Debnath Sheila, MD

Dr. Debnath has been my PCP for over 2 years and she is amazing. She always knows how to diagnose a problem I’m having very quickly. She’s very professional and sweet. She’s constantly eager to listen and give you the correct answers to any questions I may have. The nurses that work alongside the doctor are courteous, kind, and very professional. They make the visit just that much better!
The recent renovation is amazing! Everything is looks so warm and inviting. Definitely a step higher than what it was before.
She’s an fantastic doctor and am very pleased every time I leave her office.

**I know this review is really long, but I have a lot to say about this doctor and I hope this will help others as they undergo the lofty task of choosing a healthcare practitioner for their children.**
I really wanted to like Dr. Debnath. The first time we met with her, we had a really good impression. Mainly because the girls in her front office staff are super friendly and great with my kids. We briefly met with the doctor and didn’t have any complaints there. The office is really dirty and cluttered, but if the doctor is good I am willing to overlook things like that.
Our second appointment, however, is where I began to question if we should continue seeing this doctor. My daughter has low iron levels, so that appointment was a follow-​up so they could re-​test her levels. She had been a bit low, again, so the doctor insisted I make some kind of a strange pureed «chutney» with 5 different kinds of vegetables to put on top of my daughters rice that would give her the iron she needed. I told her that my daughter is very picky with food and probably wouldn’t eat it but she would not listen, and proceeded to quiz me on all 5 vegetables she mentioned previously that I must use in this concoction. I have a 5 month old baby as well and am quite sleep deprived so I could not recall all the vegetables she had mentioned. She gave me a disapproving scowl and refused to write me down the names of the vegetables so I could have a note of it for later. She told me to text it to myself. That was the first strike in my book.
Well, fast forward to today (our third appointment) with Dr. Debnath. The reason we had to come in, is because I was getting ready to transition my 5 month old to the crib and I wanted to ask a few simple questions I had about the process that could not wait until her appointment the following month. She refused to answer my questions over the phone, which I am very confused about seeing that she had just given her a check-​up not long before. I agreed to come in for a quick appointment at 1:15. When I arrived in the office at the time of my daughter’s appointment, the girl in the front tells me the doctor wont be in until 2. So, I get the fun task of entertaining my 5 month old for a good 45 minutes until the doctor arrives. Two o’clock rolls around, no doctor. Patients in the waiting room (we had been put in an exam room at about 1:45) are starting to complain. Finally at 2:20 (not like I was counting) the doctor arrives in the office. She took about 5 minutes to get settled before she even came up front to get her list of patients, and a woman in the waiting room was complaining that she had to pick her son up from school and needed to get in. The woman had an appointment at 2… but the doctor agreed to see her first! I was a little upset considering I had been there since 1:15 and I am sitting there trying to get my overtired, in-​need-​of-​a-​nap infant to stay calm. Utterly ridiculous. Thankfully the kind girl who works in the front office went to tell the doctor that we really needed to get going.
So, she finally comes in the room in a very hurried manner so I proceeded to ask her my questions. The first question I had was regarding my daughter, who can roll from back to tummy but cannot yet roll from tummy to back. I asked her if it was okay that she sleep on her tummy if she is able to roll there herself. Even before I got my last word out, she immediately says there is no way she can give the okay since the risk of sids is high before 6 months of age. So I ask her, practically speaking, what am I supposed to do when she does roll to her tummy in the crib? I mean, I cannot just sit there all night and roll her back every time she decides she wants to roll. Her advice just takes the cake. She tells me to roll up blankets or pillows and place them at her sides to prevent her from rolling. No matter that the AAP advises that NOTHING should be in a crib with a small baby as it is a suffocation hazard. I mentioned this to her and she would not listen at all. She kept spewing the same thing over and over again, that she could not advise me to have my baby sleep on her tummy. And she actually said it was to protect herself legally in case something happened to my child. I was just so dumbfounded that this woman couldn’t see the hypocrisy in what she was saying. You don’t want my child, who is mobile and capable of moving her head and pushing herself up, to sleep on her tummy… a very natural way to sleep once they are mobile enough to do so– But you’d rather me load up her crib with things can potentially cause her to suffocate considering that they would be taking up a large space in a small crib. I wont even get to the other things I asked because she gave very archaic old-​school advice that doesn’t even apply in this day and age. I highly recommend finding a different pediatrician if you are considering this doctor! Unprofessional and completely clueless.

Pretty convenient location in a shopping center with ample parking. The office was comfortable and the wait time was very brief. Also, Dr. Debnath was thorough with her exam and highly educated. I can definitely tell that she is truly passionate about her work!

Dr. Debnath is an extremely kind, polite and calm Doctor. She is always very attentive toward the child’s needs and highly experienced in the pediatric field. She knows how to handle her patients in a timely and easy manner. Will definitely be recommending her to family and friends.

Dirty office and unprofessional staff, must have to waste 2 – 3 hours if your child has 103 – 104 fever.

I expected a lot more before I walked in. The facility looked rundown, stuffy, dirty and. crowded. Although I did think the staff and doctor were friendly and polite, I didn’t feel comfortable with the cluttered facility. Its my kids healthcare I’m dealing with, so I changed provders soon after. Hope they remodel soon.

My kid goes to Dr. Sheila from last 5 years, but recently my company change the insurance and unfortunately my copay got increase to $ 50, My wife didn’t had that idea and she went to see the doctor with my son (on 02/​12/​2013).
They ask her to pay the copay before Doctor see my son, and with that she was only $ 3 short, she offer $ 47 with all change she had; but they said they need to have complete $ 50 o/​w Dr. won’t see him. Even my wife told them they she’ll come back and pay the rest of the money.
This is totally ridiculous; we’re going to this doctor from last 5 years. If this whole period can’t build this kind of trust that too especially in Medical profession then I don’t see a point going to her.
I know this has nothing to do with the how’s Dr herself but I thought I should share with everybody.
I kind of find Dr Sheila ok, as many time my kid complain the stomach pain and we took him to Dr. but I never got a satisfactory answer regarding the pain.
P. S. My wife also offer debit card, credit card and Check payment, but those are not the form of payment doctor’s office accept.

very professional office.