Can easily recommend Dr. Lavin and her office! As fellow healthcare providers me and my wife felt…read moreimmediately welcomed. We trusted our daughter completely in her care. In Boston there is no shortage of top quality doctors but to find a doctor and clinic who take their time and answer all your questions is rare. Dr. Lavin and her team are great!

Great doctors and staff. I highly recommend bring you child here.read more

When I looked up Beaver Brook Pediatrics to jot down their address i was shocked to see mediocre…read morereviews. I have been bringing my children to Dr.Antonioni for more than 20 years and think she and the practice are wonderful. I am so very grateful that I had Dr. Antonioni and the whole practice to support me through all of the phases of my children's lives. She has listened to my worries and been very informative. When referrals or specialists were needed she was able to help. Each of my children have felt comfortable to discuss their concerns and their changing bodies with her and felt they could be totally honest with her....I know, I asked them. The office has always accommodated us when i felt a doctor should see my child on short notice and they have always been very responsive about calling me back if I've left an out of hours message. Every one there from the receptionists, assistants and doctors has always made us feel welcome and listened to. I have and will continue to recommended Dr. Antonioni and Beaver Brook Pediatrics.

This practice is amazing. The doctors, the nurse, the medical assistants and all of the ladies in…read morethe front office are all top notch. We have two children and they have been patients for just under 18 years. We have been extremely happy with the care our children have received. It has been excellent. The reviews complaining about the practice do not reflect our experience at all.

I honestly cannot say enough good things about this office. From the front desk staff to the nurse…read morepractitioner to the physicians....they are amazing! As another reviewer said, they care. Pure and simple. It absolutely shows in everything they do. The front desk staff know me when I call & know my boys by name when we arrive for appointments. Dr. Bross is so warm & caring. He knows his patients and gears the discussion toward where they are developmentally. My older son has global developmental delay and is medically fragile. Dr. Bross has never missed a beat in dealing with him. He helps talk me through concerns and always reassures me that I know my son best. I deal with many, MANY doctors and I can tell you from experience, this is very refreshing. Maureen, the nurse practitioner, is wonderful. It's hard for me to explain the depth of her caring. Suffice it to say, she has become a third grandmother to both of my boys. I truly consider myself lucky to have found such a caring group of people. We recently moved to Watertown to our "forever home" and I refuse to find another pediatric office. I will trek the extra 15 - 20 minutes to go to Mystic Valley Pediatrics. As for the other more basic things that will play into people's decision of whether or not to choose this practice....parking is easy, there is free parking lot. The office is located right off of 93, so it is easy to get to from multiple locations. They are affiliated with Alewife Brook Pediatrics in Arlington (right on the border of Cambridge on Mass Ave.). Between the two practices, they have coverage every single weekend as well as Monday - Thursday until 7pm. The weekends alternate between the two practices and the physicians are available for sick visits only. Same goes for the weeknights between 5 & 7; they alternate nights (Mystic Valley covers Tues & Thurs and Alewife Brook covers Mon & Weds). That being said, they are able to fit patients in for a sick visit the same day when needed. At most, you'd have to wait until the next day, but we've never had to do that unless I requested it to begin with.

When my second son was born I just assumed he would see my oldest doctor, I was then convinced with…read morehesitation by my sister and mother-in-law to try Dr. Zabik. On our very first visit she entered the room and made us feel welcome right away, asking about my son and then informing me about what to look for, where he should be developmentally. She is great. I'm so glad I switched! The whole office is amazing and they really are there because they care about the families and children. Thank you Mystic Valley Pediatrics for all you do, you all are great!!

Dr. Benjamin is a straight forward person. explains your case, eye issues one have and explains it…read morevery well, goes over all the eye tests and makes it easy to understand.

I have never written a yelp review before, but I am mortified by the way this doctor treated my…read morefamily member. He was on call for their pediatrician and berated my family member on the phone. I am a clinician and would never talk to a patient the way he did. Truly unacceptable. I hope he will learn to treat other humans with respect especially considering they are contacting him in times of distress.

Wonderful practice! I find it easy to make appts - and you can make sick visits online! The doctors…read moreand nurses are caring. Highly recommend!

I can almost always get a same-day appointment if my daughter isn't feeling well…read more They have a nurse line, and they are very felpful. Sometimes, I don't even have to bring daughter in to be seen - although they almost always recommend it. They have a patient portal, which I love because I can use it for appointments, questions, records, reminders, etc. My daughter's pediatrician is Dr Epstein; Nancy PNP is phenomenal; we love her! Overall, everyone has been exceptional. Except for their lactation consultant, she was rude, dismissive, and too rough on my newborn. She's the reason for 4 stars and not 5.

Avoid going there if you don't want to deal with insurance none sense and billing errors from…read morethem!! I had a video call with Dr. R when I was pregnant (they told me it was required to meet the doctor before she can take my child as a patient) but they did not tell me they would bill my insurance for a physical. I have been trying to solve this issue with them (to see if they can change the coding) for almost year but it's going no where. On a side note Dr. R was great, but there are a lot of great pediatricians with better billing departments.

I can't say enough about Dr. Porter and her practice! My kids are 6 and 4 and we've been going to…read moreDr. Porter since my son was born. She, and her staff, are always available to listen, advise and help. They don't over or under medicate, they are kind, they don't send one to the ER at the drop of a hat, they provide a cell number that they answer directly at night (and into the morning). I can't say enough about how much anxiety and stress they have lifted from the job of being a parent. A recent example: my son has been coughing for weeks but has had no fever (summer cold). All of a sudden, he spike a big fever and is up all night. I call the cell number and get Dr. Porter on the way to drop her kids at camp. She tells me to call the office and bring my son in asap. We arrive at 8:30 and are seen by 8:45. They also take a look at my daughter. We left at 9:15 with a pneumonia diagnosis and medication at the CVS. Simple, no stress or worry about waiting with coughing kids in waiting room forever, no ER. I love Dr. Porter (and Dr. Chiang). My kids love her too and call her Dr. Popsicle. Who can argue with that?

Refuses to give me medical records or details on immunizations for my children. Unable to see…read moremedical records online.

Just a month in and I need to add more details about how amazing LexPeds are, namely Sarah…read more Each visit and attending her lactation group sessions, she helps you become a more confident mother. She offers all the excellent advice, tips, and tricks. This is just a great free service because she tracks your baby's growth right within the doctor's office. There's no need for any third party. My heart breaks for the day that I go back to work and won't be able to attend these sessions any longer. She's my saving grace. I hope she will be yours, too.

Wrote the following review and update on 3/3/2026 and have yet to receive a reply to my update…read more This practice is all about the $$, not the patient: Very frustrating. I was a patient up until 1/5/2026. My provider wrote a prescription for a glucose monitor that same day and sent to CVS. CVS came back and said they needed a prior authorization. Five Journeys won't write the prior auth because I am no longer a patient even though the prescription was written when I was a patient. I told the office that the plan was for me to be a patient again in March but since they are holding my prior auth hostage I will not come back now. When I told that to the person I spoke with at the office she did not care and just said "OK". Do not recommend this practice. ****Update: my response to the office's reply: concerning your statement "When a patient is no longer under our care, there are strict legal and regulatory guidelines that limit what we are able to do on their behalf. Prior authorizations are considered an active part of ongoing medical management, and once a patient relationship has formally ended, most medical practices are not permitted to initiate or complete new authorizations" ...please point me to the documents that show the regulatory guidelines you say limit your ability. I await your response. Thank you.

It was not made clear to me during the discovery call that the $129 a month was solely for…read moremembership. Basically, you get the the privilege of booking appointments. The 1 hr initial visit is not *included* with membership, nor are the 30 minute follow up visits. Your insurance will be billed for every appointment, and you will pay whatever copay you owe beyond that, in addition to the $129 month (or more!). If you look at the screenshot attached, it does seem like these appointments are included. On the concierge medicine page, it, again, makes it sound like certain visits are included with membership: "The cost of concierge medicine in Boston can vary, but at Five Journeys, we offer transparent pricing and flexible plans to suit your needs. A standard package at Five Journeys begins at $129 per month. This package includes a 1-hour initial visit, 30-minute follow-up appointments, a 25% discount on wellness services, and a free musculoskeletal health assessment." If you scroll further down the membership website page, you will see: "Most insurances are accepted for appointment fees, or members may self-pay. Please note that Medicaid and MassHealth are not accepted." It still doesn't specifically say that ALL appointments have your regular copay, on top of the monthly membership fee. It really needs to be stressed that the membership doesn't include the cost of any actual medical care. It is all fee-per-visit, just like any other practice. This was not stressed in my discovery call, or I would have said, "Oops. This isn't for me." I naively thought that they made up their money on supplements, add-on wellness services, testing, and all the months that you didn't see your functional medicine doctor. How often would you go in? 3 or 4 times a year? They are getting that $129 a month regardless of whether or not you're ever there. Labs are not discounted. You can get most of the lab draws cheaper through walkinlabs.co, particularly in combined form. (i.e. B12 and folate together, instead of separate test codes.) The 87 item food antibody test and the stool test are also available from walkinlab.com. If you are at the point where you haven't hit your deductible and have to pay out of pocket, there is no advantage to not going with walk-in lab and just bringing the results to your primary doc if there is anything concerning. I should also mention that the initial labs suggested to me as a new patient ran about $3000. Out of pocket, as I haven't hit my deductible yet. Again, you can find most of the labs cheaper. But it was still going to be about $2000. I didn't find the dietitian services all that helpful. I was looking for more menu planning and macros. It felt more like a therapy session and I already have a therapist. I liked my NP, during the one appointment we had. But I just can't see that the added cost is going to bring me enough benefit to justify continuing.