doctoring for kids!
onlinE | expert | acute & preventative care
Is A Waiting Room Needed?
We know it is not (needed).
It is not comfortable, or private, or convenient.
After COVID-19, we have seen how telemedicine REALLY works for your convenience and faster access to a doctor. Skip the waiting room. Those days are over!
My Approach
Three decades of pediatric practice has shown me how anxious the average child and parent is about health issues. Often, this anxiety is more damaging to your child’s health and your peace than the underlying disease.
My goal:
- Listen to you
- Give you a reassuring working diagnosis
- Describe a confident plan
- Inform you of what happens next.
Continuity
The most important thing is our relationship. It will develop over time. I will earn your trust and your child’s trust by addressing your fears. Our relationship will be continous because your child is changing. The biology of your child’s body changes with time. Together, we – you, your child, and I, will attend to those changes. Medicine is limited in its ability to cure. But humans have an infinite capacity to heal in their souls.
Acute Illness
Diabetes Prevention
Lifestyle Coaching
Nutrition Enhancement
Weight Mitigation
SENSIBLE TESTING
REFERRALS WHEN NEEDED
easy followup
Life is Continuous Balance
The Soul and Body Seek It.
A Lakota elder once came to me. He sat quietly as the room became still.
“Your doctors don’t know why we are here” he softly offered while looking up with a tilted head.
“They worry about our death”.
He shifted slowly to look at me.
“We know we will die”.
A long pause as he watched me.
“We are on a passage through this place. We collect relationships. We will take them with us.”
He smiled, paused, scooted forward, extended his hand, and ducked his head.
“Thank you doctor”. He stood, slowly turned and walked out my door.
The “Interpersonal”.
That’s what my psychology friends called it.
This place of mutual respect, shared existing, appreciation.
Fundamental to the core of our being.
Let’s seek it more often.
Frequently Asked Questions
My Priorities for You!
Everyday Health for Every Body
I will assist you and your child with those everyday illness and injuries that are part of life. Usually, these problems are not complicated. I’ll help you understand and plan your next move.
Pediatric Weight Change
In the U.S., we have an epidemic of childhood obesity that is leading to early diabetes, worsening of asthma, high blood pressure and adult obesity with all of its problems. Pedidox brings thirty years of experience in pediatric weight management to help you adjust your child’s weight in a favorable direction, for LIFE!
Chronic Disease Prevention
Our bodies succomb, over time to the pressures of stress, poor nutrition, physical inactivity, and toxins in our air and water. Our genetic predispositions interact with these forces and if we are genetically susceptible, a chronic disease can emerge. Prevention here means control of those forces, starting in childhood when habits and forces haven’t already burnished your child’s path. I’ll help you identify and minimize their influence and help you guide your child to higher health.
Discretion
None of us feel good about sharing our health vulnerabilities with strangers. Waiting rooms serve an architectural function that is not related to your health or your child’s health. Telemedicine has proven it’s value in delivering discretion and convenience. Let’s use it to make your lives better!
Let’s Talk!
I’m a good listener. I have a lot of experience as a physician and will share my insights with you.