I am an RN and switched to Shlafer on the recommendation of our birth class leader. My first impression of him was awesome and I thought he was the best doctor around. I also really liked that I could always get in the same day and that Shlafer answered his own phones after hours.
My impression of him changed however when my youngest child was ill and needed help. My infant was constantly vomiting and was not gaining weight. He wouldn't eat any solid food even though he was almost a year he was also Failure to Thrive at this point. My son also kept breaking out in hives when I did try to feed him food and I would call Shalfer's office and tell them and he wouldn't give me any suggestions. It all got quite involved and basically he wouldn't give any referral my son needed other than a GI doc ( who just wanted to do really invasive testing). Shlafer also refused to talk to me or give me any advice.
We switched docs to Providence Pediatrics and immediately my son got the help he needed; like a referral to allergist and a speech therapy referral. We found out from the allergist that my son was severally allergic to eggs. Once this was figured out my son was able to get the help he needed but it took him my son a long time to get to a normal weight and learn to like eating regular food.
Very glad we are not with him now and I would never trust my child's health to him again.
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