Zargarian Vigen, MD

First of I am very surprised with all the negative reviews… It’s unbelievable … Anywho I love and trust Dr Z. He was my dr growing up and now is my baby boys. He is very educated has over 40 years of experience and I wouldn’t trust any other dr more then dr z. he is very straight forward answers all your questions and takes the time to explain things to you. Yes maybe the wait time might be long sometimes but it is worth it. He spends times with he’s patients and give the care they need. I highly recommend him.

Dr. Zargarian has been my doctor as a child as well as my siblings Doctor. He is now the doctor for two of my kids. He has a sarcastic sense of humor and if you are sensitive person … You better grow some thick skin because as a parent you’re going to hear some things and see things that you shouldn’t be surprised by, especially from a doctor. Honestly if the wait is long and the staff is rude … Then go find a doctor that millions aren’t lined up to see because… he is excellent at what he does. If you find a doctor with no wait that tells you something… he/​she ain’t good … Let me also mention how this works when you take 10 kids put them in a room and they are sick… Crying… Coughing … Whatever they are there for and a staff who has to tolerate that behavior day in and day out … Yet still have a smile on their face when they greet you as you walk in, wow I give them props.
I have never had any issues with Dr. Z and don’t let one bad experience mark your judgement. Everyone has good and bad days at work. Also if you don’t know what they are talking about … Then go to another doctor for a second opinion … Or diagnose your kid on webMD, if you want to take matters into your own hands.

Dr. Zargarian was my childhood pediatrician and he is one of a kind! Being a first time mom, you want to make sure that your child is well taken care of. I firmly believe that my daughter is good hands under the care of Dr. Zargarian! He is not only extremely knowledgeable and educated but has over 40 years of experience! I trust him without question.

Honestly I am shocked with negative reviews. Dr. Zargarian was my doctor growing up and when I had my kids I wouldn’t have gone too anyone else. Yes there is a wait but it’s a pediatricians office some kids don’t cooperate and appt. run longer than normal. Love the whole staff!

I used to be a fan of Dr. Zargarian’s until he misdiagnosed my 2 daughter with having SCABIES when she just had a simple HEAT RASH!!! Their wait time is HORRIBLE, the «doctor» thinks he’s a know it all and I truly believe he doesn’t like the moms who go there. If you ask any question, he gets irritated and laughs at you as if you’re a complete idiot. He even told my husband once that he wishes the dads would go to his office instead. It’s definitely time for him to retire!

Horrible staff
I called today to make an appt for my 4 yrs Old girl who has rash on her hands and fetes, She was going to be new patient. we needed an emergency appt bcuz of the rash and the frontdest was going to give us an appt in a week, she would not understand that this is an emergency case she keeped saying sorry we don’t have emergency appt until next week. I never had an experience like this, very disappointed

It is hard to believe comments about Dr. Zargarian below. I have been taking my 2 children to him since 2006, and never once experienced any problems described below. He is an amazing pediatrician, one that you will have a hard time finding, since very few exist who have a passion and knowledge to do what he does, and do it without rushing you out of the office (which I cannot say about the other 2 doctors). The reason for my 4 stars is the office setting, needs improvement. Personnel was always very responsive and helpful. Every time I would call and ask for information, they were always there for me. I wish there were more like Dr. Zargarian. I referred many patients to him over the years, and so far haven’t heard anyone complain.

This is the worst medical office I have been to. The staff is very unprofessional and the office is not clean. Do not take you child to this office. I wanted an appointment with Dr. Zargian but he was not available so I had made it with Anna Mekikyan that’s in the same office. She was horrible doesn’t know what she is talking about and very rude. She told me my newborn son had redness and she was not even looking under natural light. I told her the doctor that saw him at the hospital said the redness is very mild and nothing to worry about. I also mentioned I was told to look under natural light. I told Dr. Mekikian what the other doctor told me and she literally gave me attitude and said I looked confused. She should not be a doctor she doesn’t know what she is talking about. She told me they need to run a Stat blood test to make sure everything is okay. I left the office and told them not the send anything. I went to another pediatric the next day and I was right. My son had no redness and everything was fine.

Horrible medical care. Doctors are more interested in prescribing expensive medications for a possible condition while ignoring a simple infection that was treated immediately by a more competent physician with a generic medication.
Avoid these big Pharma shills.

Dr. Zargarian is the best pediatrician ever…

He’s an experienced pediatrician. Most of the things he says makes sense. He just never listened to my wife and the problem we had with the baby.
The times that he’s on vacation, no patient wants to be there. The other doctor doesn’t make sense at all. We just ignored whatever she said because she didn’t even want to hear anything from us.
The office is organized. But I asked many times for vaccination history. I didn’t get it until the new doctor requested in writing.
They also charged me in full and promised me if the doctor assigns as a primary to my insurance, they’ll request from insurance and return the rest to me. That never happened. They got their money, why they even bother call insurance for my money!
I like the other waiting room for not ill patients. That keeps babies away of sickness.
The parking lot on the back is free and there is always enough space to park.

I was assigned this doctor by my insurance. First time I went, it was a 40 minute wait, but I assumed it was because that had to check my insurance and do all the first time appointment things.
I just went today and had to wait over an hour for a regular baby wellness appointment. Not only that, the women working there were very unpleasant and cold. I will not be going back there. They seemed very over booked and understaffed.

You don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone. I had to write a positive review for this Medical Office, mainly because since I moved I have so much more appreciation for them. Small-​town-​familiar Dr’s office feel with flexibile accomodation for patients. GREAT COMMUNICATION.
1.AVAILABILITY-LOVED THEM FOR THIS-​This office is over-​accomodating on the hours available for your child to be seen. They are open to walk-​ins throughout the week and even open Saturdays on the weekend. They don’t try to brush you off by pushing you to go to urgent care-​if its not an emergency. They will try to accomodate you asap-​often same day.
Granted you may have to wait 15-​min to an hour depending-​depending surely on a number of factors such as urgency and other patients booked-​but all within sound reason. I am thankful to the office ladies for easing my first-​time mother mind, by making it a priority for my child to be seen by if not his own pediatrician-​a pediatrcian from the same office.
2. EASE OF WAIT! Simple sign-​in sheet at front and they will call you up asap. They even have 2 waiting rooms which they would sometimes move you to, which I believe is for smaller infants to separate them from other visitors who might be coming in with bad germs-​but then again maybe its for the quiet privacy who knows? Still great idea and very comforting/​useful.
3. NO NONSENSE! The Dr.‘s are very straightforward and some might take this to be considered rude or abrupt. However if you have questions or qualms, they will sit with you, explain and discuss-​you may or might not have to initiate this. They’re the type of Dr’s who have extensive experience in the field and will let you know if the matter needs serious medical attention or if your kid simply needs to be a kid (runny nose, bleeding, etc.). Who wants a kid souped up on antibiotics early on?
Now that I don’t have them, I miss them terribly and have had no luck finding a Dr.‘s office that can match my needs and their level of care. Where else these days can you find a Dr’s office that actually has a person on the other end of the phone line immediately? No message prompts or press this number-​there is immediate human contact, with respect for your needs to be seen by a Dr. asap.
Seriously considering 2 hour drive everytime my little one gets sick to continue going here. Beats the no-​walk-​in policies with computerized telephone prompts and message machines I’ve had to face in finding a Dr. in my area.
Miss it.
Do your research-don’t always believe what you read (ie previous posts) you have to experience it yourself:

No thank you!
No one told me that I needed to find a Pediatrician prior to childbirth. Wish I would have known. Because I didn’t have anyone already figured out, the hospital brought in Dr. Zargarian. I could not stand this guy. He handled my newborn like he was a slab of meat on a chopping board. Not careful or caring at all, just sort of pushed him around. My son HATED him and would scream whenever he would touch him, which is not how he reacted to the nurses at all. He was born in November, cold time of year and he put the freezing stethoscope onto his body and it would freak him out. He ended up coming back a few times to check on my boy and I would never see him again, nor recommend him to anyone. He just didn’t seem to give a crap.
These types of Doctors should never be pediatricians.

If i could give this office no stars i would. They are extremely unprofessional and treat you as if you are wasting their «precious time». I was given this Doctor for my newborn twin girls so this was our first experience AND IT WAS AWFUL! Its stressful enough having to adjust to having 1 baby and even more so with two! I would like to think that making an appt for them would be an easy task… DO NOT GO HERE! I repeat… If you are a parent who wants to be treated with respect and want to feel like you’re taking your babies to the best possible place… DO NOT GO HERE!