Michelle Bennett, MD, FAAP

Awesome, professional, loving, funny… everything a pediatrician should be when they begin practicing. Should go into business for herself

Dr Bennett is AMAZING– both personally & professionally. We have been going to her for both our kids for 6 & 8 years now.
If she doesn’t know the answer– she will find it out or refer you to a specialist. She is great with her follow through & calling back about your child!
5 we LOVE her & trust our kids under her care!

I LOVE LOVE LOVE Dr Bennett!
I’ve been going to her for past 8 months with my new born. She is AMAZING with kids (she has 3 of her own). She is never in a rush. She make sure to sit and talk to you, specially me being first time parent (I’ve a zillion questions).
Feel my baby is safe and great in her hands!
RECOMMENDED!!!

I had a baby girl in October of 2014. I am a strong believer that vaccines are unhealthy after my hours upon hours upon months and months of research, plus her father is Jewish. I know most of you will stop reading this review just from my above sentence but please continue reading if you care about your baby. I have included my opinion on the actual office workings as well. My son is actually still a current patient of Bennett as he was fully vaccinated many years ago before I was smart enough to do my research.
If you would like to research a little, I recommend 2 sites to start with.
(lists injuries/​deaths from vaccines by doctors who have reported them) and
(anti-​vaccinator point of view with more links)
Bennet was nice in her approach opposing my beliefs but refused to keep seeing my baby girl unless I vaccinated. I politely declined and she turned us away. She did not help me by giving me a reference list of doctors that would see her or give me any peace of mind. I mean what if my baby just got a cold or ear infection etc… what was I suppose to do. just not have a doctor for her to go to and only option would be ER? This is my only complaint. Instead of just kicking parents out with different beliefs they should at least help find another doctor.
Other than that, for the 2 visits we did have with Dr Bennet she was very sweet and seems to genuinely care about her patients. I am not against pro vaccinators, so I am not bashing her for that. I just wish more people would put in the time to really find out everything they can about vaccines before they make a decision based on popular beliefs or just doing what ever a doctor says. After all. your baby should be top priority, so to me it seems only natural that investigation should be a no brainier.
If you are for vaccinating I do recommend Dr Bennet for her attitude and caring nature. They do however have a lot of patients and hard to make an appointment. I don’t like that they are so big because it makes me feel uncomfortable bringing a newborn or any child for that matter into the office knowing how many germs are floating around. It’s not very personal because of how busy they are.
I hope this review will help some parents.
If you need a pediatrician to take your unvaccinated child, look at Unilocal under holistic pediatricians.

We are really happy Dr. Bennett is our pediatrician. She’s very sweet and caring but most importantly she knows her stuff. She makes her patients feel special and we would recommend her to anyone looking for a pediatrician.

I’m not surprised by all the glowing reviews for Dr Bennett, and I just wanted to add my voice to the chorus. We LOVE her; she has been my daughter’s pediatrician literally since the day she was born — and she’s almost 16 now. (I think she was one of Dr. Bennett’s very first patients.)
Dr. Bennett is a total kid person — kids just love her. As my daughter got older, Dr. Bennett was really good about explaining things to her in a way she could understand, then giving me all the other details I wanted. As a new mom, it made such a huge difference to have a pediatrician who was so reassuring but never seemed to be sugar-​coating things. Over the course of 16 years I’ve never once been unhappy with the level of care we’ve gotten — and I’m not a particularly easy-​to-​please person!
We had an urgent situation today that reminded me how much I love Dr. Bennet (and the rest of Surf City Pediatrics!) so I finally thought to write a review!

I needed a pediatrician for my soon-​to-​be-​born son and my OB/​GYN recommended Surf City Pediatrics since it was in the same building as his office and his own children are patients there. I picked Dr. Bennett in particular because she had good online reviews and I thought, hey, a Jane Austen name is a good sign. I’m glad I went with my doctor’s recommendation and my silly instinct. Dr. Bennett is knowledgable, informative, and professional, but also has a great bedside manner. I feel comfortable asking questions and voicing my concerns and I trust my son in her very capable
hands. The only complaints I have are that her late morning and afternoon appointments tend to run late and the nurses I’ve encountered in her office don’t seem to have the same warm demeanor. I once waited 45 minutes and when I asked a nurse when my son would be seen, I was brushed aside with a «the doctor will be in soon.» I would try to find a new pediatrician’s office but I just like Dr. Bennett too much.

First time mommy, didn’t have a pedestrian picked before I had my son (never crossed my mind to do so), but my OBGYN referred us to her. Met her in the hospital while she was doing her rounds. She is so sweet, engaging, answers every question, doesnt make you feel bad/​stupid, and believes in motheres gut/​intuition.
A few really great qualities she has is she actually listens to you and doesnt interrupt with ahuh or what she thinks your trying to convey. She makes you feel like your her only patient that day. To me both of those are lost qualities in doctors.

Dr. Bennett really is as good as it get folks!!! As a mom of 3 I have seen far more doctors and hospitals than I care to mention in the past 7 ½ years. I can not say enough about Dr. Bennett. The following is just a small list of characteristics that come to mind when I think of her.
Very professional
Kind & gentle
Understanding — because she is a mom too!
Interested in your observations
Listens to the children
Takes her time with you and your children
Makes notes for you to take home (and you can actually read her handwriting… now how many doctors can you say that about???)
The office is very clean and modern with many patient rooms. They have a sick room and a well room which helps to protect our children.

Great doctor! Super personable and great with kids. We drive a ways and now pay out of pocket to see her (work switched to Kaiser). Very happy to have found her.

Dr. Bennett is wonderful! She is super kind and caring. I am a new Mama to a 7 month old and like many new parents I have lots (and I mean LOTS) of questions and concerns regarding my baby. She takes the time to patiently listen to all of my questions, and I never feel rushed during our appointments. My son has also been seen by Dr. Pepek, Dr. Kasamatsu and the nurse practitioner (I can’t remember her name) and they are really good and very nice too.

On the recommendations here at Unilocal,I took my one-​year old to Dr. Bennett. What a great doctor! She’s calm, engaging and interacted well with my little man. They have two waiting rooms: a sick and well baby one. The main one you walk into is for sick kids. The wait time wasn’t bad; her nurse is so nice and the appointment ladies are also nice.

We love Dr. Bennett! She is professional, nurturing and very knowledgable. My boys love her and I love that she listens carefully. She treats the «whole child» not just symptoms. I believe she is the best doctor out there and only wish she saw adults :)

Dr. Bennett has been my daughter’s doctor since she was born. Both my husband and I could not be happier with her as our pediatrician. She’s very patient and warm and kind. As new parents, we had a lot of questions, and she’s always happy to answer them all. I wish I could find a doctor like her for myself… unfortunately her patients age limit tops at 18.