WELCOME TO WEST OAKLAND OB/GYN

We are pleased you have chosen our practice to meet your medical needs and are delighted to get to know you. Please use this website to learn about our practice and procedures. We also have included some basic information about obstetric care and common gynecology topics.

Dr. Gruskin is on staff at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak and performs surgery and delivers babies out of Beaumont. Dr. Payson is on faculty at Wayne State University. Our office manager is Kristen Seog. Our receptionists are Sarah, Lisa and Ashley. Heather and Angelique are our medical assistants and Theresa is our phlebotomist. Our office is open on Monday through Friday from 8:30 am to 5 pm. Please let our receptionist know the nature of your visit. We will try to see urgent visits within one day or may refer you for emergent care if needed. Please bring test results to your appointment so that we may review them with you.

Please have your insurance information available when scheduling appointments and bring your card to the office. It is helpful if you are familiar with your insurance and the coverage it provides as some plans do not cover well women care i.e. Annual exams. Medicare will cover such exams every 2 years in most cases. While we recommend a yearly gynecologic checkup, in many cases your pap smear may safely be done less frequently. If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to ask the receptionist for extra time to be allotted to your appointment and bring a list of questions to your appointment.

Please feel free to call us during office hours for any medical concerns. Leave your name and contact information with our receptionist. No question is too silly to ask and we would prefer to hear from you than have you worry or "surf the net" for medical care. Please know that the staff is very familiar with basic obstetric and gynecology protocols and can answer the majority of questions. If your issue is complex and requires physician attention, you are often better served by making an office visit and we will help accommodate you promptly to discuss your options.

We do offer an answering service for emergencies when the office is closed. An "on call" physician will be paged to assist you. Do know that this call will take the physician away from her personal family time. Please respect us and call only if you are contemplating emergency room care. Please refer to the obstetrics page on this website for medications to use for pregnancy. A charge may be applied if your call is deemed non-emergent at the physician's discretion.

For prescription refills, please allow 24 hours notice for routine refills. Please update us on any new medications or allergies. Most yearly prescriptions already have a year's worth of refills so check with your pharmacist directly.