Cincinnati Children's Centerville

Reviews

• AC

  Angela Cleveland-Holecek

  Apr 22, 2025
  5.0
  This clinic has been wonderful to both my kids. We have seen several specialities there, and have been happy with the outcomes off all the appointments.
• BK

  Beth Knight

  Feb 17, 2025
  5.0
  Have seen several providers here! All top notch! Have recently switched our primary care here! Dr Yohannes is wonderful!
• ED

  Emily Dewenter

  Feb 11, 2025
  5.0
  We moved here from the greater Cincinnati area last year and were extremely disappointed with the options for Primary Care here in Centerville. When talking to many parents no one loved their pediatrician and the place we ultimately settled on was quite underwhelming. The facilities were downright depressing, and it was impossible to get through on the phone for a sick appointment when we needed it. It was a stark contrast to the all around amazing care that we received from our last practice in Northern KY. When I saw CCHMC was opening Primary Care in Centerville I was thrilled! And when we needed to make a sick appointment they got me in within hours. The facilities are impeccable and the staff on the phone and in person was so friendly. Dr Yohannes was very attentive, thorough, and great with my daughter. I see there are some negative reviews on here for this location but I would take those with a grain of salt. The care you receive from Cincinnati Children’s is world class, this office is consistent with my experiences at other locations. I hope that their presence in Dayton forces other practices in the area to step it up.
• KH

  Kelly Hamm

  Jun 17, 2024
  5.0
  My son had an ENT follow-up appointment with Marci Conroy FNP-C at the Centerville location, when his regular ENT he sees was booked up several months out. The whole office was very professional and kind to both my son and I. Marci was very thorough in her check up with my son, allowed me to ask many questions, and was very understanding of my child’s special needs and some of the fears he has when he is at the doctor. Cincinnati Children’s Centerville is an excellent, closer to home, option for us for when we are unable to see his regular ENT. I will definitely try to request Marci whenever needed and would recommend her and this place to anyone I know.
• VV

  Vivian

  Jun 13, 2024
  1.0
  The Cincinnati Children's eating disorder clinic at the Centerville location is a SCAM. Our child had a brief bout with anorexia but quickly pulled out of it. After five months of regular eating, however, she was still underweight, fatigued, & nauseous. Our pediatrician was clueless & referred us to a GI, only for the GI to refer us to the eating disorder clinic. Multiple blood tests were taken along the way that showed electrolytes & all other levels were normal. In the meantime, we met with a nutritionist who offered valuable ways to incorporate more calories into each day, and that was helping our daughter get back on track. At the clinic, Dr. Laurie Mitan did an EKG and said our daughter was "very sick" and needed to be admitted to the Cincinnati Children's for a WEEK. They wanted to hook her up to a heart monitor and intravenously give her 250 extra calories each day to make sure she didn't get refeeding syndrome. When I mentioned that refeeding syndrome typically happens within the first several days of normal eating (our daughter had been eating well for 5 months), Dr. Mitan insisted that we were "just getting started," like this was Day One of recovery. Dr. Mitan was aggressive and insistent that our daughter be in the hospital so therapists could counsel her and nutritionists could see her regularly throughout the week. Dr. Mitan also said that anorexia is never "cured," even after the body recovers, which another adolescent pediatrician told me was "a bunch of bologna." Dr. Mitan was VERY pushy and tried to fear-monger us into the week-long hospital stay. We didn't want therapists filling her head with a bunch of psycho babble, but Dr. Mitan was insistent on it. Dr. Mitan was haughty and acted superior, like she knew what our child needed better than we did. When we declined hospitalization, Dr. Mitan's nurse called us and tried to do more fearmongering, repeating that our daughter was "very sick" and that they were "very worried about her," especially since her heart rate could sometimes dip into the upper 40s. She also reiterated that it was imperative for us to take her to counseling. It quickly became apparent to us that with such a large program to fund, Dr. Mitan was more interested in milking our insurance plan. Just to be sure our daughter was in no physical danger, we visited two different pediatricians for two more opinions. Both doctors were shocked to learn of our experience with Cincinnati Children's eating disorder clinic. One of the doctors performed a new EKG within days of the first one and said her heart was totally fine, even though Dr. Mitan had acted like it wasn't. This doctor said he's never concerned when a teenager has a heart rate drop into the 40s because the way teens breathe affects their heart rates and that no healthy teenager was ever going to drop dead from a heart attack. Aside from being underweight, he said our daughter was in excellent condition. A second adolescent pediatrician also examined our daughter. She said our daughter clearly had no mental issues that needed addressed and affirmed that she was in excellent health. In fact, she charted that she was only underweight and not anorexic. This pediatrician noted that an increase in Vitamin D3 with K2 would fix our daughter's battle with fatigue (we had already put her on a multivitamin). By this point, all other issues related to anorexia had disappeared. Food is medicine, and gaining weight is the answer. After being on the Vitamin D3 with K2 for a week, the fatigue vanished! I suspect Dr. Mitan would have known about this simple fix, but instead, she wanted to browbeat us into an extended hospital stay when it was ABSOLUTELY UNWARRANTED! This not only borders on malpractice, but it is EVIL at the core. Under no circumstances would I recommend the Cincinnati Children's eating disorder clinic. Not all pediatricians are well-versed in dealing with eating disorders, but just do some research and find a pediatrician who specializes in adolescent medicine. Dr. Mitan & her team are SCAMMERS!