Janet Maldonado, MD

Completed several successful appointments to focus on the moles on my body. No longer do I feel without hope and destined to be disfigured. Dr. Maldonado continues to work with me in the development of new ways to eliminate or minimize the visibility of the moles while making sure none are a health risk. If you are looking for a dedicated, compassionate and patient doctor who leaves no stone unturned to care for her patients, I highly recommend Dr. Maldonado.

Dr. Maldonado is the best. I was getting these red bumps all over my legs and some other doctor gave me a steroid cream thinking they were bites. Turns out I had a gnarly staph infection that I probably picked up from my cat. As soon as Dr. Maldonado saw me she knew what I had but did a swab to double check. I immediately got better with the meds she gave me. I appreciated that Dr. Maldonado was thorough and explained everything to me even though she knew my issue right away. She is a keeper.

Worst dermatologist I ever had. I went to her for removing a mole. She had me lay down on the table face down (no paper was put under my face so my face laid on the leather table with how many other people before me. I should have spoke up but I didn’t), she talked small-​talk with her nurse helper not caring if I was there or not, and I could tell from the stitches when I got home that it was a terrible stitch job. She told me to come back in two weeks for the stitch removal, which I thought was a long time and tried to get an earlier appointment but come to find out it was because she was off the next week. When I finally got my stitches removed, it looked horrible and is still horrible months later. I thought she’d be good because she’s supposedly a Harvard grad. That obviously doesn’t mean anything. I have an ugly botched procedure that is bigger than the size of a quarter on my body for a mole that was the size of Marilyn Monroes face dot. This is the first review I’ve ever given a doctor and I just want to spare someone else from her cold demeanor, and from deforming anyone else! Please find another doctor!

What is with some of these bad reviews? Nuts. Not only is Dr. Maldonado a sweet, personable doctor, with a gentle touch, but please take a look at her diplomas on the wall. This is one accomplished scholar and physician. I’m glad she’s my dermatologist, that’s all I can say. Having that aging, fair skin, with lots of sun exposure, I’ve been there many, many times to get some little surgeries. My kids go there for acne issues. Yeah, sometimes the staff behind the counter in the waiting room is not as polite as I like, but they deal probably with crap from rude patients every day, and it seems par for the course in almost every doctor’s office that I’ve ever been to.

I am very surprised at the bad reviews here. I have been going to Dr. Maldonado for years now. She has always been thorough, taken off any questionable moles or skin tags, and has always let me ask questions and answers them in detail. I found her bedside manner to be pleasant, I myself have never witnessed the negative behavior others have stated here. Having had plenty of bad experiences with dermatologists before, it was and is a great relief to have her as my doctor.

Dr. Maldonado is wonderful! Normally I wouldn’t take the time to write on Unilocal,but I’m tired of having Unilocal lean towards the odd negative stories, and I want other people with skin issues to get relief. I wanted the most up to date information on using skin and nail treatments while pregnant or nursing. Dr. Maldonado explained all the research in as much detail as I wanted. She has also helped me immediately in urgent situations with advice and medicine that really worked. I have felt more comfortable around Dr. Maldonado than any other doctor, because she is attentive and kind, and a mother like myself. I have referred her to my friends and coworkers without hesitation.

I’ve been a patient of Dr. Maldonado’s for several years and I was quite upset when i read a couple of the other Unilocal reviews. Unfortunately, I was blessed with a body covered in all sorts of moles and other small growths. I’ve had to see plenty of dermatologists over my lifetime and Dr. Maldonado is hands down the most thorough and caring of them all. The other reviewers seem to distrust that she can detect any abnormalities just by pure sight and with immediate recognition, but trust me she notices everything including even the smallest change in any of my hundreds of moles. If they confuse her efficiency for neglect, they are sorely mistaken — this is what she was trained to do! And with a pedigree of Harvard and Stanford, I think i’ll take my chances. She’s never been anything but sweet and patient with me and I’ll continue to see her as long as she’ll have me as a patient.

This doctor is AMAZING! My normal derm couldn’t squeeze me in so I saw Dr. Maldonado. I had a new, strange bump on my shoulder I was very concerned about and it was growing! Dr. Maldonado was extremely PATIENT with me (I was kind of freaking out), she was so nice, GREAT bedside manner, and seemed genuinely concerned about MY concern and reassured me that it was ok. She didn’t rush through my appt (I experience that quite often in some doctor offices), and she really knows her stuff! She explained everything THOROUGHLY (diagnosis, treatment options, recommendation, etc), she even asked how my other skin issues were doing (issues that were noted from old records of mine). She was very GENTLE, the treatment was virtually painless. She is GREAT I def RECOMMEND her! I walked out of there feeling CALM and I really felt like she cared. Had such a GREAT experience with her!

I agree with another reviewer on this Doctors lack of bedside manner. I had seen a previous doctor regarding my moles. His staff was horrible and his bedside manner was lacking too.
So I decided to see Dr. Maldonado, since her Unilocal reviews were overall good. Well the staff at the office were much nicer here, but I DID wait over 30 minutes for only a 15 minute appointment.
Overall, I was very disappointed by her attitude. I had concerns about a mole that was previously removed (pre-​cancerous) by the way and I wanted to get another mole removed. To be proactive rather than reactive. She did a quick look and said it’s fine and thats how you scar. Then she was more concerned about a wart on my finger, that I didn’t even care about. She did remove that, by freezing it off. She seemed to enjoy that process. After this experience, I was willing to see my former doctor.
At least he measured my moles, removed a pre-​cancerous mole and seemed to take more examination of the rest of my moles.
That says a lot if I’m willing to go back to my previous doctor and his horrible staff.
She made me feel crappy about my concerns after I left.
I’m not very happy with her attitude, hopefully she’ll make the needed changes to her bed side manner.

I first went in to see Dr. Maldonado for a new spot on my wrist. It turned out to be nothing but she told me I should have my whole body looked at because I have a lot of moles. She ended up finding two different skin cancers on my back and shoulder that I hadn’t even noticed! I would hate to think what would have happened if she hadn’t talked me into checking my whole skin. She also did a great job cutting them out. The scars are still a little red but they look really good after only a couple of weeks. I have seen other dermatologists over the years for my crazy moles and she is the only one that cared enough to check all my moles without me asking. I couldn’t recommend her more.

I’ve gone to her a total of 3 times and I think I’ve seen enough to say I’m never coming back. This doctor has no bedside manner at all. She has a condescending air about her and does not bother with long explanations. She talks like a text book and can make a diagnosis just by looking at your skin problem without any lab work (I guess she thinks she’s that good). When I spoke to my primary doctor, she asked if this doctor even bothered to do a skin sample before telling me I have hand and nail psoriasis. She promptly gave me a referral slip. Thank you very much I’ll definitely be needing that. I’ll be looking for a new dermatologist who isn’t completely dismissive about her patient’s concerns.

The Dr was fine as far as doctors go.
The office is a joke. My appointment was at 1:30, which is the first appointment after lunch. There were at least 30 people in the waiting room. The glass door at the counter slides open and everyone has to get in line. I felt like a cow being herded. They turn and burn those patients. I have never seen anything like it.
The lady at the front desk could use a make-​under as her makeup was wildly inappropriate for a dermatology office.
I won’t be going back.

Dr. Janet Maldonado is such a great doctor. She was extremely thorough and has a great bedside manner. The office staff is also very friendly and caring. It was extremely easy to make an appointment. I highly recommend this dermatology office.

I went to see Dr. Maldonado for Acne and she was great she got me started on a great treatment plan and now my acne is under control and I feel great. Then I went in to see her for a strange mark on my arm and she took a biopsy of it she reassured me it would be fine and it turned out it was just nothing. I feel great having her as my doctor she knows her stuff and she is very gentle. I recommend seeing her she is AWESOME.

I have always had good service with Dr Maldonado.
She has accurately diagnosed and treated several skin conditions for me.
She has a kind manner and consults with others doctors when she wants to double-​check her diagnosis.
I continue to go to her after several years even though I no longer live on the peninsula.

My experience at Dr. Maldonado’s office was so bad it inspired me to finally register with Unilocal.She rushed me in and out, off-​handedly told me I had a skin condition I never knew I had before, and explained nothing about it, questioned why I didn’t want to use antibiotics «are you trying to get pregnant or something??», and was in general very un-​informative and had absolutely no bed-​side manner. I felt as though she was there to give me a quick once over, write me a prescription, and send me on my way as quickly as possible. I had other things I had planned to ask her about, but definitely did not feel like it was worth it. Not exactly what I was looking for in a first time appointment! I will definitely be looking elsewhere for a more thorough informative and friendly dermatologist!!!

Man, dermatologists have it sooo good. They only work two days a week. In this case it happens to be Wednesdays and Fridays. So my one complaint is that I have a hard time getting in. But the upside is Dr. Maldonado is super good. She seems very knowledgeable and up to date on recent research. I guess that is to be expected since she just started practicing. She looks quite young and has GREAT skin — so you know she must know her stuff. Doesn’t hurt that she went to Stanford, Harvard, and UCSF for her education…
So I burned my face cooking — freak accident I guess — and being vain it was a major concern that I minimize any possible scaring. We couldn’t get into see the dermatologist soon enough so my husband found Dr. Maldonado via the Stanford alumni directory to ask her some pressing questions we had on my burn care. She was great — she gave us some advice via personal email and it really helped! No scars on my face! Woohoo!