Dr. Bharani Challa, MD

Dr. Challa is very knowledgeable but I felt like she wasn't willing to or wasn't comfortable with looking at my child as a whole person/body and was solely focused on her gut but not how that inter-plays with the rest of the body. I also felt that she wasn't interested in problem solving with me but was trying to fill the role of expert to the best of her ability even when the problem was admittedly difficult.

My son needed to be seen and she was the doctor who had the first available appt. The wait before being seen was long, once she was in the room the sat in front of the computer asking a series of questions listed (most of which we had filled out in the paperwork prior to being seen), and she did a quick once over. I didn't feel like she listened to what we had to say, she was more worried about typing our responses than thinking and responding to our concerns. I felt she was pushing formula for my breastfed infants problems. She wanted to see us back in a month but the first available follow up appt was 2 months (although her staff did call when an appt opened up closer to the 4 week mark). My husband and I came away from the appt with more questions than when we went to her. She did order a full list of labs and an abdominal ultrasound. I had to call for the lab results. This was not what I envisioned when I was referred to a GI specialist. I am going to try to switch to another MD in the practice for my sons follow up.

It was a Great Experience with this doctor :)