Dr. Maria Mercedes Baccaro, MD

Ten years ago, I was suffering from depression and was seeking counseling as a first step. The therapist I talked to explained that my insurance wouldn’t cover therapy without a recommendation from a psychiatrist, and he referred me to this doctor. When I first met with this doctor, after only briefly explaining why I was seeing her and how I was feeling, rather than providing a recommendation for therapy. she diagnosed me with bipolar disorder and prescribed some medication. The medicare had some severe side effects including worsening depression, suicidal thoughts, and uncontrollable anger. I explained my symptoms to her and instead of changing medication or reducing the dosage, she insisted that I simply scale back to dosage for a few days, and then return to my prescribed dosage. When I did this, the symptoms let up, but then returned even worse, and before I knew what was happening, I had a psychotic episode during which I overdosed on sleeping pills and pain medicine. If it… weren’t for a friend stopping by I would have died. Once I recovered and was released from the hospital, I confronted this doctor about her medical advice, but she just dismissed my concerns and told me it was my fault. Please do not trust this person. She does not care about you. If you’ve been hurt by her, then please write a review and file a complaint against her to the board of medicine.

I first started to see her and she diagnosed me actually..and got me on the right meds. She really cared about me and listened to how I was feeling in each session! I can’t say enough positive things about her care

I saw this woman decades ago when I was a young teen. I am leaving this review now partly because technology finally allows me to, but also because my visit remains one of the most traumatic I've experienced with a medical "professional". This woman treated me with all the compassion of a bulldozer working on a pile of compost. She made me feel like trash. Was more concerned with her being "right" than listening to my feedback and paying attention to my symptoms and cries for help. Her expertise resulted in one of the most miserable time periods in my life. My parents wanted to believe she knew best and my symptoms would improve as my body adjusted to the meds. They didn't. I found a different doctor in short order. And doctor Baccaro aggressively and viciously berating me (a young child) in her office (in front of my mother, no less!) for having the nerve to cry and express my fear over what was happening with my mind and body fell to just an unhappy ever-lingering memory. My guess is… she hasn't changed much, upon reading the rest of the feedback left for her across multiple sites. That should serve as warning enough, in my personal opinion. Vile woman. I hope she either retires or develops some empathy (later is always better than never).

I have been seeing Ms. Baccaro for at least three years now and I have to say that her treatment has given me my life back. With her help, I have overcome my PTSD, OCD, Bipolar depression, and chronic fatigue. I couldn't recommend her enough. And she always takes the time to listen to what I have to say and she asks me about my life, health, and family every time that I see her. Also, she's affordable enough for me to see, so that's another big plus.

Would not recommend this provider for individuals with barriers to services i.e. childcare. I found her approach to be negligent and discriminatory. Today i literally was met at the door of this office by the provider herself and told that i could not be seen because children weren't allowed in her office and signaled me out the door. I waited 3 months to see provider only to be turned away. Further she stated she had a patient in her office having a hard time. There was complete disregard for my needs as well. As a single mother with the inability to pay for child care, I had no option but to take my two babies ages 8 months and 19 months with me. I too was in need of care. There was no regard for any of the effort it took for me to even get to that appointment. I found this to be unethical practice as a provider and detrimental to a patients mental health and the continuity of care for any patient in this providers care. The provider also didn't provide follow up which is… definitely below the standard of care. This is alarming and a major component and flaw in our overall mental health system and quality of care for those in need.

This doctor is too old to be in practice. She didn't remember me from a visit a week prior. She couldn't remember writing an official note a week prior or she chose to act like she didn't remember. All this is documented. She is awful! Traumatizing bedside manner.