pediatrician recs in Arvada/Wheat Ridge

MrsSwanie

My Dr just got onto me about not having this figured out yet... I guess I should get on it!  TIA!

skidunks

We take our kids to Pediatics West in Wheat Ridge. We see Dr Nagel. His NP are awesome and he's great too. His NP Candace sat with me through her lunch hour when Hudson was diagnosed with his reflux and I had a hormone and sleep deprived mommy meltdown in her office. She really is an amazing person, I recommend them to everyone. Two of my coworkers also take their kids there and are very happy.

ondrea

another vote for Pediatrics West.   Our MD is just okay - she's good but nothing spectacular.  love her PA though.  I've heard and had great experiences with Dr. Fudge-Erickson.

and we didn't have a pediatrician picked out until DS was born.  and we never interviewed them.

MrsSwanie

Thanks!  I will look into Pediatrics West and the recommended doctors. 

coloradogirl06

Ditto pediatrics west. We also see Nagel, and multiple friends do as well. I'm in south Lakewood, and there actually aren't a ton of options unless you head farther west, and since we both work downtown and DS's school is there too, we wanted something that was easy to get to. Nesties recommended them to me 3 yrs ago.

d.f

B sees Dr Mercer at Arvada Peds.  I absolutely LOVE her.  She's always willing to take the time to answer all of your questions.  I've never felt rushed.  Not even when I brought something up that was unrelated to the current sick appointment.  I've also met several of the PA's and have liked every one of them. 

tra_la_la

We have used Arvada peds, pediatrics west, and Indian crest pediatrics (actually westminster wads and 92nd.)

**This our experience and I know others have different opions but I will share our point of view.

I will never bring any child of mine back to Arvada peds. We went there for almost a year and a half and in that time we had a lot of problems. They put some serious fear in us because DD wasn't gaining weight. I had 3 Dr's refuse to believe my 9 month old could have a sinus infection (they wouldn't even look in her nose, it got to the point where I was screaming in tears for someone to look in there. finally because I was making a scene a PA looked and found a sinus infection she had for almost 3 months. She continued to get them and they kept shoving antibiotics at us and actually tried to discourage me from taking her to an ENT. We went behind their backs to an ENT and she needed surgery. After surgery she needed to follow up with her pedi and the Dr. actually sat there and told us he had wanted to send her to an ENT since day one but we were not coporative. She now has speech delays that they insisted she was up to a normal level everytime I brought it up. She developed a curved foot at about 10 months and they told us to leave it alone and it would correct by 18 months. We are now learning she will probably need surgery but wouldn't have if it were corrected a year ago.  I have recently learned they have a malpractice lawsuit going against them for similar issues.

Pediatrics west- We saw Dr. Nagal he was really kind, took the time to explain things to us and very helpful. What made us choose another pedi was their lack of HIPPA compliance-they have patient charts sitting on the front counter, then later left a message about my daughter on a public line at DH's work. I really liked the Dr. but I didn't like this part.

Indian crest- so far we see Dr. Shah and it is going well. She is the first Dr. that really made us feel in control of our daughter's healthcare. She explains every option and spends a great deal of time with you. She has been stuck cleaning up the mess our old pedi left and her office has been helping us make the best choices. They have kept track of specialist appointments and followed up with us and the other Dr's over the phone afterward. So far I really like them.

swinsto3

Before we had Kaiser, we took DD to Indian Crest Peds. Our regular doc was Dr. Knott, who I absolutely love. We saw Dr. Shaw a few times too, and I like her quite a bit as well - they both have a great way about them, DD loved them both and they both take the time you need to make sure you feel good about your kid's health care. They were also both very accepting of my tendency towards attachment parenting, encouraging extended breastfeeding, taking the time to understand why we were doing Baby Led Weaning, etc. I highly recommend them.

kianew

ondrea:

another vote for Pediatrics West.   Our MD is just okay - she's good but nothing spectacular.  love her PA though.  I've heard and had great experiences with Dr. Fudge-Erickson.

We see Dr. Fudge-Erickson and her PA, Tracy.  Love them both!

slc2b

swinsto3:

Before we had Kaiser, we took DD to Indian Crest Peds. Our regular doc was Dr. Knott, who I absolutely love. We saw Dr. Shaw a few times too, and I like her quite a bit as well - they both have a great way about them, DD loved them both and they both take the time you need to make sure you feel good about your kid's health care. They were also both very accepting of my tendency towards attachment parenting, encouraging extended breastfeeding, taking the time to understand why we were doing Baby Led Weaning, etc. I highly recommend them.

We also used to see Dr. Knott and loved him, also saw Dr. Barbe there once as well and he was good as well (this was just for routine check ups).  Then we had her back in Kaiser (my insurance), now back on dh's insurance so back to Indian Crest we go!

eta: weird, right after I posted this Indian Crest called me to remind me of dd's appointment Monday!

MrsSwanie

Thank you everyone!  Your responses have made looking for a a pediatrician less over whelming!