Recommended Doctor
Kurt Rodney WHARTON MD
Obstetrics & Gynecology - California Orinda

Dr. Wharton was recommended to me by a friend who had been a patient for a number of years and raved about him. I had been going to a practice where I never saw any doctor, but was always seen and examined by a nurse and they weren't particularly warm or receptive to spending time with the patients answering questions and generally making them feel at ease.

Dr. Wharton personally sees every patient on every visit. He is the most cheerful, friendly, nurturing doctor I have ever known and is highly respected by his peers. He not only puts you at ease about everything, he goes the extra mile and makes you feel good. Dr. Wharton takes the time to get to know you as a person and spends at least part of every visit just checking in with what's going on in your life - how is the family, how is work, and sharing bits of his life too. I lived in the East Bay when I first started as his patient but moved to Marin County not long after. I stayed with him initially because I liked him and his practice had an office in Berkeley too. I stayed with him when he started his own practice in LaFayette because he is the best doctor I could ever hope to have.

Dr. Wharton has been my OB/GYN through two pregnancies and personally delivered both babies. His bedside manner is amazing. Not taking anything away from the LDNs at Alta Bates, but Dr. Wharton got me through both deliveries with his right on instincts and techniques for helping work through the contractions and pushing. He was there letting me squeeze his finger, guiding me with my breathing, and rubbing my arm through contractions until it was time to start pushing. My mother was in the delivery room with me for the birth of my first child and she experienced Dr. Wharton's style too and agrees that he is simply wonderful.

I met Dr. Wharton when I was pregnant with my first child. He was extremely upbeat, thorough, and always gave me as much time as I needed for my (numerous!) questions. He treated me through my 2 pregnancies, and then I moved too far away from him to keep him as my gynecologist.

A couple of years ago, I had an unnecessary and bothced hysterectomy by a local doctor. I decided to travel the distance back to Dr. Wharton to help me, as I've always trusted him implicitly. He did a wonderful job repairing the damage that had been done. 12 days after that surgery, I hemorrhaged from an internal incision. He does not trust my local hospital, and his wife told me she had to talk him out of travelling to where I was. As he knew that my husband was out of town, he called me at home after I was released from the hospital. He called every 2 hours until I told him I would promise to call him if anything was wrong!

I am having another pelvic surgery soon, and this time I went straight to him. He is worth the drive. He is very skilled surgically, is highly regarded by his peers, and other doctors ask if they can assist him. He will have 2 urologists assist at my upcoming surgery, and will follow me very closely afterward, as I tend not to heal very well from these surgeries. He is very comforting to my husband as well.

How many highly skilled surgeons will rub your arm and say soothing things to you as you are about to go under?! It is hard to find this combo of technical skill and bedside manner in a doctor.