Sunset Pediatrics

Dr. McGirr is a SUPER doc for a teenage girl! I am sure she is great for ALL kids, but my daughter really likes her, and that makes going to the doctor such a better experience than it used to be. She truly listens. The whole staff is friendly and helpful.

My Baby Boy just turned 9 month. We are so glad that we chose Dr. Ericksen as his Pediatrician. He is very Kind and wonderful person. He never missed anything to ask about our baby’s activities and development. And the girls at the front desk are wonderful and very very friendly. Highly recommend.

We just moved into the SW Portland area (Beaverton) this summer (late June), and had to quickly find a new pediatrician for our 3 kids, including our daughter with special needs. The staff was great in helping to pair us with one of their physicians — Dr. Snyder — and we’ve been extremely pleased with him! His bedside manner is quiet and reassuring, he and the Sunset staff are responsive to our needs in a very timely manner (and we’ve had a lot of business to conduct with the move — school and daycare forms, medication renewals, 3-​year-​old needed his yearly physical in July, etc…), and he is knowledgeable about area medical resources for our special needs daughter. I definitely recommend this practice!

Dr. Ericksen is our sons’ pediatrician and I couldn’t recommend him more. He is always genuinely concerned about the boys’ well being, from their diet and exercise to tips on how they can sharpen their minds. The staff is very warm and friendly, as well as quite knowledgeable. Our oldest, at 4, came down with a high fever. We were given an appointment the same day, and as soon as we arrived, we were taken back into the offices and he was treated right away with antibiotics and fluids. I was very impressed.
If you don’t bring your kids to Sunset, then you’re not giving your kids the best care out there.

We moved here with our preemie from Los Angeles the day she was released from the hospital. Thank goodness we found Dr. Snyder and his team. Since we have a preemie we are at the doctors office frequently (perhaps too frequently, I’m totally a nervous new mom). The entire office is a pleasure to work with. Dr. Synder is the kindest and he is very good at his job. I am hard to please and I adore him. The office is very clean and scheduling has never been a problem. Dr. Snyder’s nurse Jessica calls me back the same day every time I call and she is very sweet and helpful. Highly recommend this place esp for preemie moms.

The kids have gone here since we moved to the westside and the original doctor was too far away. We met Dr. McCluskey when one of the kids was born and she was the on call weekend doctor at the hospital. Love her demeanor and how she listens to us and to the kids and were really happy to find her again.

Dr. Snyder is awesome and very down to earth. He is quite knowledgeable and we (including our kids) are very happy with him.
He is respectful and doesn’t talk down to us like the previous pediatrician.
Sometimes we needed same-​day appointment and if he was busy with others, clinic scheduled us with another quite capable physician there.
We have been with him for 4 years now and hopefully many more years (unless the world ends in Dec 2012).

I’ve been really impressed with Dr. Snyder. He speaks respectfully to my child and me, and really seems to put some thought into even our minor questions. Highly recommended!

I’ve got two kids who have Dr McCloskey as their physician. Things I love about this clinic
(1) They are extremely well run. The appts are on time and if your kid is really sick they come in via back door and go direct to exam room.
(2) They are very good about same day appts — even if your conditions don’t seem extreme.
(3) Dr McCloskey is a first rate pediatrician! She has decades of experience, she is excellent with the kids, never rushes the appt (so I can get all my questions answered), sometimes she or the office will follow-​up with a call to see how things are going (even on the weekend) and is so well versed medically.
(4) The other docs are great as well. When we couldn’t be seen by her for a same day, the other docs were equally strong and a joy to interact with.
So grateful I found them.

Dr. Snyder has been my kid’s pediatrician for a decade now. I came to find him after firing 3 pediatricians for various infractions:
*The first one found it «inconvenient» to stop by the Dornbecher ICU to check in on my daughter, even though she was working a shifts there all that week.
*The second one did not speak fluent English.
*The third one closed down the office for over an hour every day for lunch.
I have a special needs daughter who has had 2 open-​heart surgeries, and she’s got lots of mid-​line birth defects. Finding the right kind of pediatrician to work with me was of paramount importance.
Enter Kelvin Snyder. At the time, his practice was new, and he appreciated my vote of confidence. He assured me that he was not at all intimidated by my daughter’s complexities. He works closely with our pediatric cardiologist, and really listens to me, and values my input as my children’s mother.
Extra nice touches:
He always places a personal follow-​up call where my daughter is concerned a day or two after a visit.
He isn’t fee-​focused, and has been known to call in prescriptions for my son for pink-​eye meds or Sudafed without an office visit… not many doctors will do this, because they want to bill the office visit. He has gone above and beyond many times for my son, who is now a busy college student, and will fit him into his schedule on busy winter breaks for physicals, etc.
He has a great way with my kids. Very kind, quiet, and gentle. Even my most shy child enjoys talking with him, which is saying a LOT! All my kids look forward to seeing Dr. Snyder… maybe it’s the stickers, but I think it’s the bedside manner.
He has a great staff working behind the scenes. They have just recently moved into a larger medical office, and everyone from the receptionists to the triage nurses are all lovely, friendly, and child-​focused. No crabby old nurses with attitude, and no nosy noisy gab-​a-​holics.
To address Tina’s concern re: waiting in the waiting room vs. the exam room: I actually prefer and request that my girls be taken into a exam room immediately, to keep them away from all the germs that inadvertently end up in the waiting room. No matter how many times a day they disinfect the toys, your child is only as safe as the kid who slobbered on them 5 minutes before…
The other docs at Sunset Pediatrics are lovely, informed and hand picked by Dr. Snyder… you can’t go wrong with anyone there, IMO.

I am currently the mother of a 9 month old girl. When I was still pregnant my OB highly suggested Dr. Snyder to us for a pediatrician. So I gave the office a call to see what exactly I needed to do to get a pediatrician, being a mom-​to-​be and all.
They were very friendly and efficient on the phone and I was able to interview the doctor to see if I liked him and jived with some of my thoughts, particularly those about vaccinations and spacing them out. I was impressed and decided to go with him.
Dr. Snyder is friendly, knows his stuff, is OK with me wanting to space out and put off certain vaccinations, is not condescending in any way, does not seem to be rushed, and is generally positive and pleasant. He even gives new parents his home phone number to call if there are pressing questions. I also like that he doesn’t get into my parenting style or anything like that. He sticks to his expertise and will let me ask the questions if I have any.
His office staff and nurses are also very professional and friendly. One thing I like is that they have a nurse whose job it is to give advice and answer questions. If after talking to you they think you need to bring your child, they will get you a same day appointment.
My only problems I have had is that, while I get called in to the exam room on time, I seem to wait a while in it before I see the doctor. I would much rather wait in the waiting room longer, since there is more for my baby to play with there, but overall I am very, very impressed with them!