Dao V Kim MD

He is our pediatrician and all 3 of our kids go to him and he visited them all in the hospital after delivery. He recently has a new nicer office on McKee. We do not have any complaint. He says thing as it is and so might come off as a bit unfriendly but we sincerely trust his expertise and experience.

Please have your second thought for this office… He is always rude to the parents.
I had asked questions about side-​reaction to some of the medicine which he prescribed to my kids… and he keep saying don’t worry… bla, bla.bla. He was so unprofessional! IT WAS NOT ONE TIME. But we were very patience.
Take your kids to somewhere else if you do not want to have a «fist attack»!
We never come back to this office again!

I witnessed unprofessional and unethical behavior at Dr. Dao’s office today (Nov. 30 2009) around 4:00PM PST. I came for my 18-​month old son’s regular check-​up and shots, there was a family before us sitting at the waiting room (mom, dad and a 12 – 13 year old son who appeared to be very ill). While we were waiting, a lady came in with her 6-​month old daughter, they came for 6-​moth checkup and shot. As normal, she signed in and sat down to wait for her turn. 5 minutes later, Dr. Dao’s wife appeared at the door without greeting anyone but the lady with the 6-​month old girl. She asked her if she had money to pay, if not she should take the girl home and only came back with money then the doctor would see her. The lady was trying to explain that her husband already paid up all the fees, she did not know anything about the bill or insurance. Her husband took care of everything and had told her it was OK to bring the girl to the doctor today as he paid all the bills. Regardless of what the lady tried to explain (in Vietnamese) Mrs. Dao consistently and angrily asked her to leave. Mrs. Dao asked the lady that she needed to call her husband and told him to bring money over. Leaving the lady, Mrs Dao approached the other family and loudly told them (both parents) that they should take their son to the hospital or somewhere else because her office would not treat such a mental-​illness person. I was speechless with her words! I started observing the young boy and realized that he seemed to have down syndrome that was why his sitting position was not normal. The parents were so shocked, they did not know how to respond to Mrs.Dao. After a few seconds, I heard the mother mumbling «See! the doctor rejects to see him» while the husband was still in shock. At that time, my son was called in to see the doctor. It took us about 15 minutes for my son visit. On the way out, I noticed the family with the ill son had left but the lady with the 6-​month old daughter was still there. She was crying while Mrs. Dao stood next to her with the phone on her hand.
The worst part was that Dr. Dao were there the whole time and agreed for his wife to do so to the patients.
I felt so terrible! This doctor and his office have failed me. I run away from them for good.
Nguyen Duy Anh

I don’t have any basis for my rating system, except that when I called Dr. Dao’s office to inquire about new patients, the person who answered the phone couldn’t understand me at all. I was transfered to another person who could understand my English and they told me they are not accepting new patients. That’s all. I am sure that Dr. Dao is good, but I won’t be able to find out first hand as of 8−21−07.

Dr. Dao and his staff are caring, friendly, and efficient. Whenever my son is sick, all I have to do is call and Dr. Dao is able to see him right away. I have never had to wait longer than 5 minutes for an appointment.