I came in with a few small issues I wanted to get looked at. The front desk helped me get signed in fast and were friendly. The doctor took time to understand my habits and offered realistic advice I could actually apply. They were respectful and not pushy with recommendations. Walked me through a few steps to keep things in check. Office was clean but nothing fancy. It was a solid visit and felt like I was listened to and taken seriously. read more

Awful experience with him. I was livid when I left our child's appointment. We unfortunately had to see him when we couldn't get in to see our actual pediatrician. He was so rude and didn't care at all what we wanted to talk about. He just talked AT us and never gave us an opportunity to say anything or ask any questions. And when it came to the physical exam he was so rough with our newborn. I will NEVER see this doctor again and I would steer any other parents away as well. read more

as I sit in the exam office with my 10mo old baby I write this review. still waiting with an upset child. if I showed up 30 mins late, my insurance would be charged and I would have to pay my co-fee. so I write this instead. read more

If there was a way to give less than 1 star, I would. This guy is unprofessional, arrogant, and talked to us like we're idiots. He's part of the same practice as our usual pediatrician, but we ended up seeing him bc it was during the weekend after-hours clinic. We took our baby in to get her severe cough checked out. He told us our daughter wouldn't be sick in the first place if we didn't have her in day care, and that she was never going to get better if we didn't stop sending her there. When we told him that our 7-month old daughter threw up after a coughing attack, he asked why we fed her in the first place. I said "well she needs to either eat or drink to stay nourished". He looked at me like was an idiot and said "no she doesn't". Then he just stared at me like what were you thinking to feed your 7-month old baby who has a cold. He proceeded to tell me that "when a baby's in the hospital, we don't feed them. They get an i.v.". So what's he saying exactly - don't feed my kid because she has a cold. Since people don't put in iv's at home, and a cold isn't quite hospital-worthy, we fed her as normal. I didn't *know* she was going to throw up. Later he asked about a medication that our usual pediatrician has prescribed for the coughing/wheezing. Then he said "oh - i know Dr. xxxxx. I work with her. She likes to treat parents like they're not capable of making decisions so she prescribed that. But she shouldn't have. She's wrong". Then told us that the "young doctors in our practice" dodn't know enough about when to prescribe certain meds. What a totally unprofessional way to talk about his colleagues. If our daughter wasn't struggling so much, my husband and I would certainly have walked out in the middle of the appointment - we seriously considered it. We found on later that she has asthma - which, by this guy's theory, will be fixed if we get her out of day care?! wtf? last i checked, asthma isn't contagious. Stay far, far away from this guy. read more

If I could give this doctor negative stars, I would. He is always rushing through his appointments with us. I kept on going back thinking as long as he does his job, we should be fine. Two situations made me switch pediatrics office. Situation 1: 4-year checkup with my older son. I always teach/tell my son that no one is allowed to touch his penis. Not even us parents. He washes himself and only if he is in pain or is feeling unwell, I ask for his consent to check on him. Beforehand you have to know that my son wanted to be a super big boy and super brave! He followed all the instructions. So Dr V goes and starts his physical checkup, then my son has to lay down on his back to get his stomach checked. All of a sudden, no warning what so ever, he pulls his underwear down to check on his penis and testicles. My son started to nervously giggle, trying to be a big boy and brave. I was so shocked that Dr V completely ignored that this was a tiny human in front of him that has all the right to be respected. I was so shocked I started to shake internally as I saw what it caused in my son. I grabbed my son's arm and told (more desperately screamed) that no one is ever allowed to touch his penis. Not even a doctor! He has to ask you AND me if it is ok to check. Then we decide TOGETHER!!! I couldn't believe it how he invaded my son's privacy as I am trying to rise and awareness in my children that it's their body and no one is allowed to touch!!!! Situation 2: My younger son started showing signs of a language/speech production delay. I am neither a doctor, nor am I a speech therapist. I am "only" a teacher but I was seeing signs and did some research. I brought this up to Dr V to ask for his professional opinion. He expressed to me that every child has its own milestones at their own speed. So far so good. I understand that. But I also know that when you miss a certain window to take action, the child might create an awareness for its delay and that might influence the rest of its language development. I tried to explain our family situation to him (recent crazy move from Germany to the USA, three languages, very eloquent older brother) just so he could give a better judgement. Again, emphasize is on "I tried". He cut me off and literally said to me: "I do t have the time for that." These were his exact words. I was shocked and stopped talking. I thanked him for his time, called him some names inside my head and left. Quietly crying in the car on the way home I swore to never set foot into that building. Never saw that guy again. read more

I have to say that I am shocked to see such low ratings with this physician and I agree with the stars from the latest reviewer Gillian R. Dr. Ken was my physician through middle school, high school and even through college. He became my physician after a favorite doctor left the medical group. Since I was an athlete thought a doc in Sports Medicine / PEDS was a perfect fit for me. I was in his office all the time for sports related injuries and general kid ailments. He is compassionate, attentive and cares about his patients. He has always treated me with respect, knowledgeable expertise and a kind heart. Even so much as to invite me to his church (when I was older-in college). Today I would use Dr. Ken, because of the quality of care he provides and I trust his judgment more than any other doctor. If I had a child I would not hesitate in the least, taking them to him for great care. read more

My kids like going to his office. He is good at understanding our specific concerns and addresses them accordingly. Good clinician and very knowledgeable! read more

Worst doctor ever.had horrible experience. He is always in rush and never gives enough time to his patients. Very Arrogant and rude. Doesn't know how to deal with children.I've never seem him talking politely or being friendly with my child. Stay away from him if you want the best for your child. I wish I could give him Negative stars. Hope the sutter health staff recognizes this behavior of him. He needs to learn to give enough time to his patients instead of rushing through appointments. Do learn how to treat a child thats most important step when you are Pediatrican. This so called doctor totally lacks this quality read more

Dr. Vereschagin is excellent as a pediatrician and also has a terrific sports background. That comes in handy for my soccer boy! I highly recommend Dr. V. read more

Kenneth Vereschagin was my pediatrician from the time I was an infant until I was about 14. My sister and I always felt extremely uncomfortable around him. Things finally came to a head when I went in for an appointment about a minor infection I had. At the time, I was in recovery from severe anorexia. Both my mom and I made it very clear that I did not want to know my weight, because it would have made my eating disorder worse. Dr. Vereschagin still tried several times to tell me my weight, and each time, my mom would interrupt him and ask him to stop. He then pulled out my BMI chart and tried to show that to me. Again, my mom asked him to stop. Finally, after the appointment was over, he quickly told me my weight on his way out the door before my mom could stop him. I have no idea why he ignored us so persistently. All I can say is that, in my experience, he is too arrogant to listen to patients' concerns. Please do not send your children to him. I don't want anyone to go through what I did at the hands of this "doctor." read more

I had a very bad experience dealing with this guy. I won't believe any 4/5 star reviews here. He's worth zero stars. We signed up for him for our infant and due to PAMF's crazy rule of not letting people meet pediatricians before a baby is born, we were stuck with this crazy guy. He always talks you down and does not respect curiosity of first time parents. He always disrespects his staff and associates and will belittle their work. He is always hurried in appointments and does not look at the data at all! One of his assistants measured our newborn's head circumference and she made an error. She entered that wrong info in the system. I noticed that and didn't say anything, and was expecting Dr Ken to notice it once he looks at the data. The assistant measured head circumference with an error of 5 cms, essentially logging that our newborn's head shrunk between his 2wk and 4wk appointment. This calls for extreme concern for anyone. But Dr Ken just ignored it. This finally prompted us to look out for another doctor. He is also very old school and rigid on his thoughts about how to handle a baby. In your first newborn appointment he will draw a chart about your Baby's sleep and eat cycle. Your baby will never follow that, because obviously every single baby is different, but duh! If you ask him questions around your baby's sleep and eat schedules in your next appointment, he will point you back to that chart and will essentially say that you're not doing it the right way. He had no answer to why our baby preferred expressed milk over breast feeding. When I told him that, before he walked in, we briefly discussed with his assistant about our concern over feeding and she advised something on a personal level, but obviously suggested to verify with him, he was pissed and lectured us for 5 mins explaining the entire hierarchy in the medical world, suggesting that the assistant is equivalent to a rag picker while he's a millionaire. Very mean. We changed our doctor for 2 month appointment and the other doctor gave us 45 mins in the first appointment! That's more than the total time we spent with Dr Ken over 3 appointments! I would recommend to stay very far from this guy. He is not passionate or humble enough to assist any new parents seeking assistance with their newborns. read more

Avoid this dr he does not care about children's health. I can't say any thing about his sports medicine practice but as a pediatric doctor he was awful. If I could give him zero stars I would. We had lots of problems with my son constantly spitting up and loosing weight for his first 8 months. We constantly voiced our concerns about the weight problem and spitting up issues. Was told weight was not a problem and he would grow out of spitting up. My son was spitting up so bad he was not holding most of his food down which was causing him to not gain weight properly. I told the dr my niece and other members of my family had problem with dairy but he did not care to listen. He always gave excuses of why he should not be on Soy Milk. When ever we went to him he never looked at our chart to see what was going on and what we discussed in previous visits. I felt like I was always having to repeat my self over and over again at every visit. He constantly talked down to my husband and I. The last visit we had with him was enough for me. He was talking down to me when I brought my son in for being extremely skinny. He was so skinny you could see his rib cage. I did not like how my son and I was treated so we went to a different dr for a 2nd opinion. She was greatly concerned with his weight and not holding food down. We found out through the new dr that he was down to the 3rd percentile in weight for his age which normally means they are not thriving as they should be and he is allergic to dairy is why he could not hold food down. I can report after going to his new dr he is doing great with his weight and holds food down now that dairy has been eliminated from his diet. A good dr is going to listen to your concerns and try to help you. Plus they will look at your chart to see what was discussed in the past to make sure things are going ok or if they have to change some thing for you to start feeling better. Again avoid Dr Kenneth Vereschagin and find a doctor who will care for your child read more

Dr. Vereschagin has cared for my 4 children for almost 14 years. He is attentive, knowledgable, caring, relates well with children, explains treatment options, follows up with phone calls in a timely manner, and he pursues avenues to be actively involved in the world of medicine. He goes above and beyond what is required of a pediatrician. After moving a half hour away from Santa Clara, I have continued to make the drive to his office for the past 6 years because he is worth the drive. read more

I have 3 girls and Dr Vereschagin has been a fabulous doctor for them. I chose him because my OBGYN recommended him. I also have a background in health care and I can tell who the quality doctors are. I can understand why other reviewers don't like him, as he is quite matter-of-fact and doesn't sugar coat anything. I like his honesty, but it might take a bit of getting used to, especially if you're a first time parent. Dr V. is high energy, very competent and absolutely trustworthy. I highly recommend him. read more

We are so fortunate to have Dr. V as our kids Pediatrician. Our kids are young, and we definitely went through some health scares with our first. Had it non been for Dr. V and his assistant Zuri being so accommodating - getting us seen immediately during these times and reassuring us that everything was going to be ok I don't know what we would have done. They still manage to squeeze us in on short notice and that really says something about how much they care for their patients. As a first time parent it's invaluable to have a Doctor with all the experience that Dr. V has. I'm sure he has seen it all and because of that he has a lot of good advice to give. I have seen a lot of Doctors through PAMF and I wish I could have him as my primary, he is absolutely the best!!! Our kids love and enjoy going to the Doctor's office and that's because of Dr. V and Zuri. They go above and beyond each time we see them and we can't thank them enough. read more

He's a good clinician, and no doubt very knowledgeable, but needs to work on his bedside manner. If you want a touchy-feely pediatrician look elsewhere. He might be someones cup-o-tea, but not ours. read more

I have seen 8 other doctors in this practice, all without issue. As for this doctor? Not impressed. Actually, even worse, I left feeling insulted and offended. I took my infant to this doctor since our standard pediatrician within Palo Alto Medical Foundation was unavailable. Both my 2 year old and infant had been sick with croup. The previous night, I had taken my infant to our local ER in the middle of the night due to his rapid breathing. We had tried cold night air, sitting in a steamy bathroom, etc. It wasn't working and his breathing was scaring me. Our local ER happens to be at a hospital that this pediatrician doesn't have rights with. He lectured me for taking my infant there instead of driving 30 minutes to El Camino Hospital. As if in the middle of the night, my primary thought should be the physician's convenience in reading over the treatment the next day??! He chided me that "Croup isn't exactly the type of illness that requires you to rush to the closest hospital in the middle of the night". Let me add, my older son has had croup 3 times and I'd never taken him to the ER. I think I am able to identify when an illness becomes serious for my children. He also was incorrect about the length that a prescribed steroid should last, telling me the doctor at the ER was completely off. Well, Dr. Vereschagin was actually the one who was incorrect. He was also completely uninformed about another very common issue that my baby had. After making a few other nasty, mocking kinds of remarks to me he basically stormed out of the room. I hadn't even been confrontational so the whole situation was surprising. He needs to be more thoughtful of how a mother, with two sick children, who had spent the middle of the night prior at the ER worried about her baby, may be feeling. Instead, he was exactly as other reviewers described, unprofessional, arrogant, and condescending. I will NEVER take a child of mine to see this doctor again, and I have considered leaving the whole practice over this doctor's behavior. read more

We have selected this pediatrician for our new born.Took us 4 visits to figure out that he is NOT a good doctor.He is too harsh even for adults, you can imagine for kids.He thinks his patients are stupid. I would say, try to look for a better doctor ! read more

When we moved to the Valley in 1997 we needed new doctors. We knew no-one. We had 4 boys ranging in age from 4 - 14 yrs. I checked out the doctors list on my medical insurance online and the first local paediatrician we tried I did not like because I remember thinking her unclean. I went back to the list and discovered Dr. Vereschagin, who was a Paediatrician/Sports Medicine Doctor. I heard his name mentioned at our High School's Football team's games as he was the attending Doctor at the time. He has been absolutely awesome. Throughout the years my boys have had many different sports injuries and he diagnoses right on the money before having an MRI, Xray or anything else. He really knows his stuff. My boys all had their shots there. I have one son who has seasonal asthma and whenever he needs medication he will have it phoned through for us to pick up. My boys have always respected him and never had any issues going to see him. He helped them through their adolescent years. When they were in High School they would drive themselves to see him. He knew how important playing sports was to them and if they were injured, he would time the check up prior to being released on the nail. If you asked them now what they thought of Dr. Vereschagin I have no doubt you would get a 100% positive response from him. They all had their yearly physicals with him and he would prescribe for them what ever they needed and I trusted his judgement, as I had been going along with them to the appointments for many years. He has always been there for our family. Even though he was not the attending Doctor at the boys high school he showed a great deal of interest in knowing that their injuries were being looked after at school even to the point that miraculously a trainer would appear when they were without one. There have been many medical situations during our time with Dr. Vereschagin where he has gone out or his way to make it right for our family and I will never forget his attention. I remember an issue we had with physical therapy that some how he found out about and he made it right. He totally deserves a 100% and I would question anyone who judges his ability as a doctor. He is extremely busy and his appointments are back to back all throughout the day, day in day out. I was surprised to see his photo mounted in El Camino Hospital as the CMO, when I was in there for an xray prior to surgery, and when I next happened to see him he was extremely humble about his position. I would honestly say that anyone who puts their family's health in his hands and treat him with the respect he deserves will receive unbelievable support from him. This man is a very busy family man with children of his own and on top of his very busy practice he has proven to me that he is very interested in the local community and he doesn't talk about it he does something about it. Actions definitely speak louder than words with this gentleman and he has proven time and time again to me that he is a man of action and a man of high character and integrity. If I have seen these things, then what comes to my mind is what more is he doing for everyone's heath that I don't know. He is not flamboyant and he is not pushing his own pedal he is doing what he loves and has helped so many people during his lifetime get what they want. He has an enormous amount of experience under his belt and I am extremely thankful that he continued to support my family. Even now, I know my boys (now men) would not hesitate to make an appointment to see him if they thought they had a problem with their health. Thank you Doctor Vereschagin for your honesty and everything you do. :-) read more

I've never written reviews on yelp before, but felt my responsibility to write this one after reading the strongly negative review on Dr Vereschagin by anjali r.. I personally think that as a parent, We need to keep our egos aside and appreciate that the doctor is being honest in telling us what is good for our child. I am mom to a 2 yr old boy. We've been seeing Dr Vereschagin since he was 5 months old. Dr said a similar thing to us about daycares when our son kept getting colds. Of course he did say that "It is your personal choice ...but ...." When we did our research, we found out that he was absolutely right. It is true that children who go to daycares are at a 5 times greater risk of infections, and also suffer emotional stress than those who stay home with moms. We started off with Dr Nancy Barnett when our son was an infant.He liked her. She was very sweet to talk to etc etc. .but she didn't know a thing. She was always eager to finish up and never gave us a chance to ask all our questions. My son was having atopic eczema and she wasn't even able to diagnose something that simple. He kept getting these rashes and would itch and not sleep. we went twice to her and she wasn't able to tell a thing. On the 3rd episode of rashes, she wasn't there and we had Dr vereschagin see him. And he immediately pointed out that our son had eczema and that he could be allergic to a list of things etc." We followed his advice and then switched to him. We've really been happy with him. We've been able to control his eczema pretty well. no more sleepless clueless nights. He is very knowledgeable. He may not have the greatest of soft skills. but,why do u really need a doc who talks very well or who is very sweet to you. He is excellent at his job. We call the Dr's office for every little thing and he ALWAYS ALWAYS calls back and patiently answers all our questions. He also is always ready to fit us in for an apt if we feel that he needs to see our son. More than twice was he willing to see our son for a fever even though he was fully booked for the day and had no open slots. A co-worker of mine, also sees him for her kids. And she mentioned that Dr had once stayed back late afer 5:30pm to see her daughter who was sick. Overall, we are extremely happy with Dr Vereschagin and trust him. He has helped us with several issues ..even behavioral ones like disciplining tricks etc. He is particularly good on the nutrition side and also an expert in respiratory illnesses etc. As my husband's family has a history of asthma, Dr has been very watchful of our son's symptoms and helped us in taking preventive measures like delaying certain allergy inducing foods etc etc. read more

I have had my kids see Dr. V since they were born. I was so selective that I received referrals from friends and then even asked for a consultation. He was so enthusiastic that I decided he was the doctor for our family. He came to the hospital for the birth and has always been there for our kids. He is that rare country doctor type. I remember once when he told us to cancel our vacation when my daughter was sick and he was absolutely right. Her recovery was solid. read more

I personally grew up being a patient of PAMF before it was called PAMF, and even before it was called Camino Medical. My pediatrician was Dr. Small, and I loved him, so now being a mother myself I knew I wanted my son to have a less traumatic experience going to the doctor. Since my husband and I live in the bay area I knew I was going to stick with PAMF for my sons provider as well. Before giving birth , I actually had another pediatrician chosen for my son. However, Dr. Vereschagin was the doctor on call the day my son was born, and instantly bonded with him, so before leaving El Camino we switched to Dr. Vereschagin. He is just so caring, informative, and we knew that he would be the best fit for our family. We enjoyed taking our son in to his well baby check ups and even if he is sick. He returns all our calls and only gives prescriptions when needed.He actually talks to us like real people , tells us useful information and keeps our trust in him that his knowledge and expertise will keep my son in good health. We absolutely love Dr. V... He is the best!!! read more