I'm very disappointed. Due to moving so much, I've had the pleasure of meeting and experiencing different pediatricians in the DFW area. I've witnessed the care and delicacy that some of these doctors have taken working with my baby. You need to have people skills when working with children. It's not just a job where you go in the room and rush through your evaluations. These are babies and children! Most pediatricians go inside the exam room and say "hiiii" to the baby and familiarize themselves with the baby/toddler. They touch them delicately and build the necessary trust that needs to be established between pediatrician and child. This doctor comes in and does not even acknowledge your child. My son was automatically crying and didn't trust her; and he has never done that and as I said he has seen a couple of other pediatricians. Dr. Novak will degrade and scold you for anything that you do, whether it's being a smoker, or taking one of those wooden mouth sticks to entertain your crying child (which a previous pediatrician deemed ok to do). You will leave thinking why did I just let an adult speak to me that way. She tells me "Never EVER do that. Don't do that again!" When she starts her examinations she tells you to hold your baby tight while she examines them. Other doctors let the baby sit on the exam table on their own and delicately run their exams. No. She makes you put them on your lap and hold them tight as not to move. Well of course this is going to scare your child and put them in defense mode! That's common sense. Then... god forbid your child starts squirming; she will scold you to hold them tighter. This is all so she can rush through her exams. She is clearly in a rush the entire time. Do you even want to be here? The most horrifying part of my experience with her, the reason I'm switching pediatricians, and the reason I'm leaving this review: Dr. Novak upon examination of my 16 month old's mouth/throat, stuck the wooden stick so aggressively into his mouth pushing on to his tongue, that I have never EVER heard that kind of scream or sound come from my son. His cry/scream makes ME cry to this day. I didn't know what to do at that moment. I will never forget it. Thinking back on it I wish I would have told her something and just left right then and there!! Dr. Novak was completely unbothered by his reaction, his cry/scream, his withdrawal backwards... while my mother and I looked at each other in SHOCK and HURT. She HURT my baby. My mom exclaimed "don't hurt our baby!" She didn't say anything back to that. I don't care how smart of a doctor you are, you aren't a good doctor if you aren't CARING. I can find another smart doctor who won't hurt my kid. I'm disappointed in myself for allowing my son to have to experience that. I'm sorry son. read more