Soon to Be New Mom Seeking Recos for Pediatrician in Oak Park, IL or Nearby Area

My sister recommended The Boblick Loyola Practice Doctors and specifically Dr. Porcelli 6.5 years ago. We love this practice and every doctor. I even have their number memorized ###-###-####. We live in Chicago and travel that far west when needed.

dr scott mercola

i kept him for for 4 years after i moved to lisle and traveled to see him i loved him so much, i only recently reluctently switched with a new baby and am highly dissapointed he is the best he is in the jewel parking lot near harlem and lake just north of the train tracks

Hello A.,

First of all, congratulations! There's a group of wonderful Pediatricians in Oak Park. They're called the Pediagroup and they are located at 6300 West Roosevelt Rd. My daughter's doctor is Dr. Cynthia Gould. The amosphere is nice and the staff is courteous. We've been going there for over 5yrs and it's been a wonderful experience!
Good luck to you.
S.

Unfortunately I can't recommend someone specific, but I would like to give you a warning- we went to the Family Practice Center for West Suburban Hospital for several years from the time my son was born until he was about 8. During that time, we had ok care, but I cannot recommend the office for the following reasons:

1)Things changed a lot after they were bought by Resurrection. Suddenly records were kept off-site and there were MANY MANY issues with getting access to my own medical records and mistakes in billing that *I* had to clear up with the insurance company. The office staff were very poorly informed about the billing- telling me one thing, and then when I called the out of state billing company, they would tell me something totally different. A lot of passing the buck around.

2) The actual office has moved to a much smaller space within West Sub hospital and in the last two years we went there, the staff just seemed very overworked and irritated, compared to earlier years when my son was a baby.I just felt that people were less helpful and didn't have time to really address any issues. It was not pleasant to go there or have to deal with the staff at all, which is sad, because it was different when my son was a baby.

3)We had a great Primary Care physician. But I swear to you, in the entire time we went there for care, I think we only ever saw the man twice! Seriously, he was NEVER available for an appointment.

We ALWAYS had to see a new intern who, while nice, was TOTALLY unfamiliar with our family, medical needs, records, etc. and while I realize that young doctors need to learn and train, it was just really a pain to have to go through the same things over and over - just to get an allergy prescription renewed, because they would only prescribe it for 3 months at a time, or situations like that.
Also, I found that the staff there was very uninformed about what insurance would cover or not cover, what costs on perscriptions were, if there was a generic, etc.

Then we moved and now to go to the Family Practice in LaGrange Hospital. The difference is like night and day!

Seriously, I did not realize how POOR the quality of my care at West Sub was until I went somewhere else and got into a really good office.

Our primary physician has seen me for every appointment and has been available twice for last minute, same day appointments. This NEVER happened at West Sub.

Also, he and the doc who sees my son for his allergies are both totally up to date on what each is doing every time we come in. They are using a computerized system that (for whatever reason) seems to work much better than the one at the old office.

Because I always get to see my primary, he is totally on top of my meds, my diet and exercise regime (I have lost 12 pounds since starting with the new office!) and honestly, when I first came there, he was really appalled to find out that I had gone to the same office for almost 8 years and they had done nothing to get me onto a regular preventative regime (I am pre-diabetic, but hopefully now will avert the condition entirely).

We have been asked to see a different doctor just once, my decision, for a camp physical, just because we needed to get it done ASAP.

Both doctors that we see have been very sensitive to my financial concerns about perscriptions, always finding a generic for me, and have been very well informed about insurance costs etc.

When I did have a question they could not answer, they did not just say " Well, you'll need to call your provider and work that out with them" as I was told at West Sub. Instead they had someone from their office staff find out and call me back later that same day with the info.

Seriously, I am not trying to be a witch here. But now that I have seen how much better care can be, I would never again settle for what I got at West Suburban Hospital. So good luck- I would say try and find a pediatrician associated with someplace else if it was me!

We like Pedios! We really like Dr. Turk and Dr. Wegner although we've also seen Dr. Haukness who is great. There is a 4th dr in the practice but we've never met him. They are on Chicago Ave. They have been really helpful when I've called in by phone from vacation and no question is ever too silly or trivial. They take their time with us during appointments. Highly recommend them!

I love Dr Mercola. He is an excellent Pediatrician. I take my 3 kids to him and couldn't be happier. He has great bedside manner, relates well to my kids and me, spends plenty of time with us and is very knowledgable.

I love our pediatricians. The are on Harlem Ave. in North Riverside. Loyola Hospital. I really like Dr. Rubin and Dr. O'keefe

Ad Park Pediatric group in Oak Park just behind Rush Oak Park hospital on Harlem and Madison. My personal favorite doctor in the group is Erin Taback but all of the doctors are really nice and helpful.

dr. mary hutton and her partners have a family practice. she has been with my kids since they were born. i love her and so does everyone i know who goes to her. she is on north ave in op. ###-###-#### is her office number. she has 4 children of her own also. she works with people birth to geriactrics. she is great and so are her partners dr. lu and dr. kyle.

I've heard wonderful things about Dr. Mercola, but he didn't take our insurance so we ended up with Dr. Alka Srivastava ###-###-####‎. She's in a pratice with three other female peds - all are mothers. We've seen Dr. Srivastava and two others and they've all been great, but she's our favorite. Really takes a lot of time with you, very comfortable to be around, doesn't over-prescribe, is willing to work with you on your wishes for medical care and treatment. She'll do a free consult - just call the office and set-up a time.

I am not sure which hospital you are going to, but we had our children at Rush downtown. Dr. Kiley was the doctor at the hospital when both were born and he is their pediatrician now. His office is on Lake Street, right by Peterson's Pharmacy. We have been very happy with Dr. Kiley. We get our regular well check appointments on Saturdays, which is great because my husband and I both work. His office is closed on Sundays and Wednesdays, but everytime I have called and left him a message, even on his days off, he has called me back. He even called a prescription in for my daughter at 11 pm on a Saturday night after he got a test result.

Good Luck,
D.

I second the rec. of Scott Mercola. River Forest Pediatrics. ###-###-####. I love this guy. He is calm and has a fine sense of humor. Very capable. He will take the time to answer your questions. Our former dr. missed some key issues that Dr. Mercola identified immediately.

Congratulations, too!

Amy S.

Our family care practitioner is Dr. Lucy Fox out of Wholistic Health Center of Oak Park. I think she is grounded, trust her judgement, and very thankful that my children and I go to her.

Monica the nurse that works with her is great and Helga in the office always remembers to ask about the rest of the family and is truly terrific too.