Been coming here for years. They accept most insurance and charge reasonable cash prices. The staff is extremely nice and attentive. The facility is clean and the decor has a fun flare for the kids. They have accepted last minute appointments and have taken me when I arrived late. There are a few doctors there. They're all very knowledgeable and caring. They make sure to follow up and call. Have definitely been a life saver in many situations and even diagnosed correctly trickier situations that could have easily been missed. I love the nurses here, as well! Great family atmosphere!! read more

Amazing that Dr. Boxstein is still going strong! He was my pediatrician from birth to about age 5 or so; I am 30 now! A truly wonderful person, and excellent doctor! read more

It's been about 3 years now, but I have to share my experience with Dr. Boxstein. When our son was born he didn't pass his hearing screening. When Dr. Boxstein came to visit us at St Joseph's he said "Don't worry, in all my years I have never had a child that turned out to be deaf". Pretty outrageous statement, right? When he didn't pass his second hearing screening we asked Dr. Boxstein where to go for an ABR test. He recommended the John Tracy Clinic, which diagnosed him with bilateral moderate hearing loss. After that Dr Boxstein said that he didn't really trust the John Tracy Clinic and still believed our son could hear. Our son was born in the 1st percentile for weight and head size and didn't pass his hearing screening, which should have been a red flag to Dr Boxstein. He ended up completely deaf at about 6 months old because he was born with cytomegalovirus. Had he been given a simple blood test based on his symptoms, we could have possibly prevented further hearing loss and brain damage caused by the virus. I would not recommend Dr. Boxstein. read more

This place is shady! We took my son to a couple of well baby visits here. At his 6 mos check up they said they were going to do a vision test on him. I thought it was strange since he was so young but they assured us it was a routine part of the well baby exam which is covered by insurance. So we went ahead with it. Mind you, they had been late getting him back and we had been there over two hours. Being 6 mos old he was past nap and feeding times by the time they got started on it. He wouldn't sit still and watch the screen, he wanted to turn around on my lap and nurse. So go figure, I got a call later on that he failed it and they wanted to run it again the next day. I decided to hold off and ask other friends/family if this vision test was standard first, and as I suspected, none of them had ever heard of doing this. So fast forward a couple months I see an $87 charge come through on my credit card. We have spent a few months now calling them, getting our call shuffled off, getting told they would call us back, never hearing back from them, etc. Finally today we talked to a girl that confirmed this was the charge for the vision test because it wasn't included in our well baby by our insurance like they said it would be. When I mentioned nobody else I know has ever heard of this she got very defensive. I asked that we be refunded since we were told it was part of the well baby visit that our insurance covers and she said absolutely not. So after trying to settle this nicely I said I would be filing a fraud claim with our cc company. She snidely responded to go for it they will just send us to collections for non payment. We ALWAYS pay our bills on time and have credit ratings in the low 800's - I am not some loser refusing to pay for something reasonable. However this is a scam this office charges for these vision tests at 6 mos old to make an extra $87 per kid. They lied about it being covered then charged our card that they require you to have on file with them. As a consumer we have no recourse and they know it. If I don't pay it hurts my credit. I will be contacting the BBB, our insurance co, our CC co, and go from there. At this point it's not about the $87...it's a scam and I will be doing what it takes to right this situation. read more

It's been a few years, so I thought I would update this review. I still absolutely love Dr. Boxstein and his office staff. They are always on time, up front with costs, policies and health insurance matters. And most importantly, my kids feel very comfortable going there. Dr. Boxstein always answers all my questions without rushing me or making me feel like I'm a crazy parent. Whenever I have a sick child, they manage to get me a same day appointment. It takes a village to raise a child, and I am grateful to have them in our corner. I wouldn't trust my kids with anyone else. read more

We had a great first experience at Dr Boxsteins office. I had to get my daughter a physical and her regular doctor was booked for couple months as is going on leave soon after. I as able to get in to see gthe Dr within a week. The staff was friendly, and office is cozy and kid friendly. Parking was easy. Nurse was friendly and very good with my 3 year old.Dr Boxstein was very friendly and undestanding. He had tons of information to give. Went above an beyond. He carefully went over my daugters records and noticed she was missing a couple things, which we took care of right then and there. Overall Great experience! read more

Dr. Boxstein has been our children's Pediatrician for over 15 years. He is an exceptional Doctor who cares about his patients and the entire family. He has given us such great advice, our favorite being how to get our kids to love vegetables, which worked! We have emailed him questions as well and he always responds within 24 hours. Our oldest son is now 19 yrs old and was relieved to be able to keep Dr. Boxstein as his primary care physician as he has cared so well for him for many years. We have referred many friends to him and everyone we know is as impressed as we are. We can't recommend him enough! read more

Dr. Boxstein has been my daughter's pediatrician since she was born! He's humble, attentive, professional and a fellow parent so he understands the needs of both parents and most importantly children. He doesn't beat around the bush, and he'll tell you what needs to be done to better your child's health as opposed to someone telling you what you're doing wrong (s/o to our current pediatrician who shall not be named). Unfortunately, I had to switch pediatricians due to insurance purposes, and for me, it's still safe to say that we miss Dr. Boxstein! Coming from someone with a medical background, he is by far one of the better pediatricians, if not best, that I've come across. read more

My daughter was really sick. She could not keep any food down. We are new parents and did not know what to do. Is was a weekend night too. So we call the Docter on call. Dr. Boxstein answered., he is not our normal Docter. He did not call back after 2 hours of waiting, we had to call back in. Then he was very rude to my husband on the phone. It was very hard to explain to him what the problem was, even. It was like we were wasting his time. I can't believe there are docters like this out there and people go to him. My guess is that because we are not his normal patients he doesn't want to help us. read more

I would have loved to see if this doctor was really as great as the other reviewers say he is, but apparently, my son is not worth seeing because (for reasons beyond my control) I cannot provide any medical records to establish medical history. I have worked in the medical field for 12 years and have never encountered this. Most doctor's offices have a form that a patient can fill out with information regarding medical history. Disappointing. read more

We have 2 children and have been visiting Dr. Boxsteins office for almost 8 years. He is the most understanding and patient Dr. I have ever met in my 35 yrs of visiting doctors. Even when he is not available the other Doctor's in his office are also fabulous.His entire staff is very friendly and helpful. read more

Just thought I'd update now that my son is 2 1/2 ... We still love Dr. Boxstein, and the entire staff at Burbank Pediatrics!

I love this doctor. He always takes such good care of my little guy. I never feel rushed and the doctor takes his time to explain everything more than once. The office staff is super friendly and they always make room for me when we need to see the doctor last minute. Love this place. read more

Used to take my son to his practice, our insurance changed and we moved to different neighborhood so we went to different practice. When my insurance changed to back to PPO I tried to come back to his practice except he refused to take my son back, demanded previous medical records and would not schedule my son for sick visit until records are received. I read other mom's online reviews they had similar experience. Luckely I was able to find different excellent pediatrician very quickly who saw my son quickly without demanding previous chart. One thing I don't understand children are generally healthy and I don't understand what was he looking for, for some reason vaccination card is not enough for this rude physician. read more

Doctor Boxstein has been our family pediatrician for the last 5.5 years. In fact...being a new parent, when my son was about 6 months I went to another pediatrician for a second opinion, he asked who my current pediatrician was and when I mentioned Dr. Boxstein he told me he was one of the best. WE love this doctor because he is straight forward and when he see's concern he mentions it and when he feels there's nothing to be worried about he's straight forward about that as well. We have never had a problem scheduling an appointment same day when my kids suddenly get sick and he's always very kind and attentive. His administrative office staff can be the typical office staff that's not always on point but...I seem to experience that quite often in doctors offices so it's not too big of a deal for us. We definitely recommend Doctor Boxstein and his partner Doctor Friend as well. read more

We first meet doc.boxstein when I was 8 month pregnant. Someone at the lamaze class we attend at st.joes recommend him My husband and I loved hes bedside manner and he answered all of our queastions We both loved the way he explains things simple easy and to the point He is a father and gave us advice that he did with he's own children The staff is very nice and personal. Since this is my first child i worry about everything and call the office often ( maybe to often) When you call with a concern they let you speak to the nurses :) I really love that you can speak with someone who is knowledge Since I do call often ... They know who I am :/ If the nurses are busy you leave a message then always call you back. Of course the calls on base on the imporantance of the issue When I have a urgent concern I get an apt the day of ! We have motion picture health insurance which doesn't contract with doc.boxstein office My husband and I don't mind paying our co pay of $38.00 for each visit. My son has acid reflex and I needed the doctor notes in order for the insurance to cover he's medicine! Every time I called the office and needed something faxed or had an insurance issue I got everything I needed . Doc.boxstein always runs on time (give or take 10/15 min ) which in my option is very good !!! Some doctor makes you wait hours before they see you He is always patient with me and all my queastions as a new mommy. He gave me the best advice when my son was a newborn Sleep when the baby sleep, turn off your cell phone ,don't have visitors, don't clean you house , turn off the computer Your Job is to focus on the baby and yourself !!! You need to :eat ,drink water and sleep :) read more

My 5 year old son has been to Dr. Boxtein since he was born and I have always been happy with him and his staff. He's going to give it to you straight which may include some advice and that may rub some people the wrong way based on some of the 1 star reviews I'm seeing. He has stayed late when i need to get my son in after hitting his head at pre school and other doctors have made themselves available when Dr. Boxtein is not in. Most importantly he has always taken the time and show an interest in my sons development and total well being whether it's his diet, intellectual/psychological growth, activeness etc. read more

Dr. Boxstein and his staff,over the last 7 years that I've been bring my daughters to him, have always been nothing less then outstanding.

Dr. Boxstein is the greatest person in the world. He has been my doctor for my whole life. He is the only person I trust as I have major medical problems and he is not afraid to ask for help from other doctors when he is not sure. His staff has been great for as long as I can remember. Also Dr. Frend is in the office and he is great too... read more

When I was pregnant with my first child, I called around a bunch of doctors offices to set up "interviews" to pick the right pediatrician for my baby. I ran into so many rude receptionists/ nurses and everyone wanted to charge me to sit down with them for 15minutes. Dr. Boxstein's office was the first nice office I found. I made an appointment for the next week but the day after, I found out my baby was going to be born any minute and would be premature. I called his office and explained the situation. Dr. Boxstein stayed that evening to meet with us and he spent an hour and a half going through everything we needed to understand about a preemie baby. He has been in practice for many years but he keeps current with all of the latest studies/ research. We have referred a number of friends to him and none have been disappointed yet. Also, you barely wait any time to see him. It's a huge plus in my book. You won't be sorry if you pick him as your child's pediatrician. Oh, my first child is now 18mths old and he loves the people who work there so much that he thinks it's play time and forgets it is the place where he gets shots! read more