Community Memorial Health Center – West 5th Street - Oxnard (CA)

1 /5 Josh Cottrell: Avoid this place. Absolutely terrible service. Appointments are canceled last minute and the office will just pass you around to schedule a new appointment. The person on the phone was one of the rudest people that will talk over you and tell you excuse me while you are talking. If you want to see a new provider because the ones you get doesnt work out you will have to wait months because you are concidered a new patient again and they will only see 2 new patients a day. Save yourself the headache a go somewhere else.

1 /5 Samantha MARTIN: Please, expecting mothers - Do not step foot inside this provider. I found out I was expecting in August 2024. At my 7 week appointment they would not do my blood work for confirm the pregnancy until I begged them at which they never uploaded the results of the test. Fast forward, I start experiencing bleeding which CAN be normal in early pregnancy but I kept calling and letting them know something was wrong to which they kept referring me to the ER. At my 9 week appointment, I saw my baby and felt relief. 5 days later my baby passed away. If this office had any brains and had taken the time to talk to me they would have known that the baby stopped growing as it was measuring behind and I do not ovulation “late,” which is what they chalked it up to. I found out again in February 2025 I was expecting again but that turned out to be a chemical pregnancy. To avoid an ER trip because not everyone has 4 hours to sit around in an ER, it took pulling teeth to get an appointment. I miscarried on a Sunday and made an appointment on Monday. FIVE HOURS before this appointment the office CANCELED. Okay… I call to see if they can fit me in at all today after explaining the situation. I’m on hold with scheduling, they tell me they are transferring me. My call is transferred and the new person on the phone has no idea what I’m talking about and refers me to scheduling. I WAS JUST ON THE PHONE WITH THEM, THEY ARE THE ONES WHO SENT ME PHONE CALL TO YOU!!! After explaining the situation once more (I’ve had a miscarriage, I don’t know if everything has passed, Etc.) the receptionist was BEYOND RUDE. She cut me off after explaining the situation by saying, “You made this appointment two days ago.” I was stunned and confused… I had the miscarriage two days ago and that’s when I made this appointment….? To which she DIMINISHED what I was experiencing by asking, “are you bleeding heavily?” Or “are you saturating a full pad every hour?” I had a miscarriage, I’ve been bleeding for days and I needed to see someone but to this office, that woman at reception, it was nothing. She wouldn’t even try to look and fit me in the schedule that day. She kept cutting me off to which I explained that their office was a disappointment. It’s wild to believe that in 2025 after years of talking about woman not receiving the same treatment as men, that a office that SPECIALIZES in taking care of women and expecting women would be so callous to someone who has now lost two wanted babies. Please find an office that cares about you, your health, your wellbeing, your concerns and your losses.

5 /5 Maria: Dr Garfias is such a great pediatrician. She is super nice, she answers to all my questions and concerns. Very knowledgeable. She takes the time to fully examine the kids. Thank you Dr. Garfias you are the best! Dr. Crownover was my OB and I gotta say that he is a great doctor as well! He was my OB during my pregnancies, he’s very kind. My 2 C-sections were done by him, and he did amazing. No complications during or after surgery.

5 /5 Liz R: Dr.Garfias is the best pediatrician very caring and so professional takes her time to examine my daughter she’s been her doctor since she was born. I would definitely recommend her. Also been coming to this clinic since I was pregnant the nurses are Nice and helpful. The waiting time is not bad at all :)

1 /5 cam den: been having an absolutely terrible experience with this health provider. They will not release test results to you without an appointment to do so - but make it almost impossible to make an appointment to do get the results. Every time I have tried to make a follow up appointment with a doctor before my appointment they have taken a leave of absence (they would not let me get my results from another doctor without a long process of approval from the doctor I saw). I have never been seen by the same provider even though I have made a follow up appointment after each appointment I finish. (Because every doctor I’ve seen there has quit or taken a leave and not returned yet after months) They will not return your calls when requesting appointments & will book you out a month, cancel your appointment, and book you out again. I have never left a negative review on google but my health is in shambles and this place has left me even worst than when I started trying to get better over 4 months ago. If you want good care, strongly advise you to stay away.