Sima Stein, MD

Extremely rude receptionist. Whenever we call, it will take 20 mins for her to attend the call (by putting us on-​hold) and after coming in the line she even don’t answer properly and sometimes yelling. This is not a good way to respond to people when you are a receptionist. I am requesting the doctor to train her to talk with people. If the receptionist is continuously behaving like this i am sure they will lose the patients. I have never seen a receptionist like this in my experience.

First time visit for our 2 year old daughter. Great play area and friendly atmosphere when you walk in. The ladies in the front are a little busy but the wait wasn’t long and the dr came in less than 5 minutes after we went into a room. The Ma who does all the vitals (log black hair and glasses) was really nice. Great dr and office!

First of all, the staff is excellent — very friendly and accommodating. Hours are convenient. As far as Dr. Stein herself — she runs this practice as business, and she does it well. There is a constant stream of patients, in and out.
The downside is that Dr. Stein won’t spend an extra minute with you, or answer all your questions clearly, or pay attention to the child as needed. She prescribes expensive and heavy medications (steroids, inhalers, and such) for no good reason, with side-​effects and long-​term effects, that may cause your child to become dependent on them FOR LIFE — don’t be lazy and read the fine print of Dr. Stein’s favorites.
I would recommend to anyone going (or planning to go) to Dr. Stein to pay attention, if you wish a healthy and drug-​free life for your child. There are doctors that are more balanced in their approach, and more attentive. Dr. Stein is not bad, she knows what she’s doing. She just cares more about her business than your child. So, watch out.

The best for my kids, she has lot of experience and immediately identifies the problem. I hope we will have more pediatricians like sima stein.

Great pediatrician. Used her services when my kids were in the pediatric age bracket. Relying on her advice worked out very well for me and for them, I think.

We’r really happy to be Dr. Stein’s patients. There are very nice nurses and a really helpful front-​desk person Cynthia.
I totally agree with your statement about «one doctor’s leg in the room, second one is out», but anyway I always get answers to ALL my questions (I used to write them down before:).
The other reason for Doctor Stein’s rushing is her singificant experience and high professionalism. Also — we always have a chance to make the SAME DAY appt. It’s really important for small kids, who can wake up with fewer or diarrhea anytime. Also Dr. Stein always calls back, no mater what.
Dr. Sima Stein, thanks for your carrying!

Dr. Stein is an excellent doctor. Very knowledgeable, always there and loves kids. All our check ups and other appointments were very informative. Always get fast responses to our emails and calls. Would highly recommend.

I was so disappointed with Dr. Stein and her office. First of all, we ended up waiting for over 35 minutes after our scheduled appointment time to even be called back. My daughter was already fed up with being there so long (she is a toddler). Then we get to the room and wait another 20 minutes before Dr. Stein comes in. I didn’t feel she gave a good 1 yr. check up compared to our previous Dr. not to mention the fact that I had a hard time understanding her English. She sent a young nurse in to give my daughter shots… which took another 15 minutes of waiting and then came back and told me she had an issue with her blood draw and that we needed to come back for a check up in a few weeks. After reading the many reviews I agree with her readiness to get you back in the office ASAP whether you need it or not. Needless to say we didn’t go back and won’t ever go back again. This place was like herding cattle… they take on so many patients but don’t have the staff to accommodate.

i agree with so many Unilocalers here, she doesn’t give proper time. always in a hurry as if it s free clinic and she is doing a favor by spending 2 mins for your kid.

We usually have sought or received Dr. Ollga Kashlinskaya’s appointments for my 18 month old son. A great Doctor with great attitude towards children. Provides guidelines to parents, listens to their concern, addresses them and resembles to Dr. Einstein. :) I know, last is bit off the track. A caring and knowledgeable doctor for sure.
Staff at Stein’s is great too — may it be vaccinations or timely appointment reminders.

I decided to give Dr. Stein a try despite all the terrible reviews as the office is so close to our house.
From what the receptionist told us, there has been an overflow of patients due to their transition to being an urgent care. It was true and we could see there was a lot of other patients on my two child’s first visit there. The receptionist promptly guided me through the registration process and was very friendly. The nurse took us to the back shortly after and we were able to meet Dr. Stein. She was very sweet and thorough with my two girls. My girls have had bad experiences with our previous doctors and it shocked me that they were fine here.
I would definitely recommend others here. The doctor and the staffs made it very comfortable for my family. We will definitely be back.

The worst doctor I have ever met. She is a very disorganized person and you have to remind her to write a prescription for you while she is trying to go out of the room as soon as possible. I saw this person two times and she spent less than 3 minutes in the room. I had an appointment at 9 a.m. She saw me at 9.45 for 3 minutes and she forgot to write the prescription. She just want to see as much as patients she can to make more money. Very strange attitude!

I was a little worried because of the bad reviews on here but my visit today was awesome. I saw a doctor filling in for Dr. Stein but even this doctor was great. Answered all my questions, and was friendly to me and my son. The office staff ladies were so sweet and the nurse did the shots so quick and easy. I am really happy with this doctor and will be staying at this office.

If you don’t want to read my entire review, I completely understand. Here’s the jist of it; Please don’t take your child to see this woman if you want to receive the right treatment and/​or want to have a pleasant doctor.
When I was 14 years old I got very ill. My mother took me to Dr. Stein because our insurance changed and I needed a new primary doctor. I had never been sick in my life, except for the occasional cold or flu. I was sleeping 16 hours a day and my body temperature would drop to 94 degrees. Keep in mind that I was very lethargic and in a «fog» at the time, so I wasn’t able to defend myself. Dr. Stein would check my fingers for needles to see if I was shooting up drugs, and asked me why I was so depressed. She then wrote in my file that I was depressed and faking my illness so that I could get out of going to school. Other doctors she referred me to from there on out didn’t believe anything my parents and I said. She once told me that she wouldn’t write me anymore doctors notes for school because I needed to, and I quote «suck it up, and stop pretending».
Almost 6 years and 30 something doctors later, I have been diagnosed with severe hypothyroidism and metabolic syndrome. This was diagnosed by a doctor who checked the lab results Dr. Stein had ordered for me 6 years ago! I guess she didn’t see that my tsh levels were high. LOL
Honestly, this has to be the worst doctor I’ve ever been to in my life. Dr. Stein’s practice should be shut down. She is a horrible doctor. Thanks a lot, «doc».

The nurse we first saw had very little patients when my son was scared. She rushed him along and kept calling him «baby», he’s 4. I would try and take the time to talk him through his anxiety and both the nurse and doctor seemed very annoyed by this. My son told the nurse that she was hurting his ear when she was checking his hearing and she said «I’m not pushing hard.» She let me do it and I noticed she had a strong grip on his ear when she was pulling it back. I did it and the pain went away. Then we see dr. Sima and she said some things to my son that were completely insensitive. My son was scared and in my arms and she said «I don’t have time for this. I have other kids I need to see. Do you want to go to preschool? You have to do this to go to preschool.» Seriously?! Manipulation and a total lack of compassion. She’s also very loud when she talks which for a frightened kid is a bit overwhelming. She’s not warm or caring like previous pediatricians we’ve seen.

I have been visiting Dr. Stein for past three years for my Daughter. She is very experienced and can find out the root cause of the problem with out difficulty. We have no complaints about her treatment. One good thing I observed with her she tries to avoid medicines as much as possible and believes in developing Self Immunity and Resistance Power through simple means and not by heavy dosage. This may irritate parents but on a long run this really helps baby.
I should agree that she is busy all the time, something the front desk should act about.

Dr stein is an awesome doctor she has been seeing both my son and daughter since they were born. 11&8 yrs old. My daughter has asthma n was in and out of the hospital constantly since she was young. Dr stein was alway on top of things and made sure my daughter was treated and taken care of every single time. Phone calls n messages were alway returned and i can always get an appt. i never had an issue bringing my kids in especially for same day appts. If certain meds were not covered or my copays were too high she would give me samples of stuff to help out. She is alway making sure my kids have their flu shots and i would get reminder calls or emails! Keep up the good work and thanks for taking good care of my kids!

I’ve been to Dr. Stein’s office for 3 years now, ever since my first son was born. From then until now everything has been exactly the same, except the fact that we always seem to see less and less of the actual doctor. She has nurse practitioners who are pretty friendly and I can actually understand them when they are talking. But some of them seem like they don’t know what they are talking about.
–first of all I am always early with my kids to their appointments. We don’t get seen by a nurse for about 30−45mins after our appointment time. After we’ve been helped by a nurse we sit and wait in the room for another 30 mins until the doctor comes in. Basically we spend about 10 mins with the doctor and 1hr 30mins waiting.
— Dr. Stein always seems rushed when we actually do get the chance to see her. She’s in and out of the room alot and talks hurriedly. When she asks if we have any other questions she makes it seem as if she doesn’t want us to ask.
They need to stop over-​scheduling the appointments and packing in the waiting room if there aren’t enough staff to help all of those poor waiting children.

I came here with my 3 nephews so they can get their shots. The doctor was very professional with us and handled everything quickly and thoroughly. The kids all cried when they got their shots but aye, that was a given.
This place is great, I’ve been going to this doctor for a few years now to get my nephews their shots and some free lollipops. WOOT.
5 Stars!

Dr Stein, In your response to my posting you forgot to mention you threat me and ask me to delete my review. (you deleted that part to paste here on Unilocal only to make a better impression.)
You posted only the appointments that I actually took my daughter not the ones you recommended me…
I am a nice person, that is why I treated everyone nicely. And honestly everyone in your office was nice to us BUT YOU.
I replied to your email last week and I promise TO DO NOT PUBLIC the email with all the mistakes I stated on it. It was sent to you in response to your last email attempting me to delete my review.
Lastly, I wish I had the same attention in your office as my reviews are having. I suggest you to spend more quality time with your patients I’m sure you wont have to go through so many unhappy reviews here on Unilocal and other sites.