Suresh K Sachdeva, MD, PC

If time is important to you stay away from this office. If you need to talk about your child to a professional or you need information stay away from this office. If you like follow up from your child’s healthcare provider stay away from this office. They are not the most caring and organized office in town
I had to wait days to get a simple note for my son’s school. If you think you will simply call for any reason and get a quick response from a pediatric office, this office will not provide you the service you’d desire and if you make an appointment pack your lunch or have your sleeping bag with you because the value of time is not the case at this office

Couldn’t understand half of what I was saying so I had to repeat myself over and over. Didn’t listen to my concerns at all, rushed us out the door. He was extremely rough with my 2 year old, scaring him with every touch because he was doing everything so quickly and without even trying to be gentle. Won’t be going back for sure. Only reason for the second star is that I was able to get an urgent appt quickly.

I give 5 stars for the main reason is for the doctor. who is highly knowledgeable and gives you holistic approach as well as medical approaches.
I used to go to other peadiatric who have been extremely careless. Whereas when i gave my opinion to the doctor he carefully listened and gave his thought with why we should follow his approach.
As far as the appointment scheduling goes i see other reviewers point of view and agree to the point. As far as billing is concerned i think since its part of insurance that is something i am not aware of.
I think his knowledge and understanding surpasses other points mentioned by the other reviewers.
I have never seen him pushy which someone claimed. I had kept faith on my previous pediatrician who messed up my childs health so i have been very carefully discussing any medication to my child and also cross check with the information online which is something i believe i do even with sachdeva but he has been very right in his points till now.

I don’t think this pediatrician even likes children. The doctor was so rude and didn’t even acknowledge that my daughter was trying to talk to her. I was treated like I was a terrible parent– cut off and interrupted constantly.

Too rough with my child! There was no thought for her feelings at all. My daughter was joyful and happy coming in. When the doctor came in my daughter said «Hi» and the doctor ignored her. The doctor was rough with her as they re-​moved her clothes and scared her doing an examination and injections. Never again. Stay away.

Negative stars for sure!!! Today is the most horrible experience we as a family have ever gone through in a Pediatrician’s office. We went for our daughter’s 18 months check up. The nurse was very nice when we saw her, and we were told by the nurse that she was only going to get 2 shots today. When we saw Dr. Sachdeva, he quickly went through our daughter’s files and asked us to sign some paper work, then told us she was getting 3 shots, because she hasn’t gotten the flu shot yet. So my husband and I at the time agreed to giving her 3 shots instead of 2. Therefore, my husband signed the release of the shots form, without knowing that he ‘sneakily’ added the TB shot in there as well. When it was time to give the shots to my daughter, I noticed 4 shots instead of 3 and asked the nurse why we are getting 4? She said the doctor ordered the TB test, and I told her I didn’t want my daughter to get that shot and we requested the doctor not to give the shot to her. As my daughter was becoming very fussy and crying her heart out due to the roughness of Dr. Sachdeva’s hands and the way he was handling her, he started injecting the shots into her legs. As he picked up the TB shot, the nurse told him that it was TB and we agreed not to give that to my daughter, he forced the shots into my daughter’s legs without any remorse. His response after he injected these shots was,“oops, I made a mistake. It’s ok, the shot won’t do anything to her because I just put it into her leg.”
I don’t want to write much further because my conclusion after today’s experience is that Dr. Sachdeva is a money-​hungry, blood-​thirsty, unprofessional human being that doesn’t deserve to be called a Doctor or physician. He completely lost our respect and we will never see this doctor ever again!!! Most horrible experience ever!!!
He took advantage of the vulnerability from the nurse and us inside the room. He was in control during the shots and didn’t care what anyone was saying and only cared about how much money he would make out of these 4 shots. What a loser!!!

Our 3 children have been getting excellent care from Dr. Sachdeva’s office. We are lucky to have such a wonderful pediatrician in our community. He is clinically very talented. I know that when he says, «you don’t have anything to worry about,» I can stop worrying. Doctors go into medicine because they genuinely care about people and in this case, you know that seeing Dr. Sachdeva means your family is in great hands. He cares about your kids, listens to your concerns, has excellent diagnostic skills and if something is wrong he always provides the perfect care plan with appropriate follow-​up and medications. I highly recommend Dr. Sachdeva as a pediatrician to anyone who asks me.

Warning, Warning, I would give this doctor zero stars if I could too, that is it when a doctor misdiagnose your child and can not diagnose symptoms of appendicitis, that led my daughter to appendectomy surgery and hospitalized for 7 days. please triple check, to avoid such mistakes.

I would give this doctor zero stars if I could. This review is a long time over due but thought I needed to warn others. A few years back when the HPV vaccine came out, 2006 – 2007 we brought our younger sister in for a check up, she was probably only 13 – 14 years old. The doc said that we were over protective and needed to give her the shot. He lectured us for not vaccinating her. We barely just heard about it and didn’t even get a chance to look more into it. He wanted to speak privately with our sister, I’m not even sure if that is even legal. If you want a pushy doctor that wants to control everything and lectures you for questioning what he does then this is the doctor for you. That was the last time we came there. Needless to say, we eventually decided on the vaccine based on the information we found from other sources.

Wow, I’m really surprised to hear such bad reviews. I have 3 kids and Sachdeva has been their doctor since birth. And my oldest had kidney reflux, and my youngest has Autsim. He has always taken his time with me to answer any questions.

Negative 5 stars! This place is a joke I have called over 10 times for my children medical records my new doctors office has called for the past year and have a timeline of
Proof showing time and date! But still no medical records horrible service! BBA has filed a compliant and a lawsuit is in effect due many privacy issues being broken. Be aware

Dr Sachdeva was our daughter’s pediatrician since birth. However, he misdiagnosed our daughter a couple of times too many. As a result of which she was hospitalized 10 days after birth for no reason at all.
Afterwards, when we confronted him and his office staff, he abandoned my daughter in the middle of treatment and referred us to another doctor… That was the only good thing, we have been happy with the new doctor… But please be aware, this is more of a business than a caring facility

I recently relocated from India and was highly recommended to Dr. Sachdeva for my kids but I was HIGHLY DISAPPOINTED by the money sucking attitude of his business. I went there simply to get a TB test for my 3.5 years healthy child as per mandate by her pre-​school Stratford. Initially on the phone I was told that it would charge me in total of $ 25 and I fell for the same. However below are the sequence of steps that happened with me —
1. First day after a wait of 45 mins from the scheduled time my daughter was examined by an assitant doctor and given a prick for the TB test. I was asked to pay $ 25 and come again in 24 hrs to examine the effect of the prick.
2. Second day Dr. Sachdeva examined my daughter and said the TB test was positive which gave me a shock of my life. I was asked to do a blood test and urine for my daughter in the next door lab. I was charged $ 25 again.
3. I did a blood and urine test and all reports were negative and I was simply told that the TB test was positive because my daughter who was born in India was given a BCG vaccination on birth which is a mandate everywhere outside the USA.
4. I was charged $ 15 for filling up a form and send it to school that she does not have TB.
5. I have the below conncerns —
a. Day 1 — Why did an assistant doctor examine my daughter when I had appointment of Dr. Sachdeva and charged $ 25.
b. Why did Dr. Sachdeva examine her again on a second day and charge me $ 25 again.
c. Dr. Sachdeva is an old practitioner so was he not aware that any child born outside the US has a BCG vaccination given and will have positive TB report. He did have my daughters vaccination chart as well.
So you know I paid $ 65 for a TB test for a perfectly healthy child. I raised my concerns to the customer service manager but received an ignorant response. She did not even bother to return my repeated calls.
I am surprised with the world of internet where people go on reviews how come Dr. Sachdeva continues his money sucking business.

I moved to San Ramon over a year ago and as most mothers know it is hard finding a good pediatrician along with good office staff.
I decided to try out Dr. Sachdeva. The staff were very responsive and polite. Dr. Sachdeva is very knowledgeable and walked me through everything he was doing. He also makes my kids feel very comfortable. He spends a lot of time to answer any questions you may have.
I never have any issues setting up appointment even same day appointments. I am proud to have been able to find a doctor I can trust to take care of all 4 of my children.
I would recommend Dr. Sachdeva to anyone looking for a good pediatrician.

Dr Sachdeva took care of my son right up until he went to college. He is one of the best Pediatricians out here in East Bay. He is sensitive and caring and spends the time that is needed with the patient. Highly recommend him.

Both my children grew up in Dr. Sachdeva’s office (almost 18 years, and one is still seeing him for her last year!) He is an incredible doctor. He will call you at home, he explains things VERY thorougly, he will recommend holistic options in addition to medicines and surgeries, and he truly seems to care about me and my kids. My youngest had colic for 9 months when she was a baby and I was at my wit’s end. He gave me GREAT ideas, but even just let me cry in his office because I was so overwhelmed with her care. Every other specialist he has referred us to over the years has been top notch.
I remember once when we had to take my baby to Oakland Children’s hospital for some testing, a random nurse was helping us (this was 14 years ago) and she said, «Oh, your doctor is Dr. Sachdeva? He is SO incredibly respected here at this hospital. Your baby is in GREAT hands!» Wow, that sure made me feel good.
I will miss his individualized care (I loved having him be the only doctor I had to talk to for every issue) for my children. Now that they are 17 and 20, we will be moving on to Internists… and I hope we find some as good as he has been for our family!
(Yes, his office staff has had issues all along, but not enough to make me ever want to change doctors.)

We picked Dr. Sachdeva because he spent 45 mins with us when I was still pregnant with my first and were ‘pediatrician shopping’. A great guy, very thorough and very intuitive. He was able to pick up on how I was dealing with having this huge change in my life and coached me through it.
His office has been very good about always being able to fit me in for emergencies.
Their after hours are conveniently located in Walnut Creek, my son bashed his mouth on the side of a glass table, they took him in immediately on a Saturday night and stayed late although it was almost past their closing hours.
The best part is that Suzette has always followed up on any and all emergencies to make sure my son was doing well.
All in all, i feel that my son’s in great hands. The world had me freaked out about traveling with my boy to Pakistan when he was 2 ½ months old, Dr. Sachdeva gave me a few tips and I was on my way. I had a wonderful expereince and he was absolutely right, ‘be smart, be cautious, but don’t live in fear of what might happen’.

Based on previous reviews I can tell there is a lot of issue not really with the doctor but the staff. Well, all I can say from my experience this doctor treats my kids really professional. He will take time to answer my questions as well as give me parental tips according to age. I’ve been satisfied with waiting time as well. Never waited more than 5 min.
Never had a problem with the staff in front office either. They were always very nice and professional. I received better service here than some other popular medical places.

the only reason why we chose this practice is for proximity.
i have some big concerns!
1. multiple times, the staff forgot to update their chart for my sons vaccinations– they almost gave him the same vaccinations twice!!!
2. the nurse staff (marissa???) blows on the area to be vaccinated before giving the injection to dry the alcohol quickly!!! ever heard of that in any professional practice? she should be given better training. she seems pretty inexperienced. I DONT WANT THE GERMS IN HER MOUTH TO BE TRANSFERRED TO MY SONS ARM, THAT IS JUST ABOUT TO BE VACCINATED!
3. who ever gives an injection should be wearing gloves… sometimes the nurse has wounds and bandaids on her own fingers, and i dont want her to give injection to my son with bare hands! i have never seen anyone giving injeciton without wearing a glove! dr sachdeva, are u trying to save on gloves?
4. The wait time (at least on the days I am there) is at least 30 minutes, no kidding!
I know all these is happening because Dr Sachdeva does not care!
pls take care of these issues, and may be i will give u a better review…

The front desk/​support staff charged us wrong on multiple occasions and mis-​marked our vaccination card at least 3 times. These are both serious issues and took significant time out of our day to straighten out. When balanced against Dr. Sachdeva’s service, however, it’s worth erupting in the occasional irate, self-​righteous tirade and time wasters. He’s that good, and I’m proud to have him as our pediatrician. He also made rounds at the hostpital where our children were born, so he’s literally seen them from their birth to now. He took our calls over the weekend when our kids were really sick. I appreciate his expertise.