Whitman Gerald B MD

I am shocked by the positive reviews. Dr. Whitman is patronizing, rude, nasty, dismissive and impatient. I have never in my life had a more horrifying experience with a medical practitioner. Aside from how horrible he was with me, I found him physically rough and cold toward my son. You couldn’t pay me enough money to go back there. The one star goes to the staff, who I thought were very nice.

My siblings and I were patients of Dr. Whitman’s as children/​adolescents, and my son is currently a patient (since birth, and he’s almost 3). So, I’ve had years and years of interacting with the doctors and office staff from both sides (patient and parent). I trust Dr. Whitman implicitly; he is gentle and funny, and does a great job of engaging my son while getting the medical information he needs. He also takes the time to talk to me whenever I have questions, including picking up the phone at the office when I call (almost unheard of according to other parent friends). I love the office staff; they are flexible and compassionate, and some of them have been there since I was a patient, which says something. Cannot recommend highly enough.

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I wish Dr. Whitman sees adults. We love him. He’s seen my first born from day 1. We are so fortunate my OB/​Gyn recommended him at the hospital. My second son was born at UCLA so Dr. Whitman referred us to someone else since he didn’t have privileges at UCLA, but as soon as we could get an appt. in to see Dr. Whitman, we did. My second son has been with Dr. Whitman since. I get really excited when my kids have an appt. with him. My husband thinks I am a little crazy but who cares. Dr. Whitman always makes me feel better after every appt. He is wonderful and so are the staff. They always have time for us.

We are so fortunate to have been referred to Dr. Whitman. He’s an amazingly attentive pediatrician and has stellar bedside manner with the kids that involves a mixture of genuine patience and gentle humor to instantly win over the most timid of children. If that is not enough, he is wonderful with parents too and takes the time to address all concerns.
More importantly, Dr. Whitman was so intuitive to my 3.5 yr old’s stomach complaints and previous symptoms that he recognized a very serious, life-​threatening condition that found us that day in the emergency room. My son went into surgery that evening. I credit Dr. Whitman for saving my son’s life. He could’ve easily adopted a ‘wait-​and-​see’ approach. I could not feel more confident and at ease with knowing my son is in the best care possible.

fabulous doctors great office, we’ve been going for twenty years! when do you stop going to a pediatrician? they’re going to have to kick us out in our adult diapers!
LOVE this office

Dr. Whitman is the best pediatrician a first time neurotic germ a phobe mom could ask fo.
He’s actually the pediatrician of a good friend of mine, yes he’s that old. But, that’s why I love him. He’s been around a while so he knows when a new mom needs to worry about xyz disease.
Also, his office has separate entrances for sick and well kids. What more can a germ a phobe ask for? Hand sanitizer? Check he’s got that in every exam room. The staff is super helpful and caring.
I also like the fact that the dr will take your calls no matter how big or small the situation may seem to you. It might seem annoying to some patients to be interrupted by the dr taking a phone call, but to me I like it because there have been many times that I’m the mom on the phone.
Parking is in the building, its like a buck fifty every fifteen minutes or so, just be prepared to shell out six or seven bucks plus tip. Or if you’re early enough, there’s plenty of street parking, both metered and regular bev hills parking. Make sure to read the street signs so you don’t get a ticket.
There are two other great docs in this office. Shout out to dr. Araya.
Plus, they accept ppo insurance. I feel better already.

Worst and most disorganized practice in the world! As a pregnant working mom with a 5-​year-​old, I made an appointment for a consult and was given Monday at 4:30 pm with Dr. Whitman. I put it in my calendar and called the morning of my appointment to confirm. At 3:45 that day I left my office and some important projects to drive to Robertson but was told upon entering the office that they did NOT have an appointment in the books for me. Instead of apologizing, they acted as if I were a trespassor and treated me like persona non grata, saying they had «3 real patients» during my appointment time and the doctor had a meeting at Cedars at 6 p.m. They shooh’ed me away, telling me that I’d have to come back some other time. I’d already missed an important screening at work and drove from the Valley (although we live nearby, my work was not closeby) and inconvenienced my employers, so rescheduling was not an option. I was aghast. What sort of office staff does not apologize and try to rectify the situation? One woman there was nice and booked me with Dr. Kramer (who I’d originally asked for) for September, but then the staff called me back to cancel saying they did not feel like seeing me or my kids after all. WOW. I have never been so mistreated! Here I am 7 months pregnant driving from the Valley, missing work… Luckily I found a couple of pediatricians I loved at another practice, but I would NEVER RECOMMEND THESE PEOPLE TO ANYONE — except maybe a stay-​at-​home mom with a lot of flexibility and no real expectations.
I am not saying they are not good doctors (they probably are), but your bedside manner and treatment of patients and parents counts just as much at a pediatrician’s office!