Annemarie Fanselau, MD

Dr, Fanselau is the best. She has been our pediatrician since our first child was born 14 years ago; when she switched practices 11 years ago and moved further away, we followed her.
She doesn’t sweat the small stuff or run unnecessary tests — but she doesn’t overlook anything important either. My kids adore and trust her. If I am overly worried about something, she calms my fears. She cares about my kids and never makes us wait. She never rushes us, listens to us, and interacts very well with my kids. She is very respectful and attentive with them, which I so appreciate.
She shares an office with several other fine doctors who we can see if Dr F. isn’t available (for last minute stuff, not checkups). We have seen most of them and like them all (there’s one who is kind of intense, but she is a good physician). You really can’t go wrong at this office.
Choosing Dr. Fanselau as our pediatrician has been one of the best parenting choices we have ever made. I highly recommend her.

Dr. Fanselau has been our sons doctor since he was very young. She is always nice to us and very interactive with our son. She is always open to discussion and questions about our son and is willing to spend he time with us. We don’t just feel like a number to her.
I highly recommend her to all parents looking for a good quality pediatrician.
She is best in class!

Dr. Fanselau is fantastic. Knowledgable, personable, tough when she needs to be. She looks my kids in the eye and asks them the questions, which is refreshing. I’ve seen her go out of her way for her patients’ care and comfort in the 16 years she’s been our pediatrician. I can’t say enough…

Dr. Fanselau entered our lives when she visited my newborn son in the hospital 12 years ago. She administered his first check up, and we have been with her since. She is my daughter’s physician as well.
After having my first child pass away due to malpractice (not with Dr. Fanselau), I am overly concerned and have a hard time trusting, and at times, I am a doubting Thomas. By the time I have arrived at Dr. Fanselau’s office, I have already read up on my child’s symptoms, forming my own «diagnosis.»
Whether an unexpected visit or our yearly visit, Dr. Fanselau always takes time to make a connection with my children. She is very thorough, asking me questions, as well as my child (ren). She gives me her diagnosis, and she is more than willing to explain the basis for her diagnosis. If it differs from my «diagnosis,» she is more than humble to explain why it is otherwise.
It is CRUCIAL that a doctor continues his/​her learning, keeping up on the latest research. It is soothing to hear Dr. Fanselau explain her diagnosis to me, quoting the latest studies conducted. This gives me peace of mind. Knowing that she completed her pediatric residency and internship at UCLA’s Mattel Children’s Hospital is also reassuring.
Dr. Fanselau knows us and me. She takes all my concerns for my children seriously and does not make me feel like I have no basis.
I appreciate that her office has a sick and a well waiting area for the patients. There is also a special newborn waiting area. The staff is more than cheerful, and it is obvious that the staff loves children.

We are new parents, and Dr. Fanselau has been our pediatrician from when our baby was 2 days old.
We’ve been very pleased with her services because she practices medicines.
These days, not all primary care doctors actually «practice» medicine. Instead, if there is the slightest red flag, they’ll automatically send their patients to a specialist. We’ve been there. We would spend the time, effort, and $ to see a specialist to only be told that we didn’t have to come in at all. Often times, we felt that a simple phone call to the specialist by our primary care doctors would have addressed our issues.
There have been a handful of times in my baby’s health that caused concern. Dr. Fanselau actually called her colleagues in other specialties to see if we needed to get more specialized care. She would then call us back — even on her days off or after hours — and give us their and her opinion. She would still give us the option to go, but so far, all the issues took care of themselves when we followed her advice.
She not only did this for our baby, but also for me. When I had trouble nursing, she got the group’s lactation consultant to come in twice to help. She also called a colleague of hers in another specialty to ask if I should come in for a consult or take certain medications. The other doctor answered in the negative. I’m sure if I called that specialist directly, I would not have had the opportunity to even speak to her directly on the phone. I really appreciated Dr. Fanselau taking her time to call on behalf of my needs, which directly affected my baby.
We also like her because it’s clear that she keeps up with the current research. Her advice on feeding solids, etc. was right on with what I’ve been reading.
Her bio states that she was a chief resident of her pediatric residency at UCLA. Having some friends in medicine, I think this says a couple of things. First, she’s bound to have some really good friends/​colleagues in other specialties from UCLA who practice in Southern CA who she can call for advice. And coming from UCLA, I’m sure they are at or near the top of their field.
Also, I think this shows that she’s motivated to take the extra step to provide great care and keep up with new research coming out.
These thoughts has proven true so far.

Our 14-​year old son Nicholas Michael woke up with a severe ear ache on ⁵⁄₂₀ this year. I could see some liquid deep down his ear tunnel. We tried to make an appointment with his regular pediatrician, Dr. Dena Mechoso at Huntington Pediatrics in Arcadia but she was not available. We therefore made an appointment with Dr. Annemarie Fanselau in the same clinic. During our office visit, she saw our son for less than five minutes and determined that it was a regular ear infection and prescribed some oral amoxicillin. She did not inform us about a follow up visit whatsoever. Two months later our son was still hard of hearing and I could still see liquid in the same ear. We finally took him to see an ENT specialist. This specialist told us that the infection is outside his ear drum and oral antibiotics would not help at all in this case. He gave us some ear drop. However, he warned us that since this was not treated promptly we may need surgery in the future.
If Dr. Fanselau had taken a better look at our son’s ear, she would have noticed that this is not just a regular ear infection and she would have noticed the liquid in his ear tunnel. If she felt that this was not her specialty she should have asked us to see an ENT then. She acted unprofessionally and I would advise other parents to stay away from her.