SCHEDULING APPOINTMENTS

If you are worried about some problem, don’t hesitate to call our office for help. Our office nurse-receptionists will be glad to provide help any way they can. 

• To be interrupted in the middle of a child’s examination for a discussion with a patient ruins the rapport as well as the physician’s and parents’ train of thought. Every effort is made to have your office visit uninterrupted. Therefore, we interrupt the doctor only for emergency phone calls.
• Other phone calls to speak to the doctor fall into two categories: (1) sick children: that is, children with symptoms of illness such as fever, vomiting, diarrhea, wheezing, or bad cough. Calls concerning sick children will be returned as soon as possible, usually between examination of other patients, and (2) general problems; such as constipations, colds, etc. These calls are returned at the end of the day. 
• You do not have to talk to the doctor before making an appointment to have your child seen. If the child seems sick, and if after talking to the nurse-receptionist, it seems likely that the doctor will want to see your child, make an appointment. We will be able to talk over your concerns when you arrive.