One of the readers of this site (thanks Prabhakaran) wrote in almost a month ago to tell me about a pediatrician that he visits for their baby boy, his name being Dr. Siddhartha Gogia. It took me a while to put together this article based on his recommendation, but here it is finally.
Coincidentally, I have had the opportunity to interact with Dr. Gogia directly as well, so I am including my impression as well after Prabhakaran’s.
Here’s what Prabhakaran had to say about Dr. Gogia:
- very good experience so far.
- really good with children.
- does not give unnecessary medication.
- responds to your questions very promptly.
Now for my impression of Dr. Gogia. First of all, I have to agree with Prabhakaran overall. Below is our experience with Dr. Siddhartha Gogia, who we met after my wife delivered a baby at Max hospital last week. He was the attending pediatrician during the delivery.
Our daughter ‘Aanya’ was born with a slight case of fluid in her lungs which caused her to grunt while breathing. This can happen, and usually clears out on its own. Dr. Gogia was very patient in answering all my questions, and thanks to his calm manner, I felt myself not getting overly worried. This is important because a lot of times doctors tend to act self important and not explain properly what the issue is.
To monitor Aanya, they kept her in the NICU for one day. Dr. Gogia visited her regularly and kept us updated on her status. What I liked was his continuous attitude towards not doing unnecessary tests or giving not required medication. They just kept her under observation.
At this stage, it is very safe for me to say that he looks like a competent pediatrician, and I have decided to continue with him for the follow up sessions for Aanya. Let’s see if he turns out to be as good as the initial impression in the long run.
Here’s some more information about Dr. Gogia:
- he practices out of Max Hospital and his private clinic in DLF Phase IV.
- his contact details are: 9971799012 and gogiasiddhartha@gmail.com.
- he has a website at http://childspecialist.wordpress.com/ – this website contains a collection of articles about various topics related to parenting and child care. On first look, all these articles seem to be copied from various places on the Internet – so these are not his own publication; however, it is still a good place to go to find all this information in one place.
Has anyone consulted with Dr. Gogia – please mention your experiences (good and bad) in the comments.
Tags: children, Doctors, Healthcare, Pediatrician
Vaibhav, Good to hear about your own positive experience with Dr.Gogia.
Here’s Some additional info about Dr.Gogia. He do consultation at:
1) Max Gurgaon : Wed and Friday 2pm – 8pm.
For appointment, Call 0124-6623000
2) His own clinic at 7110, DLF phase IV, Gurgaon (near SuperMart II) : Mon,Tue,Thu and Sat 5:30pm to 8:30pm.
For appointment, call 9899977935
- Prabhakaran
Thank you Nisha
Thnx for info. Are there any good paediatricians around Sohna Road? We have found Dr Shaguna Mahajan (Galleria Towers, PLF IV) to be very good. She avoids antibiotics unless absolutely necessary and is quite thorough in her approach
Shaguna Mahajan is the most recommended pediatrician in Gurgaon, IMO. And even though we live on Sohna Road we don’t know anyone on Sohna road who is a recommended pediatrician.
You are right.. everyone recommends Dr Shaguna.. even I do.. but many a times I wish we had a good paediatrician closer to Sohna Rd.
Hi and congratulations! Hope you’re all doing well:). I’ve also taken my kids to Dr. Gogia a couple of times though he’s not our regular pediatrician and I agree with you – he’s very nice. He does make you feel pretty calm and confident about your kids and comes across as a really smart guy.
Thanks Manika – we did end up switching to Dr. Shaguna Mahajan (peer pressure, I guess) – but I am always going to keep Dr. Gogia as a backup doctor.
My 5 year old son was being followed up by a pediatrician(I would not take any names) who was very happy prescribing antibiotics every month for cough and cold. I had gone to a couple of child specialists to take a second opinion about these repeated episodes, but they also were keen only on changing the antibiotics. I met Dr Gogia in Max where my sister had delivered. Found him to be good and decided to take an opinion from him as well. He talked in detail about the problem and felt that it was either sinus infection or adenoid enlargement and asked me to get xray of face done. It was found that the sinus on right side was filled with fluid which was causing the repeated episodes of cough and cold. He asked me to see an ENT specialist. I was happy that at least my childs problem was diagnosed properly. I had expected him to treat the sinus fluid also because even the ENT specialist felt that no surgery was required but I was disappointed when Dr Gogia asked me to follow up with the ENT specialist. Arent pediatricians expected to give the medical treatment for these problems.
Hi,
I have been taking my son to Dr. Gogia since the past 3 years and in my opinion he is one of the finest doctors for kids in gurgaon. He is calm, collected, knows what he is doing and doesn’t unnecessarily prescribe any medication. Does not believe in giving antibiotics right away and feels sorry when has to prescribe one for your child
It’s been three years and I still wouldn’t switch him for any other doctor. That’s the level of comfort he has with most of his patients.
I was earlier going to Dr Mahajan for my 3 year old kid, but now I am seeing Dr Gogia. Even after following my child for 3 years, Dr Mahajan was unable to detect that my child had mild autism. When I first met Dr Gogia for my childs behavioural problem, I was not certain at all about his diagnosis. But he was very sure of his opinion and advised me to take a second opinion from a child psychologist. I went to AIIMS to get a second opinion and they confimed that it was autism. I felt very bad when they told me that it should have been detected before 2 years of age.
Pooja,
Actually, that is the reason, for why I ALWAYS visit two doctors. ALWAYS.
No one doctor can be perfect, however good they may be. So, one should also have another good doctor that they see.
I hope your child and you are coping well with him being autistic, now that you are aware of this.
Hi
Does anyone know of a good child specialist in old gurgaon. Probably in columbia asia hospital.
Regards
Vineet
Dr.Sanjay Wazir in the Cradle Hospital/Apollo Clinic Sec-14 is very good. You may try him.
I agree with Prabhakaran as even I have heard good things about Dr Sanjay Wazir.Down to earth and good in his work.
he is more than intelligent at his work, very understanding, good listener, very responsive and good help
I was looking for Dr. Gogia’s details and accidentally stumbled upon this thread. Though we are currently in United States, he wasd my son’s doc for almost 2 years since he was born. He is an amazing doctor and we used to look forward to the monthly check-up. My son has never fallen sick (touch wood) thanks to his recommendations. We have never had to give any medicines other than vaccinations to my son. He is absoultely an amazing doctor and a wonder with kids. Am glad that he has a private practice. Makes it easy to trace him
why don’t u see Dr. Sanjay Agarwal residing in Jacob Pura Ggn . he is a marvellous doctor, prescribes medicine with calculated dose, and not hard at child ihave been seeig him for 12 years and have no complaints as yet.
A very good paediatrician on Sona road is Dr.R.V.Goswami who is consultant doctor in Umkal(Max) hospital Palam vihar & his private clinic is at Badshapur on Road side by the name of Sanjivini Hospital.He prefers a very few medicine and diagnosis is very accurate and his clinic is also not so expensive.
I also took my daughter to Dr. Gogia about a month ago for what turned out to be a viral infection. He was indeed very calm, patient and thorough. He was also very detailed with his explanations which I greatly appreciated – this is something I found lacking in some other doctors.