Daniel E McCrimons, MD

Took my twins to here to get a procedure and I was absolutely amazed by the staff and the doctors bedside manners. He treated us like family. He showed compassion and gave us great advice. I have referred many people to him.

I adore This office, Kathy she’s amazing! Your baby’s sick ok bring her in today! You need something taken care of? Ok what are we doing? The Dr himself I am completely biased he was my pediatrician and I refused to go to a regular dr for the longest time. My kids they love going to the Drs. Do not even mind getting shots from him! They go to school and brag about him! Of you are lucky enough to get him keep him!

Holistic approach and conservative! Just what I was looking for. Overall I liked his advice about how to resolve an illness from its root rather than just treat the symptoms. He thinks of the little kids long term Health.

Dr. McCrimons is amazing! We have a 1 month old son and have already had more than a normal amount of visits. The staff is always nice and accommodating! It’s has a «family» feel to the office! It’s also nice that they have 2 waiting rooms, 1 for healthy kids and 1 for sick kids! They also can usually get you in for an appointment same day or the next day… Sooo nice! Dr. McCrimons always makes me feel empowered and listened to. I like taking a holistic or natural methods over drugs and he seems to support that! My personal care physician told me he thinks Dr. McCrimons is the best pediatrician in Sacramento, and he doesn’t know we already see Dr. McCrimons!

I have been going to Dr. McCrimons since my son was born which was about 2 ½ years ago. I now have a 6 month old as well and love having him as our pediatrician. He answers all of our questions thoroughly the front staff is always so pleasant and polite and I like that there is a sick waiting room and well waiting room so other children don’t get contaminated. Dr. McCrimons has a good sense of humor and calls the kids big guy or chief during all our visits. When my oldest was sick I was able to call and get an appointment within the hour. I would easily recommend him to any future expecting parents.

Dr McCrimmons is great!!! So are his assistants and office staff. Appointment are fast and so are the visits. I have three kids and they all go to him. They also let us take all the kids to the same appointment and be seen at the same time.

Dr. McCrimons is a fantastic pediatrician. What’s more, he’s a wonderful person. My son and I had the pleasure of knowing him when we lived in Midtown and needed a care provider for routine things, i.e. checkups, prescriptions, etc. He’s very respectful of his patients and talks with them at length as needed. Wait time has been minimal, when there was a wait. Now that we’ve moved from the area, I hope to find a replacement provider who can live up to the care we received from Dr. McCrimons. My son even has Dr. McCrimons’ cell number to call if he ever has any questions or concerns about being a new student at a private high school. Dr. McCrimons, having attended a very prestigious East Coast private school, reassured my son that he’d do great but he can always call him if needed!

Recently switched to Dr. McCrimons from Kaiser, and picked him on recommendations from nurses at Sutter Memorial’s postpartum unit (they would know the good peds, right?) In addition, my husband saw the Dr. when he was a kid and loved him!
Our first visit was smooth and simple, and the Dr. took a lot of time to explain his philosophy and get to know me. I was really impressed by that.
When my daughter was sick with croup, it was easy to get an appointment to see him (within an hour of my call) and it was equally easy to reach the on-​call Dr. when this scared momma had a middle of the night concern.
I would recommend Dr. McCrimons for his personal touch, sense of humor, and general love of treating children.

Avoid this soulless piece of ice. Repeat: Avoid.
It’s unfortunate that a family entanglement prevents me from calling a halt to taking any of the kids in my life to this dreadful professional.
My very young child fell at school. McCrimmons’ office location was enroute to the emergency ward, and having called his exchange, stopped to see if he could provide immediate care. His office does not answer calls during its two-​hour lunch period.
I arrived at the office at the exact end of the lunch-​period identified by both his office voice-​mail greeting, and his exchange. I went to the door. Locked. He didn’t answer. The identity of the person who eventually did answer was not clear. He didn’t bother to introduce himself. I quickly summarized. To no avail.
McCrimmons then came to the door having overheard. His only point in coming to the door was to deny service. There I stood, child in my arms, and this ice-​cube declined to provide any type of assistance or even extend a kindness to the child.
He denied that his exchange provided me any information, and denied that his voice-​mail greeting provided different office hours than he was now claiming (one-​half hour longer than his voice-​mail greeting and exchange). He even concocted an excuse why he couldn’t see my child. «I have to go somewhere.»
He was lying. He, in his arrogance, clearly did not want the sanctity of his lunch hour disturbed, even if to do so meant lying about what his voice-​mail greeting had said, what his exchange had said, and coming up with an absurd excuse that he had to «go somewhere» in the minutes remaining in his now-​extended lunch hour.
I have experienced him before. Previously, I noticed his aloof manner, his detached method of «interaction,» and all of the other ingredients that add up to coldness.
Having had this experience, my purpose now is to get the word out.
Avoid!
By the way, were it not for a peculiar family dynamic, I’d have reported this behavior to the medical board.

Dr. McCrimons is wonderful. His staff is friendly, there is never too long a wait for your set time.
But more importantly, he loves kids. He will openly share the joy he finds in the kids he treats, and remind you that their innocence, their view of the world, is a treasure.

I’m glad that everyone else seems to have had a great experience with Dr. McCrimons; unfortunately, my family did not. I agree with a lot of what C W wrote in her review. He’s definitely the type of doctor who believes he knows best. We felt rushed and it didn’t seem he was really listening to our concerns. He also verbally patted himself on the back a couple times during our first visit. Also, we’re not religious, but we respect others’ beliefs… However, we felt rather uncomfortable about how preachy he became with us.
That’s not the worst of it, though. Our son was born in late 2011, weighing 8lbs 6 oz. We took him to be seen by Dr. McCrimons two days later. They weighed him and said he’d lost over 1 pound. We were shocked by that number but they assured us there was no cause for alarm. Everything else checked out OK so they send us on our way and had us return one week later. During that second visit, our son was weighed again. This time, they told us he was down to about 6.5 lbs. We started panicking. Dr. McCrimons stated that my son was expending more energy while nursing than calories consumed. He said I should nurse him for 7 minutes on each side. That’s it. That’s the advice I was given. After later consulting with other professionals about his recommendation, I was told how inaccurate his suggestion was. In any case, it also felt like we were wasting his time and he didn’t really register that we were very concerned.
My husband and I left there in a stupor and were worried sick about our little one. We went out and bought our own scale at Babies R Us and calibrated it. Our son weighed in at nearly 8lbs. I took him to The Birth Center where he was born and asked our midwife to weigh him. Again, he weighed in at nearly 8lbs — matching our scale down to the ounce. We were relieved that he hadn’t dropped as much weight as we thought, but were also disgusted at the gross negligence of the doctor, staff, and equipment.
I’m not happy to write this. I don’t enjoy writing negative reviews — especially seeing how beloved Dr. McCrimons is. However, it’s been over a year and I’ve never forgotten how awful an experience it was to go through. I wouldn’t wish that on any new parent.
We never went back after that second visit. We were fortunate enough to find a doctor who was a much better fit for us and is more respectful of our opinions and concerns.

Dr. McCrimons has been our pediatrician since my son was born in 2009. We absolutely ADORE him and his beside manner. He is excellent with our son and always incredibly attentive to «Mom & Dads» needs as well while taking care of our boy.
All the kids are «chief» and he has the best suckers around. My son looks forward to his visits with Dr. McCrimons. (as do we). We trust this physician to always put our son’s best interest first. He is what all doctors should aspire to be: credible, genuine, knowledgeable and personable.
We hope Dr. M will continue to practice throughout our son’s childhood. I can’t imagine taking him to any other doctor.

Dr. Mccrimons is a great doctor. The doctor my son was seeing prior to Dr McCrimons was very conservative and most appointments would end with «just take him home and see how he does.» My son had an infection that was left untreated because his Doctor just told him he wasn’t dringing enough water and eating enough fiber.
I took him to DR. McCrimons and he immediately diagnosed his infection and prescribed anitbiotic and my son was well after a few days. My son loves going to see Dr. Mccrimons and always says «Mom if I went to Dr McCrimons I could have been cured a year ago!»
Dr. McCrimons also had a great personality and relates well to kids and makes going to the doctor a pleasant experience.

I wish I was a kid again! Dr McCrimons is a wonderful doctor. He genuinely cares about his patients and wants nothing but the best for them. He takes a very common sense approach to caring for his patients. He doesn’t automatically jump to writing a prescription for any little aliment. He likes to recommend natural remedies for many things.
We couldn’t be happier with the service and care that we receive from this office. Thank you!!!

I have never written a negative or positive review of anyone on Unilocal.Please know I mean everything I write. I went to his office very excitedly after reading all of the reviews online. I went again for a second visit, hoping the following experience would have been better. I was wrong.
Cons:
1. First of all, he is one of those doctors that thinks he knows best and is always right. He also just talks about himself a lot. He even interrupted me a few times to continue talking about himself and his practice.
2. We chose to keep our son’s penis intact. Dr. McCrimmons told me that I really should get him circumcised. He basically said that I will be back when our son is a little older and he’ll have to say «I told you so». He told me some horror stories about men and boys who needed to be circumcised. I told him we did a lot of research and were happy with our decision to keep our son intact. Dr. McCrimmons then said «What? What are you talking about? What is intact?». I simply said that all of his penis is there and that we didn’t remove any of it. He said «Oh, ok, I see, you are just saying that he is uncircumcised». I said «yep, but we use the word intact as well, it kind of normalizes it a bit more, instead of circumcision always being the norm.» He said «Well, he is either circumcised or uncircumcised and that he had never heard the „intact“ as a word used for an uncircumcised penis». I told him that the word «intact» is used in a lot of literature these days and I was surprised he hadn’t heard the word used. What a frustrating conversation… I would have liked Dr. McCrimmons to respect our views on weather to circumcise or not and not feel belittled or feel like we may have made a bad choice. My heart just did not feel right after meeting with him. I called my husband and told him we need to look for a new pediatrician. Ugh!
3. He boasts that he hasn’t changed his practice at all in the past 30 years. He literally mentioned this like four times while I was there. That is fine and all, but I want a pediatrician who changes with the times and stays up-​to-​date on his profession.
4. I talked with Dr. McCrimmons about having my son on a slightly delayed vaccine schedule and I told him which shots I wanted our son to get. He was fine with that and we seemed to be on the same page. After leaving, I looked down at my sons chart and realized that Dr. McCrimmons gave our son a shot that I did not want him to get yet. So frustrating!
5. Instead of talking about my son during our visit, he talked about babies in general. We just moved here and my previous pediatrician would tell me how and why my son was doing well and they were specific. I would ask Dr. McCrimmons a question and he would say stuff like «All babies…» and «In general…». He never really talked about MY baby, which is why I was there!
6. I think he is a little sexist… I know that is a bold claim, but I really do. I went to his office without my husband both times and he seemed really dismissive of my concerns. I felt devalued in my thought processes. Dr. McCrimmons said during both visits that I should bring my husband next time – almost suggesting that it’d be better to talk to him than me.
Pros:
1. Dr. McCrimmons calls children «chief».
2. There is a well and sick waiting room.
3. The offices are painted with cute flowers, plants, animals, etc.
Gosh this was long! Thanks for reading.

Best Pediatrician out there! I was apprehensive about posting, mainly because i didn’t want his dance card all used up. I’m selfish that way, but we love him too much not to share. The office staff is great! Dr. McCrimons is wonderful, always calling the visitors «chief» and really taking the time to explain things for you. He’s also really relaxed about things, which is nice to a first time parent. Bonus! he has a «sick» and a «well» waiting room Yay! no germies!

We found Daniel McCrimmons through a referral from a friend and haven’t looked back since. He’s been my two kids’ pediatrician since we moved here almost 4 years ago.
Having been in the medical industry, i can tell you that Dr McCrimmona is among the best ever. He has an easy bedside manned and a staff as attentive as he is. He’s concerned with the overall health and well-​being (he actually is responsible for the addition of kale to our diets!)
I trust him implicitly and he has always shot straight with us. He really does go the extra mile.
Notable about this physician’s practice is two waiting rooms… one for sick kids, and the other for non-​sick kids… Thank you!
I heartily recommend Daniel McCrimmons and staff to anyone.

I too rarely comment on these things but I was googling his address for a form and use Unilocal all the time so I thought I might contribute. I have four girls. Oldest is 20 youngest is 10. We have been going to Dr. McCrimmons the entire time. Even when my ins changed & they didn’t accept the one I had, I decided to flip the bill to stay with him. Upon telling them this he did what he could to lower my costs for visits and gave us free samples to get us by if someone was sick.
The best part of Dr. D (McCrimmons) has been mentioned below but with my personal experience, my daughter had a heart defect as well as sleep apnea and on monitors every day, all day and even more while sleeping (to alert us if she stopped breathing which happened often). Our hospital visits to the ER were in excess but necessary to make sure she was ok. Upon going to the office he noticed I was terribly ill and on several antibiotics and steroids. After further tests and investigation he hospitalized me the day my lung collapsed and went into ICU for a week. That hospital visit turned into over two weeks of touch and go for me but had he not started testing and insisting the day he first saw me sick that I follow up with him that afternoon, I might not be here today. He did what «my» Dr.‘s were too busy to do.
My oldest is 20 and doesn’t want to switch Dr.‘s right now and he’s in no hurry to push her out the door. When it’s necessary we (she) will find a doctor but not until then.
My other girls absolutely LOVE him, when one goes, the others are jealous. I have even caught them saying they «think» they are sick too and need to go to the doctor… how cute, I thought.
He is very simply put «Amazing», he couldn’t be more Spot On with the kids. My husband is comfortable with actually talking to him & not being rushed out the door and because I know Dr. McCrimmons will ask all the necessary questions, I am never worried when I can’t attend their appointments from time to time.

i use Unilocal ALL of the time for viewing ratings, but it takes something i REALLY LOVE for me to actually right a review… and Dr. McCrimons is one of them! I cant say enough about him. The fact that my 4 year old daughter now actually LIKES going to the doctor says so much about him. From birth to about 2 ½ we where at another well respected practice in the area, and my daughter dreaded going to the doctor. before we pulled in the parking lot she was screaming. A friend at work told me to look into seeing Dr. McCrimons. His family had been going there for years and his kids LIKED going… which seemed impossible. So i made an appointment and WOW… as soon as you meet the man you know you found a rare gem! He is THE SWEETEST person and his presence is so comforting to not only the children but the parents. He really takes his time with each patient; gets to know the kids; you can tell he really loves what he does and cares about the well being of your children. He remembers you! it could be forever since you’ve seen him and he picks up right where he left off! He sings a little song to my daughter and she just eats it up and tells everyone how she LOVES her doctor. He gives that traditional pediatrician feel. (you leave with a lollipop and everything.) It is not one of these practices where you go in and the doctor rushes in and rushes out on to the next. leaving you feeling like a number in a file rather that a person with a name.
I could go on and on but basically Dr. McCrimons is AWESOME! Extremely knowledgeable and a demeanor that is indescribably awesome. i recommend him to EVERYONE! sidenote… he loves his patients so much that he lets them come to him as long as they want. no kicking them out when they are 18. he has patients that are 25 that have been with him forever :) i love that. it says so much about him…

By far one of the best pediatricians out there and he takes his own calls no matter what time of night! The one thing that impresses me beyond his friendliness and knowledge is the fact he goes out of his way to make everyone comfortable and treats the kids with respect and talks to them rather than over them. Don’t get me wrong, he will ask questions of mom and dad too! I remember times when I brought one kid in and he saw all of us when our whole house came down with what turned out to be just a bad virus. If our insurance covered him, I would be back in a hot minute! Will have to see what open enrollment brings!