue with it and prefer to be informed of what is happening before having hands placed on and instruments inserted into their reproductive organs. At a previous appointment, my nexplanon implant was causing severely painful cystic acne and excessive hair loss. Dr. Ma insisted the implant couldn't be causing the issues, I insisted he remove it and he did, the acne completely cleared within 3 weeks of the removal and my hair has made a full recovery in density and thickness since the removal. I denied wanting an oral contraceptive, he prescribed it anyway. I didn't think much of this. Today's appointment was markedly different from my past appointments with Dr. Ma. He questioned me for roughly 10 minutes about my mental health, who I was seeing and how it was being handled, causing me to need to repeat myself multiple times attempting to assure Dr. Ma that it is actively being addressed by professionals trained in the correct field. After this bizarre interaction where he made several rude and unprofessional statements, he shifted direction and began interrogating me about my personal choice to not use any form of hormonal birth control, going on a bit of a rant spouting statistics regarding pregnancy and condoms, going as far as to say that falling pregnant during this time of my life is the last thing I need. His odd statements and behavior during this visit sparked my curiosity, I asked if I were to happen to fall pregnant does he or anyone in the office perform DNC's, which he recoiled at the mention of, and quickly exclaimed "I don't do abortions" in an elevated harsh tone. I smiled, nodded, and said "Okay, thank you for informing me." He begins to go on another strange tirade about his views of abortion not being a "good preventative form of birth control" to which I agreed, stating by definition abortion is not preventative. He again became a bit confrontational, saying I didn't give him a chance to elaborate on his views, to which I responded that I did not need or wish to know his personal views on the matter, I feel that would be a broach of professionalism in the Doctor-Patient relationship, and that a simple yes or no would suffice. Overall Dr. Ma is a very competent doctor, but his bedside manner, interpersonal skills, and emotional regulation leave much to be desired. I am giving two stars only because Dr. Ma has consistently preformed very quick and relatively painless paps & screenings. I would not trust this man to see me through a pregnancy and delivery. From reading the reviews left by others, and my own experience over several visits with Dr. Ma, the care received by his patients seems to vacillate wildly depending on his mood in that moment, as another reviewer described and I would agree with, he is quite emotional and seems unable to separate those emotions from his work. Sitting in a doctors office while feeling as if I was having a conversation with a belligerent, overly-opinionated teenager was a very surreal experience, and definitely a first for me. I cannot comfortably and confidently recommend Dr. Ma to any women in the peoria area, unless you are only looking for routine checkups and happen to have very thick skin to where you don't mind the possibility of the doctor making bizarre, unprofessional statements and lines of questioning."

"2nd time this doctor has ignored my birth control refill request for a week. I'm no longer on the pill because neither the doctor nor the pharmacy contacted me to inform me my refill is not approved. I found out when I left my house to pick it up. I'm getting a new doctor because repeatedly denying birth control when there are no pills left in the pack is a very dangerous game. I usually have Jamie perform the exam/pap smear/consultation. She's great. She's friendly, gentle, quick, and understanding. As for Dr. Ma, I don't trust him as he has repeatedly failed to approve my prescription refill or even contact me in a timely manner to inform me of any reason for denial."

"Everyone in the office is great. Unfortunately the APN Barbara had completely disregarded every single one of my wife’s concerns and complications. Due to the fact that she ignored my wife, she now has to be hospitalized because her complications were not dealt with sooner. If you decide to establish care with Dr Ma’s office, DO NOT let Barbara handle your visits. Besides that, we have not had any problems with the rest of the staff!"