Chiapetta Vanessa MD

Dr. Chiapetta has been my daughter’s doctor since she was 5 months old (she’s 10 years old now), and I have nothing but the utmost respect for and trust in her. She always talks to my daughter directly and my daughter loves her. She is the only doctor I would trust with the health of my child.

I love Dr. Chiapetta! My son has been seeing her since he was born (he’s 4) and she’s always treated us wonderfully and been very understanding and compassionate.

I’m kind of blown away by the two previous reviews. Dr. Chiapetta has been my kids pediatrician for 12 years (two kids). I have NEVER felt like she was trying to create a catastrophic illness or frighten parents when unnecessary. In fact, I think that just the opposite is true. I found her reactions to my concerns to be underwhelming entirely. I just figured that she sees alot more sick children that I do on a daily basis, and likely has a much more accurate base line as to what things should cause panic.
I’ve been fortunate enought to have really healthy kids, so I don’t see that often. But I am sorry that the other reviewers had a poor experience — it just hasn’t been mine.

NO stars! Do not see this doctor! She is condecending, and seems to be on a mission to create catastrophic illnesses for children when nothing is wrong. I am still infuriated by our experience with her and my three month old. Without going into to too much detail, we went in for a bad diaper rash and ended up at the emergency room (via ambulance no less) because she insisted my child was gravely ill. The ER staff told us that she has a reputaion of pulling stunts like that fairly regularly. Sufice to say, we were sent home with prescription diaper cream. Further, I found out that she then entered a diagnosis of Pneumonia in my child’s chart! What the heck is she thinking? Save yourselves the frustration and grief and see anyone else.

Well, this doctor’s visit today sent me to Unilocal to create my long-​planned account! Wow, I don’t know where to start with her.
This is the third time (or so) we’ve seen Dr. Chiapetta and the first time we’ve had a problem, so maybe she’s going through a rough personal time. However, we went to see her with our sick little one this morning and she was very short with us and dismissive. Then, after looking at our chart which indicates we’re self-​pay, says with a tone «what is with all these people without insurance???» We were a little taken aback — nobody in any medical office has ever said something like that… and we’ve been self-​pay for several years. Perhaps they’re more clued into what’s happening outside their full-​time-​job-​with-​benefits-​world. We stammered «ummmm, well, it’s very expensive and we haven’t found a good plan.» She cuts us off, rolled her eyes and says «well, one visit to the emergency room…»
I ended up leaving the room I was so angry — when she returned, my husband asked her nicely if she had any insurance recommendations for self-​employed people — she really didn’t like that at all! She ended up snarling «If you really can’t pay for this today, I’m sure they’ll make arrangements.» Ummm, that had never been mentioned and wasn’t even the point at all! We made our payment — in full — and left.
The office staff are MORE than nice with not a single thing to indicate that self-​pay is a problem. Chiapetta need to try live up to her blurb on the ADC site (which she doesn’t even vaguely resemble!) and leave judgment out of the office.