We encourage all families to establish their children with a personal physician. Your children will normally see this pediatrician for most appointments. If your child has an urgent problem when the personal physician is unavailable, then one of your child's doctor's partners will always be available. Our physicians and nurse practitioners are located at three stations in the Sierra Gardens office building. Except for evenings and weekends, if your personal physician is not available, you will see one of the providers at your regular pediatrician's station.

The following are tips to help you with the process of selecting a doctor for your children:

• Ask friends and neighbors about their experiences with different physicians.
• If you are not happy with the first pediatrician that your child sees, ask for a different doctor the next time your child needs an appointment. Feel free to change personal physicians. However, you will find that both parent and child feel more comfortable when most visits are with the same physician.
• Schedule well child appointments and physical exams well in advance (2-3 months) so that you may see your own physician.
• If you have no specific requests, our nurses or appointment clerks will be happy to make a recommendation. However, you are not "assigned" to a doctor, and you may change to another if desired.
• Occasionally, a particular physician may be closed to new patients if his/her practice is too large to provide personal care to any additional patients.

To see which physicians are taking new patients and to choose one as your child's personal physician, click here.

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