James W Baker,MD

Dr. Baker seems really great, if you can see him. We went twice (then realized this is not the place for us) with our 11 month old son, who had outrageously bad eczema all over his body, and with whom we have observed significant reactions to foods including an anaphylactic reaction to peanuts. We saw Dr. Baker once, for 5 minutes, on the first visit. The rest of the time it was a parade of nurses and PAs, all of which we had to re explain our son’s situation to every time a new one walked in the room. And, each appointment took well over an hour and a half — tough for a squirmy 1 year old. No IGE blood test was ever done, no discussion of a RAST test, no mention of an Epi pen for the peanut allergy, they just cleared the skin with steroid creams and hydrocortisone, then did a scratch test and when everything came back negative (he was b’fed and mom has devoutly avoided all foods he was reacting to), the PA told us to ‘come back in a year.’ And her tone was pretty gaslighting; as if we were wasting their time. No talk of addressing the peanut allergy, nada. Thankfully we’ve moved on to a great allergist, but this place is not the one.

Dr. Baker is a kind, and knowledgeable doctor. One of the best allergist in Portland. My kids get their allergy care from him and we always feel that we are getting the best information and the best treatment.
Not many allergist in town with such a wealth of information, and yet makes it seem approachable.
Highly recommend him.

Came here to get a food allegry test.
I downloaded the application online so that it wouldn’t take as long, It did help shave off a little time.
The Dr’s assistant (who was very nice, but had a loud speaking voice) spent the most time with me, she went though the application and ask several more questions that took another 20 mins. Finally she ran the food allergy test on me (on my arm) this took about 30 mins. After the test, you at get «face time» with Dr Baker. He was very nice I thought and helpful and showed concern about my wellness. He gave me some solid advice and said he would fax my results to my Dr.
Also, I received 10 invoices all together in 10 different envelopes on the same day for the same amount that WAS NOT overdue. Billing dept fail.
All and All it’s what I expected. It took around 2 hours total. (I was aware of this before my appointment).

I’ve been going to Dr. Baker’s office for several years for allergy shots, the only thing that helped my increasingly severe (and miserable) seasonal allergies.
Dr. Baker seems quite knowledgeable, but can be brisk. Sometimes appointments feel rushed. However, if you are going for shots, you will see him about once a year and you will see the nurses in the shot clinic anywhere from once a month to twice a week. And they are FABULOUS. Caring, attentive, knowledgeable, friendly — and while no one ever said shots are painless, they’re at least good at making them as painless as possible.