Before you go to Dr. Hutton (or take your child to her) you need to know that she is NOT a pediatrician. During our time with her, she made several choices that potentially put our child at risk. For example, she did not seem to know the recommedations against high levels of radiation (x-rays and ct scans) for children. Once when it was suspected our child had bronchitis, her staff administered an x-ray. We didn't know at the time it was a very extreme (and risky) recommendation. On a different occasion, Dr. Hutton misdiagnosed strep for THREE MONTHS. We were begging for antibiotics, and she did not give them to us. Instead she told us she suspected our child had cancer and told us we needed a ct scan. You can imagine how we felt. We had the forsight to research children/ct scans, and then we had to fight for Dr. Hutton to recommend an ultrasound instead. And even afterward, her staff still scheduled the ct scan! After the ultra sound (at Children's) came up fine, we went to a pediatrician in Chicago and learned that, in fact, our child had strep, and it was cured with one round of anti-biotics. It turns out that a large percentage of children with strep don't have a sore throat, but have all the other symptoms. Yet again, this was something Dr. Hutton did not seem to know, but a pediatrician knew immediately. What's more, Dr. Hutton never even followed up with us regarding the ultra sound or our child's health (when she was the one that suspected it was cancer!). Very odd.
Lastly, her staff is somewhat unprofessional. I have often seen her nursing staff hanging out at reception, gossiping, using language inappropriate for children, all when there's a waiting room full of people. Her staff also has been disorganized on several occasions. Her staff filled out our child's school forms incorrectly, and we had to go back to have them re-done. They also missed two crucial childhood vaccine boosters, which (again) potentially put our child at risk. Once we saw her colleage, Dr. Robinson. He was equally unprofessional. He took personal calls several times during our appointment.
We had originally made the choice to go with Dr. Hutton because we thought we needed a doctor in Oak Park in case of emergency, but Dr. Hutton refused to see us for the emergencies that we've actually had (e.g. broken wrist), and instead she sent us to West Suburban's ER. In that case, what's the point? We left Dr. Hutton and ended up going with a very qualified pediatrician in Chicago. read more