Derek A Ching, MD

Thank you for being so detailed and thorough for our sons last minute appointment today! We thought it would be a rushed appt esp since we aren’t one of your regular patients, but are so glad it was the complete opposite. You are great and in case we ever have to take one of our kids in again in the future, we know who to call! Thank you, Dr. Ching & staff!
— The parents from Cali & their talkative son

Mia is a year now, so this is pretty overdue. When choosing a doctor, I had a lot of options. A LOT. I worked in the nursery at Kapiolani for a year, and became familiar with the pediatricians. Most of the common names I saw included Dr. Ching. I’m not sure exactly why I chose him over all others, but he is the only one I sat down with to do a consultation. After the consultation, my husband was sold.
Dr. Ching is easy going. He was straight up with us though about where he stands on vaccinations, which is what sold my husband. He told us if we weren’t going to vaccinate, he’d recommend us to go somewhere else because it puts other children in the doctors office at risk if our child contracts something. I appreciated his honesty, and frankly 100% agreed with him.
When I delivered Mia, she was stuck and had to break her collar bone to come out and lessen the chance of any more distress. After that happened, I knew the process of what the nursery nurses had to go through with Dr. Ching — the 2am calls, 4 am updates, and then the 6am visits that he had to do with me the morning after, explaining the X-​rays and how and what to do with Mia’s collar bone. I hardly remember anything that morning, but I do remember Dr. Ching explaining everything at 6:30 in the morning and then following up with us hours later and the next days after.
During Mia’s month visits, Dr. Ching updates us and asks us questions regarding Mia’s development. I believe (from experience) he keeps the sick visits as short as possible to cater to the well-​visits. Don’t get me wrong though, you still get quality information and time with him.
His office is very bright and he has friendly girls working with him. They are quick at giving the shots — alcohol rub, poke, inject, and bandage all in one second. I kid you not!
Plus, my husband really liked Dr. Franklin Young who we had the pleasure to see at the Children’s Doctor at Kapiolani. While Dr Ching is on vacation, Dr. Young or Dr. Gesteuyala covers. Dr. Young was super informative!!! I’m glad Dr. Ching has other great doctors to cover if anything!

Best pediatrician for me as a walk in with 1yr old having fever. Reciption desk Kris and Stephine are super friendly and helpful. DR Ching is professional and warm, has a very caring personality. He gave concise diagnosis for my kids and telling me details of what to anticipate and look for in tue next few days. I will not think twice if I ever needed Pediatricians and friendly crew at Hawaii. BIG THANKS TO YOU ALL. I am so glad to meet you all.

We are very happy with Dr. Ching, and the nurses are all very nice too. I appreciate that Dr. Ching respects my decision not to give my son fluoride and postpone certain vaccines. He may not agree, but he doesn’t push the issue. I’m also happy to have a pediatrician who is willing to listen, answer questions, and share stories from his experience as both a doctor and a new parent.

Dr. Ching is the best pediatrician. He is very knowledgeable, thorough, and super easy to talk to. He has been there for both our girls’ births and all the new parent «emergencies» we’ve had in between.

Dr. Ching is great! I took my daughter here when she was a baby and Dr. Ching was a brand new physician. He was very knowledgable and allowed us so much time spent with him to ask any and all questions we had. If we move back to Hawaii, Dr. Ching would be my first choice!

When I was searching for a pediatrician, I wanted someone that was not only knowledgeable, but compassionate… we found this with Dr. Derek Ching. I feel very confident in Dr. Ching’s expertise especially since he still works a few days of the week in the NICU at Kapiolani Hospital. Because of this, I know that he is aware of the various colds, illnesses, flus etc that are going around in our community.
He is very easy to talk to and explains things in layman’s terms so that I can easily understand what is happening with my daughter. He gives ample opportunity for my husband or I to ask questions and we feel very comfortable talking with him about any concerns we have with my daughter.
The final reason why we love Dr. Ching is because he is so caring and compassionate with my daughter. You can tell that he authentically cares for his patients.
We highly recommend Dr. Ching! :)

Derek Ching and his staff are fantastic. Andrew Jun MD recommended him when our twins were born, and to this day I thank him for that. Derek is knowledgeable, respectful, compassionate, likeable and most of all, approachable. I’m in the medical field, and I understand the stresses of running your own practice, and with Dr. Ching you will never see these.
Anytime that anyone asks for a quality pediatrician, I will ALWAYS recommend Dr. Derek Ching.
Oh, the parking sucks at the medical building, so be prepared to be frustrated.
BTW his new office is great !!!