I would NOT recomend Dr. Stephen Shlafer for any parent. I lost a daughter to meningitis after trusting her care to this man. For 6 weeks she was seen by Dr. Shlafer regarding an ear infection. She was given three- 10 day rounds of antibiotics (augmentin, very strong antibiotic) and seen repeatedly because of her decline in health. She even had a lump behind her ear and I was told by shlafer that this was the lymph node taking on the infection. Well, it was not. It was mastoiditis, which was a result of her ongoing ear infection. Eventually, Dr. Shlafer refused to see us outright. Both of my daughters had seen him since birth and HE DROPPED THEM AS PATIENTS! He even sent me a letter that states I obviously needed to find another doctor if I am not happy with the care they were receiving. We basicaly drove him nuts with our constant nagging about how our beutiful daughter was getting worse. Since we no longer had a doctor, I took my daughter to the emergency room and she was diagnosed and airlifted to Childrens Hospital. She died a week later from meningitis. I wish I would have trusted my instincts. I saw all of these people in his office being herded thru like sheep and Dr. Shlafer seemed to care more about his baseball memorabilia and season tickets than my child. I listened to the words he told me that I needed to be patient, that SHE WOULD GET BETTER! He is a doctor raking in some big cash with all the patients he can cram in his office and he loves all of his baseball stuff he can buy with your cash so, go ahead and take your kids there, but please, ASK HIM ABOUT CARTER MCCOLLUM! 3/28/00-2/10/02
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