Skagit Pediatrics

"Don't worry about showing up at check in time, because they will be about 30 Minutes late getting to you. Every single time I have arrived before check in time I was seen about 30 to 40 minutes after the scheduled check in time.. it's time we start billing the staff for our time!"

"If you are a father, you should avoid this place for your children. In my opinion, this office seems hostile towards fathers and, as such, is a very unprofessional pediatrician's office. I have joint decision making for medical decisions with my Ex according to our parenting plan. With zero evidence, my Ex was able to have this place deny me a seat at our child's medical appointments in perpetuity just because she felt like it. They offered over zoom, but that alienates me as a parent in front of our child for no reason. According to Angelique Kissas (apparently the owner), all my Ex said was that she "wasn't comfortable" with me being there at the appointment. They wouldn't give me any other reason. When I explained I had every right to be there, Angelique had the cops called on me simply to have me removed for trying to attend and trying to explain that there was no reason to deny me attendance."

"I struggled with Skagit Peds from the beginning. I kept giving them chances, changing doctors, ect before I finally left. My daughter was born with severe torticollis. I kept telling her doctor that she couldn't look one way and was always brushed off. Finally when her head shape was so lopsided that I demanded her to go to physical therapy did they finally get a referral going (which took forever) and her PT said she had a terrible case of it and even took the time to go to Skagit Peds to educate them on torticollis since it's so common but missed so often. I also brought up the fact that my daughters pupils were uneven, again, I was brushed off. Seattle children's ophthalmologist agreed her pupils were in fact uneven and now it's something they are watching. I told them multiple times my daughter had a tongue tie because she never latched, and again was told she doesn't. Took her to a specialist where they told me she had a terrible tie, and after revision she slept with her mouth closed and finally had a good latch on her bottle which greatly improved her colic. One thing after another I always felt like I needed to push them to look into things deeper, and each time I came back to them and was right all along. The final straw was when my daughter was dealing with constipation/ withholding. I specifically told her doctor that I wasn't comfortable with her being on miralax long term. She just kept repeating herself and said she has many young patients on miralax and they do just fine. I finally switched to a naturopath which I should have done 2 years ago. At Skagit Peds you are just a number, they want you in and out. If you call to ask a question they want you to come in and be seen and pay another copay. It's frustrating feeling like your the crazy one for questioning your doctors reasoning. If your kid has 0 issues, then this place will be fine for you, but if your child needs anything extra it's like pulling teeth."

"The doctors and staff are great, some doctors are better than others. But the clinic administrator is an absolutely horrible human being. She is rude, patronizing, rigid, just the absolute worst person you could deal with. I had an appoint for my daughter at 11:20. Their online portal that they run says that the appt is 11:20. The confirmation text I got for the appointment said 11:20. I arrived at 11:20 and then was turned away because I didn’t arrive at 11:05 to check in but NOBODY told me that check in time was 11:05, all of their reminders and the original scheduler told me 11:20. They turned me away anyway. Angelique is a horrendous person. Make sure if you make an appointment you double check what time check in is, because even if a scheduler only tells you the appointment time, they will turn you away if you arrive at the appointment time."

"I personally am a former patient and then I had my children and they are currently active patients in the world which revolves around Skagit Pediatrics. Absolutely fantastic providers and I would definitely recommend that you could have a better future for your family if you're interested in a top- notch facility for taking care of your children's needs. Five Stars ALWAYS."