Alvaro Dangond MD PA

Today I visited Dr. Dangond’s office for the last time. After sitting in the waiting room for 40 minutes the lady at the front desk (everyone in the front was new) informs me that I have to wait 3 hours before seeing the doctor. Mind you, there were only 3 other kids ahead of us when we arrived.
When I questioned the 3 hour wait she and the girl next to her started talking about my insurance not having Dangond as my PCP and something about Obama Care. I informed them that I have private insurance, a PPO even, and I have NEVER had an issue there with my insurance in the past. My kid has been to this office several times. Then they started telling me about the 3 hour wait again. It became obvious to me that they were trying to get rid of patients, and they succeeded. Maybe a little too well because I’ve already found a new pediatrician for my kid.
It’s a shame, really. Dangond is a fantastic pediatrician, but I’m not dealing with those demeaning pathetic characters at the front desk again.

My 2 year had a high fever and I quickly went in to the office. Dr. Alvaro Dangond said it must be a virus and prescribed medication. NO TEST DONE. I trusted his word .Two weeks later fever has gone down but no improvement with the cough and now my child is complaining of pain when urinating. I go back to the office and ask for them to please do a urine test and check her lungs because of how bad the cough had gotten. My gut feeling was right and she has a urinary tract infection and the flem from her cough had gotten into her lungs and now needed an ultra sound. Again no further test done such as blood work. She was prescribed again antibiotics. Two days later my child breaks out in hives all over her body. I take her back to the office and Dr. Alvaro Dangond takes a look and says it is a reaction to the penicillin and its actually very common with kids and prescribes her with steroids. NO BLOOD WORK. As the days go by the hives get worse and worse and begin to show up on her face and her feet began to swell. At this point I take her to the E.R. They performed blood work right away and were able to confirm in less than an hour that penicillin had nothing to do with her skin breaking out and that she actually has a bacteria which has caused the fever, urinary infection, bad cough and now skin hives. All of this could have been solved on the first shot but instead it has been a constant guessing game. They take a look at my child and guess on what it could be from their experience instead of taking the time to run the proper test to determine her actual condition. My two year old now has to stay over night at the hospital for close monitoring and the flem in her lungs seems to be developing in to pneumonia. This was just simply ridiculous and embarrassing

Their telephone service is very efficient and almost always someone picks up when the call is routed.
I like that they have an emergency sick room where the sick kids are separated from the general appointments but they will always fit you in for day of emergencies. The general waiting room is adequate and it has never been to full capacity when we visited and our appointments were mostly on time without waiting.
Dr. Dangond is a wonderful pediatric doctor. He has a very mild manner and is very personable with the kids, always asking my son about sports and school. His physician assistants are very friendly and professional, taking care with injections and answering questions.
Recently, I needed copies of the immunizations. I called and had them in my email within 30 minutes. I’ve also never had an issue with the insurance.
If you are in the Kendall area, I would highly recommend this practice for all ages from babies to teenage.

I switch my kids in December of 2013 to Dr. Dangond after being with there last pediatrician seen birth and I am very glad that i switched them. He is very friendly and had a lot of patience for my son that is 4 and autistic. I also liked how the practice is not just Dr. Dangond but, also has 2 female pediatricians so, the wait time is not too bad. Also, i like how if a child is sick they don’t need an appointment they can be seen the same day from the hours of 8am to 11am and from 2pm to 4pm. Oh and the staff is very helpful. I needed a speech and occupational prescription for my son and within a few minutes the max maybe 30 minutes they were ready for me to pick up.
The one thing i don’t like but, not much can be done is that the well side waiting room is so small that patients and parents have to wait in the hallways at times since, it gets very packed. But, overall if anyone is looking for a pediatrician come here.

My kids have been going to Dr. Dangond since they werr born, 16 years ago. Dr. Dangond is a great Doctor and his staff specially Kathy in the referral department is awesome, always helpful. the only problem I had was this past wednesday where I had a scheduled appointment for 3:30 and was not seen until 5:30 :(but I understand the delay was caused due to many kids getting their immunizations for school that starts on Monday.

Terribly run office and apathetic doctor. Our appt was for 8am. The office didn’t open until 8:02. We weren’t seen until 8:45. When I asked Alvaro about the delay he shrugged and didn’t care. His tech then tried to give the wrong immunization to our 15month old child. The only reason we caught this was because my wife is a physician and checked. This also happened to us in April when we visited. Basta! no mas.