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My partner and I go to the Berkeley practice where Valerie McFarlane works. We take our son to a different pediatric practice. I've seen Dr. McFarlane and she is very competent, compassionate and responsive. She negotiated with Pacificare for certain procedures for me and would call me at home to let me know how things were going. My partner has seen Dr. Hart who he said was wonderful and one of the PA's (a french-sounding last name, sorry I can't remember it) who has also been excellent. Our experiences with the practice--we've been with them for almost a year now--have been uniformly good. My mom, who is visiting from India, was treated by a substitute doctor who turned out to be a real gem.

My only complaint is that they are really crowded and seem to be overworked. Ofcourse this might be a temporary thing as Dr. Hart has not been available for some months. But when I am on hold for ten minutes or more waiting to talk to someone, I do wonder what would happen in case of a non-911 emergency.