I like Dr. Margaret, and we have been seeing her since my children were new born. However her office is terrible and unorganized to the point of unethical. At the moment they have lost all medical records for both of my sons. I have been repeatedly put on hold and told they would call back. This issue has not been resolved and has been going on now for over 2 weeks read more

Absolutely the best pediatrician ever, she is professional-caring and took care of twins wonderfully....and staff are wonderful.

Dr. Margaret has been my kids pediatrician since they were born, I have never had any issues with her. She is very straight forward and really knows what she's doing. She doesn't sugar coat anything. Her staff was always a great help, really nice to me and the kids... BUT the girl who is at the front desk right now has no personality, she is not nice and rude at times... That is why I'm giving the three stars, for the office staff because if it was for the doctor I would give five. read more

We have been with Dr. Margaret for over 14 years now. She is a lovely person....a wonderful mother, wife, & pediatrician and I consider her and her office staff to be like an extended party of our family. For over 14 years now, Dr. Margaret and her staff have gone above and beyond for all three of our boys. We live 45 minutes from Dr. Margaret's office and she is such an outstanding doctor that we are willing to make the drive and don't even care to look for a pediatrician closer to our home. Dr. Margaret has been not only on top of health situations with our sons' allergies, heart/kidney issues, asthma but was the one who discovered them. If our boys have to see a specialist, I have all their records sent to Dr. Margaret and she keeps track of everything that is going on with our boys' health even if they have to see another doctor. She has been on top of diagnosing pneumonia and food allergies and always, always makes time to talk to me about any questions I may have. I appreciate that she always tries to do the least invasive procedures first when trying to diagnose any health issues with our boys, while still getting an immediate diagnosis. Dr. Margaret makes a point of discussing not just our sons' medical issues with me as a mom, but also makes it a point to find out what our family life is like at home...we discuss everything from the importance of healthy eating habits, child rearing, family communication skills, education, and wearing seat belts, to good sleep habits, pros and cons of immunizing your children, breast feeding, good sleep habits, puberty, and more. Dr. Margaret ALWAYS returns my phone calls too when I have a question for her, and goes out of her way to call me at home and follow up on how our children are doing if there has been a health concern Our three boys 14, 12 and 9 LOVE her and her staff. This is important because the fact that I love her is not enough...our boys have to love her and be willing to be open to talk with her and be examined by her. She and her staff are welcoming, fun, patient and kind. They always have been able to squeeze us in when the boys have an emergency. One of the gals in front, Amada, even spent a considerable amount of time with our PPO health provider making sure I could get my son's blood pressure cuff covered. I am sure she spent her entire lunch time dealing with my insurance company and was happy to do it for us. When I thanked her, her reply was ...no problem it was my pleasure. ...and that has been our experience with them for 14 years!!!!. They have made us feel like they are happy to do their jobs and that we are not a bother when we call with questions. Blanca is another one who we adore and has been with Dr. Margaret for many years. Veronica is so kind and helpful too. Dr. Margaret and her staff are always up to date on the most recent viruses, vaccines and health issues...that is extremely important to me. I always ask a million questions related to fevers, how to treat a sprained ankle, what to do with a certain rash or a cut lip or an ear ache...and they are always happy to help. They make time to fill out and FAX and mail me any school or extra-curricular medical forms and do it in an accelerated amount of time. I cannot recommend Dr. Margaret and her staff highly enough. Keep up the great work Dr. Margaret and staff...we think the world of you guys!!!! read more

I recently had a baby and I visited her office for his first set of vaccines. Dr. Z was not in the office that day so i was seen by other doctor. I was expecting for my little one to get combined vaccination, less needle sticks and less pain for my baby's first needle experience.However, NO ONE in the office knew about combined vaccination and kept insisting that he had to get five needle stick instead of three. (said thats what every baby gets-and there is no combined vaccinations exists). I try to explain that my sister and all my friends baby got fewer shots, and they explained to me that they probably got only part of the shots. And gave me an impression that I dont know anything. I'm also working in healthcare as well and I never try to give my patient with wrong information and treat them like they dont know. Instead, I would reasearch and give them correct information. I was very disappointed with their knowledge and upset with what they come up with to convience me. I had to research myself and showed to one of the staff this file from CDC trying to show them that it exists: http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/patient-ed/conversations/downloads/fs-combo-vac.pdf I personally saw Dr.Z 2 times had no problem with her-seems like lovely person and caring for baby. and her office is clean and nice. her secretary is so kind. Yet, i am going to look for other peds office. I just think that there is a huge room for improvement as far as educating their staff so that they provide their patiens correct information with some respect. read more

I have changed pediatrician's three times since my daughter has been born three years ago. I have finally found one I am comfortable with and that shows the care my kids deserve. She is compassionate and very friendly! I love her attitude and her no nonsense approach. No matter what time my husband and I have called her (even at 3 a.m.) she has called us back within a couple of minutes giving us the piece of mind we need and directions on what should be done to get us through the day/night. Her staff has called us the next day each time to follow-up and make sure everything is ok. I can't say enough nice things about Ms. Zdarzyl! read more

Doctors are fine. Dr. Marek and Dr. Margarit are lovely. Though that's not enough to keep us coming back. The Staff is horrible. In fact they are plain rude and extremely disrespectful of patients, especially with an infant. Not only have I waited long many times but when challenged, the front office girl is extremely unpleasant, graceless and impolite. The staff is also not knowledgeable at all about tests or important information and on one occasion gave me incorrect lab instructions which caused me more headaches than I needed. Careless at best, and the fact that there are more reviews about how awful this staff is and they are still employed baffles me and makes me think the doctors here are not as concerned as they should be about office training, and patient care. read more

The doctor she seems okay about my two kids when I first met her. You see we had Kaiser so starting the new year my husband and I had to change insurance. So, with this whole changing insurance thing. We couldn't keep Kaiser. We had to find a whole different doctor. I whole differnt everything. Plus, we're new to the whole referral thing. It's a process! We have to be referred to a urologist and start the whole process all over again. So with that said. We meet the doctor and she seem very nice. She tried to get all the information she need for my son referral. Which was great!! She didn't rush us. Told us the referral would take atleast a week. Being new to the whole referral thing. When I recieved the "referral". It never stated that I had to call to schedule an appointment. It just stated that I gotten an approval. Maybe Im used to kaiser. How was I suppose to know. Only cuz kaiser would call me to schedule an appointment instead of me calling them. After 3 weeks go by and I decide to call DR. Zdarzl office an find out what's going on with the referral. The front staff couldn't find my son name on file. The girl I was speaking to told me that the only person she finds on file was a Steven. My sons name is Devan. Tried to convince me that my sons name was Steven. Humm i think i would know my sons name. I even spelled it for her. After getting nowhere with the phone call. I told her..." I know My sons name, i took my daughter the same day. Do you have her on file!" After I said my daughters name. She repiled. "Oh yes!! I remember who your kids are!" She sounded sooo rude after that. she quickly replied that she had sent it. But that she would request for another one. Just incase I didn't get it. Then hung up the on me. By the way, the other referral she was" going" to send me never came. My son had is surgery and he had his year physical coming up. Which was my fault for missing it. I never wrote it down. I called the office letting them know that I wanted to schedule an appointment. Didn't know if I had missed it or if it was coming up. She told me I had missed it and she would schedule another appointment. She had one the next day. On a thrusday. I said," sure no problem." I can make it. Without thinking if my husband would want to join us. I let her know if she had a Monday instead. With a tone in her voice she said," NO, she didn't have anything for monday. Take it or wait until next month. By this point I just wanted to take my son in for the last time. And change Dr. The next day came. We see DR. Zdarzyl we wait in the room for like 10 minutes. She starts asking us questions about my son. She's tells us she's reading the letter that the urology department sent her about his surgery. Tell us that she's going to send a referral for his testical. We told her for what he had surgery already. She went back to the letter and said,"oh yes I see it now. And continued on asking us what day he had the surgery. Just minutes from reading the letter twice. You would to think she would come more prepare. Then, started asking us all over again the same questions she asked us the first time we were there. I mean..I know she can't remember all her patients but that's why she has their chart. Didn't like that at all!! It looked really unprofessional. In my point of veiw. Not only is It ashame how front office can change your whole prospective on the care your kids would get. I HATE how the front office treated me. Not only do they act like total BEEOUCHES!! but they need to learn some respect towards others. DR. Zdarzyl, if you read this. You need to pay more attention on how your staff is treating your paitents and the important letters you get from other Doctors before you walk in the room. Especially, If someones son or daughter just had major surgery. This is my point of view and the experiance I had at your office is awful. read more

If you're ready to hear the truth then you should choose her as your children's doctor. I have two kids and Dr. Margaret has been their doctor for at least 17 years. She's smart, funny, extremely honest and I think this is why some people are not happy with her practice. My kids happily visit her. Oh and the girls in the front or assisting her are very lovely. read more

Her front office staff was unhelpful and she herself has a very poor bedside manner.

Dr. Margaret is so very kind and caring. I went to her with an issue my daughter has been having and she was able to target the issue right away. She addressed all my concerns, and helped me tackle them head on. She is very sympathetic but fair. Incredible smart and funny! I appreciate her and we are so grateful to have her and her practice in our lives. read more

Dr. Margaret has been seeing my sons since they were born and they are now 9 and 12. She is VERY good at what she does. She may come off as a little forward or abrasive but don't let that sway you. She has been amazing with all the issues my sons have gone through. They love her! read more

Dr Zdarzyl is a kind, attentive, knowledgeable pediatrician whom my husband and I trust. We think she had a special gift and we believe she's a God send. We did not choose her but got matched up with her at USC Verdugo Hills. Our daughter loves to visit the doctor and keeps talking about the doctor and the staff days after we had an appointment. We're grateful for her and hopefully she'll be our children's pediatrician for years to come! read more

I got a bill from Dr. Zdarzyl office a year and a half after she saw my son at the hospital to discharge him after he was born. I called about this bill 3 times to their billing department, and they said 3 times that my balance is $0 but I continued to get bills from doctor's office. I got another bill that said: PAST DUE, COLLECTIONS. When I called them the 4th time, they told me AGAIN that I show a $0 balance again under my account and name and that they will call me back and follow up on this. No one called, no one followed up so I called and follow up and magically- the bill appeared under my son: "Babyboy" . The representative, David, told me that they confused my account with my son's account. I never ever saw this doctor to have an account under my name, she is a pediatrician, why would I ever see her? This confusion has been extremely frustrating and a huge mistake on their end that I had to follow up or else this bill was going to go to collections- even though it was their fault. Please keep up with your billing with this doctor and this office because they are extremely unorganized, confused, and unsure of how to follow up with patients. Extremely disappointed. read more

Dr. Margaret Zdarzyl has been my daughters doctor for 18 years. The experience has been wonderful since the first day she came and met my daughter in the hospital. I always had many questions about care and vaccinations and the fact she gave me her true feelings as a doctor and as a parent really guided me through parenthood. I highly recommend her to all parents. The fact my daughter is changing doctors due to her age makes us saddened to not see Dr. Margaret as her doctor. read more

Dr. Margaret saved my younger daughter when she was 4 weeks old and had respetory problem. She got on her phone and called the hospital to admit her immediately. I have had more than a couple of instances since then where she would personally make arrangements for medical emergencies. I believe to this date, my little girl would not be here if it weren't for my dear Dr. Margaret. She is a mother and she understands what we parents go through with our children. She is very professional yet compassionate. As an added bonus, her office staffs are very accommodating and kind, what we need for working parents. read more

Dr Margaret is wonderful. She's so knowledgeable and really cares about her patients and her patients parents. We feel very well taken care of with our newborn in her care. read more

Dr. Margaret is a blessing. When my daughter was three years old she had to be hospitalized due to a bone infection. A bone infection that was discovered by Dr. Margaret. I am thankful that Dr. Margaret takes time with her patients. Had she been one of those doctors that just rushes you out the door, my daughter would be without a limb. Dr. Margaret was very worried that my daughter was not complaining of any pain but was not as active as she usually was. She sent us to a specialist right away and later we were admitted into the hospital. We later found out that had it not been for Dr. Margaret, our outcome could have even been fatal!! She saved her limb and her life!! Fast forward a month and once again, Dr. Margaret comes to the rescue!! My daughter wasn't feeling well and was diagnosed with Bells Palsy. Dr. Margaret's early diagnosis allowed for our daughter to regain about 80% of her facial function. I feel comfortable entrusting the health of my little ones with Dr. Margaret, Nurse Blanca, and office staff member Veronica and office manager Amada. They are always kind and caring and take the extra steps to ensure my kids are healthy. I definitely recommend Dr. Margaret's office to anyone seeking great medical care from a team that actually cares!! By the way, her office is designed with a sick AND well waiting room!! I couldn't ask for a better set up:-) read more

When my son was born 12 years ago, we used to have another doctor in the area. What he said was "just diaper rash" turned out to be something from inside my son's body that needed to be drained surgically. It was Dr. Margaret who gave us the second opinion and we were at the Children's Hospital LA within two days. She also diagnosed my daughter with severe food allergies and once confirmed, we were at the specialist's office within days. She is quick and thorough. Her nurses and staffs are great, too. She is compassionate and speaks to the children directly. My kids love her and so do I. I will be so sad when my children are too old to have her as their doctor. read more