Dr. Stephen Shlafer is an amazing pediatrician. We were referred to him 5 years ago when my daughter was clearly sick, but her pediatrician at the time was just chalking it up to her just being a ""small"" baby. Even though we had only met him during our initial appointment (In which he recommended that I bring her into Children's Hospital right away) he called to check up on her 2-3 times, each day, for the week that we were there. He even went over with me what I should expect from the hospital before I even drove down there.\r
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Where most Dr’s seem to want to get you in and out of their offices as fast as possible, Dr. Shlafer takes his time with his patients, always thoroughly explains EXACTLY what is going on with your child, and answers any questions you may have. Throughout our years with him we have unfortunately had some financial setbacks and he has still never turned us away. He truly cares about each one of his patients.\r
I am not sure exactly what happened in the case of Brandy Young, but none of what Dr Shlafer is accused of sounds like his way of practicing at all. My heart aches for her loss, but there has got to be part of the story that is missing.\r
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I highly recommend Dr. Shlafer! There should be more Dr’s out there just like him...In fact I wish I could find a Dr that cared about my health as he does his patients!\r
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Nikki Blockhan\r
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