Coleen Sabatini, MD, MPH

My 10 year old daughter is a dancer and had a hip injury that had persisted for six weeks without a clear diagnosis –including an MRI and three other physicians, two of them prominent orthopedists. Dr. Sabatini spent more time with her than the other physicians put together, until she was able to get as clear a picture as possible as to the problem. She was focused, knowledgeable, caring, compassionate-​everything that one could want in a doctor (and I should know since I’m one). She is as good as it gets!

Dr. Sabatini is everything that a doctor should be. Compassionate, professional, great judgment, and confident. She has a great bed-​side manner with both kids and adults (at the same time no less). Our 7 year old had a traumatic knee injury and Dr. Sabatini was the best thing that could have happened to us. She spared us ER surgery by insisting that she complete the surgery herself. My father was a doctor with old-​school values of what a doctor should be (compassion first). I know he was smiling down on us when we ended up with a doctor that emulates the best that the profession has to offer.

Dr. Sabatini is an amazing doc — wonderful with kids and parents alike. Highly recommend. She is a treasure.

My daughter broke her arm (radial head fracture) so we initially took her to Tri Valley Ortho. Big mistake! This office (staff and the doctor we saw) is a joke compared to UCSF Children’s and Dr. Colleen Sabatini. As quickly as we could, we transferred care for our daughter to Dr. Sabatini.
Although Dr. Sabatini is only in San Ramon on Thursdays, she is an excellent doctor and takes the time to explain what is going on with my daughter, reviews x-​rays, and the game plan for her care going forward. I can’t say enough good things about this doc.
If you have a choice, pick Dr. Sabatini… and steer clear of Tri Valley Ortho.

I am writing this because I think Dr. Sabatini is the greatest. My daughter broke her arm twice last year so we had many encounters with her. My husband and I are both in the medical field. She was a great listener, a great surgeon, and an overall great doctor.

We actually saw Dr Sabatini at Children’s Hospital Oakland. My daughter broke her arm the night before Thanksgiving, and Dr Sabatini had been in surgery for hours when she came in to check her and give her a cast. I can’t speak highly enough about her. She was warm, gentle and funny with my sometimes shy and very tired daughter. She’s definitely an external processor and talks through every step of the way. She went out of her way to come in and see her for two follow-​ups even though we weren’t even on the schedule. She was so attentive to our needs and really mindful of our time. Part of this is that the staff at Children’s was also amazing, but Dr Sabatini was hands down one of the best doctors I’ve ever met. Fantastic bedside manner. Honestly I kind of wanted to be friends with her.

If anyone had a similar issue that I had but really loved Dr. Sabatini, just an FYI; She is in Walnut Creek at Children’s Hospital satellite office on Monday and Fridays and at Children’s Hospital in Oakland on Tuesday’s and I want to say Thursdays.
We saw her at both locations and I am sooooo happy. As I said in my past review. Dr. Sabatini is amazing. My daughter loves her and I know she is an excellent Dr. I am so relieved to be able to see her without the hassle of Rita in SR.
Although, no offense to Dr. Sabatini, I wish my kid would stop breaking bones so we wouldn’t have to see her every 2 years…

Dr. Sabatini is an amazing, excellent physician. She is treating my daughter for idiopathic adolescent scoliosis. She is treating every aspect of this situation from listening to the trials and tribulations of being a tweenager who is «different» to gently expounding the necessity of the brace. Dr. Sabatini is compassionate — and amazing. She is absolutely our first and only choice in this situation. We trust her.
Rita is great. She is organized and helpful. She is very friendly and up beat. She is focused on getting the job done right — which saves us all a lot of time and stress.

I highly recommend Dr. Sabatini AND her office. I was compelled to write this review when I read the negative review of the office. Our experience was opposite. Everyone in the Shadelands office was helpful, thoughtful and amazing with us and our son. Dr. Sabatini treated our five year old son for a fractured wrist with impressive knowledge and thorough evaluation. Willie, the cast man, was great with our son, fun to ease the nervousness and firm when necessary. The front desk person was helpful and also engaging with our son.

Dr Sabatini is an excellent Orthopedic surgeon. My son has had a lot of pain due to growing quickly. Dr Sabatini always has an attentive ear, is fabulous with children and she communicates with them at their level. She has helped my son tremendously. Rita, her front office manager is very helpful and has always been very friendly with me and my son.
Having read the review below I cannot believe what I read. It is so different from our wonderful experience.

Dr. Sabatini is an excellent Orthopedic Surgeon. My daughter broke her arm and we got into to see Dr. Sabatini the first morning we called. She is affiliated with both UCSF and Children’s Hospital. She has office hours at The clinic at Shadelands in Walnut Creek two days a week and it is a beautiful facility. The office staff was great and Dr. Sabatini exceeded our expectations. She has great bedside manner with kids, is Harvard educated and is very careful and thorough in her approach to even straightforward bone breaks. I don’t have a lot more to add, except that I would highly recommend her.