David Wagner MD Faap

Dr. Wagner is excellent. He always makes us laugh. I never feel rushed. He always listens to my concerns and addresses my question. His staff is extremely professional. The advice nurses have been very helpful in those early months with a newborn.

Dr. Wagner accepts medical/​contra costa health plan. And read all these comments to see how awesome he is. However for a regular non sick check up you have to schedule many many weeks/​months in advance. However he’ll see you if your child is ill right away. Also the last appointment is 3:30pm. The advice nurse for after hours is awesome, and they have a great urgent care department, and he works well with both john muir hospital and oakland childrens. I highly recommend him!

For the most part this office, as a whole, has been decent. It can take a looooong time to receive assistance at the front desk when only one person is handling everything (checking in & out, referrals, phone calls, paperwork, etc.), and I’ve stood there waiting for up to 13 minutes to simply check in. Not while Jennifer was there, however, because she’s AWESOME!
While we like Dr. Wagner, he failed to diagnose an appendix issue with our 11 year old (April 2013) with symptoms that continued and then escalated to require an emergency surgery (August 2013).
For our newborn’s circ. (Sep 2014), they insisted that I not be present for the surgery, for many reasons they came up with on the fly, to the point of nearly ushering me out of the room. All went well until we walked to the car… he screamed while buckling his carseat and literally ALL the way home! What happened to the pain injection? The procedure from start to finish took less than 15 minutes so I know it doesn’t wear off THAT quickly… I think the nurse either forgot or chose to skip it, poor baby. After all, he couldn’t tell me if she did it or not.
I called the advice nurse from the car (I was freaking out a little), and was told to reapply the dressing of gause/​Vaseline when we got home. Once home, I opened his diaper (he immediately stopped crying) and found NOTHING! The nurse hadn’t dressed the wound at all! So his diaper had been rubbing against it the whole time :(that’s ridiculous! And worse, they could have told me about the option for dressing it before I left, I shouldn’t have had to call. The «Care After» printout also didn’t mention this. Granted, the method used (Plastibell) doesn’t REQUIRE a dressing, but if it hurts babies without it, then why not?
Anyway, those are the only 2 issues we’ve had and I don’t know that things would have turned out differently at another Dr.‘s office. After all, they’re all just «practicing» right? ;)
On the up side, the ladies are really nice and they’re very good over the phone. They recently added an advice nurse to their staff. They have also been able to give same-​day appointments when needed, and/​or move up my appointment time since I was already in the area. Hence, 3 stars instead of only 2.

Dr. Wagner is a great doctor. He was my pediatrician growing up and when I got pregnant with my daughter, I knew immediately who I wanted to be her pediatrician. He is great with children and he really is a fantastic doctor. His staff is also very friendly. I was so sad when my preteen asked about changing to a female doctor because I trust him and his care so much and switching to another doctor after so many years in his care, just sounded scary. But my daughter is at an age where she can voice her opinions and I will always listen. Thank you Dr. Wagner, for all the wonderful years under your care!

My husband picked Dr. Wagner’s name off of a list provided by the hospital as we didn’t know you had to have a peditrician choosen prior to checking out.
It was a good pick.
Dr. Wagner is amazing!
He has been thorough and competent each and every visit.
Besides regular checkups we have visited for double-​ear infections, swollen neck gland and most recently a split eyebrow.
My son dislikes going to the doctor very much and screams pretty much as soon as he realizes where we are. He becomes even more worked up when the doctor enters the room but this does not phase Dr. Wagner in the least.
Dr. Wagner has an excellent beside manner and is very good about explaining things in ways that new parents can wrap their hyper-​concerned brains around without being patronizing.
Office staff and nurses are extremely friendly and good with kids.

Love Dr. Wagner, cannot say enough positive things about him! He is super funny and puts my preschooler at ease and quickly brings a smile back to his face even after a shot. He is kind, caring and i am so grateful he is the pediatrician to my kiddos. Also love the staff! Jennifer at the front desk/​reception is super sweet and nice and the advice nurses return calls quickly and are very thorough. This office is a gem!

He’s great with my toddler — always willing to spend a little extra time checking things out. The staff are all friendly. The nurse who calls after you leave a message is always happy to answer any/​all questions I can come up with, and they never make me feel like a worrywart with silly questions.
Dr Wagner even had someone call me in between appointments once because he’d had an idea about a new direction for my son’s treatment and wanted to let me know straight away.
Dr Wagner makes my son feel better. And me feel better :)

We LOVE LOVE LOVE Dr. David Wagner. He’s handled both our baby boys since since they day they were born and we just adore him! We are moving 45 minutes away and plan to still use him as their pediatrician for as long as we can.