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Hi Lisa,
I would describe our pediatrician as all the things you said. Dr. Carol Price of Clairmont Pediatrics is in Decatur near Toco Hills Plaza. We live in Grant Park, and it takes 20 - 25 min to drive to her office. Though I would not say the practice has a heavily alternative view of health and medicine like I do, they are very open-minded. For example, we have developed and have been following an alternative vaccine schedule for our daughter who is now almost 2. We have had some late night scares when we've called the answering service. If we requested to talk to a Clairmont pediatrics doctor and not a nurse on call at the children's hospital, we've always received a quick call back.
There are three pediatricians in the practice - all know there stuff and are very intelligent. Bright and cheery Dr. Price is who we see for well-visits. For sick visits it usually ends up being Dr. Thomas or Dr. Cho (not sure of spelling there). I'd say Dr. Thomas is the most traditional, while we were able to talk to Dr. Cho about things like Chinese remedies (we asked about it and already have some knowledge of it - I doubt she would have brought it up otherwise). All the staff - nurses and office manager - are wonderful. My daughter is very comfortable there, and actually takes some convincing to leave b/c of the fun atmosphere. We rarely have a long wait (maybe once or twice ever).
FYI on vaccines - they do not do rotavirus, as they believe the new version hasn't been out long enough to see what problems may arise. We didn't even know about this vaccine until after Julia was too old to consider it. We would not have wanted it after researching it, but we do think the office should have told us that this is something the AAP recommends and we don't do it.
I'd be happy to answer any other questions you may have. It seems like there are several reviews of this practice online, so search the practice name and see what you see.
Best wishes to you in your search,
Kelly Hendry
I would describe our pediatrician as all the things you said. Dr. Carol Price of Clairmont Pediatrics is in Decatur near Toco Hills Plaza. We live in Grant Park, and it takes 20 - 25 min to drive to her office. Though I would not say the practice has a heavily alternative view of health and medicine like I do, they are very open-minded. For example, we have developed and have been following an alternative vaccine schedule for our daughter who is now almost 2. We have had some late night scares when we've called the answering service. If we requested to talk to a Clairmont pediatrics doctor and not a nurse on call at the children's hospital, we've always received a quick call back.
There are three pediatricians in the practice - all know there stuff and are very intelligent. Bright and cheery Dr. Price is who we see for well-visits. For sick visits it usually ends up being Dr. Thomas or Dr. Cho (not sure of spelling there). I'd say Dr. Thomas is the most traditional, while we were able to talk to Dr. Cho about things like Chinese remedies (we asked about it and already have some knowledge of it - I doubt she would have brought it up otherwise). All the staff - nurses and office manager - are wonderful. My daughter is very comfortable there, and actually takes some convincing to leave b/c of the fun atmosphere. We rarely have a long wait (maybe once or twice ever).
FYI on vaccines - they do not do rotavirus, as they believe the new version hasn't been out long enough to see what problems may arise. We didn't even know about this vaccine until after Julia was too old to consider it. We would not have wanted it after researching it, but we do think the office should have told us that this is something the AAP recommends and we don't do it.
I'd be happy to answer any other questions you may have. It seems like there are several reviews of this practice online, so search the practice name and see what you see.
Best wishes to you in your search,
Kelly Hendry
From: lisaalembik <lisaalembik@...>
To: alaboroflove_webgroup@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sun, 8 Mar 2009 2:25 pm
Subject: [alaboroflove_webgroup] ISO Pediatrician
Hello LOL group!
My husband and I are looking for a pediatrician who is all-around intelligent, open minded, thorough and dependable. We live in Lakewood, about two miles from Grant Park, and work in Decatur and Midtown. We would love any recommendations that are relatively nearby.
Thanks so much for any advice,
Lisa
My husband and I are looking for a pediatrician who is all-around intelligent, open minded, thorough and dependable. We live in Lakewood, about two miles from Grant Park, and work in Decatur and Midtown. We would love any recommendations that are relatively nearby.
Thanks so much for any advice,
Lisa
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