J Desiree Pineda MD

I have been a patient of Dr. Pineda for more than 16 years and I’m also in the medical field. After seeing many doctors, Dr. Pineda diagnosed me with a chronic condition. She has been my life saver. She has provided personalized, detailed and compassionate care each time I see her. She also takes care of many of my friends.
The office is designed to make you feel at home and her assistants are pleasant and caring. Nowadays many doctors, including the doctor I work for, require payments for many services not covered by insurance, as calling prescriptions which can take 15 – 20 min. Dr. Pineda has not charged me for emergency prescriptions, but if she does, I will be happy to pay for her time because she is worth every penny.
I don’t understand what the other person is talking about the visit charges, because doctor’s offices can only charge the patient the amount the insurance dictates. It looks like she does not want to pay the bill. Her previous office was run by another administration and the wait was sometimes long. In Dr. Pineda’s new office located in West End you are usually in and out within one hour. Based on my experience, this is better than other doctors. Before you see her, you get blood drawn and procedures are done, which at the end saves you time because you don’t have to spend time going to another place. Once you are in the office with her, you get true personalized care, she gives a full evaluation, explains things to you, addresses all your complaints and tells you the pros and cons of treatment.
If you want a doctor that cares about you, that dedicates her time to you and top of it, is excellent, then Dr. Pineda is the doctor for you.

I have been going to Dr. Pineda for years and adore her! Yes, sometimes you have to wait. But I decided a while ago that waiting for her is worth it. She gives you all the time you need to discuss anything about your health, and to answer any question. If you are someone for whom bedside manners are very important, then go to Dr. Pineda. She makes me feel comfortable, cared for, and okay. She is thorough but does not overreact. Nor does she ever make you feel belittled, as some doctors can do.
Her staff is always friendly, which again matters a lot to me.
Whatever inconveniences I may have endured (which are few) have been so completely outweighed by how wonderful Dr. Pineda is.

I have been a patient of Doctor Pineda for many years and I have never had a single complaint. Dr. Pineda gives of a great attitude and makes me feel cared for. We go through each and every test which makes me feel more confident on how I am doing. Her employees are very nice and caring. She is very thorough and detailed. She has always been available when I needed her. In a couple of words: she is great!

Love Dr. Pineda! She has impeccable bedside manners — she is thorough and thoughtful. She takes time to respond to my emails and listen to my concerns. Yes, the wait can be long and annoying. However, once you make it to her exam room/​office, and you realize the amount of time she takes to truly get to know you and your symptoms, it makes the wait worth it. I moved to CA a little over a year ago and am struggling to find an endocrinologist who cares even half as much as she did. I gave her a thank you card when I left DC and cried because I felt like she was one dr who really cared about me, not just my business. Please be patient with the wait time — bring work, there’s free wifi, that’s what I did!

Every aspect of this office is a nightmare.
For starters, to even book an appointment here, you’re required to give them a credit card number to keep on file. Sketchy.
Additionally, the receptionist is very unprofessional. Her «work-​appropriate» attire consists of gray jeggings, a belly shirt, and Uggs. She does not seem informed enough to answer any question given to her. I was told I owe the the office money from my visit two weeks ago (despite not receiving a bill via mail or being told of this when confirming my appointment). When I asked the receptionist to see an itemized invoice for the balance, the receptionist told me that only the doctor can approve that being printed out. Sketchier.
After waiting half an hour, being told I was next to see the doctor, and having multiple people see the doctor before me, I asked how long the wait would be. The uninformed receptionist told me the wait to see the doctor is always greater than half an hour. If this is constantly an issue, why not adjust the appointment times?
The final straw to this office is the absurd charges. If you do not tell the doctor every single prescription you need on your first visit, they’ll charge you $ 30 per prescription you request thereafter. The doctor will also not write any prescriptions good for longer than 3 months. If you’re on the same prescription all the time and have been for many years, what is the purpose of the limitation?
Overall, this doctors office seems like a scam. I do not recommend it to anyone unless your goal is to waste your own time.

I would like to leave this feedback because I’ve been a patient of Doctor Pineda for more than a year. I been having this ugly symptoms, fatigue, tiredness, weakness, pain in my joints and whole body literally, I thought of her been an endocrinologist would help me out, she just kept running blood test every time I went, and never found anything out of the normal, so to make this story shorter, after i got some fever, and a cold that turned out in a bronchitis, I went to an Allergist — Immunologist Specialist Dr. Hurtado, he discovered I had the chronic EBV, and he has been prescribing me some medicine which is helping me to get trough my normal life. Is just maybe a difficult diagnose, I don’t want to put her down, but I won’t be back. I feel like I’ve loosing my time and money.

I’m still seeing her and wait is still long otherwise I it would be five stars. But I realize now she does a lot of blood test because she is an endocronologist so it makes more sense. In the blood test she’s found things that I didn’t know about. I feel fine but I seem to have some internal issues that she wouldnt’ know about without the test. I do wish you could come in a few days early and get the test done so that when she saw you she had the results already.
My last visit was for something that was quite confusing but she worked with me to make a plan so that we could work on figuring out what was wrong. We wrote it down and she went over it twice.
I’ve never had a doctor actually care for me so I’ll wait because I trust that she knows what she’s doing.

I have been a patient for three years. Dr. Pineda is a healer and a scientist of the first order. What are these complaints about waiting? I’d rather be kept waiting to have my time with the doctor when i know that during my exam she is focused on my well-​being and my care. I’m convinced that the well-​being of her patients is always foremost. Her communication skills are excellent, as well. Her support staff are professional. I am so thankful to have an endocrinologist who inspires my confidence and who encourages the changes i must make to maintain my health.

The office is completely unorganized — «hurry up and wait» describes the place accurately. The wait is unacceptable. I’m sure the reason for the volume of blood they take has to do with what the insurance companies pay them and not that they care to provide exceptional medical services. Dr. Pineda is polite and did spend a good amount of time with me in her office but I doubt I’ll go back. My time is just as valuable. To spend 2 hours and 45 minutes from arrival to departure is ridiculous.

I’m confused by the reviews on this page. I’ve been going to Dr. Pineda for several years and have nothing but great things to say about her and her staff. From the receptionist to her nurse Mark, they’re all great.
This doctor actually spends time with you instead of looking at you as a number on a chart. She answers your questions instead of giving you a brochure. This is maybe why some people have experienced a wait. However, I much rather know that the doctor will take her time with me than someone who just makes a two second diagnosis.
Dr. Pineda is preventative. I like that she gives me lab work each time I go in. This way I know that everything is well and that nothing is lurking to only be found out when it is too late. I have recommended family, colleagues and friends to this doctor and will continue to do so.

I went to Dr. Pineda for well over a year and will not go back. During this time, a multitude of tests were performed on me — none of which ever gave helped with a diagnosis. Instead of trying to find a reason for my symptoms, she was content to just prescribe me meds. I have never been argued with or belittled so much in my life. Scheduling appointments was always a hassle and could never be done in a timely manner. If you do decide to go here, be prepared to spend an hour or more waiting around… Not like you have anything better to do anyways!

Horrible experience and found the wait to be ridiculous. I had a finger infection which got worse after the visit and was given the wrong antibiotic. Would not return. The office is nice but only a façade for incompetence.