“Dr. Yucel is a rare gem. He's also open minded when it comes to vaccination, and doesn't judge you.”
Min K. · Google
Attending physician in pediatrics at Hackensack University Medical Center
Your child's doctor for the next twenty years.
Dr. Cengiz Yucel has practised medicine for more than thirty years. At Natural Pediatrics in Hackensack he combines classical pediatric care with an integrative, preventive approach, and takes the time to answer a parent's questions properly.
- 30+ years in medicine
- 0 to 20 ages he cares for
- 4.8 from 124 Google reviews
- 6 days a week, Saturdays too
Breathe healthy, eat healthy, drink healthy, move healthy, sleep healthy, live healthy, choose healthy, emotionally healthy, physically healthy.
The practice
Four things this office is built around
Natural Pediatrics covers everything a family needs from a primary pediatrician, and then goes further into nutrition, prevention and the environment your child grows up in.
Pediatric medical care
Preventive and comprehensive primary care for infants, children, adolescents and teenagers, from birth through age 20.
The natural approach
A complementary, integrative perspective layered onto conventional classical pediatrics, so children feel better and live better.
Responsive care
Immunizations, periodic check-ups, sports and school physicals, sick visits, hospital admission for sick children and inpatient follow-up.
Patient and parent education
Guidance on nutrition that supports the body's own healing and wellness, plus practical help avoiding everyday toxins.
Your child's doctor
Cengiz Yucel, M.D.
A life-threatening illness in his own family, in 2000, changed how Dr. Yucel saw medicine. He turned toward pediatrics, and toward complementary, integrative and whole medicine, and built this practice around that shift.
- Medical schoolDokuz Eylul University Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, 1991
- ResidencyUMDNJ New Jersey Medical School, Department of Pediatric Medicine and Residency Program
- HospitalsAttending physician in pediatrics, Hackensack University Medical Center. Also affiliated with Atlantic Health Morristown Medical Center
- LanguagesEnglish and Turkish
To care for my patients, your infants, your children and adolescents like our sons and daughters. Dr. Yucel's mission, in his own words
Where the practice stands
"Natural" here does not mean "no vaccines"
Some parents hear the word natural and assume this office skips shots. It does not. Dr. Yucel keeps an open mind about parents' questions and will work with you on a friendly, comfortable schedule, and he also believes the benefits of vaccination outweigh the consequences of not vaccinating.
If you have concerns, bring them. He would rather talk them through with you than have you stay silent about them.
In Dr. Yucel's words: "As a medical professional, doctor, and a father of three, who cares for your precious, I have to follow scientific guidelines and recommendations and distinguish the misinformation, fiction and rumor from the facts and scientific reality."
House rules
What this office steers children away from
Part of the practice's parent education is a short list of things Dr. Yucel asks families to avoid in food and in the home.
- Artificial colors
- Artificial flavors
- Artificial preservatives
- Artificial sweeteners
- High fructose corn syrup
- Refined carbs
- Sodium nitrite
- Hydrogenated and partially hydrogenated fats and oils
- GMO
This is the practice's own stated position on diet and household exposures. Talk with Dr. Yucel about how it applies to your child.
From parents
What families say
Ratings on the four platforms where parents most often look up a pediatrician.
Min K.
Dr. Yucel is a rare gem! He is kind, patient, experienced, knowledgeable, and has great bedside manners. He's also open minded when it comes to vaccination, and doesn't judge you. We are so blessed to have you as our son's pediatrician!!!
Jolanta C.
Dr. Yucel has a wonderful way with children; my kids feel comfortable and at ease during their check-ups. It's reassuring to know that they're in such capable hands. I highly recommend him to any parent looking for a compassionate and knowledgeable pediatrician!
Dr. V.
By far the best pediatrician we've seen. Dr. Yucel is calm, takes his time with both history taking and physical exam and explains things very well.excerpt
Kerem C.
Dr. Cengiz Yucel is an excellent doctor. He builds the relationship with the kids very naturally and makes them very comfortable all the time. He always spend a good amount of time listening us and involve us in the treatment decision which makes us very comfortable too. Very good doctor
Danjela A.
Dr. Yucel is my kids pediatrician and I am so happy how he approaches any issues that my kids might have as far as health goes. He is very cautious about not prescribing antibiotics when they are not really needed.excerpt
Nihal B.
Dr. Yucel is very proficient at his job and most of all he is a very good listener. He notes everything you say and never disregards a point. We visited some pediatricians before Dr. Yucel; but we understood that we found our doctor after our first visit at his clinic. He has a very good communication with our daughter and us.
Merve B.
Dr. Cengiz Yucel has been my son's doctor since he was born, and we have been very happy with his care over the past three years. He is always kind, caring, and attentive. He is a knowledgeable and trustworthy doctor, and we have always felt that our son is in good hands with him.
Duygu R. E.
Dr Yucel is an exceptionally caring person and an open minded doctor and really spends good time on every visit and connects to kids. When you need him you always get your respond on time and with love. He is family for us for 7 years with 2 kids.
Affiliation
Hackensack University Medical Center
Dr. Yucel is an attending physician in pediatrics at Hackensack University Medical Center. He sees newborn patients at the hospital every day from birth until they are discharged, and follows sick children who need to be admitted.
He is also listed as a pediatrician in Hackensack, New Jersey by U.S. News & World Report. See where the practice is listed.
Appointments
Call the office and we will find you a time.
Appointments are booked by phone. If you are calling after hours, the line goes to Dr. Yucel's cell phone and you reach your child's doctor directly.
Also reachable at (201) 525-0215 (201) 525-0216. Fax (201) 525-0217
Office hours
- Monday10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Tuesday10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Wednesday10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Thursday10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Friday10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Saturday10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- SundayClosed
Hours can change during holidays and vacations. Please call to confirm.