Pediatricians who Make House Calls
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Nov 2010
Hi,
We are planning a home birth. I am interested in
recommendations for a pediatrician who will visit us at
home, particularly the day the baby is born and the week
after. While I am not opposed to vaccination, I do want a
pediatrician who is open-minded toward home birth and an
alternative vaccination schedule. As I work in a medical
profession myself, we also need someone whose approach is
well-grounded in science whom I can respect.
We appreciate hearing your experiences with pediatricians in
the east bay. Thank you!
Wanting an old-fashioned doctor
I already wrote a rave review about
Dr. Wolffe Nadoolman
(1.888.254.3950) in this same newsletter and I'll try to
briefly sum up his qualities again. Basically, there are
just not enough good things to say about him and his super
friendly sfaff. Besides the obvious which is being an
excellent, excellent pediatrician, he is super patient with
both the children and with explaining stuff to parents, he
is reachable by phone around the clock including weekends,
he makes time to see sick patients on weekends, he makes
HOUSECALLS if the patient is too sick to travel (he's
actually the only one I am aware of who does that), he has a
separate wait room for very sick children (not that he needs
one -- there is never a wait longer than 5 min), he is on
staff at Children's Hospital so he has shown up at the
emergency room to check in with us -- in the middle of the
night! He practices medicine with much caution, persistence
(in case of stubborn symptoms) and a lot of commonsense. As
to your question about vaccinations, I only know that he
does not see children with no vaccinations at all, as for an
alternative schedule I would suggest just giving him a call
to find out.
Happy Mom
Nov 2009
I'm looking for a pediatrician that will make the first visit a
house call for a home birth newborn in the Oakland/Berkeley area.
Thanks!
mcpm
Check out Kiwi pediatrics http://kiwipediatrics.com/
They came to our house after I had a home birth. Great doctors, too!
home birth mom
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