Alvin N. Eden, MD

Dr Eden is the greatest doctor ever, my daughter now 20yrs old has been his patient since birth and although she is in college she still sees him for well visits. He is very warm and caring and always is straight forward. He is an old fashioned & brilliant doctor… unfortunately my daughter will not be able to see him after she turns 21years old.

I was recommended to this doctor by my neighbor whose opinion I highly respect. My 11 year old son was starting school and we needed an appointment for a physical and to fill out a quick form required by his school. Upon entrance we were greeted by a young receptionist who did not know much of anything. From what my co-​pay was to what copies of paperwork she needed to retain for my son’s records. Dr. Eden had no bed side manner. His attitude toward my son was dismissive and plain old grumpy. He walked into the exam room and said «Take your clothes off!» as if he were in prison. The receptionist saw this from outside and had to close the door. All the doctor kept referring to was my son being overweight «not obese» as the dr. said. I explained it may be a side effect of the many medications my son takes for ADHD. I began to tell him about the medications and that I wanted to get blood work done to make sure his regulatory systems were in order being that he has gained the weight in the last year. He again did not care. I am not exaggerating when I say he did not want to do more than take his blood pressure, his weight and look down his throat. He did not listen to my concerns nor did he want to fill out the form «I don’t have time for this form.» he said and he was rushing us out. I told him the importance of the form and he relented and took us to his back office. He fired questions at us as if he were under interrogation to gain some sort of picture as to the state of my son’s health. When I again approached the subject of wanting blood work done he was dismissive and stated it was unnecessary. This doctor has many fans and is admired for his books on pediatrics so I don’t understand why he was the polar opposite of what we expected. Maybe his notoriety has made him so busy he doesn’t need or has time for new patients. Our family will never return to his office. On a positive note the ONLY positive note we did not wait more than a couple of minutes before being seen.
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I love this man. He simply is as great as the doctor gets. The twinkle in his eye is what you imagine Santa would have. His «secretary» Anne is a treasure of her own.

I brought my first child to Dr. Eden after being disappointed by another pediatrician and after finding Dr. Eden from the «Best Doctor» list. We are very happy with Dr. Eden and I called him my children’ grandpa doctor. :-)
Dr. Eden is very experienced, clam and confident. He cares about his little patients and even the parents. For example, after I had a very difficult delivery with my second child and brought him to see Dr. Eden the first time, Dr. Eden patted on my shoulder gently and told me to take care myself. It was like he was talking to one of his little patients. Yes, he is old enough to be my pediatrician. I have referred Dr. Eden to a friend and a neighbor and they both seem to be happy with Dr. Eden.
Dr. Eden’s office partner is Dr. Yee — she is much younger but a very sweet pediatrician. Between Dr. Eden and Dr. Yee, their office is available for us Monday to Saturday.
Dr. Eden’s office is a low tech office as he does not even have a fax machine. However, they are very organized in treating the little patients. For example, every time after a check up, Dr. Eden he would give us a piece form filled out by him with caring instructions for our kids.
I just hope Dr. Eden won’t retire anytime soon.

OK, so if you’ve got kids, or are planning to have kids, here’s the doctor you have to travel out of your way to see. I’ve been going to Dr. Eden since I was about four or five years old. Bring your children to him before he decides to retire, stat! He’s extremely intelligent, has written tons of childcare health and medical books, and while his expressionless at times may come off as intimidating, his warm smile will make you feel comfortable and secure in an instant. He tells it like it isduring one of my last visits to him, when I was about 19, he took note of all the recent tattoos on my back and said «You see this? (pointing to my file) When you were five, I wrote ‘exceptionally intelligent child.’ What happened?» He’s great, and his receptionists have probably been working there as long as he has.