Dr. Nestor Jose Truccone, MD

He was my pediatric cardiologist many years ago. Accurately diagnosed a form of cardiomyopathy after echocardiogram. Recommendations on follow-up were not very clear. When another problem developed related to tachycardia he diagnosed the symptom, not the underlying problem. I could see how this could happen because the issue is not common, but it was not handled well at all. Because he did not treat the problem or admit that it was out of his league (which would have been better than saying everything was fine) I spent 6 years sitting around and feeling terrible for no reason. His bedside manner is not good. He, his staff, and the office environment were in no way comforting. I felt like his decision to let my heart get up to 200bpm during a stress test was not the smartest. Perhaps it was fine, but it seems excessive. While I’m sure he has done some good, I would never take a child here.

My son was born in 1981 and unexpectedly had a severe and life threatening heart defect. Dr. Truccone diagnosed my son with Tetralogy of Fallot with pulmonary atresia. Dr. Truccone regularly saw my son and through the many years gave my son excellent and professional care. My son’s life was safe in his care. After five heart surgeries my son has survived and is now 39. I respect and thank him for my son’s life!

The absolute worst experience. Terrible bedside manner. Disgusting hygiene and uncut finger nails. Went to see him for our sons heart issues and he was smug, short, dismissive, rude and terrible. Upon giving us the worst possible out come and we followed up with questions his response was....”well your son will not be playing in the nba and will not have a normal life”......sorry dr I didn’t ask if my son has a future in pro sports I am only concerned that he has a healthy normal life. For real he is the worst cardiologist we have seen. Please do yourself a favor and go anywhere else

I really liked the fact that he has all of the diagnostic equipment he needs in the office itself. The assessments are done and he interprets them for you immediately -- no agonizing wait for test results. He is difficult to understand however and I am a medical transcriptionist who works for physicians with heavy accents. The only other problem is that the office never contacted my son's pediatrician to let them know in writing the diagnosis and treatment recommendations. Aside from these problems, I would recommend Dr. Truccone since at least one of the problems is easy to fix.

I had the chance to work for two weeks with this doctor. Not only do they treat employees horrible, unfairly, and nepotism which says a lot about their loyalty, but also I got to see first hand how they treat patients. He will take his time, not considerate to people's time but if he has an event like golfing he will see patients in matter of seconds. Also he himself told me always notify me if patient uses medicade because we treat them completely different which is so shady. He is not a doctor for helping children but a doctor for the paycheck. Also Lori is secretary is absolutely rude and degrading to both employees and patients. They hired me and decided to lay me off after one month leaving me and my son on a very tight budget.

worst doctor ever. do not send your children to him. misdiagnosed my child.

We waited almost 3 hours to be seen and he spent less than 10 minutes with my son. When we went to his office he hushed my son because he was crying which made me furious. Terrible bedside manner!