Timothy Blain, MD

ed schultz

As someone who hates the doctors I have to give him credit. I had a great experience and look forward to my next check up.

Cassie Pfannkuch

Dr. Blain’s office of Gulf Coast Medical Group was great when we first started taking my newborn there, but over the past 3 years has gradually gotten worse and worse to the point that we have had to find a new pediatrician. A few months ago my two year old slammed his finger in the door, we called Dr. Blain’s office and they couldn’t get him in that day (which was understandable, it was around 2pm) so they referred us to their walk in office in Englewood. When we got there we were told they were too busy and couldn’t see my son and told us to go to their office in Venice. We got to Venice and were told they didn’t take his insurance and we needed to go to North Port. At that point, we couldn’t spend any more time driving around so we had to just go home – keep in mind the poor kid was screaming and crying hysterically the entire time. Today my now 3 year old woke up with extremely swollen and red eyes stating that they hurt. We called Dr. Blain’s office again and they didn’t have any openings so they told us to go to their walk in office in Englewood at 9:30 (they made an appointment for us while on the phone). On our drive there, the walk in called me and said they do not take my sons insurance (which hasn’t changed) and that Dr. Blain would see us at 10:15. We got there at 9:30 since we were already over halfway there and were called to the back room around 9:50. We sat in the room until 10:50 still without seeing Dr. Blain, at which point we left. It appalls me how a pediatrician can expect a toddler in pain to spend an hour (and who knows how much longer it would have been) waiting in a single room. As appalled as I am it unfortunately didn’t surprise me as every time we have been since January the wait times have gotten more and more ridiculous. This review is long, but I think that anyone looking for a pediatrician in the area should be warned what to expect at this office. After my experience today my children will never be setting foot in Dr. Blain’s office again.