Dr. Matriosca Natacha Umlauf-Barrera, MD

She is very blunt and ignorant when it comes to children. If she thinks making my child cry after every visit is the way to get to her she’s very wrong. It’s to the point that my child has admitted to me that she never wants to see her again. I mean I don’t blame her because dr.umlauf constantly belittled her and talking down on her. Plus she talked at her instead of talking to her on a level in which my daughter could understand. It didn’t really help especially when my daughter was getting diagnosed with a lifelong disease and was scared. If you want you’re children to be permanently scared to go to the doctor then I suggest Dr.Umlauf

She is very blunt and ignorant when it comes to children. If she thinks making my child cry after every visit is the way to get to her she’s very wrong. It’s to the point that my child has admitted to me that she never wants to see her again. I mean I don’t blame her because dr.umlauf constantly belittled her and talking down on her. Plus she talked at her instead of talking to her on a level in which my daughter could understand. It didn’t really help especially when my daughter was getting diagnosed with a lifelong disease and was scared. If you want you’re children to be permanently scared to go to the doctor then I suggest Dr.Umlauf

She let her personal beliefs and opinions get in the way of my child’s health which I take very seriously

She let’s her personal views and beliefs effect my child’s health.

We have been coming here for over 7 years. I will never change his doctors office. Just today i called them at 9:30 explained what was going on with my son and they said ok can you get here by 10:30. They have always been great here. They always listen to me and find out what's wrong with him. I can not say how great they are here.

treated my husband and I like we were idiots when asking legitimate questions regarding our son's examination - will never go back.

i love her she is such an awesome doctor

Doctor Umlauf has no personality or patient rapport (at least not to the parents). She was very rude and condescending to my husband and I. My toddler was sick, so we brought her in to see Dr. Umlauf. She heard some fluid on my toddler's lung, and ordered a chest x-ray at Oakwood. The chest x-ray came back negative, so we were unclear on her diagnosis. I called a couple of times to the nurses' station, was still unclear on her condition, so i requested a call back from Dr. Umlauf. When Dr. Umlauf called me back, she was very defensive, rude, and continuously cut me off. During the appt., my husband didn't realize she had pneumonia because she never specifically told him that (his mother was also in the room with her). She had told him during the appt. that she had heard some fluid in the lung, but didn't actually say "pneumonia." Since the x-ray didn't indicate that she had pneumonia, we assumed she didn't have it. The only reason I discovered that she had it (though it was a mild… case) was because I called back and spoke with one of the nurses. Rather than making an attempt to put me at ease (this is my only kid and I'm still kind of new to parenthood), she told me that she prefers to talk to me in person, and was very argumentative. My husband took her in for a follow-up (we both work full time, and he happened to be on vacation that week). She immediately initiated an argument with him the moment she walked in the office. She spoke very negatively about me to my husband, and got him really fired up. She was very unprofessional, and she rudely told him that I had called the office repeatedly (i had called twice), and apparently she had a problem with my calling to ask her questions. (By the way, I don't feel that I was rude to her on the phone. I just had some questions, and was concerned that we weren't really informed). She blamed us for not understanding her diagnosis. She further stated that she prefers to make copies of everything and document everything for us, in case his "wife" is unclear. He asked her not to speak to him as if he was a 5 year old. We both have post grad degrees, we're smart and generally laid back people, but she spoke to us (and of me) as though we were idiots. We will never go back. I do like the receptionists and I like Dr. Agomuoh. I appreciate that the receptionists always squeezed us in when I called to bring my daughter in when she was sick.

Umlauf is rarely at her office. Her determiner when she did see my children is rude, rushy, and unprofessional. She has interns in and out of this office all the time. The "physicans assistants" are always speaking Spanish and favors the Latino clients taking them before my children even though our appointment was 30 minutes before there's. Veronica the receptionist is worried only about her makeup, food, and the Latino clients do not take your children here they have misdiagnosed my son twice and this time I will not return!

Worst pediatric office I have ever been too. Very dirty for one and the staff are extremely rude. Dr. Umlauf is rarely even there. When she did examine my children- maybe twice in the past two years, she didn't even check their eyes or ears! Her bedside manner is very ridiculous. She walked in very unpleasantly. My older daughter had obstructive sleep apnea which required surgery. I had to advocate for my child and take her elsewhere. I wouldn't advise anyone to take their kids here. An office should not be run by a bunch of physician assistants. I