ALL Pediatrics

All Pediatrics are open until 8:00pm on a Monday! Thankful receptionist offered to schedule a last minute same day urgent appointment for my one year old daughter at 7:40. We were seen in a timely manner and the staff are friendly and accommodating.

We have been with All Pediatrics for well over a year. We have been pretty happy with them. Susan Lazaroae is our favorite doctor but all the others we have seen have done well. I am especially impressed with how they helped me when I was alone with both of my kids in the office. They could see me struggling and offered a helping hand.

My two stars are only for the Lorton office which I see gets most of the complaints. I agree with the other reviewer that showing an insurance card each visit is ridiculous and defeats the purpose of having it on file. I can see them asking if anything had changed like 99 percent of doctors offices but to require it is ridiculous and annoying. Besides that, the front desk staff at the Lorton office are less than pleasant and the office is not as welcoming and kid friendly as you would expect a pediatric doctors office to be. I say they should change this stupid policy and parents should stick with the Woodbridge or Alexandria locations… More efficient… pleasant. Etc

Dr. Caplin has been my children’s pediatrician since they were about 3 years old (twins, now 9 years old). He is very personable, patient, knowledgable and responsive. I completely trust his judgement and medical advice/​recommendations. My children love seeing him and we never have to wait too long in the waiting room or patient room. The office staff are nice and as well as the nurses. Usually have been able to bring my children in on the same day when a sick visit is requested, although sometimes with a different physician. The only con is that because Dr. Caplin is so popular there is often a wait for a well-​child appointment.

Pro: they allow you to take a newborn to them within 3 days of being born for check up. they have saturday hours. they stay late at night. they can be great at last minute checkups due to sick kids if you are willing to drive to the open location. it is great that they have multiple locations in case you need a last minute appointment. the reminder call back system is good as long as you don’t have two phone numbers (2 parents’ cell phones) connected to your account. The wait rooms are cool for sick and well children separated, but they removed all the toys, only books left. The head nurse is genuinely concerned about every child and really wants you to get the child to take preventative meds, even if they cost $ 1500/​month (RSV).
Con: they are always booked about 2 months out. you almost never get an appointment with the doc you want. The majority of the nurses make you feel like you interrupted their lunch and they need to get back to it. The older lady behind the counter has enough attitude that my mother in law will no longer take them to the doc. They ‘require’ an insurance card every visit so it is really annoying when grandma or grandpa need to take them, since they don’t have an insurance card in their wallet for the kids. They have booked us twice for appointments, then said we are not in the system when we show up. The lorton office is always empty, yet they never seem to have appointments. They have a lot of ‘doctors rooms’ in the back, so your wait in the front waiting room is normally very short, but when you get to the back, your wait can still be 20 – 45 minutes.
But the number 1 con: They just changed their policy in June 2013 to charge the patient extra if we, the parents want to get only 3 – 4 vaccination shots per appointment rather than the recommended 8 or 9. They were very good about listening and dealing with concerned parents, but still recommending the vaccines, of course. But now, with the new policy, they are using a brute force method (while inaccurately stating it is an insurance company change) to comply to mega doses of vaccines all at one time, or alternatively charging $ 30 additional dollars per visit possibly on top of copay to separate out the vaccine dates. They listen to concerns, but have this new policy that shows they prefer to avoid parents who want to make choices to vaccinate at a slower pace, in a safe manner.
Slowing down the vaccination schedule is recommended by other doctors (and the New England Journal study showed if babies get more than 10 microgams of aluminum per day, this aluminum may accumulate in their bones and their brain in toxic levels. Each shot is 160 to 250 each –with the new 5 shot concoction being 850 micrograms). I still will do the shots, but I do not see the harm in waiting a few weeks for toxicity levels to decrease between them. With this new policy, the results are/​will be that less children will be immunized, because smart parents will wont give all the shots in one day, and they also will not spend an extra $ 90 – 180 to safely ensure toxicity levels in their child are below FDA recommended levels. So… Im not ruining the herd immunity and hurting your kid, but this policy will.

I usually take my toddler to Lake Ridge Pediatrics in Woodbridge where he usually gets seen by Dr. Caplan, who is great, along with the rest of the staff.
I only took my child to the Lorton location once because Lake Ridge was booked for his alternative vaccine shot.
To make such a long story short, the dr and the nurse who saw us FAILED to check my son’s chart to see what vaccine was due. I told them we were there for the 18 mo. shots.
Well, what happened was… they administered the 15. MO. SHOT instead.
After I checked the paper they give at the end, i noticed the error and i immediately called the nurse and asked why she gave him the 15 mo. old shot instead of the 18. She excused herself and went in the back and after a few minutes she told me to come in and directed me to talk to what it seemed to be the facility director or sr. dr. who instead of owning up to the mistake and apologize to me, told me they could NOT be responsible for any mistakes if my child does not follow the standard vaccine scheduled set forth by the gov’t.
I was so dumbfounded and mad I left. When I was leaving the nurse did try to get the receipt she gave me of the shot administered, but i told her I was going to keep it. I hope I don’t have to ever file a lawsuit against the practice, but I do know and I will never come back to their facility.
If i were you, I would refrain from using their services too.

Been with this practice for 5 years. All of the doctors are wonderful and the nurse practioners. We usually go to the lorton location, but the mark center location is nice too. Clean… waits are not bad… great hours.