Maria Lastovka, NP

My grandchildren had been to her for years (5-6). My granddaughter needed a release signed for her to play basketball, she was in 7th grade. She had a physical a month prior. I called the office as soon as they opened and told them what i needed. I called 2 times after and stopped in the office at 2:45 to check again. I was told that Dr. Lastovka was too busy to get the papers for me. Needless to say, my granddaughter couldn't try put for basketball. Then they called my husband's phone at 5:30 pm, the papers were ready. Basketball tryouts were directly after school. Very disheartening!

I took my daughter to her with complaints of swollen lymph nodes on her neck, left side pain and white on her tonsils. Dr. Maria did a strep and mono test and said the spleen was on the right side and pushed on the right side to check it(spleen is on the left) and didnt fell any swelling and said both mono and strep were negative. Over the weekend her pain got worse so I took her to her old pediatrician and she took one look at her tonsils and said it was mono, did blood work to confirm which it did and her left side pain was from and enlarged spleen that was poking out from under her rib.

I've had so many problems with this Doctor. She wasn't pro breastfeeding at all, and even though my child gained more than enough wait and had no issues she kept trying to get me to supplement with formula! When I asked her a simple breastfeeding question "How long is my milk good for once I pump?" She didn't know and just printed off her google searches. She also refused to give us referrals and didn't work with the specialists that we found.