We do not accept new patients older than 16 years. We recognize adolescence as a time when children need and deserve to take gradually increasing responsibility for their own health care, and to get increasing privacy in this regard. Fortunately, such situations are rare in childhood. After the situation has been stabilized by the emergency room, however, pediatricians and pediatric subspecialists are the best qualified to provide definitive diagnosis and further treatment for your child. Many urgent situations are not really emergencies.
Urgent situations are far more common than emergencies in childhood.
Current hours are updated and published in periodic newsletters sent to all our patients and available at the front desk. Different kinds of visits may be scheduled at our office. Time is set aside in our schedule based upon the type of appointment you make. New problems sometimes come up during a visit which deserve more than the allotted time to properly discuss or evaluate. If it is not urgent, you may be asked to book another appointment to focus on that particular issue.