Priti Desai, MD

I gave them 1 start because: The doctor is rude (when you actually get to see her and not the P. A), The staff is unhelpful and honestly don’t care about the patients needs. They overbook so please go in with time because you will be there for a long time. I will be looking for another pediatrician for my daughter. A Dr. that is not too good to do the career they chose for a living.

Initially she was a good Dr. we quickly left her practice because all we ever saw was her P.A. she seemed to have gotten «to good» for her patients. Very dismissive and looks for flaws instead of addressing the parents concerns. Do yourself a favor and find another Pediatrician.
Front office staff also very rude and could care less how you are, how your child is and is basically there for a check. Needless to say I’ll never be returning and I’ll voice my experience to anyone who will listen to stay far away from this practice.

already been here almost an hour waiting and there wasent anyone else here waiting. why didnt I listen to myself last time about finding a different doctor?

Receptionist is so damn rude. I needed a paper filled out in order to play basketball for school. I called before coming in and asked what time they were open till And she says 5. I get there before 5, around 4:40 and she tells me I have to pay $ 10 just to get the paper filled out. Made no sense to me but I told her I’d be back in a minute and left the form with her, went to the car, got the money and when I returned the door was locked and I kept knocking and no one would open the door. I went and told my mom who was waiting in the car the whole time and she calls the receptionist, she puts my mom on hold and 5 minutes later we see her running out of the building. I got so pissed off, I called beforehand and made sure what time they closed and got there before 5 and the lady is so damn rude. She needs to be fired because she has no manners whatsoever. She put my mom on hold then ran out of the building to go home. No way in hell I’d recommend this place or going back here. They better fax my form to my school for free because of the way I was treated or else I’m changing doctors asap. Hate the receptionist’s attitude and guts.

Worst office staff ever! Rude & unprofessional and they overbook so be ready for a loooooong wait in a small room full of sick kids! Rugs are filthy, I walked out with my newborn and never looked back. Didn’t even wait for dr. so I can’t write about the Dr. but the filth, unprofessional staff and overcrowding of the wait room was enough for me! Didn’t want my bby getting sick.

I have a 5 month old daughter. When she was born I had a different doctor for her and felt the dr was very cold and didn’t answer my questions. I switched to Dr. Desai when my daughter was 2 months and she is fantastic! She actually seems like she cares about my daughter and she answers any question I have!

I believe Every parent should have an opportunity to have a great experience/​relationship with the doctor and staff of their children. What didn’t work out for me may not be the same for you and I am only expressing My feelings, thoughts, and experience here with Dr. Priti Desai and her staff.
I would never recommend for anyone to come here. I think «Arias D.» is onto something here because I do agree with her when it comes to the complete change in behavior and attitude the staff and doctor take with you after a certain amount of time your child has been seen (for me it was sooner), the difficulty in making an appointment or trying to get a hold of the doctor, and how rude and unprofessional the staff become with you by back talking/​being passive aggressive/​dismissing your concerns or calls/​giving you the runaround/​etc.
Pros:
Place is picked up and clean, Dr. Desai is Board Certified and from what I read online seems to have a good background, Doctor speaks good English, seems to be nice, and in the beginning of my relationship with her it seemed to go ok but changed and not sure if that typically happens after a little while for people or just a select few like myself.
Cons:
~Waiting room not set up for children (no books/​toys/​etc.) and is very small.
~Staff can be very unprofessional and rude (at some point will have an attitude with you) on the phone. That only gives impression that they don’t care and it comes off as the client/​patient is a nuisance. A girl by the name of Sonja or Sonya (not sure how she spells it) was not willing to help at all, gave some back talk and even told me to call her the next day to remind her of what she said she was going to do in the first place. I also thought/​felt that the staff did not do a thorough/​accurate job when it came to weighing my child because they do it with all of the child’s clothes on, maybe from time to time take off one item of clothing. They didn’t make an effort to have a relationship with my child or I, just straight to business and if asked for anything additional like something with my child’s development or weight/​height info on it they behaved like it was to much trouble to do that so I would end up feeling like I had to jump hoops just to get it, ridiculous!
~As for my experience with Doctor Priti Desai:
At first it seemed ok but that quickly changed after a few visits. Dr. Desai never called me back after leaving a few messages nor will she call you back from what I heard. She was very laid back/​dismissive when it came to my concerns and questions. She was not thorough and did the very minimal when looking at my child. I soon felt like I couldn’t share concerns or questions with her due to her attitude of nothing ever being that serious. There were a couple of occasions that I can recall that I lost confidence in her, one in which I found out my child had an ear infection from another doctor after Dr. Desai had seen my child. The Doctor asked me and was surprised that she didn’t even take a look at his ears. Another occasion was when she prescribed some medicine that, in my opinion, should have never been prescribed for my child since it was not good for the age my child was, surely there has to be another option from all the medicines out there these days. So when I gave it to him he got very sick from it. Even the pharmacist seemed surprised but I trusted that Dr. Desai knew what she was doing. There were other things that happened but I will just keep it at that.
I hope this info helped you and you will have a better experience than I did if you choose to go with this Doctor. I’m just happy to be seeing someone else now.

I took my son to her since he was born due to a friends recommendation she has a child 5 months older than my son, she is a good doctor I would say but as far as appointment goes and time it has become horrible! my son is now 22 months old and in the almost 2 years I’ve been taking him there the 1^st year was the best, very attentive any time I would call they would respond or ask me to come in with out appointment but as soon as he turn 1 year old every time I call they either tell me they don’t know what I’m asking or that they will give Priti Desai my number for her to call me back, not once in the past 3 times has she or anyone from this office called back, recently I called in bc of it had been a while for my app. and wanted to verify what day it was, they said it had been 2 months ago and I had missed it, ((I’m sure I would have written it down)) however they were not even courteous enough to give us a call or send something over the mail remanding of the app. My child had diarrhea for 4 days straight with no other symptoms I called to ask what should I do besides the water and pedialyte and once again she took down my number, I called again later on in the day and they took my number again never to call back, now my son has a weird rash in his skin that seems to be spreading I called early in the morning and she ask me to come in at 11:30am I arrived a few minutes late and the front desk said she couldn’t see my son now bc they were going to lunch I asked if I could please just have her look at my son before going to lunch and the girl responded that «the doctor Priti Desai was already pist at her for even asking me to come in», that they had too many appointments for today, as if my sons condition was an inconvenience to her!!! should I just ask her when she is available for him to become ill??? that way we do not disturb her? Any ways I called my friend that recommended her to ask how it was going with her and her doctors appointments with Priti Desai, and she said she had switch because it was becoming increasingly hard for her to ever see the doctor, If you ask me a doctor is there to see patience when they need her not when she is available or has time, disease and illness don’t wait and specially a pediatrician I am now looking for a different doctor on Unilocal,this has been my personal experience going there take it or leave it as you please.

SHE ACCEPTS MEDI-​CAL! I was reaLLLLLY conserned about where to take my daughter, shes been going to Dr. Desai since she was born. VERY happy with her. The girl up front is also very helpful. When the doctor isnt there your child will still be seen by an asian Dr. who of course is very knowlegable and gentle! They will answer annnnnny question you have for them. If you have questions or concerns, you can just call the office and they will answer your questions.
After i had my daughter (queen of the valley) they refered me to some dude, and i was like «uh no»
I would definetly refer this Dr. to others!

Dr. Desai has been my son’s pediatrician for 3 years now. She is very approachable and gives lot of guidance on phone instead of asking us to visit her office for small things. She returns my distress calls very promptly. Its very comforting knowing that she is my son’s pediatrician.

I don’t think a pediatrician, or any doctor for that matter, can be much better than Dr. Desai. She is the most down-​to-​earth doctor and extremely responsive. We can send her a text message any time and in no time, she is on the phone with us. She is great with our baby, and we’re so happy that she is his doctor.