Maria Katsoulis-Emnace, MD 525 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick Township, NJ 08724

"I wish I could give a zero after today. Saturday they gave me a zoom link for 10am telehealth. By 10:45 when nobody came on, I called the office only to hear “ooh sorry. Dr changed her mind and wanted u to come in, but it’s too late now, we close at 11, go to urgent care”. I called at 9am that day, only reason “too late”, is because they sat me on that call and then “forgot” to call and say office visit instead. Now today, baby has high fever that just spiked and he’s holding his ear screaming in pain. Obviously it’s an ear infection stemming from all the congestion from Saturday. I called the office and the same thing, they tell me it’s too late, the doctors too busy to talk to you, the doctors don’t talk to people on the phone. Meanwhile it’s 4:20pm and they don’t close till 5pm, she just couldn’t be bothered getting on phone. I asked if I could page an on-call doctor, they said no. And told me I have to wait till tomorrow to get an appointment. I asked if I could page the on-call doctor to see if they could call Drops or meds to help him until tomorrow, or suggest something, and was told I should have called earlier. I’ve been a patient for quite some time there as well, and very cold and nasty and “ooh well, off the clock now” attitude and refused to even let me page an on call dr."

"Dr Katsoulis is very generous with her time and she explains ever situation. Both my daughters continue to go to her office. She's also quick to respond on weekends for emergencies."

"Dr. Mate was my pediatrician and is now my daughter's. Things have definitely changed in that office but any issue I may have or question, Dr. Mate always helps me out. When my daughter was super sick one year he would personally call me to check on everything. The only woman in the office I know is Jade and she is also amazing. Always works with me and my terrible schedule and gets us in, no problem. Never had any issues in the 12 years as a parent and from what my parents tell me, it was the same when me and my siblings went to him. Hopefully he doesn't retire until my daughter is 18, lol."

"WARNING! I chose Dr. Mate because he had the highest patient rating with great reviews in our network. The staff was nice and friendly but that Dr. is another story. He spent maybe 2 minutes or less in the room getting to know my kid. She received her shots, which were supposed to be her last set and she didn't have to come back until she was 2 1/2 for a wellness visit. I went back the following month because her daycare required a physical. He tried to convince me that she needed shots and he doesn't know she wasn't given them at her last visit. I told Dr. mate she was given 3 shots and you told me she was all caught up. He left the room to double check because there was no way my daughter was getting shots that day. When he came back he apologized and openly admitted that he's not good with documenting and he doesn't always record the shots given when he administers them. He really tried to laugh it off like it was funny.There is nothing funny about over vaccinating a toddler!!! The worst part about it is he didn't give the shots, the medical assistant did. We never went back."

"I like Dr.Katsoulis a lot but it is impossible to go this office and not get frustrated. She has horrible hours and I've had to take off work multiple times so my daughter could get her shots. They are always running out of vaccines so I'm coming here every 2 weeks for 1 shot. The office staff is rude and disorganized. I always have to wait 20 minutes to an hour after my scheduled appointment time to see the doctor."