Briarcliff Pediatrics

My husband and I met with Dr. Deeb to do a meet and great. I am 36 weeks pregnant. I was not very impressed. The reviews of this pediatrician were great and it was a total disappointment. It seems like most of the reviews are for the old doctor that used to be there. I am not anti-​vaccination. However, I would like the option to space the vaccinations out in weeks so that my baby isn’t getting 5 vaccines at one time. My husband and I aren’t even sure what we want to do, but having the option if we decided that later on would be nice. Dr. Deeb said they absolutely do not space out vaccinations and if we wanted to go somewhere else, we could get up and leave. He put it just like that. I think there is a way of saying things and it just rubbed me the wrong way. This pediatrician is not flexible at all. It is his way or the highway. So, if you like things his way, then you’ll be fine here. However, he is not open minded or flexible. He also said we could get up and leave if we would want an antibiotic for our child. So, we are not going with this pediatrician and we have found a more flexible, open minded pediatrician down the street.

I really loved Dr. Rich! She was very nice and had great bedside manner. Dr. Deeb can be very rude and my daughter really felt uncomfortable around him. When Dr. Rich left I was going to follow her to whatever office she moved to but she actually ended up going to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. I would suggest going to another office unless Dr. Maxey is nice…

Our experiences here with our newborn baby were very negative. They were rude to us (rushing us out the door one time, because it was «lunchtime»; another time Dr. Deeb yelled at us «put the cell phone down, guy») and they were insensitive to our concerns. They also refused to deviate one bit from the AAP/​CDC vaccine schedule; even telling us to «go find another MD if you disagree» at one point (so we did!). They thought we were crackpots for just wanting to slow down the shots a bit. (we are NOT anti-​vaccine). Unfortunately we had to fire Briarcliff Pediatrics — hated doing it, but they left us no choice. Now we go to Carole Herrman MD of Rainbow Kids Pediatrics in Decatur. She is great! She actually LISTENS to her clients instead of making them feel like fools.

We have been patients of Dr. Deeb for the past six years. He has a new partner named Dr. Maxey. My 6yo daughter Elie really liked her. She correctly diagnosed strep throat, took care of it on a well-​child visit, and was prompt and caring. Our interactions with Dr. Deeb have been great, too. I really recommend this practice.

We interviewed Dr. Rich and had a good time talking with her and hearing more about her interesting story (she lived in Africa for a while).
When we first started seeing them more regularly with our first child back in ’05, we felt that Dr. Deeb was a little more rushed and didn’t feel like he took some of our concerns seriously. We had a couple bad interactions with him unfortunately.
But we did enjoy seeing Dr. Rich and she paid more attention to our needs and questions. She does rush out pretty quickly, so you have to make sure you write down your questions and ask them before she’s done. I think it would be nice if they just asked «Do you have any other questions?» anyway.
Unfortunately for us, Dr. Rich is only there part-​time, so if she’s not in the office, sometimes we’ll go to Clairmont Peds which is a little further.
We really enjoy Mary Ann, the nurse practitioner. She is a lot of fun! But some of the front office staff can be rude. Booooooo.

I tried 2 other pediatricians before finally settling on Briarcliff Peds. I appreciated that the doctors answered any questions I had and that they don’t push meds too quickly. The practice is great about making last minute appointments, for sick visits. They have seperate rooms for sick and well children.