Dr. Joy Zhou - MD

Dr Zhou is super professional and compassionate! My first delivery was with another OB and it was a nightmare, I was in active contraction for 35 hrs in the El Camino hospital and 9.5cm dilation(for some reason, even the Epi didn't work on me), but finally got to emergency C section, after I was released from the hospital, I got wound infection and took long time to recover. I was so traumatized that prevented me from having another baby for over 6 years.
Until I met Dr Zhou, she understood my worries and concerns easily. She read my medical history carefully and assured me that she wouldn't let me suffer both delivery pains again, and explained her plans in detail patiently. I had tears in my eyes to be really heard and being taken care of physically and emotionally.
Under her direction, I got confidence back to try on VBAC even with pregnancy diabetes. During the last couple weeks of pregnancy, she evaluated me again and we both agreed on scheduled C section due to my complications. She calls me day and night to check on me when I had false contractions. She makes wise decisions on when to go to hospital and when to wait at home.
She is the one to operate the surgery and partnered with another great OB Dr Xie. She is so professional with the surgery I recovered very well and so quick amazingly. I had no infections, no shaking, even not much pain after the surgery. The wound looks beautiful. I couldn't imagine the whole process can be so easy on me this time and it healed my ptsd on delivery. I can't be more grateful with Dr Zhou. She is really knowledgeable, experienced, and you can totally rely on her. Hope more moms can benefit from Dr Zhou with less stress for recovery and more joys bonding babies!

I had 2 complicated births and if it weren’t for Dr. Zhou, I could not imagine the outcome! The first birth with my daughter, my cervix was swollen and very hard for me to push, she didn’t rush me into C-section, instead she coached me to try many positions and eventually I pushed my daughter out. The second birth with my son, I was induced (due to my complication with my first birth) and my baby was having heart rate deceleration, she immediately proceeded with Emergency C section, and my son was all well! I m so thankful to her!

I hate going to doctor but Dr. Joy Zhou got my trust. She's definitely knowledgeable about all the questions and concerns you got. I'm very happy with Dr. Zhou

Dr Joy Zhou was referred to me by a colleague. She is very responsive and knowledgeable. I had a complication on the first delivery, she was very patient and went above and beyond my expectations. Long story short, I would recommend her to any friends and family. She delivered both of my children and I could not be more thankful that she was my OB.