Molly Jacob, MD SC

Dr. Jacob doesn’t like being a doctor, and doesn’t care about kids. If she actually cared about children, she would have office hours that worked for parents, not herself. She would respond to you by phone, and come to the phone every once in awhile when you wanted to ask her something about the health of your beloved child. She would not tell you to go to the ER on a Friday when your baby is sick, so that she can stay out of the office on a day that she should be there! She would not make her poor nurses call you to see if you can come early to your late afternoon appointment, so that she can go home early. She would WANT to speak to you when you had serious concerns about your child, rather than sit in the back of the office telling her nurses what to say to you!
After countless issues with her, and realizing that I don’t even tell her everything that we do to care for our kid, fearing her judgement and rude tisking, I knew it had to be one last chance. We scheduled a flu shot. I called ahead and told the nurse I needed to speak to the Dr. before the visit, because I was very concerned about my daughter. We suspect she has a wheat allergy, and wanted a referral to an allergist. I wanted to speak to her beforehand, or conference with her during the shot, knowing the nurses would be doing the work, and my husband would be there. I wanted to talk to her without my kid listening. I was told that she would be very busy, all flu shots were scheduled then. When we arrived, nobody else was there, just one patient! We were 5 minutes early. Nobody was at the desk. They were eating lunch in the back. Dr. Jacob would not speak to me, and they said I needed to make another appointment because she was going home. But not Monday, she was only in from 10 to 2. Wouldn’t be in Tuesday, etc! She can’t call me, she can’t speak to me, she can’t write a referral. She just doesn’t care about you unless it’s to tell you to use Aquaphor, or buy some vitamins. (I did that too, damn it!)
I read a review today, can’t remember if it was here, that said she told someone’s teenager she was overweight! 120 lbs, 5’5″. I almost cried. I will never let her be around my daughter when she is a teenager! I seriously feel beaten down by the relationship we have had with her, and I am sure the people that work for her and have to make excuses for her all the time do too. Maybe nobody will read this, but it is cathartic to write it!