Advice about Kaiser Pinole
Parent Q&A
I find both facilities to be stressful and overwhelming for routine care, especially with two young kids. I would consider heading out a bit past Richmond to go to Kaiser Pinole. Since it's not part of a hospital it's small, friendly and with easy peasy parking. Whenever I go to Kaiser Oakland I have to build in an extra 20 minutes just for parking and finding my way through the huge maze of buildings/offices so it might not add too much time to your overall journey. Also, an amazing pediatrician is located there, Dr. Elizabeth Bassett.
Archived Q&A and Reviews
April 2012
Re: Pediatrician, PCP and Gynecologist reccomendations
You know, you don't have to have all your family's doctors at the same Kaiser facility. If you already have, say, your OB at Oakland, keep it and move some of the others to Richmond if that's more convenient. (That's what I did - it's not like you see your OB very much if you're not pregnant anyway.) You can get your prescriptions at any facility too. But in fact, let me really recommend the Pinole clinic. If you're in N. Berkeley or north, it's as easy to get to or more so than Kaiser Richmond; it's small so easy to navigate, and parking is a surface lot (!!!). After moving closer to the Richmond facility, we got a Richmond based pediatrician who... argh. long story. Both my kids now have a pediatrician in Pinole who we love. Kaiser Pinole works for us
Sept 2010
Re: Good OB and delivery at which Kaiser?
I did not have any complicated pregnancies or risk factors with my pregnancy, but for my third pregnancy I saw Dr. Tracy Seo, who now works at Kaiser Pinole. (She used to be at Richmond.) I've decided that I will continue to see her in Pinole, I loved her that much. She always made me feel like she would be happy to sit and talk with me, even though I know she was really busy. She was very good at ''reading'' my hesitations and was very good about pausing to investigate them.
Dr. Mahar is a wonderful pediatrician at Kaiser Pinole.
Dr. Cherilyn Brunetti has been my teenage kids' doctor since birth. She is A-#1! Caring, direct, friendly, thoughtful.
We LOVE Dr Elizabeth Bassett at Kaiser Pinole Pediatrics!
I highly recommend Dr. Sarin for adult medicine. He's personable, kind, and had great skills
Dr. Diana Mahar. She's taken care of my kids since they were born. She's wonderful. I've heard good things about Bassett, too. Saw Dr. Leo once and really liked him. It's a great group of doctors. We've been going for 8 years.
Hi! We use Kaiser Pinole pediatrics and have been with Dr. Diana Mahar for 6 years now. She is incredibly responsive to emails and has a great bedside manor. We've also been connected with Dr. Elizabeth Bassett through advice line for phone/video visits, and she was also wonderful. Pinole has such a relaxed vibe compared to the offices where there are hospitals attached. We use Richmond for the adults in our house.