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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 early 20’s.
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 at