Appointments

Office visits are available by appointment only.
When your child becomes ill and needs to be seen, we ask that you call as early as possible for a same day appointment. This will help us plan for all patients and lessen your waiting time in the office. Because we do try to maintain our schedule, calling ahead to schedule appointments and limiting unexpected visits will greatly help us serve you better.

If you, your doctor, or nurse practitioner should decide that additional time is needed to discuss a particular problem, a longer consultation appointment can usually be arranged at 8:00 am, 12:00 noon, or 5:00 pm.

The office requires a one-day cancellation notice of confirmed consultations and appointments; otherwise, a missed appointment charge may be made.

Before your appointment.
If your son or daughter is coming home from college and will need a well check up, please call to schedule six weeks ahead to reserve your appointment. Our appointments for young adults fill up quickly.

We schedule appointments up to two months ahead of time for your convenience. Please schedule your appointments as far in advance as possible, and please be sure that we have scheduled your visit at your preferred office location.

Sometimes an illness occurs on the day of a child's or adolescent's well check up visit. When this occurs, please call your concerns to our attention when our nurse escorts your child or teen to the exam room, so that we can attend properly to all your health needs.

We may recommend additional appointments for very complex illnesses and/or health problems that are discussed and evaluated at the well check up/preventive care visit.

When your child has a significant illness or problem, such as recurrent or chronic earaches or sore throats, unstable asthma, or stomach ache, we can usually treat the illness and complete the well check up/preventive care in the same visit. However, please be aware that these are two separate services and may be charged separately, even if they occur in the same visit.

Please notify our secretary of your child's or adolescent's illness or health problem when you schedule your well check up/preventive care visits. Thank you for your cooperation in helping us meet all your children's health care needs.