Dr. Byrnes may look impressive on paper, especially if one reviews her credentials, but I can assure you from the following experience that she is not the medical professional that I would advise you to select to care for your child. Dr. Byrnes was the attending pediatrician for our baby when our baby was born at Fair Oaks INOVA and saw our baby on occasion in the office for a well-baby check and other appointments until we recently moved to another area of Virginia and had to change pediatric practices. Having seen the new pediatrician only once without my spouse present, we returned to Fairfax Pediatrics (upon the advice of office personnel) to have a government form signed by Dr. Byrnes as the document required a signature by an official who knew our child, as well as the parents of the child. Not only did Dr. Byrnes refuse to sign the form, which I could have accepted especially if she felt uncomfortable doing so, we were informed by office personnel that she did not know our child. I was astounded and ranted briefly about how I could not understand how Dr. Byrnes could not know our child as she was our baby's attending pediatrician in the hospital and on further occasions in both the Centreville and Fairfax locations of FPA. So, if you want a doctor that provides such high level of quality care that she cannot even remember your child after attending to him/her (even though her name would have been all over the medical records), then I guess Dr. Byrnes is for you.
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