Dr. Penelope Westney, MD

My son had been vomiting for 7 days and when I called with a concern of pyloric stenosis, she was very quick to dismiss it. She literally ruled out pyloric stenosis without doing an ultrasound. Her words verbatim were “That’s not a pyloric stenosis baby”, when in fact, 2 days later he got an ultrasound ordered by a different doctor and he DID IN FACT have pyloric stenosis and had surgery the night of his ultrasound! My son met many classic signs of pyloric stenosis, but because he didn’t meet ALL of the signs, she was very quick to dismiss it.

I felt very dismissed when she was assigned my son’s Pedi. I never felt like she listened to my concerns but was always thinking about what she would say next. She really pushed to circumcise my son even though my husband and I researched the pros and cons and decided against it (he is 7 now and we have no regrets!). She tried to scare us with her personal stories of why she circumcised her two sons. She also talked down to the staff that worked for her. I do not recommend her at all.

She was very rude and disrespectful to me. My son ran out of medication and his primary Doctor was on vacation. The office staff reference her to me. It was explained that my son's medication that was refilled must have been short of pills. She called security on me for no reason. All I did was try to advocate for my son who has autism.