Renato Yu, MD

Dr Yu both siblings are phenomenal. Geniune. Caring. Knowledgeable. Not prescription happy doctors. Office is not most convenient, neither is parking. Old facility but all these cons are outweighed by the pros. great pediatricians.

I’ve been taking my daughter here for three years now. The office is very clean and welcoming to children. Each room has a different theme with very nice cartoon paintings on the wall and books to read to children while waiting. The doctor is not big on prescribing children antibiotics which I like. They can follow up a bit more with appointments though as I never received a «it’s time for your check up» card. But overall they are young friendly siblings. I would recommend. I wish they focused a bit more on educating parents on the importance of nutrition and organics but than again they’ve been trained in medicine like all doctors in this country and probably don’t know better. That being said, they are good conventional doctors with a welcoming office and friendly vibes.

Our family has been coming to this practice for 16 years and we love Dr. Robert and Dr. AnnMarie Yu. We started out with their father, Dr. Renato Yu, who we loved. He was such a gentleman, kind and caring doctor. He once stayed with me in the hospital with my sick son on Thanksgiving morning. When I was a new mom, I came with lists of questions which he patiently answered. May he rest in peace.
We also like his children Dr. Robert and Dr. AnnMarie Yu. We find both of them to be very dedicated and professional doctors. We are happy with how they have treated a host of issues with our 3 children over the years. I have ALWAYS been able to bring my children the same day when they have been sick. As a working mom, I appreciate how this office has let me come numerous times after work. I appreciate how they have filled out tons of papers for me for school, camp, etc. and never charged me anything. I appreciate when my husband and I were out of work, they did their best to give us samples of medicine to help us. I appreciate the office staff that has helped me many times with various questions/​requests. Finally, I recently needed to reach Dr. Robert Yu on a Sunday. I appreciate that I was able to call his cell phone (that is listed on the office answering machine) and discuss my concerns with him.
Honestly, I wish they accepted adults so that my husband and I could go there as well. I dread the day that our teenagers need to move on and we say good-​bye for the last time.

Drs. Robert and AnnMarie Yu are a wonderful pair. We have used them since the birth of our first son 9 years ago. It is true that they are resistant to antibiotics, but that makes perfect sense given how over-​prescribed they have become over the years. Both Drs. Yu are very thorough. Our youngest son had rapid breathing issues at ten days old. He was sent immediately to LIJ Hospital and was thoroughly examined from every angle. One of the Drs. Yu consulted with us every morning. They were both incredibly compassionate and took the time to explain every step in layman’s terms. They get the fact that treating a seriously sick child means addressing the needs and worries of the whole family. It is also reassuring that they have contacts with all types of specialists affiliated with LIJ. The only drawback to their practice is the wait time at the office.

My two children were with dr Renato (the father) since my oldest was 1 and my youngest was a newborn. We were very pleased with dr Renato yu’s care for our children then, for 1 ½ yrs.
After moving away from the area and returning. 4 yrs later, dr Renato had passed away, sadly. We picked up, as patients of Dr Robert Yu & Dr Ann Marie Yu. We seemed to think we would be happy as we were with the father, but realized differently.
Both the brother and sister seem to resist any prescription of antibiotics to the point where my daughter had a cough, green phlegm, and a persistent high fever off & on for 3 weeks. All the while during these few weeks of illness, they both diagnosed & insisted on allergies: which we took claritan & benadryl. The high fever waived down and spiked back up. Then they diagnosed & insisted it was asthma/​reactive airway. My daughter went through allergy testing at north shore lij and asthma testing. Results were no allergies except for trees. I asked the allergist is a high fever& green phlegm normal symptom of allergies, she said no. (dr. Tsaikalris) when tested for asthma, she was borderline asthmatic, but not really enough to call asthma. My son was tested for asthma when he was coughing fits and high fever. No asthma was found. In the end of the 3 week illness, Antibiotics were prescribed.
After all the test results, when both children were sick again, and sick nearly every month, for my daughter with same symptoms, my husband & I expressed strongly that we were concerned about pneumonia. My daughter has it once when she was 4. With the past history and our concerns, and not being able to hear anything in her chest, dr rental Yu prescribed singular (oral tablet), xopenox (inhaler) veramyst (nose spray), and patanol (eye drops). He prescribed these 4 medications for my son too, who had no allergies or asthma whatsoever.
The sheer stubborn refusal (upon concern & actual request) to prescribe antibiotics when my daughter had high fevers for weeks off & on accompanied with colored phlegmy cough, was bad & irresponsible medical practice and we had no chose but to switch doctors
Within 6 months of switching doctors, my children have not been as sick, could be due to switching schools also. But when my daughter got sick again with same symptoms, antibiotics were prescribed even though the doctor at première care could not hear anything in her lungs, but the fever came back a week later, just like in past when we were under dr. Robert Yus care. 2^nd visit to different doctor at première care couldn’t hear anything in chest either, but recommended an xray and it showed she had pneumonia. The high fever wouldn’t go away so we went back to our ‘new’ pediatrician and he diagnosed Walking Pneumonia.
It’s very likely my daughter had Walking Pneumonia during the year. It explains the persistent fever and constant cough, and how the 4 allergy medicines (inhaler, tablet, nose spray & eye drops) only worked temporarily and then the symptoms came back.
Anyhow. I feel I need to make this known to people bc the risk of walking pneumonia or any lung infection or bronchial infection should not be overlooked as Reactive Airway or asthma or allergies
Any doctor can confirm that a high fever is a symptom of an infection. And accompanied with colored phlegm, I must say I am shocked Dr Robert & AnnMarie Yu would insist on diagnosing Reactive Airway.
Just beware if your children are under their care.

Dr. Ranato and his family have been great doctors in the area for many decades. His pros are that he is kind and has a great track record as far as I know. However, here’s why we stopped going to him after my son turned 5 months old. When giving advice Dr. Ranto invariably refers to his own two children’s experiences in every scenario. He’s often heard saying, «It worked for mine, so it should work for yours». As we all know, each child is completely different and I cringe every time he says it. and he says that every time I ask a question. I am not sure if it is a lack of experience as a young doctor or him trying to connect to me as a parent. He clearly cares for his job although he is exceedingly busy and his newly renovated lobby is often over-​crowded with him darting around one wonders if he is able to give 100% attention to your child even though I’m sure his intention is to give you 110%. When my son had blood in his stool I asked him if he’d ever heard of vitamin drops causing blood streaking in the stool he said no. Apparently that is very common and dangerous for infants even though Infamil claims they are harmless. After that incident a red flag popped up. I was also surprised he’d never heard of some of the over the counter products like colic calm for acid reflux. This product sold over a million bottles last year and is rated the #1 natural treatment for colic in 2010. His female receptionist is very rude, my wife can’t stand her. When we missed our sons 6 month appointment and went to a different doc, 6 months went by without a phone call from the office. His sister (also a pediatrician here) takes more time and has less rushed feel as he does but she is somewhat cold and standoffish. Lastly, when he checked newborn for hip regularity on three occasions he made my son scream and cry. When he gave my son shots he used huge adult needles which made my son cry. I have since used Dr. Kvetny in the same area who uses smaller needles and has checked my sons hips multiple times, all of which my son feels no pain, needles and all. That final red flag made me stop going to Dr. Ranto. In the end he is a nice guy and always answers his cell with an albeit anxious but decent disposition but LIJ has a 24 pediatric help line who connects you directly to a doctor anyway so… 3 stars. I’ve noticed everyone here gives him only 3 or 4 of 5 stars with a very similar review. Makes you wonder.

I’m very happy with Drs David and Ann Marie Yu who took over the practice from their father, who has been serving the community for generations. They are responsive to all parent questions, and save you from unnecessary doctor’s visits for simple questions that don’t require a visit. You will have to wait, but at least the wait is worth it.