If I could give this place no stars I would! This place is absolutely horrible! Fist the place is not well kept. It is very dirty and old. The staff! Is beyond horrible. They are very rude and do not work with the patients at all. They will have you sitting in a room for more then an hr just to see the doctor. I brought my child in because he was very sick and I was concerned that he may have Covid. They tried to charge me $50 when my insurance already covered it. On top of that they never called me back with my results. I called them and they had no answer for me. Ended up having to take my child to the ER to get checked out. read more

I would not give even one star for Annandale Pediatrics. When Dr. Lorico was there, we had no problem. I've been with them for 15 years. When the new management took over, it's worst. Receptionist is so rude and ill-mannered. I've decided to leave Annandale Pediatrics for good. If you are looking for a new Pediatrician, this is NOT the place. First person you'll see is the receptionist and she shouldn't be a receptionist. She will call you names without a second thought. What kind of receptionist calls the parent that they have an attitude? I was in shock when I heard those words and I had to ask her again and she said it again! She is ignorant and inexperienced person who should not be at the front desk. She will drive out all the patients and the practice will not be successful. How sad... read more

I would not recommend this doctors office to anyone.I went here only because I did not pick a pediatrician out before my son was born. The staff in this office is rude and talk to you like you're dumb, especially a woman named mary. I only continued to go there until I got reimbursed for what I paid his first 2 visits, which they never thought it was necessary to tell me was available. Since I have finally received my money I will be going to another doctor with friendly staff and a happier environment. There are two doctors there, Lorico and Elanni (I think that's his name). I went to both and by far Dr. Lorico was much more personable and gentler to my 4 month old. read more

Just plain rude receptionists here. Be prepared. Switched to another Pediatrician and it's so much better. read more

The worst facility,wouldn't recommend to my worst enemy,1 out 4 help stuff can speak English only Spanish or Chinese!they were trying to charge me $50 for a covid test,even it's covered by my insurance,and when I said I'm not paying they let me wait 2hrs without being able to see the stupid doctor "saha",so I left their tiny nasty office @5pm and took my son to an urgent care instead,the worst experience ever!!! read more

Most horrible doctors office. I came from Florida and I went here because we needed a pediatrician for my 10 month old. Dr. Ellini is completely incompetent. My baby threw up four times last night and it was after giving him the little crunchy wheat puffs. After thoroughly doing some research, and having this experience one other time with my son, I believe he has a wheat intolerance. I will be taking him to another pediatrician to find out. However, last night I called the on call doctor and it was dr. Ellini. He answered the phone like I woke him out a deep sleep and didn't ever address himself as the doctor. Not very comforting seeing how I'm about to try and give this person info on my baby. For all I knew I wasn't even talking to a physician. The only info I was able to get out to him was that my son threw up 4 times and he said, "take him to the emergency room." ??? He didn't even ask how old my son was and didn't want any other info on what he ate. He just said take him to the ER. He had the attitude as if I was bothering him and he wanted to go back to sleep. He had broken English and could not have been more ignorant in the matter. I asked him how do you tell if the child is dehydrated and he said it's very hard to tell so just take him to the ER. Thank God for pediatrician in Florida who I had called the last time my son had this reaction. She told me if there are no tears, no urine in the diaper, and if his tongue is dry - that is when he is dehydrated. This doctor couldn't even give me some simple facts about child dehydration??? Shouldn't that be a very simple thing to explain as a physician? His answer to everything- take him to the ER. Is that the protocol here?? If your child throws up 4 times- we don't want any other info, we don't want his age, or what he ate....just take him to the ER so I can go back to bed? Very discouraging when you are a mother and father worried about your sweet baby and you feel like you have no one to get information from. Also I told him I had given him wheat puffs and he told me they were probably old. I bought them last night, they were sealed. I gave them to him last night, and my husband and I both ate them before giving them to my son. We will be leaving this office. I would never recommend this place to anyone. Horrible. This doctor was very unprofessional. Also very thankful for google. Because I found this and it's word for word exactly what happened to my son: 4 Symptoms Of Wheat Allergy In Babies: Wheat allergy can trigger an array of symptoms related to your baby's respiratory system, brain, digestive system, skin etc. Keep an eye over your baby after feeding her foods made from wheat. Symptoms Related To Digestive System: Wheat allergy can cause various symptoms associated with the digestive symptoms and intestines. These symptoms tend to surface within 2 hours of feeding your baby wheat based foods. Colic and digestive symptoms such as bloating, vomiting, diarrhea, indigestion and gas. My son began throwing up exactly 2 hours after he ate the wheat based food. When I asked the doctor if vomiting was a symptom of a wheat allergy he said no. Wow...looks to me like he should find another profession. I got more answers from google than from my own doctor. When I called to complain this morning the nurse said sorry for the "misunderstanding" I said, "ummm there was no understanding at all" - this doctor just didn't want to hear anything and wanted to go back to bed. I have however a perfect understanding of what transpired. read more

I switched my 4-years-old and added my new twin girl newborns to Dr Sunga-Lorico as their Pediatrician. I really liked their pediatrics office.They always have available sickness/ emergency appointments, and their 1/2 day open on Saturdays. Dr Sunga-Lorico was very concerned about my sons' Autism and gave me all necessary referrals. My twin daughters smile and like her even though they are only 6&1/2 months old. They always call prior to the appointments as reminder. The office is super busy. My only recommendations, is please have a bigger hallway and walkway office for all my strollers to fit (and newer office space). Other than that, no complaints. Wonderful office for your kids! read more

Excellent pediatric office with friendly staff and doctors. My daughter saw Dr Lorico for almost 3 years. Unfortunately, we had a change of insurance because of my job and its with Kaiser so that is the only place I can take her. We're sad as we had been with them since she was a newborn! But I do recommend them. The only thing that is making me give them 4 stars instead of 5 is I wish they did things electronically, they still do paper records. I had to call and request my daughter's immunization records for her new doctor's office. The receptionist told me I have to request it in an email (which they do not have an email address listed on their website and they did not respond to the message I sent on their website) and also said I would have to pay 10 cents per page because they'd have to print it out and it uses ink. Then I'd have to come in physically to the office to pick up the records. 10 cents is nothing but its just a hassle having to send an email to request the records then going in person to get the records. With Kaiser and several other practices, they now have online patient portals where you can access your medical records at any time. So I wish Annandale Pediatrics would become more up to speed with this as well. But I have absolutely no complaints about her care, they took excellent care of her. My only recommendation would be that they start offering an option for people to set up online patient portals to view medical records. I also had to request paper copies of her immunization records for her daycare a year ago as well. read more

I called to schedule a check up for my child. The person that answered the phone was doing the bare minimum to help me with any questions that I had and was being rudely passive aggressive. She was speaking to me in a very condescending tone. All I wanted to do was be helped. After having a very heated conversation I was the transferred over to speak to someone else but to my surprise this staff member was just as rude. I asked for both their names so I can file a complaint and this woman says "I don't have a name". Like seriously I'm not even a Karen and I rarely write reviews because who even has time but these people are ridiculous. This wasn't my first time having rude encounters from this practice. Also the lack of care they provide is a red flag. This will be the last time I will allow myself or my child to be disrespected. I will pray for the two ladies I spoke with and may God be with them and help them find peace. read more

Dr. Ellini is the most compassionate doctor I've ever dealt with. He's very experienced and shows patience with kids. I highly recommend him to anyone looking for a caring pediatrician in northern virginia area. read more

I want to start this off by saying Dr. Lorico was GREAT & Dr. Ellini was fine as well. But as far as the STAFF goes.... MARY WAS HORRIBLE & RUDE FROM THE BEGINNING! All the other staff we spoke to (who are nice people) & told them how we felt, SAID THEY HATED HER TOO?!! Sadly she's in some sort of management position so they're stuck with her. She's beyond rude, this woman must not have children or was never able to or just had one too many abortions. This is DEFINITELY not the right environment for her. She lies on health care policies to the point where we were at our son's appt. (happened more than once) & she tries to deny my son attention due to it being she wants us to make them the primary physician or some other craziness. Turns out all we have to do is call the our provider, tell them what was said, make her talk to them. And turns out there isn't really an issue :D . Not worth the hassle. she called me this morning, the morning of my son's appt. telling me we have to change his primary to them which we did not have to do according our health care provider. But she insisted... So we scheduled an appt today with another practice today. Goodbye Dr. Lorico you were fantastic, Dr. Ellini we liked you as well but please get that woman replaced. The rest of the staff are perfect. Sorry for the long review but it needed to be said... trust me, I could of made it longer. read more

Great staff! I have my two kids and I would never change this doctors because they care and know what they are doing....

Love this office so much - the doctors and nurses and staff are always friendly and approachable. I actually went in recently when they had a partial power outage for a bit and they dealt with the whole thing very well. They remained cheerful and worked around the problem. I've been at this office since I was a baby and will be sad to leave them when I won't qualify for pediatrics anymore! read more

Yes agree with the comments here. The doctors are fine but the receptionist staffs are VERY RUDE!!! We have been with dr ELINI for 14 years, it's only because the long relationship, I want to quit this office long time ago. The people that I talked most and first are so rude and unfriendly. They talk just like they've having a bad day every single time I called. They make everything so difficult and no attention to help at all. I guess I'm not the only one that feels that way. I hope Dr ELINI could see and fix this because it's very clear that they're losing their clients. They're used to be very busy and didn't take new patients 5,6 years ago but now they're giving me the business cards to pass out. read more

Dr Lorico is great doctor, took well care of our new born and answer all our questions patiently. My major concern is the front staff. These staff were extremely rude and will charge you and not followup with insurance company. We have insurance and new borns are automatically covered they did not even try to call the insurance to confirm, I made all attempt to ensure that my insurance company stated they will cover all cost and actually spoke to the front desk and biller despite that the office charge me stating they don't feel confident about my insurance company paying them. Its been 3 months and they still don't want to reimburse my fee. They made fun of me within their team when I was explain to them multiple ways. read more

I would NOT recommend this doctor's office at all for your kids!!! All staff are extremely rude! The only receptionist that actually speaks clear english told me " maybe you shouldn't have waited until the last minute" When I had emailed them at 11:30am to fax my son's shot records and physical to his school, called back at 3pm and they still hadn't done it and advised to them to fax it before 4pm that's when she made that rude comment and told me they needed time. HELLOOO THEY HAD 3hrs to get that faxed. Two weeks later I received a call from my son's school that they only faxed shots. When I called and now asked for a manager which she barely spoke any english and told her they asked for the physical which they faxed the form that is ALWAYS needed and filled out before the year before, that there is $25 fee just for them to fill it out. I explained to her that I have always had that form filled out and have never been charge or even mention that there is a charge and she said "well there is a $25 charge always been the policy, I can't change what happen last year" I have NEVER had any problems at any other pediatricians office before until I came here. Please do yourself and family a favor and do not waste your time with these people. read more

I have gone to them for years, but this year is the last. They rushed through my kids check ups everytime. Its hard to ask questions and I am not happy with them anylonger. Looking for another Dr. read more

Dr. Ellini is the most horrible, rude, incompetent, impolite, condescending and unprofessional doctor I've ever encountered. Our newborn baby wasn't gaining weight for two weeks while breastfeeding. With her weight issue and painful breastfeeding we suspected she might be tongue tied. So we called to ask to get a recommendation of ENT doctors for consultation. The nurse said that we have to come into the office for doctor's assessment before they can make any recommendation. So we went to see Dr. Ellini, when we mentioned to him about the possibility of a tongue tie, without even evaluating the baby, he told us to forget about it. He said he doesn't believe in it and imposed his philosophy. When we insisted and he reluctantly checked the baby and rudely told us he cannot recommend anyone to us since he doesn't believe in the procedure so he doesn't know any professionals and that we don't need a referral. He told us to just look for ENT doctors ourselves and couldn't provide a list of contacts. We then also brought up our feeding issue we've been having with our baby. Without trying to find the root cause for the feeding issue, he just said the baby just wants to play and made a comparison about how baby goats/cows just feed a little and go off to play and our infant is trying to do the same. When demonstrating how we feed to show the reflux/possible GERD, he also forcefully put the bottle into my baby's mouth and made her gag. He did not give us the time as well, as a few minutes more, he left us after 5 minutes but just a couple minutes later, my baby split it up all the milk. When he returned, after missing the reflux and allowing it to dry/soaked up, he said it was not that much, despite not actually seeing it or checking how soaked the shirt was. He was really uncaring, cold, and unprofessional. He will talk over you and not listen to your concerns. I felt like I spent $30 co-pay for nothing and I seriously question his competencies as a pediatrician. I would NEVER go back to him and I would NOT recommend him to anyone. read more

I want to begin by saying that the two other reviews left for this office are totally inaccurate and do not represent the staff and work ethic of the office. I have been taking my kids to Annandale Pediatrics for over 6 years now. They have always been nothing but pleasant, professional and helpful. The manager, Mary has always gone out of her way to help me and answer any and all questions that I have had. She has even pulled strings at a GI specialists office so that my son could be seen the same day as opposed to waiting for over a week for an available appointment. She is kind and truly cares about the patients and their families. My favorite nurse is Terry, she is super friendly and so very gentle with my kids. Both Dr. Ellini and Dr. Lorico are fantastic and knowledgeable. My children are in great hands at Annandale Pediatrics and I recommend them highly. read more