Brenda G Bass, MD

Dr. Bass has been our daughter’s pediatrician since she was born … this woman is wonderful! She has the perfect mix of bed-​side manner charm with down-​to-​earth, science-​based realism. We spent a lot of time considering our choices and couldn’t be happier with her. In fact we’ve moved away from LA down to OC (and hour+ drive) and she is still our preferred physician. I’ve seen some of these other reviews and think they’re unfair … they speak of the waiting room or the nursing staff (always have been pretty courteous with us — but I guess in a few cases, answering the phone could have been a little nicer) … anyway … this review is for Dr. Bass and the knowledge and care she brings to her patients. Strongly recommend.

Dr. Bass has been my children’s pediatrician since they were born in 1999 and 2001. She is always warm, kind, thorough, patient and genuine. She answers every question and follows up by asking if we have any further questions. She gives honest to answers about questions about whether various vaccinations are really necessary. I highly recommend her!

Due to my husbands getting laid off we lost our health insurance & applied for medical. My husband thought it would be a good idea to check out this pediatrician and I agreed. When we arrived the staff was very rude and no one was in the waiting room. About 5 minutes later the waiting rooms was full. My appointment was at 10am it was 11 and they wouldn’t call me in. We were the first in the waiting room and the last. When they finally called me the nurse was so rude she asked me to undress my 4 day old so I did so she made us wait about 10 minutes before she weighed my 4 day old I was very upset. Doctor walks in and all she did was measure my baby’s head. She didn’t take the time to meet us ask if we had any question NOTHING!!! Very unprofessional. I waited about an hour in a half for nothing! We will decently NOT be going back! I don’t recommend this place to anyone!

All three of my children have been going to Brenda since pretty much birth. Brenda is a fantastic pediatrician, who takes Medical and PPO insurances. She takes her time, and is not the over-​perscriber of antibiotics that so many others are these days. I am always impressed by how she takes her time, despite her busy schedule of patients. She is popular, and the office can get backed up, but she is a great pediatrician. she’s considered one of the best by Cedars-Sinai’s nursing staff… which says a lot.

I interviewed with her and she became our first choice to be the pediatrician for our soon to be born child. Because of our insurance coverage (which she provides for) she would not get paid for her first visit until aprox 30 – 45 days from the day our baby was born. She chose to not work with us because she said she couldn’t wait that long to be paid. Clearly she puts money making over caring for a person. This is clearly how a Doctor should not behave. The Second Line of the Hippocratic Oath reads: «I will practise my profession with conscience and dignity». I guess she didn’t take the Oath when she became a professional health care.