Thomas Paul, MD

I love Dr. Thomas’s relaxed style and that he is willing to think outside the box, yet provide traditional care. We love him!

We’ve been with dr Paul since my sons birth, he is now 3. I have had good care experiences on all but one occasion when one of the older nurses seemed very abrupt and a bit grouchy in the shot clinic. I’ve seen her since with nothing like that experience, so I’ll mark it up to a bad day. Otherwise I feel that they have always been kind, understanding and reasonable caregivers. My son has zero fear of the dr or shots and I think much of that has to do with his experiences at this practice. 4 not 5 stars because I have nothing to compare this practice to locally other than my pediatrician from 20 years ago, which was nothing like this, pediatric healthcare has come a long way since then!

Love this Dr’s blog videos, they’re awesome! His philosophies make so much sense to me, and make me feel more at ease. Thanks Dr. Thomas!

The values listed on his website and the ideals we shared from his videos attracted me to bringing my daughter to his clinic.
He was not friendly by any means of the word, nor did he really take the time to listen to my concerns.
My daughter had a small hernia which he diagnosed by quickly looking at a photo I took while it was protruding and not even doing an exam. Once I left the clinic I did my research and realized there was no way it could be her xyphoid process like he said, it was way too low. I went to another place and they immediately knew it was a hernia.
If your looking for less than adequate attention from your child’s pediatrician than I would definitely recommend sending your child here.

Parents should proceed with caution when evaluating Dr. Thomas as a medical provider. My wife and i are healthcare and health and wellness executives and his professional care and conduct were not commercially reasonable in our opinion.
My wife was initially attracted to Dr. Thomas’ care due to his attitude toward vaccinations and his more holistic approaoch to medicine. However, over time his original core values were overshadowed by lack of patient intimacy, poor record keeping and perpetural misdiagnosis.
Immediately after our son was born Dr. Thomas told us that our son was losing too much weight, he recommended and we followed his advice on giving our son formula. only to find out a few weeks later that the data that he had given us was incorrect.
A year later Dr. Thomas diagnosed our son with low iron and put him on supplements. He treated our son with this condition for six months and on most of our visits the data that was regurgitated to us was often different from one visit to the next and on a few occassions it was different even during the same visit.
When we finally discussed with Dr. Thomas our concerns he became arrogant and disintersted in our concerns. After that many of his staff members followed suit with unprofessionalism that you would hope to never see in health care.
His care had distinct qualities: 1) They were in the business of seeing such a large volume of patients that we were unable to discuss issues in detail and/​or their short comings in providing care, 2.) Their record keeping or their electronic medical records were not managed well and they were unable to provide consistant information 3.) When our son faced great health challenges, rather than helping figure out the problem Dr. Thomas acted arrogant and unopen to our concerns. in fact, he insisted that everyone that had left his practice had returned.
In our opinion, seek care elseware. Our experience with other physicians has been superior and you have better choices. On a positve note, when we left Dr. Thomas care, the next physician immediately figured out that the iron Dr. Thomas had proscribed to our son was actually causing the issue, our son healed shortly after following a new doctors advice. It is interesting to note that Dr. Thomas has a relationship with the iron provider and is proscribing iron phosphate and not iron sulphate, which is the usual supplement. Sorry for the long diatribe but we felt it was out duty as parents to reach out to others and let them know what to expect if they choose this provider.

This Dr was suggested by my pediatrician as it was the weekend and my baby was getting progressively more sick. She suggested I get the baby tested for the flu. The nurse at this office was so snarky and talked crap about my request to another staff person that we could overhear. All about how it wasn’t the flu and people kept asking for the test. Well she was completely wrong as the baby tested positive. I’ll never go back here. They made me feel like I was being stupid to make a request for the test and in the end she was wrong about the diagnosis.

We have been with Dr. Thomas for over 4 years and have been very happy with the practice. Short wait times, separate sick and well waiting rooms, nurses who are kind and super fast with shots and his PA, Mallory, is as good as it gets. As a matter of fact, I only do my well baby appointments with her because she is amazing with kids. She is genuinely interested in what my kid is talking about, does a great job explaining what she is doing so little ones understand and is very thorough. We never feel rushed, have had all our questions answered and yesterday, when both kids needed shots at their well baby appointments, an extra nurse came in to hold my baby just so I could comfort our toddler. There isn’t a way to express how much that means to a mom. I feel like my kids get great care, but they care about the parents, too.

We have been with Dr. Thomas for about 7 years with two boys (currently 8 and 9) and I’m a big fan. He has great nurses, his PA is AMAZING, and he is a fountain of knowledge. I love that he knows his Western medicine backwards and forwards, but he isn’t afraid of naturopathic remedies. (you will learn about probiotics though as that is a hot button for him. I secretly call him Dr. Probiotic)
Two experiences that stand out for why we like Dr. Thomas: We left our first pediatrician when I decided he was just TOO clinical and never touched the baby except with one finger. I went in to interview Dr. Thomas and had both kids with me. I had a long, annoying set of questions for him. My baby was crying and it was clear I was flustered. He asked permission and then held the baby (9 months old) and bounced him on his knee and answered all my questions. I was sold.
I had started to think he was too cautious with vaccines and antibiotics. He is pretty laissez-​faire about the things that panic new moms. However, once I went in with a 3 year old who I thought had an ear infection. I was pretty sure the doc was going to shrug and say «let it go» but this is my kid with a pain tolerance of an elephant and I was starting to get concerned. He examines the kid and then suggests a SHOT of antibiotics because he is worried the infection might move to the eyes. That proved to me that he will act when it is warranted. There have been a few more of those over the years, allowing me to see that although he doesn’t sweat the small stuff, he acts quickly when it is real.
We recommend him to others. Interview him and see if he is a fit for your family.
P. S. The super nice office manager that some other reviewer mentioned is his son. He has several adopted children and his personal story is also amazing. It’s on his website somewhere.

Let me start out by saying that Dr. Thomas bills his practice as «Integrative Pediatrics, LLC» thereby implying he has an integrative approach when it comes to medicine. He does not! The only reason he has 2 stars is because his office has separate waiting rooms for sick and well patients, and he suggests alternate vaccine schedules.
We recently left the practice after being there for just one year. His newborn care and knowledge is deplorable. He pushes formula as a treatment for jaundice, knows nothing about breastfeeding, and did everything but tell me that my exclusively breast-​fed baby is overweight. He did not say it, for the record, he said: «You can relax on the breastfeeding.»
Recently I booked what I thought was a doctor’s appointment for a vaccine shot. Expecting (at the very least) a once-​over before they inject viruses into my child, I was shocked to discover I was in their «vaccine clinic.» A haughty nurse came in, and told me to lay my baby on the table. She told me that if I held him and nursed, as I requested, that he would aspirate on breastmilk and die. I then asked if she was going to give him a brief physical before the shot, and if there were any side effects to watch out for. She rolled her eyes and said: «Then you needed to schedule a doctor’s appointment!» (Uh, sorry, thought I’d done that!) «You’ll have to wait for about an hour or two.» I had my three year old with me, and had driven from Southwest Washington to get there, I couldn’t sit in a waiting room with an infant and a 3 year old for an hour! FInally she consented to taking his temperatur with a huge huffy sigh, and said: «See? Normal. Anything else?» (No thanks, Nurse Ratched!) So up on the table my poor infant goes, while I’m holding his chubby little hand, she stabs him, slaps a band-​aid on and walks out without another word.
Furious and still shocked by what just happened, I immediately told the sweet man at the reception desk I’d be leaving this practice. He gave me some forms to sign without hesitation. It must happen a lot! The office manager tried to save our business by talking with me about the incident. She scheduled an appointment with the doctor for early the next week to discuss it. Then, the next week, the day before the appointment, she calls saying the doctor would not like to meet with me, and suggests I find another practice. Already ahead of you on that one, doc. I totally broke up with you before you could break up with me!
The icing on the cake? When I received my medical records the next day, the incident was in there, but was a completely different story. I don’t know why the nurse lied about what happened, but I don’t pay to be coerced, lied to, and lied about.
For the record, I think he’s the only «integrative» pediatrician who recommends your baby sleep in another room in a crib at 4 months, and cry it out.