Anyone have a doctor you like in Metrowest?

That makes 3 of us!

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Let's choose the same one and then compare notes.

I only wrote a negative comment b/c I knew veganf would write a positive one on her and I wanted balance. We've been over this issue before and can agree to disagree.

DP really likes Jay Krasner but knows I won't because "he can't look anyone in the eye." I have issues with their office because dp was tested for lyme and the office then closed for two weeks. Meanwhile her "very positive" results are just sitting someplace while she's quite ill (and dd is quite ill with misdiagnosed lyme and the twins are two weeks old!)

I'm probably not alone in wishing that the pedi I love for my kids would see me also!

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LOL, of course.
So who do your kids see who you like so much?

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Sounds like who my husband sees -- Irina Bogorad (in PaulaJo Carbone's office), also Russian, very assertive, but he likes her no nonsense attitude. (Nothing against Russians, I'm 1/2 Russian too!)

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Sounds promising. PMing you.
Thanks everyone for responding. Its good to have a few possibilities.

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I've been thinking of switching to this office-- would you be willing to share what your difficulties have been? It's quite a drive for me and I'd hate to make the switch if it's going to be troublesome. Thank you!!

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Its very difficult to reach the doctors. Whether they're good or progressive or open minded or not doesn't matter, because they can't be reached. I've found the receptionists to be unpleasent. They seem like you're inconveniencin them terribly by asking them to do their job (thing like connecting you to your doctor, signing you into the office, directing you where to go..) They're probably overworked, I guess, or otherwise unhappy with their job, but I don't like dealing with them.
Once you get past the receptionist, your call is directed to the doctor's assistant's voicemail box. This assistant calls back sometimes the same day, sometimes the next day, and isn't familiar with whatever you're calling about, so, depending on the situation, she either checks with the doctor, and gets back to you, or just takes your word for it, and prescribes whatever you say you need.
DH sees a doctor at the same office, and though we haven't actually seen the doctors much, we haven't found them to be that much more progressive than other doctors. They don't seem any more likely than average to listen to your concerns like you're an intelligent person who should be involved in your own health care decisions. They do push exercise, nutrition and vitamines more than other doctors I've met.
The one time I went in for a sick visit, a problem with my eye, the doctor I saw (not my pcp) misdiagnosed it as pink eye, and gave me some ointment, which made the problem seem a bit better. A few weeks later I went for a new perscription on my glasses and the optometrist diagnosed a much more serious problem, which she then treated.
I'm just overall disappointed. Their website looks so good. My mom tried the cambridge center and was also not impressed enough to make the trip worth her while.
Hope that helps.

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I used to use the Marino Center in Cambridge when we lived there, and it was also as you described--good doctors, but the office staff made you feel like you were interrupting them by existing. :