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Rockville Centre Pediatrics, LLP
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Rockville Centre Pediatrics
is a general pediatric practice providing complete medical care for infants,
children, and adolescents. Our patients range from birth to age 21. We try to
emphasize preventive medicine and provide anticipatory guidance on a variety of
safety and behavioral issues. We take pride in the fact that we take time to
provide very thorough physical examinations and answer all your questions at
each visit.
In addition to well care,
we treat a wide variety of acute and chronic illnesses. We have particular
expertise in the treatment of acute and chronic asthma, most allergies, most
dermatologic problems, and a variety of behavioral issues including attention
deficit disorder, learning disabilities, sleep problems and eating disorders.
Our office environment is
warm and nurturing. Our physicians and staff get to know each child as
individuals. Our office staff is courteous and friendly. All our physicians are
board certified. We stay abreast of and adhere to the latest recommendations
and immunization schedules of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
We accept most insurance
plans and are accepting new patients.
Appointments may be made
by speaking to our office staff during regular office
hours.
For convenience, messages
left on our answering machine before or after office hours about appointments
will be returned when the office opens in the morning.
Appointments are made in
an effort to minimize waiting time with a priority given to more severe illnesses
and injuries. We strive to see patients at their scheduled appointment time.
For your convenience, we
attempt to contact you one to two days prior to a scheduled well visit as a
reminder.
Well care visits
Newborn
babies born at any of our affiliated hospitals will be seen within the first
twenty-four hours of life. The baby will be examined by one of our doctors who
will answer all questions about the baby and help to educate (or refresh your
knowledge) on the care of your baby. You and your baby will be seen on a daily
basis until discharge. We are supportive of you in however way you choose to
feed your baby. We are particularly knowledgeable and supportive of breast
feeding and available to assist you if you choose to nurse.
New
babies are seen in the office approximately two to seven days after hospital
discharge (depending on the type of delivery, any potential problems with
illness, feeding or jaundice). You will be advised at the time of discharge
when you need to make an appointment. Babies born at non-affiliated hospitals
are usually seen one to three days after discharge. The baby will be seen back
in approximately one week to insure that the baby is gaining weight adequately
and to answer any questions that might arise.
If
the baby is doing well, the next visit is in approximately two weeks. After
that, one month. The first immunizations are given at approximately two months
of age. The baby is then seen every two months until six months of age, and
every three months until age two years and every six months until age three.
After
age three, yearly well visits (around the time of your child’s birthday) are
recommended. For convenience, all camp, school, and sports physical forms will
be able to be filled out at any time as long as the child has had a well care
visit within the last year.
At
each well care visit, the child will have a thorough physical examination as
well as discussion of nutrition/ feeding, sleep, development, behavior, and
school performance. All questions are answered. Immunizations, when necessary,
are given by the doctor. Age appropriate anticipatory guidance and safety
information are distributed and discussed. If necessary, proper follow-up and
referral are arranged.
Problem
oriented/sick visits
All
children are seen by appointment only.
If
a child needs to be seen for an illness or problem, our office staff will
assist you. Appointment times are given based on the severity of the illness or
injury and your convenience. All patients will be seen with appropriate
promptness.
For
convenience, advice about treatments of some illnesses is given over the
telephone. All advice given by the office staff comes from the doctors. After
information is collected by the office staff, one of the doctors review this
information. Either the receptionist will call back with this advice, or the
doctor will return the call directly. If at any point there is a preference to
be seen, or to speak to the doctor directly it is arranged.
To
minimize interruptions during office hours, doctors return non-urgent calls
around lunchtime and at the end of the day.
Contacting the
office after office hours
Our doctors are available
to you at all times.
For routine matters it is
appropriate to call during office
hours.
When the office is closed,
our answering machine is activated. This machine is checked every one to two
hours until 10:00PM. Messages about illness or other appropriate questions,
will be called back at that time.
For urgent calls, we can
be paged at any time by calling our answering service at the emergency number
provided on our answering machine. Emergency pages are always returned
immediately (within 15 minutes).
On Sundays and holidays
the answering machine is checked every one to two hours between 8:00am and
10:00pm. For illness, questions and appointments, a message should be left on
the answering machine.
We see sick or injured
children on Sundays or holidays by appointment if we feel such a visit is
warranted. We usually see them around 11:00am.
Our office is conveniently located in the 30 Hempstead Ave./ 165 N. Village Ave. medical building. Which is located two blocks north of the Rockville Centre train station. There is free parking. Click here for directions.