Dr. Paul C. Martin, MD

I met Dr. Martin. 11 years ago while my son was spending his first months of life at Chicago's children hospital. We needed a good pediatrician and he came highly recommended from the pediatrician and ER docs we met during our few months in the hospital. We've been with him for eleven years. He's a pediatrician focused on preventive care and nothing gets past him. We stay with him because his diagnosis is always spot on. He's an incredible doctor.. that has saved me a lot of worry and heartache over the years. We love Lurie's children hospital and we love Dr. Martin.

Dr. Martin has taken care of our daughter for almost three years. He is an excellent pediatrician who always provides just the right amount of information to be helpful but not overwhelming.

Dr. Martin has taken care of our daughter for almost three years. He is an excellent pediatrician who always provides just the right amount of information to be helpful but not overwhelming.

If you want to be berated and insulted for asking questions about your child’s care, go see Dr. Martin. My husband and I were appalled at the way he addressed our concerns, calling us uneducated and using profanity. Then he proceeded to leave the exam room and yell into the hallway about the nature of our son’s treatment, which is a HIPAA violation. We will NEVER return to this group of Northwestern Pediatricians if they’re willing to associate themselves with a human being like Dr. Martin.

Dr. Martin treated my son and I found him to be clinically very impressive. He was on point with his diagnosis and factored my concerns about a sound pharmacological approach for treatment. He seemed stressed for time but that is because American voters has supported the insurance industry as one of the most powerful lobbies in Washington,DC. - not something that Dr. Martin can control.

My son's regular doctor was on maternity leave and I needed to get school forms so we saw Dr. Martin for a wellness check-up. Dr. Martin didn't inform my 10 year old son that he was going to squeeze his testicles and just did it. Of course, my son was taken aback. Most doctors tell you what they are about to do specially to make their young patients comfortable but I guess there's no time for that. Dr. Martin also kept trying to write me out allergy prescriptions for my son who has no allergies. He mentioned Zyrtec and other allergy meds about 5 times in the 10 minutes that we were with him. Dr. Martin also said that it would help with ADD which my son doesn't have. My son was reading a book on the exam table when he walked in. My sister also saw him and he wrote a $450.00 prescription for her daughter. My sister was so alarmed that she took her doctor to get tested for allergies and she has none.

Ok... I think I could find a ped closer but Dr. Martin is hard to replace. He's a very cautious doctor and he's been right about every diagnosis. I would assume 99.9% of the time he deals with common illness. It's easy to get into a routin and miss something. The most important thing to me is that he's right when it comes to health issues concerning my children and has never overlooked anything. He's gained my trust. After talking to other peds within the practice and the few times we've visited children's memorial hospital (now called Lurie's children's hospital) I've found many other doctors who trust and respect him as well.

Really should know more background on a patient before making a diagnosis. At least you should know the age of the child being discussed to know appropriate dosages for medications.

Do yourself a favor, go to a different doctor. Dr. Martin was not a good listener, but a big talker. We had a few specific questions to ask regarding our son and left with most of the questions unanswered. He basically just rambled about personal stories and other patients he had and never really gave us an answer to what we were asking. He used some profanity, which is odd at a children's clinic. He looked at our son, but this was well after just sitting around and "chatting." The whole appointment felt unprofessional. We will be back to the pediatrics group, but will be scheduling to see a different doctor.

Very cocky - wouldn't even let me finish my questions/sentences and was already giving me a diagnosis. Kept citing his 20 years of experience to say he was right and I basically had no idea what I was talking about and didnt know my baby. Recommend the practice as the staff is helpful, but please, go see a different doctor!