Dr. Nadoolman practices general and behavioral pediatrics in Berkeley, California. His practice is small enough for him to get to know each one of the children and families he takes care of. There’s no answering service—his patients can call him at home. He makes house calls when needed, and will often open his office on Sundays or holidays as needed. Because he spends so much time with each patient, his is sometimes referred patients with difficult problems—difficult to diagnose and difficult to manage. His strong belief that a good relationship with the child is important for good medical care guides every aspect of his practice. With a cooperative child, exams and diagnosis and treatment are all improved, and it’s much more fun for the patient. Although his patients represent the full range of pediatrics, from birth to college age, he is often referred to for children with behavior issues, ADHD, and autism. He went to medical school at Yale, undergraduate at Cornell, has a Masters degree from Harvard and went to the Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University. Pediatrics is his first love but second career. The first one was in finance, which he left to become a pediatrician. While a medical student at Yale, he did research on the effects of hot peppers in the mouth. He holds a patent on certain uses of hot peppers to control pain. The only diploma currently hanging in his office, however, is from his preschool in New York City