Moms run a way for your kids life, do not get fooled by the nice decoration,none of the doctors and Nurses there know what they are doing. If i can give 0 star for them i would they don't even deserves to give them 1 star. My son was recently diagnosed with sagittal crainosynostosis (premature closure of sutures of skull bones, abnormal fusion of normal bones into one piece of bone which lead to an abnormal shape / increase intracranial pressure and maybe to blindness, also developmental delay) at the age of six months. He was being seen since he was born at agaves pediatric practice by multiple providers, we had our concerns regarding the shape of his head since he was three months old, we were reassured multiple times that this is normal, we have never been told that his anterior fontanelles were closed although he was being seen regularly checked nearly every month by multiple providers at this clinic, finally my wife decided to ask a different pediatrician at a different practice, who recognized that this is abnormal and he requested an x-ray which revealed the diagnosis very clearly and then we were referred to see a neurosurgeon who basically confirmed the diagnosis. The standard treatment for this diagnosis is only surgery and since he was diagnosed at the age of six months, he missed an opportunity of a minimally invasive technique, the benefit of this technique is basically putting the child at less and complications, include only one night stay at a hospital, Avoiding blood transfusion, Avoiding second look surgical intervention and early recognition and correction of the problem, while the conventional open surgery has a pretty fair rate of complications included bleeding, infection, need for blood transfusion, for a long hospital stay including ICU for almost 2 days and the need for second look surgical intervention. This is very disappointing as he was seen by multiple providers and no one commented on that and it's very concerning because we raised this point multiple times and nobody was listening, this practice basically lead to missing the diagnosis and delaying appropriate care in a timely fashion. Here is a list of the name of the providers that he was seeing at this practice Leslie Mortland MD, Agnes Bartha MD and Rajeev Agarwall MD - he was one month Agnes Bartha MD and Traci Lombard MD - he was 2-month old Agnes Bartha MD, Rajeev Agarwall MD- he was 3-month old Diane Smith NP, he was 4-month old - was asked about shape of head and she downgraded our concerns and said he is normal. Diane Smith NP, he was 6 months old, said he does have a flat head (flat spot) I would not take my child to see these people, they will be great, if your child is normal, but if (god forbid) you child is having issues, I am concerned that they wont handle it very well, do not waste your time and money. Your child is precious and needs a better doctor. read more

The whole family is upset with this practice because my nephew was recently diagnosed with sagittal crainosynostosis (premature closure of sutures of skull bones, abnormal fusion of normal bones into one piece of bone which lead to an abnormal shape / increase intracranial pressure and maybe to blindness, also developmental delay) at the age of six months. He was being seen since he was born at agaves pediatric practice by multiple providers, we had our concerns regarding the shape of his head since he was three months old, we were reassured multiple times that this is normal, we have never been told that his anterior fontanelles were closed although he was being seen regularly checked nearly every month by multiple providers at this clinic, finally my wife decided to ask a different pediatrician at a different practice, who recognized that this is abnormal and he requested an x-ray which revealed the diagnosis very clearly and then we were referred to see a neurosurgeon who basically confirmed the diagnosis. The standard treatment for this diagnosis is only surgery and since he was diagnosed at the age of six months, he missed an opportunity of a minimally invasive technique, the benefit of this technique is basically putting the child at less and complications, include only one night stay at a hospital, Avoiding blood transfusion, Avoiding second look surgical intervention and early recognition and correction of the problem, while the conventional open surgery has a pretty fair rate of complications included bleeding, infection, need for blood transfusion, for a long hospital stay including ICU for almost 2 days and the need for second look surgical intervention. This is very disappointing as he was seen by multiple providers and no one commented on that and it's very concerning because we raised this point multiple times and nobody was listening, this practice basically lead to missing the diagnosis and delaying appropriate care in a timely fashion. Here is a list of the name of the providers that he was seeing at this practice Leslie Mortland MD, Agnes Bartha MD and Rajeev Agarwall MD - he was one month Agnes Bartha MD and Traci Lombard MD - he was 2-month old Agnes Bartha MD, Rajeev Agarwall MD- he was 3-month old Diane Smith NP, he was 4-month old - was asked about shape of head and she downgraded our concerns and said he is normal. Diane Smith NP, he was 6 months old, said he does have a flat head (flat spot) read more

Within a day from being released from the hospital my nipples were sore and cracked despite efforts from the hospital lactation consultant. My step-mom who is an IBCLC told me to have the pediatrician check for tongue and lip ties. Our first ped told us at his week appointment that there was nothing wrong and even if he had a tie they don't need to be revised. Needless to say as my nipples were telling a different story and my son was losing weight we got a second opinion. We went to Agave Pediatrics at the advice of my step-mom and NP Penny saw right away that there was both a lip & tongue tie. The appointment for TT revision was scheduled and completed within 48 hours. I bf in the office and noticed a huge improvement right away. We did the TT exercises to promote healing and prevent reattachment. Though my son didn't gain weight as fast as he should have, they never pushed formula on us and were fine with me continuing to bf on demand and wake him at night for feeds, as well as offering more hind milk, until he regained his birth weight. He is now a happy, healthy, 20lb 1 year old. We also had Dr A do our LT revision at a year old. The intermittent pain I had experienced since my son got his teeth in disappeared after the LT release and I've had no more pain since. Dr A and his staff were amazing. The procedures went smoothly both times and we gave arnica for pain prior to the procedures and as needed after for a couple days. There was very little bleeding (he had thick ties released both times) and it only lasted for a day with the first few sweeps we did. Both times Dr A brought my son back to me snuggled up in his arms and told us how good he did. He really cares about his patients and I will have future children checked by him immediately after birth. We were so impressed we made them our regular ped read more

Well lets start off with I never review anything on yelp because I feel that most review sites are for bad reviews and not so many good ones. I felt the need to review Agave Pediatrics because of my experience there. First of all when I called I was immediately greeted with being placed on hold (which is not a great start) but much to my amazement I was on hold for approximately 3 seconds before another person answered the call and proceeded to help me. As a new expecting parent I wanted to get setup with a meeting with a Dr to discuss questions I may have. I was offered a prenatal appointment with a Dr to discuss this. I was told it was in a group setting and at the end of the day so that If it went over we wouldn't be rushed out due to having to see other people which I think is a great idea. Also the gentlemen who helped me was extremely knowledgeable of the practice and gave me a ton of information about hours, routine visits, costs of visits with no insurance versus potential copays with my insurance. Needless to say after I spoke to Reuben I decided to skip the Prenatal Visit and will call back to schedule my newborn for a visit as soon as she is born. If all the staff is as friendly, professional and knowledgeable as Reuben was then you have a great office. Agave Pediatrics has great hours as well as Saturday clinic for sick children which is great. Im excited to see my little girl and excited I found a practice that seems to have their stuff together. read more

I have never felt so humiliated by a service provider. We travel a lot with my husband who is on assignment in different places and have established care with several pediatricians over the course of 18 months. Agave has been the worst by a long shot. We recently returned to Scottsdale and I set up an appt for my daughter's 18 mo vaccinations and to have her toe looked at as she had recently hurt it. When I arrived I was turned away for not having my updated insurance on file even though I had the card in my hand. She told me it was too late to verify and I needed to reschedule. The lack of compassion for my daughter was palpable. She had a hurt foot! No, she is just a number to Agave. It is sickening that a $30 copay is so important that you're willing to deny a child care because I didn't jump through your impossible hoops of pre-verification. No other doctor's office does this and they absolutely would have had the time while we waited. Everytime we come here we wait 30-45 min to be seen. It takes 5 minutes to verify. She just didn't want to. So, so disappointed because the np we see is actually great but it's just not worth being humiliated like that. We have always paid our bill on time and have been an exemplary patient. My child's wellbeing was reduced to $30...I am not okay. read more

A nurse at Agave Pediatrics ABUSED my 4 week old, 7 pound newborn son. She was supposed to do a simple heel prick for his newborn screening and I took home a baby that was bruised black & blue, inconsolable & in a world of pain with FINGER PRINTS up and down his poor little legs. I messaged the practice owner begging for him to call me to help me get justice for my son, to report the nurse, and he never responded. I posted his story on facebook begging the public to avoid this practice that engages in child abuse, and the owner commented promising to call me and figure it out. HE NEVER CALLED ME. My son was ABUSED and the nurse is still working there touching other children! The owner hasn't tried to help at ALL! The front office refuses to tell me the name of the nurse who handled MY BABY! I have told the office manager, practice owner, other nurses AND two other providers about the abuse he endured and NONE of these MANDATED REPORTERS have reported the abuse or reached out to figure it out. Take your kids anywhere else. They do not care about you or your children. I will be filing police reports, reporting to every medical and nursing board possible, reaching out to attorneys, getting in contact with every news station, and making sure my baby gets justice. DO NOT GO HERE. read more

Once again, we are so thankful for Dr. Agarwal and the team at Agave Pediatrics! We had previously seen Dr. Agarwal with our first daughter (poor weight gain, constant nursing, etc.) and he was able to diagnose and remedy her lip and tongue ties as well as be an incredibly kind and helpful doctor. I was really hoping that my second daughter would not have the issues that my first had but once we went to her first doctors visit and discovered she had lost 10% of her birth weight I had a feeling it would be the same. The day after her doctor's visit we went to our already scheduled consultation with the amazing Desiree Allison, International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, at Arizona Breastfeeding Center who found her tongue and lip ties. I called Agave Pediatrics immediately and was able to get in later that week for a consultation. Having gone through both procedures before I was not as worried, I knew we were in great hands. Both procedures went excellently and caused minimal pain. The best part was that my daughter was able to transfer double the amount of milk she previously had while breastfeeding. I can't thank Dr. Agarwal and Agave Pediatrics enough for all their support! read more

The staff here, particularly the office manager CHRISTINE, is extremely rude. They have provided the lowest form of customer service each time I have been in there and this last time their behavior this last time was the lowest on all forms of service. They were very insensitive to my sick child as I had waited for 45 minutes after my appointment time, watching other mothers go in and out. Finally, when my child started to throw up in the waiting room did I yell, "can I see a doctor now?!!!" Zero sensitivity to my situation with my sick child. The nurse violated HIPPA laws when I expressed to her in confidence my disappointment and feelings towards the office manager Christine. When I had asked Christine for her full name, she refused to give it to me because se was well aware of the poor way she handled it. Then when I asked her for Dr. Agarwal's information, she refused to give that to me as well. Christine made a mockery of myself and my child. So I am writing a review to let you know this office surely will discriminate against you and treat you poorly if you are not a certain race or economic status. read more