Dr. Ananthasekar Ponnambalam, MD

This doctor seems very thorough & caring when we visited him. My problem is not with him, but his office/staff. After my son threw up nearly every day for 3 months & trying several acid reflux meds with no relief, Dr. P scheduled my son for a scope of his stomach and an ultrasound of his abdomen. The whole ordeal at Women’s and Children’s was total chaos & they didn’t even have him scheduled for both tests. The scope revealed nothing and he was diagnosed with abdominal migraines, since we have family history of migraines. There was really no treatment recommended & they sent us on our way. No follow ups recommended. Cade had since had cycles of headaches & mild vomiting once or twice a month for 1-2 days.The school has a strict attendance policy that only allows 4 parent yearly, but will let us write more with a chronic illness/ ailment letter from the dr, which Dr. P’s nurse refuses to provide. They need to assess him again she says. Assess what?!? I just want a letter of diagnoses.

I was stuck in traffic. I called ahead and was told to come on that I had a 15 minute grace period. I stood in line at 2:15 to waiting to sign in. I was sat down and waited another 10 minutes. A receptionist was sent to tell me I would not be seen. My daughter has been vomiting blood off and on. We desperately needed this appt. It said a lot to me for a doctor who wouldn’t take 10 minutes out of his time to see a suffering baby! We will not be back!