Trent Jocelyn D MD Faap

I have been taking my kids to Dr. Trent for 16 years. She was hand picked by my mother (a nurse who had worked with Dr. Trent in the hospital). She has always taken her time with us and addressed all of mine and my kids concerns. I recommend her to people on a regular basis. She is a great doctor who loves kids!

No stars for this place. This is a joke! Worst doctor my kids have seen. She didn’t even introduce herself. Manners went out the door. Didn’t even spend 5 minutes in the room. Completely disregarded all my concerns. Will not be going back! The only reason she’s still in business is because she accepts medicaid. Very rude.

I would really like to give more stars for Dr. Trent’s office but unfortunately I am unable to. 8 times out of 10 her original diagnosis is incorrect and I end up having to take my son back to her or to an emergency room to find out what is actually wrong with him. The first visit usually consists of a long wait period before she finally enters the room and does a very, and I mean very quick observation of my child before she comes up with a diagnosis. She doesn’t actually take her time until about the second visit when I am visibly upset at having to again bring him in and in usually more pain than the first time. There was one time when I waited up to a hour and a half after his appointment time (id been there early as always) and no one in her office could seem to locate her. When she finally came in she rushed through, barely even listening to me before giving a general diagnosis, then left without telling me what I could do for him. That same evening I ended up having to take him to the hospital because the fever had gotten to him so badly it had affected his leg and he couldn’t walk. Today I brought him in and received a similar treatment in which she barely listened before prescribing him something. The ointment she prescribed wasn’t covered under my insurance and cost $ 99. I tried to reach the pharmacy to see if I could get something else. Hours later I called only for them to tell me they tried to reach the dr. hours before but she never returned their call. 2 stars because although she does accept all insurance and her offices are clean with semi-​friendly staff, she does not show proper care and attentiveness to her patients or their parents.

Dr. Trent is a terrible doctor. She is basically responsible for my son suffering needlessly for the first 2 years of his life. When he was born, we had medicaid due to a complex situation, and she was one of the only pediatric doctors we could find that would accept medicaid.
My son was sick basically all of the time and threw up several times a week (not spit-​up). He also had terrible eczema. Being a new parent and a person with no history of food allergies, I never thought to get him tested, but doctor Trent should have and she didn’t. Even after we told her that he had a reaction to peanuts, her only advice was ‘I guess he’s allergic to peanuts’. After any serious reaction like that, a child should immediately be tested to see what allergies they may have and to verify that what happened was indeed an allergy response.
After unknowingly feeding him food that he was allergic to for the first 2 years and dealing with constant colds nearly every single week, we finally moved and found another doctor who was utterly shocked that our son had not been tested. After testing my son, we found that he was allergic to several common foods (eggs, soy, peanuts, beans) and removed it from his diet. Immediately afterwards, the eczema stopped and so did all of the constant sickness.
If Dr. Trent had actually done her job and informed us about allergy testing, my son would have had a much easier first 2 years of life. It’s hard to tell whether ignoring the allergy issues made them worse, but it’s a possibility.

Dr. Trent accepts Virginia medicaid. and shares the same parking lot as Potomac Hospital.
Dr. Trent is friendly and patient and if my children are sick I have always been able to get a same-​day appointment. Nurses Jocie and Charlene and the front desk staff are very friendly. English may not be the only language these women can speak, but they speak English well and I appreciate that. Unlike other offices I have visited, none of the staff in Dr. Trent’s office have distracting tattoos or piercing and all of them appear healthy.
Dr. Trent’s office has seperate waiting rooms for sick and well children and both are clean. There are clean restrooms located right outside the elevators.
Dr. Trent accepts sick walk-​ins from 9−10am and again in the afternoon.
This is a quality office with quality staff.