We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.— Maya Angelou

It’s our 4 year birthday today, and we are celebrating here at PWG! We wanted to take a moment to thank all of you for your continued support and good wishes.  While change is inevitable in life, our mission has not changed from the day we opened:

Our goal is to create a unique pediatric experience for both parents & their children.

We fully intend to continue to grow and evolve to meet the needs of our patients, families and community. Here’s to many more celebrations!

April 1, 2015

Due to an anticipated power outage, our office phones will be off at 5:30 pm today with very limited after hours coverage.

Click here for more information on After Hour Pediatrics.

Unfortunately this is not an April Fool’s joke.
We will reopen with our normal hours Thursday morning.

PWG

February 2015

It is official, there is a measles outbreak in the US, and as of February 2 there are 102 cases in 14 states, most stemming from the Disneyland exposure in mid-December.  We have also been notified by the health department that there are measles cases in both San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties. We’ve been getting lots of calls from parents asking about what they should do to protect their child.

We have elected to follow the CDC and AAP guidelines:

The American Academy of Pediatrics, the CDC, and even President Obama have urged parents to get their child vaccinated.  At PWG we believe that vaccines are safe and important for the health and welfare of your child, your family and our community. It is our policy that patients in our practice must be vaccinated.

Why did the cases spread so fast?  This two minute video does an excellent job demonstrating how quickly a disease can spread.

“If we don’t change we don’t grow. If we don’t grow we aren’t really living.”  — Gail Sheehy

Happy New Year all!  2015 is bringing some changes with it, and we wanted to take a moment to fill you in on what’s coming up.

Dr. Laura Chiang has announced her departure from PWG effective January 18, 2015.  Dr. Laura has been with PWG since it began in 2011, and we all wish her continued success in her new practice at Menlo Medical Clinic.

We are also very excited to welcome Dr. Josh Parker to the PWG team as of January 19, 2015. Dr. Parker has been practicing locally since 2007 after finishing residency at Stanford University. He went to medical school at SUNY-Upstate in New York after getting a B.A. in biology from Brown University.

Dr. Parker brings a unique blend of experience in both neonatology as well as general pediatrics.  Some of you may have met him at Sequoia Hospital where he is part of the LPCH team of neonatologists that attend high risk deliveries and take care of newborns in the hospital. He has also worked at Foster City Pediatrics and PAMF Fremont prior to joining PWG.

We are pleased to be able to offer you different options for care:

1) You may continue to receive exceptional personalized medical care here at PWG by transferring your child’s care to another physician within our group.   Both Dr. Sue and Dr. Parker  are accepting new patients, all you need to do is let us know via phone at 650.216.7794, fax at 650.216.7796 or email at inquiry@pwgrwc.com who you would like us to assign as your child’s pediatrician.

2) You may transfer your child’s care to either Dr. Laura Chiang or another pediatrician. We will need a signed transfer of records form on file, and there may be a small fee for processing records.

As always we are here to help you in this process. Taking care of your child is our privilege, and we wish you and your family a very happy and healthy 2015!

Dr. Niki and Dr. Eileen

We still have flu vaccine available.

The CDC recommends everyone get vaccinated.

We are continuing to offer the injectable vaccine to parents as a courtesy.  Please check with our office for more information.

We will be having  drop-in flu vaccine hours on the following days and times:

Tuesdays:     10:00 am to 12:00 pm   and  2:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Wednesdays:     10:00 am to 12:00 pm   and   2:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Thursdays:     10:00 am to 12:00 pm

Fridays:     10:00 am to 12:00 pm   and 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm

We have the injectable flu vaccine for ages 6 months and up and we have the nasal mist for ages 2 and up.  This is an intra-nasal vaccine and we cannot give this to children with the any of the following health issues:

an allergy to eggs   (this applies to both nasal and injectable vaccines)

history of chronic medical conditions such as heart disease, diabetes or asthma

any episodes of wheezing or bronchospasm in the past 12 months

if they have received Varivax or MMR in the past 4 weeks.

child must avoid contact with persons who are severely immunocompromised for 7 days after getting the nasal spray vaccine.

We are now offering the injectable vaccine to parents.  Please call for more information.

If you are not sure if your child can receive this vaccine please feel free to call our office and  discuss this with your child’s pediatrician.  This clinic is for established patients of PWG only, and only while supplies last.

Pediatric Wellness Group will be closing at noon on December 31st and closed on January 1st, so our staff can spend time with their families.  We will reopen with normal hours on Friday, January 2nd, 2015.

For information on the San Mateo After Hours Clinic click here:  https://pediatricwellnessgroup.com/pwg-patient-center/faqs/

We wish everyone a Happy, Safe and Healthy New Year.

PWG

We have been notified that we may have a planned power outage on the morning of Friday, December 19th. We may not have phone service; any messages left prior to the outage will hopefully be accessible and answered later in the day. They anticipate the outage to be over by noon. If you feel your child needs to be seen urgently, please come to the office between 9 am and noon and we will do our best to help you.   Due to the power outage we have cancelled our flu clinic for Friday the 19th and Saturday the 20th.

We apologize for the inconvenience, this is beyond our control. We thank you for your patience and understanding.

We have finally received all our flu vaccine!

We will be having  drop-in flu vaccine clinics on the following days and times:

Tuesday December 16th 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm

Wednesday December 17th 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm

Friday  December 19th 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm      CANCELLED
SATURDAY  December 20th 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm   CANCELLED

Tuesday December 23rd  3:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Tuesday December 30th  3:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Wednesday December 31st 10:00 am to 12:00 pm

We have the injectable flu vaccine for ages 6 months and up and we have the nasal mist for ages 2 and up.  This is an intra-nasal vaccine and we cannot give this to children with the any of the following health issues:

an allergy to eggs   (this applies to both nasal and injectable vaccines)

history of chronic medical conditions such as heart disease, diabetes or asthma

any episodes of wheezing or bronchospasm in the past 12 months

if they have received Varivax or MMR in the past 4 weeks.

child must avoid contact with persons who are severely immunocompromised for 7 days after getting the nasal spray vaccine.

We are now offering the injectable vaccine to parents.  Please call for more information.

If you are not sure if your child can receive this vaccine please feel free to call our office and  discuss this with your child’s pediatrician.  This clinic is for established patients of PWG only, and only while supplies last.

We will be having  drop-in flu vaccine clinics:

Tuesday, November 18th 

10:00 am to 12:00 pm and  3:00 pm to 7:00 pm

and

Wednesday, November 19th 

3:00 pm to 7:00 pm

We have finally received a partial shipment of our INJECTABLE FLU VACCINE for both the over 3 age group and the under 3 age group.

We continue to have the nasal mist for ages 2 and up.  This is an intra-nasal vaccine and we cannot give this to children with the any of the following health issues:

an allergy to eggs   (this applies to both nasal and injectable vaccines)

history of chronic medical conditions such as heart disease, diabetes or asthma

any episodes of wheezing or bronchospasm in the past 12 months

if they have received Varivax or MMR in the past 4 weeks.

child must avoid contact with persons who are severely immunocompromised for 7 days after getting the nasal spray vaccine.

If you are not sure if your child can receive this vaccine please feel free to call our office and  discuss this with your child’s pediatrician.  This clinic is for established patients of PWG only, and only while supplies last.  We are expecting one more shipment of flu vaccine later this month, we will keep you posted via our website and facebook page.

We will be having  drop-in flu vaccine clinics:

Tuesday, November 11th 

10:00 am to 12:00 pm and  3:00 pm to 7:00 pm

and

Thursday, November 13th 

3:00 pm to 7:00 pm

We have a very limited supply of the injectable vaccine for children under 3 years of age.

At this time the only flu vaccine we have available for children over 3 is the Flu Mist –  for patients 2 years of age and older.  This is an intra-nasal vaccine and we cannot give this to children with the any of the following health issues:

an allergy to eggs (this applies to both nasal and injectable vaccines)

history of chronic medical conditions such as heart disease, diabetes or asthma

any episodes of wheezing or bronchospasm in the past 12 months

if they have received Varivax or MMR in the past 4 weeks.

child must avoid contact with persons who are severely immunocompromised for 7 days after getting the nasal spray vaccine.

If you are not sure if your child can receive this vaccine please feel free to call our office and  discuss this with your child’s pediatrician.  This clinic is for established patients of PWG only, and only while supplies last.  We are expecting more shipments of flu vaccine later this month, we will keep you posted via our website and facebook page.