Pediatrics
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Schedule Appointments Cambridge: MIT Medical/Lexington: |
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Flu information for infants and young children: |
Overview
The Pediatrics Service at MIT Medical is committed to treating your children with careful attention to their individual needs and medical histories and to understanding your concerns. Our clinicians, nurse practitioners, and other pediatric staff stress prevention and education, while providing a full range of services for children and adolescents, including:
- Treatment of sickness or injuries
- Vaccines and immunizations
- Routine physicals and check-ups
- Breast feeding support for nursing mothers
- 24-hour on-call response
On this page:
Care Providers
Affiliations
Your First Visit
Accessing Care
Routine Physicals, Health Forms, and Immunizations
Translation Services
Downloads (.pdf)
Pediatric Health Care Links
Care Providers
Pat Bartels, FNP-BC
Mary L. Guanci, R.N.
Ingrid Y. Henar, M.D., M.P.H.
Jocelyn O. Joseph, M.D.
Brian D. Marriott, M.D.
Barbara L. O'Pray, M.D.
Frida Wosk, M.D.
Affiliations
Children’s Hospital Boston
Mt. Auburn Hospital
Your First Visit
Choose a primary care provider
When you have a clinician who knows your child and whom you trust, your child gets the best possible health care. That’s why we ask you to choose a primary care provider in Pediatrics before your child’s first visit. He or she will coordinate your child’s care and see your child for most routine appointments.
To choose a primary care provider, call Pediatrics in Cambridge or Lexington, or view a list of available providers and fill out the Primary Care Provider Choice form. You may change your primary care provider any time.
Transfer your child’s medical record
If you have a copy of your child’s medical record, bring it to your first appointment. Otherwise, you can ask your child’s previous health care provider to send the record to MIT Medical Records Service, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, E23-023, Cambridge, MA 02139, or we will have you fill out a release request at your first appointment.
What to bring to your first visit
- Your child’s immunization record: Request this from your child’s previous health care provider if you don’t have a copy.
- A medical history form for your child: Download and print this form , also available in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Spanish, and fill it out at home before your first appointment.
- Your child’s medical record, if you have it.
Accessing Care
Making an appointment
To make an appointment at MIT Medical/Cambridge, call 617-253-1505. To make an appointment at MIT Medical/Lexington, call 781-981-7080.
- Tell us why you’re making the appointment. This allows our staff to schedule an appointment of the right length.
- Be on time. We may reschedule your visit if you are late for your appointment.
- Don’t come in without an appointment. We are not a walk-in clinic. Please schedule an appointment before you come in.
If your child is sick or injured
We do our best to see sick or injured children the same day you call. However, you must call to schedule an appointment before you come in. When you come in with a sick child, please bring a list of your child’s medications, dosages, and times that you have administered the medications.
Advice by telephone
Many times, we can give advice by phone and help you avoid an office visit. Call us at 617-253-1505 (Cambridge) or 781-981-7080 (Lexington), and we will usually return your call within three hours. If your call is urgent, please tell the secretary.
Emergencies
- Weekdays between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m., call 617-253-1505 (Cambridge) or 781-981-7080 (Lexington).
- During overnight hours and on weekends and holidays, call 617-253-4481 or 617-253-1505.
A pediatric clinician is on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week. We may give advice over the telephone, arrange an appointment in the Urgent Care Service at MIT Medical/Cambridge, or refer you to a hospital emergency room.
Consultations
If you’d like to discuss medical or behavioral issues with your child’s care provider, but without your child present, you may make a consultation appointment.
When you’re expecting…
Every other month, we host a “Meet Pediatrics” session for expectant parents to share concerns and information and learn about pediatric services at MIT Medical. To find out about upcoming sessions, call us at 617-253-1505.
Adolescents
Some adolescents may prefer to see a health care provider in a more adult setting. For this reason, several of our pediatric providers also see adolescents and young adults in separate offices on the second floor of MIT Medical/Cambridge. You can make this request when you schedule the appointment.
Routine physicals, health forms, and immunizations
Routine physicals
During a routine “checkup,” your child’s primary care provider will do a complete physical exam. We will review your child’s immunizations, administer needed immunizations, and schedule any needed laboratory work (such as blood tests) or other screening tests. This appointment is a good opportunity to ask questions or share concerns with your child’s provider.
Routine physicals usually need to be scheduled about eight weeks in advance, so please make appointments early to avoid the rush before summer camp and before school begins in the fall.
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Health record forms
Schools, daycare facilities, and many sports teams and summer camps require a health record form that includes information about a child’s immunizations, allergies, and special medical treatments or conditions.
If you need a health form for your child, call or send us a request in writing. We will mail the completed form within a week as long as your child has had a checkup within the last 12 months and is up to date on immunizations. If your child requires a specialized physical exam for a particular sport, call to schedule an appointment.
Immunizations
All children who will attend day care, preschool or school in Massachusetts need to submit a healthcare provider's health record form (PDF) and a certificate of immunization (PDF) to the school before he or she may attend. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health lists the specific immunizations that are required by state law. If you are coming from outside the state or the country, your local clinician can complete and sign these forms before you arrive. If your child will be attending summer camp, please call ahead for more information about obtaining a summer camp release form.
Translation Services
Do you speak a language other than English? You and your health care provider may use the Language Line translation service for office visits or phone calls. More than 140 languages are available. Please feel free to request this service.
Downloads (.pdf)
How to Use Pediatrics at MIT Medical (brochure)
Tylenol and Motrin dosage chart
Massachusetts Certificate of Immunization
Massachusetts School Health Record Form
Massachusetts School Immunization Requirements
Vaccine Information Statements in English
Vaccine Information Statements in other languages
Pediatric Health Care Links
Poison Control and Prevention (800-222-1222)
Growth and Development - KidsHealth (Nemours Foundation)
H1N1 Flu and Feeding Your Baby: What Parents Should Know (CDC)
Q&A about “swine flu” (American Association of Pediatrics)
WebMD
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