Michael Taymor, MD

Dr. Taymor is the best thing that happened to us since our daughter was born in terms of medical care! He even managed to make her NOT BE AFRAID OF IMMUNIZATION SHOTS!
Knowledgeable, intelligent and sharp, someone who listens and THINKS — a rare quality these days. He was always available for an advise on the phone to «put out panic attack» when my daughter was little — and still available to meet scheduling challenges when she is older.
His assistant is very nice and easy to work with — try to make a quick appointment at PAMF on a short notice when the child has really bad cough! you will end up in an urgent care… Dr. Taymor would make a trip back to his office during lunch on his hospital day for just one child, if he finds it’s necessary.
My daughter is totally in love with him, because she can see a real smart person behind his a bit «distant» demeanor.

Amazing. Professional, knowledgeable, sharp, and to the point, and he is available when you need him. We just love him!
Yes, he is direct and a bit cynical, but we like that in him and we don’t like doctors who pretend like they are in love with every kid.
Dr. Taymor is great at reassuring us as new parents, and also he is the person you want to see if something is wrong or if you need anything urgently.
Can’t think of a better Pediatrician!

In summary, Dr. Taymor is a professional. He is not the friendliest person, but he is excellent at his work. I don’t necessarily need my pedetrician to be my baby’s friend. What matters to me is that I have someone I can trust and rely on as a professional. When Dr. Taymor raised the concern that my baby may have problems with growth hormones, we took his advice and ran a blood test on her. The endocrinologist we consulted with the result praised Taymor highly for arranging the perfect test. Because dr. Taymor ordered all the tests that were necessary, we did not have to go through multiple blood tests to see if my baby was ok. Also, you can always reach out to him on his cellphone if you have a concern.
I highly recommend him.

I have been taking my Children to Dr. Taymor for Five years now and I am happy with his service and advice for my children. Straight forward and down the point always and I truly can appreciate that. Wait times for appointments are Good and Most importantly my Children don’t mind sitting in the waiting room (blocks to play with) I also like the fact that you can call his cell phone free of charge in case of a concern with the kiddos… Staff is friendly and very helpful also.

My wife and I decided to vist Dr. Taymore while my wife was pregnant with our son to see if we wanted him to be our pediatrician. Dr. Taymore made time to sit and talk with us for a little over half an hour and answered all our questions openly with no rush and I felt quite at ease entrusting our son into his care. One of the biggest things I am grateful for is his openes with parents in discussing options for care. As one of many examples, my wife and I were not on complete agreement with vaccinating our son, Dr Taymore was very open about the risks and the benefits as well as quite respectful to our point of view. In the end we decided based on his advice to vaccinate our son, and we feel very happy and comfortable on our choice. In addition, as we continued to go through this journey he was very supportive on breastfeeding, and my wife found his reasurances of our son thriving very helpful with the challenges associated with it. Another aspect that we love is that he has a smaller office, and the attention and care feels very individual.

Dr. Taymor is a wonderful pediatrician whom we had the pleasure of discovering after the birth of our first son. From his first check-​up to his shots, we have greatly appreciated dr. Taymor’s patience, care, and candor. Appointments were easy to schedule, office staff is friendly (a far too rare treat in a doctor’s office), and dr. Taymor always took time to discuss any questions or concerns that we had. Wait time was short, and we never felt rushed.
Choosing a pediatrician is a big decision, and we spent a fair amount of time researching and deliberating. In the end, I couldn’t be happier with our decision to choose dr. Taymor. Unfortunately we moved out of state this summer, but I thought I would share this info about our great experience with dr. Taymor, to help other new parents trying to make decisions.

My brother and I have both been going to Dr. Taymor for some time now, and he really is fantastic. He knows his patients very well on an individual basis and will consult accordingly. I feel as though he knows my medical history better than I do. Highly recommended.

Doctor House for kids!

as a new mom, i am figuring things out. i do know a ped should be sensitive to parents as well as their little ones, and he was neither. i had made a few requests about how i wanted him to interact with her and he agreed, but then did his own thing. he was very rough with her, was forcing her stuff neck to turn the other direction and didn’t stop even though she was clearly in pain. he didn’t even seem to enjoy being there. it was like i was an inconvenience to him.
i should have left 30 seconds after meeting him in retrospect. he was harsh upon meeting, but i wanted to give him a chance, because hey, dr. s are supposed to be cold, right? well, i don’t believe that any more. he then rolled his eyes at me when i left before our time was up and told him this wasn’t a good fit.
his receptionist was apologizing silently when i was leaving, as he was right behind her.
i normally don’t leave bad reviews, but it was awful, and i hope to spare someone and their baby a traumatizing experience.

Coming from Europe I had been extremely lucky to find Dr Taymor just making a web research. I could not found better. My family all all doctors and I am quite difficult to allocate all trust but Dr Taymor is an exceptional pediatrician with years of experience. He is straight to the point and lucid person judging appropriately different situations. Very calm and nice person. He calmed my irrational anxiety several times but once I described my daughter symptoms over the phone after hours he send me directly to the hospital and he was right. His diagnosis is always accurate but what is important he handle the situation and react quickly when intervention is needed. I highly recommend him to every parent.

After suffering through a year and half at Menlo Medical Pediatrics, we are thrilled to have found Dr. Taymor. I found Dr. Taymor through his Unilocal reviews and I’m hoping that my review will help other parents who are being treated poorly by the larger pediatric groups in this area. I assure you, there is better pediatric care to be found and the place to go for that is Dr. Taymor’s practice.
When I was with the larger clinic, I couldn’t just call and get an appointment or advice or really anything… all I could do was deal with the electronic greeting and then leave a message for a nurse and hope that they might call me back at some point in the next day or so. Dr. Taymor’s office line is answered by a real person who is able to help you with the reason you are calling. At the larger clinic, I’d be lucky if the doctor showed up in the examination room within 30 minutes of being sent back (not an easy wait with a 22 month old). At Dr. Taymor’s office, he was actually in the examination room when I was sent back. Imagine that! After waiting at the larger clinic, the doctor would spend around 9 minutes with my son. My initial visit with Dr. Taymor lasted for 45 minutes — all spent with Dr. Taymor. My son has only had one illness in his short life and we were so fortunate that he was with Dr. Taymor’s practice when this occurred. I left a message at 8am (before the office opened) on the day my son was sick and Dr. Taymor saw my son within 3 hours of my message and also accommodated him for a follow-​up visit two days later.
Aside from accessibility, Dr. Taymor brings a level of «tech-savvy“ness that does not exist at these larger practices. He brings a laptop to his appointments, records data in real-​time and allows his patients to view this data (and schedule appointments!) through his patient portal. He sends prescriptions electronically, processes referrals on the spot and provides parents with additional information about their child’s illness through his portal. There is no need to take notes during your appointment — Dr. Taymor provides you with the details and instructions for care on a printout and on his portal. And, he tracks your child’s vaccination record on his portal. No need to keep that paper yellow vaccine card and have it stamped after each vaccine — Dr. Taymor keeps that record on the portal and you can easily access it when you need to provide it to schools, daycares etc. etc.
Most importantly, Dr. Taymor is incredibly knowledgeable and thorough. Our appointments are never rushed. He listens to my concerns, responds appropriately and offers great advice. He called me while son was sick to see how he was doing and I feel that the level of care that he offers is far superior. He may not be as warm and fuzzy as some would like, but when my child’s health is involved I prefer knowledgeable, direct, organized pediatricians who provide exceptional care.

Dr Taymor is an excellent pediatrician and has been our pediatrician for our two children over 10 years now, since the day they are born. Between our two kids, we have had fair share of sicknesses and many visits to Dr Taymor over 10 years now. He is very thorough and accurate in his diagnosis and extremely knowledgeable. He explains the issue accurately and doesn’t beat around the bush or sugar coat it. He does not order unnecessary tests or treatments unless he think it’s really needed because he is confident in his diagnosis.
Dr Taymor’s office gives appointments on short notice. We always got the appointment whenever we needed. Dr Taymor also gave us his cell number and insisted on giving him call whenever we needed to talk to him, night or day. When our first child was an infant, once he even told us to call him on his cell on Thanksgiving day if we want to talk about our child’s condition.
Couple of times we went to urgent care because it was late at night and he called back in the morning to find how our child is doing (which he always does if you go to after hour care or urgent care), and he said we could have called him first and talked to him even at that late at night!
He is prompt in calling and updating on test results and once he called us for one of our child’s test results at night, as soon as it came in. He knew we would be anxious, which shows he is empathetic and a dedicated pediatrician.
We trust our children”s care with Dr Taymor. We recommended Dr Taymor to number of our friends and wouldn’t hesitate to continue to do so in the future.

A great guy, he has helped me since I was a little kid. One of the best doctors I have ever met.

I have been going to Dr Taymor for over a decade with my (now) three kids, and cannot be happier. He really listens to me, does not over-​prescribe medication, and doe what is right for the child and the family. He has given his patients his cell phone number to call with any question or concern that we may have, and he gets back to us immediately. He even opened his office to see my newborn on Christmas day one year right after my infant was discharged from the hospital. He is dedicated to his little patients, knowledgeable and very, very thorough. I could not be happier with the level of care and dedication. I live in Belmont, and go out of my way to bring all my kids to his office.

Dr. Taymor is a wonderful doctor. We live in San Mateo and drive our 11-​month-​old son all the way to Palo Alto because he takes such very good care of him. He is a no-​frills kind of guy. He will not bother with niceties, complimenting how adorable our son is, how pretty his mother is, etc. etc. Instead, he will dedicate his full attention to the child. He is very thorough and dedicated. He takes a very practical approach, and has always helped to keep our mind at ease and our son healthy in the first year of his life.
The experience of seeing Dr. Taymor, as compared to other pediatricians is certainly unique. He is a man of few words, but you can see his care and dedication through his actions and practice. We have never once felt rushed. He has never tried to scoot us out the door, and has patiently answered our many questions with evidence-​based, sound answers. He has even provided us with his cell phone number, and has spoken to me many times after hours, on sunday nights, etc, regarding my health concerns. Even more amazingly, he has followed up with us regarding any problems we’ve had, calling personally to see if our little boy is ok.
Let me add one more thing. My younger sister went to him from birth to 18 years. When I brought my son in, I mentioned who my sister was and, on the spot, he could recall off the top of his head exactly what kind of sicknesses she had in her first year of life! I was amazed! A different pediatrician we saw (5-​star rated on Unilocal,no less) could hardly remember the basic facts about my son’s medical records from one week to the next!
We are so lucky to have Dr. Taymor, and are so thankful for everything he’s done for us so far!

My two children see Dr Taymor and I couldn’t be happier having him as their doctor. He makes himself available to all patients/​parents by giving out his cell phone number for us to use if the office is closed. He is an honest doctor and does not sugar coat things or beat around the bush. He is an exceptional doctor who I trust with my kids and I highly recommend him. He takes his time with the patients and is the best shot giver in town!

Dr Taymor is an excellent doctor. He may seem distant at appointments, but he really does know his stuff and is very, very, very attentive. Recognized my daughter’s amblyopia very early (she was 3 and a non-​English speaker). He also recommended potty training at the exact time our daughter was ready to be potty-​trained (took 1 weekend when she was 2 years old).
Doesn’t do excessive treatment «just in case,» always sees you in a timely manner, his office is very good about scheduling a short-​notice appointment («hello, she’s had a fever for three days» — «bring her in this afternoon»). Did I mention he is very attentive?
Makes his cell phone number available at no extra charge.
The office is old and non-​frilly — but clean, and all the record-​keeping is excellent. There’s no TV in the waiting room, only toys and books — that’s a reason for an extra star as far as I am concerned.
ETA Just came back from a 4.5 well-​visit and, after another positive experience, wanted to amend my review to say that one can now access (detailed) health records online (I find it convenient). Found this review filtered. Ugm. Well, what can I say? I still stand by everything I wrote previously.

Our girls have been seeing Dr Taymor for a number of years now and they really enjoy seeing him. I feel that he is a great doctor and we are extremely satisfied with the level of service.

We have been seeing Dr. Taymor for five years. I think he is a very excellent doctor because he is very thorough in his examinations, focused on evidence, he asks perceptive questions and gives very good advice.
Dr. Taymor listens to parents, is open to alternative treatments, and doesn’t over-​medicate.
He sticks to the facts and gets right to the heart of the matter. He gives clear explanations for his opinions.
We have been very satisfied with his services and would recommend this office to others.

I admit that yes, Dr. Taymor doesn’t have the best bedside manner, but he’s a DOCTOR, and an excellent one. He always shoots me straight and has been there for me at all hours of the night. He’s forward thinking and old school at the same time. Go somewhere else if you need to be coddled. Come here if you want a great doctor.