Since our move, I've been looking for a new pediatrician closer to home. I chose this office in the interim because my 12 year old son needed a physical exam for an upcoming procedure. Setting his initial appointment here was easy and they were scheduling only a week out - so my expectations were high upon visiting this location.
When my son and I arrived, the front desk staff were cordial and the medical assistant was pleasant. They have two separate waiting areas, one for the sick and the other for healthy patients. Both areas were organized and the healthy area had plenty of toys, books and a TV. After waiting in the healthy area we got placed in a clean room and my sons vitals were taken.
My expectations quickly waned as Dr. Mir enters the room and stands far in the corner with her assistant. She didn't approach me for a handshake, I didn't get a smile - her expressions were completely cold. She never reviewed my sons medical history - I still had the new patient paperwork on my lap. Nevertheless, she started her interrogation based on her own assumptions. When she didn't like my polite yet accurate answer I provided about my family, she interrupted me and continued to talk over me, for the remainder of the visit. She then went on to explain the choices she made for her family, which were not pertinent to the visit.
After much talk about nothing, she finally begins the physical exam on my son. Her attitude moves from cold to passive-aggressive. Dr. Mir starts to point out my sons physical flaws, in a malicious fashion. Every. Single. One. After she humiliates him, she then asks me does he have low self-esteem. Well, he does now since you just made an issue, out of a non-issue. After embarrassing my boy, Dr. Mir gives a diagnosis - without lab work and recommends surgery (she's not a surgeon by the way) because "kids can be mean" - No Dr. Mir, you're mean! My son has never had an issue nor has he ever been humiliated about his weight, neither by his peers or the medical community, until I made the terrible mistake of bringing him to Fox River Pediatrics.
I strongly suggest you skip this office. Dr. Mir is incompassionate at best and has no qualms about humiliating 12 year old boys. read more