Ashley Balaker, Md's Online Review Report Card

My toddler has had chronic ear infections and fluid in ears for last 3 months. She has been on 4 different antibiotics and after every dose ends, within a few days all her symptoms come back and gets really sick again with 2 ear infections, high fever, etc. Her PCP gave her a ZPac as a last resort to bring down her 105 fevers &clear up her symptoms. She put in an urgent referral to see Balaker and hoped we would be scheduling a surgery to put in ear tubes while symptoms are cleared up. We go in to see Balaker and she looks in my daughters ears and says they look okay.(Obviously her ears are cleared up-she just finished a ZPac the night before)&just because my daughter had a runny nose she said that she probably has allergies and a sinus problem instead of an ear problem. Ridiculous. She sent us home and said she wants to wait till she gets sick again and for me to go back to my dr again. Waste of time and money. Don’t trust her medical advice. Going to a diff specialist

Dr. Balaker has impeccable bedside manner and is treats patients like people. She explained my anatomy to me, why she recommended surgery, and answered all my questions regarding care.

Dr. Balaker is a great doc- she'll answer all your questions, explain anatomy, and suggest multiple paths for treatment. She is an excellent surgeon as well.

This doctor has terrible bedside manners. She also does not provide sound medical advice as I received consultations from other doctors who did not suggest surgery like she did. I would not recommend her.

Terrible doctor. She has a terrible NP with poor bedside manners. The doctor is also full of herself and doesn't really provide any substantive medical advice. She is just trying to suggest surgery in order to make more money. The other doctors I went in for a consultation did not make any of the aggressive suggestions she did.

Poor judgement

Dr Balaker is good but haven't been receiving proper response from her assistance . It has been more than 10 days that the appointment is done and the prescription has not been sent to my doctor nor to the pharmacy.I have been calling almost every alternate day but no one responds. Response is being received only if we need new appointments. Totally disappointed on this part.I would be happy if i get my prescription sent at the earliest.

Dr. Balaker is fantastic. She assisted me with allergy testing and explained in plain English my situation. I was so impressed with her service that I took my young son in for his ear exam. She is wonderful with children and adults and she never made us feel rushed. She is patient, knowledgeable, and thorough.

Dr. Balaker did not properly examine my daughter. A patient with chronic purulent otitis media needs to have their nasopharynx examined to determine if adenoids are an issue. She looked in my daughters ears and asked her to say “ahhh” which in no way is an adequate exam. Ear tubes were placed (no adenoidectomy) and my daughter continued to have fevers and nasal congestion. We saw Dr. Balaker again who looked in her ears only (another inadequate exam) and said the ears looked fine and left. We are now with Sharp Reese Stealy medical group where the ENT took a culture from her nasopharynx and scoped her. Dr. Brewster who I highly recommend will be removing her adenoids and treating her current infection with the proper antibiotics (s/p culture). Maybe Dr. Balaker is better with adults vs. pediatrics? Either way we will not be returning and I do not recommend her at least for pediatric patients. (2 stars because the ear tubes were nicely placed w/no surgical complication)

Never informed us she had moved. Disappointed when she said my husband would have pretty good hearing in the ear she operated on. Instead, he is completely deaf in it.l