Dr. Tony John, MD

I would not recommend Dr. Tony John (I would give zero stars). He is apathetic and slow to take action. He is not personable, doesn't seem aware of the latest AAP guidance and quickly dismisses the concerns of parents. Due to his "wait and see approach" my son is now having to do significant PT, which would have been reduced had he taken immediate action and referred us to PT when I had initially indicated I had concerns.

Dr. Tony John is careless with his medical practices. My son was about 7 months old when we visited Dr. John for his 6 month checkup. We asked Dr. John about a papule just under my sonâ??s eye that was getting larger. Dr. John said it just needed to be popped with a needle and he proceeded to pop it. It began to bleed uncontrollably. He had the nurse put a Band-Aid on it and sent us on our way telling us it would be fine. He left the office before we even made it to our car. By the time we got out of the office and to our car the Band-Aid was long gone and my sons face had blood running down it. We had to knock on the front door since the building had been locked right behind us. A group of nurses, possibly a Dr. came in and said he needed stitches. Again, a completely far out medical diagnose. The nurses held gauze to the area while my son screamed and cried uncontrollably. They were still unable to stop the bleeding. Dr. John finally arrived back at the office and told us to follow… him to a dermatologist office. At this point we didnâ??t have an option since my son was covered in blood, screaming and obviously in pain. Luckily when we arrived at the Dermatologist clinic it was the practice of my personal dermatologist so I felt a little better. The Dermatologist had been pulled off the golf course by Dr. John and met us at the clinic. He looked at it and determined it needed to be cauterized to stop the bleeding. It took myself, my mother in law and Dr. John to hold my 7 month old son down so that the dermatologist could cauterize it while my son kicked and screamed uncontrollably. It did end up healing up and he is left with a scar under his eye. That should have been enough to make me run away from this practice. But at the time I was a naïve mother and I went back to Dr. John for my sonâ??s 9 month checkup. My son was not crawling. So Dr. John had us take my sonâ??s clothes off and leave him with only a diaper on and place him on the cold nasty office floor he told me to stand on the other side of the room and call him. Of course my son began to cry â?? he was cold and in an unfamiliar place. So when this didnâ??t work he has us move to the office hallway and do the same thing with other patients around and probably a much more nasty floor then the last. My son again continued to cry. He told us there was something wrong with my son and he needed to go to physical therapy. We never returned to Dr. John and we never took my son to therapy and he walked perfectly fine not to long after his first birthday. My son is 3 now and has a sensory disorder. Is it related to our traumatic experiences with Dr. John? I will never know for sure but my biggest mom mistake is taking my son to Dr. John and allowing him to cause this trauma to my son. Mom to Mom / Parent to Parent please AVOID Dr. Tony John at Hometown Pediatrics in The Woodlands, Texas. Please save yourself and your children from his careless medical practices!

More concerned with getting you out of the room because he is behind than making your child better

Awesone Pediatricians

I was referred to him from a friend of mine after Sadler clinic closed their office. When he comes in he barely interacts with my son or try's to make small talk. He just wants to know the problem and get out. I don't know if I was spoiled with our last pediatrician but she would Come in and talk with my son and would check to see how I was doing. And as first time mom that really meant a lot to me. Going to try to find another pediatrician.

Dr. John is wonderful. He has taken good care of my child and is very insightful. However, I am very uneasy about the fee they have started charging for a call after hours. Must be a the needy Woodlanites and their ways. Thanks for messing it up for all of us. Hometown Pediatrics may want to reconsider this for the average Joe and charge repeat offenders. Not all of our calls are for a hang nail or such.-C The Woodlands

I just read the other reviews and feel the total opposite. I just had my first child and started going to hometown pediatrics. He was the Dr. that saw her in the hospital because the one I had chosen was currently unavailable. I figured i'd just go ahead and stick with him. The office staff is rude and short. They seem like they're too busy and make me feel like i'm a bother to them. When he would come in to check on her it was very short and he barely said much. I don't know maybe it's because i'm a younger mom I got treated this way...