Adriana M Castro, MD

I adore doctor Castro and all of her staff. I have being taking my son since birth and he is 7 years old now. She is THE MOST knowledgable doctor in all Miami. No doubt about it. Yes, you would have to wait a very long time to see her and you might see a PA and although I had my reservations with the idea, they are as knowledgable as Doctor Castro because they have being trained by her. Ultimately for me it comes down to this:
Immediate attention =emergency room
Regular predictable fever = handle at home
Sick beyond ibuprofen = call Dr. Castro and wait a lifetime if I have to, because I know the 2 minutes she will see my son, she will have the answer.

It’s unfortunate that any place of business would even comment on your marital status or any similar personal situation, but that is the type of unprofessionalism that can be found at Dr. Castro’s office. I’m not saying she is a bad doctor, she is good at what she does, but her staff is just impossible to deal with. My first visit there with my newborn baby, after having been released from the hospital only a few days prior, I got yelled at by the girl at the front desk for not adding my child to my insurance. I had been told at the hospital that I had 30 days to do so, and that my baby was covered. They had absolutely no regard for the fact that I had just been released from the hospital, just had major surgery and severe health complications at the end of my pregnancy, from which I could have died. I explained all of this to everyone in the office and was forced to pay for the visit out of pocket anyway, which was like $ 130.
I should have taken that as my warning and left that office running, because it just got worse from there. Thank God, my baby has been healthy, but when I called once about a minor issue I wanted to speak to the doctor about, I had to call 5 times, each time speaking with people who could not help me and only got to speak with the doctor after demanding it and saying I would switch doctors if she could not be reached. I need a doctor who is going to be there when my child is sick. It was a week day, several weekdays actually, when I was trying to reach her. By the time she actually called me back, I had done plenty of research and fixed the problem myself.
I have never been out of that office in less than 3 hours, and that is well baby visits, with an appointment.
The last time we were there, we were scheduled with a completely different doctor I had never met. For every visit I specifically requested Dr. Castro, (you HAVE TO INSIST or they will schedule you with an ARNP) since my baby rarely went to the doctor, I wanted him to see his own doctor. But we were scheduled on a day that she did not work, which then led to my child getting vaccines with a new nurse who did not know what she was doing and REALLY hurt him. I reported it to the new doctor and she said that nurse had just been hired and she would check up on her work and make sure it was being done correctly. I would hate for any other child to have to go through what my baby did.
I emailed Dr. Castro explaining to her everything that happened and that we would be switching to another doctor. I thanked her for all of her care with my baby and explained she wasn’t the reason we were leaving, but everything else that has happened. I never received a response.
However, when I recently went to pick up my child’s records to take them to the new doctor, she was petty enough to make me pay $ 1 per page. I paid it, because I needed the records for his appointment, but it just confirms that I definitely made the right decision switching practices.

At the recommendation of a friend of my husband’s, we chose Dr. Castro as our daughter’s pediatrician, she was great at coming to see my daughter in the hospital and as first time parents my husband and I had a million questions every visit and she and her staff were very patient with all of our questions. My daughter had reflux and they were not hesitant to prescribe her with the meds I knew she needed. I am a very picky and nervous first time Mom and I must say that the staff and the Dr’s have all made me feel at ease in all our visits. I like the fact that they have a separate room for sick kids, this was very reassuring since I was freaked out about germs when my daughter was very little. The staff never seems grumpy like in other Dr’s offices I have visited. As far as someone who commented that Dr. Castro views this as a business, I beg to differ from personal experience, she is very understanding when it comes to patients who have to pay out of pocket, in my experience she was very accommodating. I would have given Dr. Castro 5 stars if it were not for the wait time, but then again it justifies that they are in demand, I mean would you go to an empty restaurant?

In response to Willy N. review its emabarrasing to me to even have to address this and address myself as the ex-​wife he speaks of. But I feel the need to do so because Dr. Adriana Castro is an excellent docor who is able to see my daughter if she is ever sick at any point of time. Who helps me with all my concerns and has a staff who makes it very easy to bring my daughter in if i ever need to even if its that same day. I feel that if someone writes a review it should be honest and state facts. Dr. Castro has been seeing my now 6 year old daughter since the day she was born. The reason I chose doctor castro is because I know how great of a pediatrician she is and I have 2 nephews one who is 14 years old and the other is 6 years old and 3 nieces (8, 6, and 4 years old) who have been seeing doctor castro since they were in diapers. Dr. Castro is the most patient pediatrician I’ve ever met and takes her time with us in each and every appointment we have. My daughters allergies have been well taken care of by the treatments and recommendations of Doctor Castro. And she will continue to be my daughters pediatrician cause she really is the best out there.

I had a situation with my daughter’s doctor yesterday Dr. Adriana Castro. It was apparent yesterday that my ex wife and the doctor share stories, views, and opinions of me I suppose. Yesterday while waiting in the waiting room with my daughter for her doctor, I overhear the office assistant tell the dr, X father was here earlier to talk to you” and the dr replies, «I’m glad I wasn’t here to see him» and then continues to talk about my communication with my ex wife is horrible and that she doesn’t have to talk to both of us, etc. At that moment another office assistant says, «X father is here», the office gasps and the dr says, «Well tuff, he can wait now». Mind you i was the only one there with my daughter waiting to see the doctor who I had a 3pm appointment.
After that I rang the little doorbell and asked the doctor very clear, «Have we ever spoken other than a hello and goodbye?» She said, «I’ve dealt with you all, you the ex-​wife, even the girlfriend. It’s not my problem that divorced parents can’t communicate» and she kept on going in front of my daughter. I told my daughter to grab a seat and began to tell the doctor that she was not only out of line, but completely unprofessional. I told her I don’t come here for marital advice, counseling, or therapy but for my daughter. Then she began to tell me to use family wizard. Once again I told her she’s out of line. She then decided she was done, closed the window and said, «Poof Be Gone». So I asked her if she was going to see my daughter and all I could here was the office laughing it up with her «Poof Be Gone» statement so I left in complete shock, disappointment, embarrassment, and no words to explain to my daughter.
As for the Dr side of Adriana Castro, my 5 year old is constantly sick and all we get referred by the doctor is medicine that doesn’t work so she blames it on allergies. I recently took her for a 2^nd opinion and was not only referred to a pulmonologist for my daughter because it’s believed to be asthma but mild bronchitis as well. Mind you my daughter saw Dr Castro last week and, it was nothing said Dr. Castro. Apparently when she’s not sure it’s just allergies and Claritin will do the trick.
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