My son was born in Sutter so we had our pediatrician since then. Dr. Tice was our second pediatrician after our first one went on maternity leave. We quickly noticed Dr Tice is very patient, compare to our first one, who would stand by the door, while I am , as a new mother, still ask questions. Dr. Tice spent double amount of time with us, compare to our first pediatrician. We switched over when my son was about 1 year old and we have stayed with Dr Tice since then, now my son is 9 years old. She is friendly, patient and professional. I immigrated to this country when I was 29,not a native English speaker, and I felt I have always been treated respectfully. read more

I brought in our young daughter because of congestion that wasn't going away. I needed a small amount of amoxicillin to clear it up. It should have been an extremely simple visit. After about a long wait, Dr. Tice-Raskin saw my daughter. I answered her questions adequately for her to finally give me a prescription for amoxicillin. What prompted my negative review is that a couple days later, I got home with my daughter and there were three squad cars from two different police departments, four cops, and two CPS social workers there with papers to take our daughter away. Dr. Tice-Raskin's office had made a report of suspected child abuse about us to CPS. Fortunately for us, the cops were very professional and level headed, and they quickly surmised that the child was not in danger. The social workers wanted to visually inspect my daughter for evidence of abuse. Of course, they saw that there were no signs of abuse, and she was very content, and they did not take our daughter away. But that was mostly due to luck. It hold have been within their legal authority to take our daughter and arrest or shoot me, if I resisted. It was only because the officers were competent and professional that that did not happen. When something like this happens to you, as a parent, you wonder what you could have possibly done wrong to cause someone to do that to you. Of course, you know that they don't do that to every parent that brings in a child with a sniffle. There was something about me that caused her to single us out and report us. Initially, I wondered, because the mother is African American, if she might have been so prejudiced that she reported us because of that. But I doubt that that is the only reason, because we have high income and dress and speak respectably, and I doubt that they could report every black mother that brought in a child with a sniffle. Another thought I had, and I suspect this is the primary reason, is that the sight of a male parent bringing a child in automatically caused her to conclude that I must be a child abuser, since only mothers bring in children to a pediatric appointment. The only other possibility that occurred to me was that I asked her at the end of the appointment if there was anything she would use on a minor burn, because the child had an incredibly small burn from grabbing something hot, which I showed Dr. Tice-Raskin. There was just a little redness. She gave me an ointment she said I could apply, and that was it. I suspect that this was the thing that she described to CPS, because she would have had to mention something to prompt them to try to take away the child. But there is no way that they report every child with "a little redness" to CPS. They obviously see thousands of kids with "redness", and they do not report all of those parents to CPS. There was obviously something about me she didn't like. Bottom line, we have to find a different pediatrics office. If it had gone differently with the officers, or if they didn't like my attitude, or if (God forbid) there had been a tiny bit of redness anywhere on the child, they could have taken our daughter into foster care, and she'd be traumatized for life. As a parent, you always weigh all the factors and try to make the best choices for your child. There is no way a minor sniffle could outweigh the detriment of your child being taken and placed in foster homes. I'd be putting her in great danger, if I took her back there. Something to think about. Parents need to consider this- you need a long term relationship with your pediatrician. You should assume you can trust anyone with your child. If it could happen to me, and I am high income and respectable looking and a totally competent parent, it could happen to you, especially if you had disadvantages such as lower income or socioeconomic level. read more