Pediatric Health�s website and blog have a fresh new look!   We have added quite a bit of new information for you including:

�       Symptom checker -- not sure whether to call or come in to our office? This is perfect to help you sort out the issues to consider.

         �       Health Articles
         �       More forms you can download and fill out at your convenience
         �       Email the office for billing and general non-urgent questions
         �       Vaccination Information from the Center for Disease Control (CDC)
         �       Expectant Parents Section
         �       New Patients Section
         �       Medical Home Section for our special needs families
         �       Facebook and Twitter links to share
         �       New Bolingbrookoffice information
You can check out our new website at www.pedhealth.net
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When you are in the office pick up our newly designed brochure.   You are welcome to take a couple of extras to share with friends or family.  This is especially helpful for expectant parents!  Don�t forget we also have a �get acquainted� session for expectant parents which gives them the opportunity to ask questions and check out the facility.   Just have them call the office to reserve their space.
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Upcoming Seminars:
Just a reminder for our parents of multiples that there is a free seminar Wednesday, March 13^th from 7:00-8:30 pm entitled �Raising Twins: How to Survive and Thrive� and will be held at the Nichols Library here in Naperville.  Speakers will be Shelly Flais, MD and Julian Tang, MD who are both parents of twins.  Dr. Flais is also the author of �Raising Twins From Pregnancy to Preschool� which was published by the American Academy of Pediatrics.    This is a great opportunity to ask questions and even meet with other parents of multiples.

A new seminar is also available at the Bolingbrook Hospitalon childhood obesity on Thursday, March 21^st.  Nithya Sunder MD will be speaking on childhood obesity at the Bolingbrook Hospital on Thursday, March 21^st at 7 pm.

Please feel free to call the office if you have questions about either seminar at 630.717.2300.

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Help our troops!
All over the world our armed forces are deployed helping to keep the peace in these turbulent times.  Our forces in the Middle Eastespecially are placed in harm�s warm every day.

PHA Nurse Practitioner Martha Strening volunteers with �Operation Support Our Troops America".   Their mission is improve the morale of our troops, support the families who have a loved one deployed and provide help and support for the returning wounded.  

Together with other volunteers, she prepares �care packages� to send to our service members.   For the first time, the shelves are pretty bare and they need your help.     Chicagoarea Jewel Food Stores will be collecting items for the troops this coming Saturday and Sunday.   Won�t you please consider donating when you are shopping at Jewel this weekend? 

 Here is a list of needed items:

• Foil packages of tuna
• Cold Drink Mix to put in bottled water
• Beef Jerky/Slim Jims
• Canned Fruit (20 ounces or less)
• AA or AAA Batteries
• Ziploc Bags (no slider bags please!)
• Jelly (32 ounces or less in plastic jars)
• Peanut Butter (28 ounces or less)
• Coffee singles or 1 lb. bags of ground coffee
• Pain Relievers (Tylenol, Advil)
• Lotion for men (18 ounces or less in plastic bottles)
• Lip balm (Chapstick)
• Mouthwash (250 mil or less in plastic bottles)
• Body wash for men (18 ounces or less in plastic bottles)

No time to shop?   It cost approximately $25 to ship one package.   Your financial support is greatly appreciated�.to donate please visit www.osotamerica.org

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Our Bolingbrook office opened last week much to the delight of many of our patients who live in the area!  We are excited about being able to provide another convenient location and look forward to seeing you there!   To schedule an appointment, please call 630-717-2300.

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Pediatric Health Associates
is pleased to announce the opening of our new office in Bolingbrook on January 7, 2013.

We know that our families from Woodridge, Bolingbrook, Romeoville, Darien and areas of Downers Grove will find this to be much closer to home!

Our new office address is:
Pediatric Health Associates
396 Remington Blvd., Suite 100
Bolingbrook, Illinois 60440

The following providers will be seeing patients at our new office :
Kimberly Gubbins, CPNP
Linda Hamilton, MD
Sofia Shakir, MD
Jihad Shoshara, MD
Julian Tang, MD
Timothy Wall, MD

To schedule your next appointment please call us at 630-717-2300.

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Extended Hours on Thursdays at West Chicago Office

Pediatric Health Associates is pleased to announce that starting this Thursday, September 13, 2012, our West Chicago office will be open Thursday evenings until 8 pm.   

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Congratulations to Dr. Thomas on the birth of her second son, Gideon! Born Thursday June 14, he weighed in at 6 lbs. 4 oz. and is 17.5 inches long.

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Special Valentine Deliveries!

      

Congratulations to Dr. Julian Tang and his wife, Dr. Amiinah Kung, on the birth this morning of their twins!   They welcomed a boy named Ian and a girl named Jia.   Both mom and babies are doing great.    We are very happy and excited for them!  
      

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WeGo Together for Kids

Pediatric Health is pleased to announce our partnership with WeGo Together for Kids, a West Chicago initiative encompassing West Chicago Schools and community coordinators with an interest in addressing the overall health, safety and well being of all students and families within the community.

The goal of this partnership is to facilitate a coordinated effort to provide intervention and assistance as necessary in areas such as bridging social service sectors together so that no child or family slips thru the cracks. WeGo Together for Kids will assist families in finding what services they need and putting them in touch for example with food pantries, emergency services, health access as well as other needed services.

As always, Pediatric Health is committed to the well being of the children of our communities and we welcome this opportunity to help establish a larger network of available services for them.

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Congratulations Dr. Jackson!

Congratulations to Dr. Tara Jackson on her marriage on Sunday, October 9, 2011.  We wish her and her new husband, Michael, all the best!

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Introducing Rebecca Smeraglinolo, M.D.

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Rebecca Smeraglinolo, M.D.

This week Rebecca Smeraglinolo, M.D. begins her career here at Pediatric Health.   We are proud to welcome her to the PHA family! 

Dr. Smeraglinolo received her medical degree from Loyola Stritch School of Medicine and recently completed her residency at Rush University Medical Center. Her experiences at Rush provided her the opportunity to work with children with a variety of health conditions.   

Dr. Smeraglinolo is married and has two children so she can personally identify with the various issues parents encounter day to day.

Her areas of interest are newborn care and preventative medicine.    We know you will enjoy meeting her as much as we enjoy working with her!

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We are growing!

So many exciting changes are happening here at PHA!   The expansion of the Naperville office is close to completion.   Our families are now enjoying an enlarged waiting room and the renovation of the existing office has begun!  

You will also see some new faces here at PHA.   Along with enlarging the size of the office, we are also expanding staff. 

This week Pediatric Health Associates is proud to welcome Julian Tang M.D., M.B.A., to the practice!   Dr. Tang  received his medical and business degree from Tufts University School of Medicine and completed his pediatric residency at the Mayo Clinic in 2007.   Dr.Tang is looking forward to meeting all the wonderful families and being able to care for their children. His interests include caring for children with a history of prematurity, sports medicine, and food allergies.

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Updated photos of the expansion and a few reminders

The expansion of the Naperville office is well underway! Along with expanding space we will be also adding new staff! Two new pediatricians are on the way along with several new members of the nursing staff.

For those of you who have a child who needs a sport physical for Winter sports you may want to avoid the August crunch of school physical season by scheduling your visit in September.

Do we have your preferred pharmacy on file? If not, please send us an email to pha@pedhealth.net with that information, along with your child's/children's first and last name(s), your address and your child's date of birth. We have several children with the same name and even the same birth date which is why we need your address as well.

Lastly, remember that calling your pharmacy for prescription refills will speed up the approval time from the doctor. Refill requests can now come into the office electronically saving you valuable time by not having to wait for a nurse to call you back.

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Pardon Our Dust!

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New checkout staton

?The expansion of the Naperville office is underway!  We will be gaining  another 5 exam rooms and with that growth you will be seeing some new faces on our staff as we expand to serve you better!  Construction and  remodeling of the existing office is expected to begin the end of July and the whole project completed sometime in August.  Thank you for your patience during this time and hope that you will like our new look!

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The hall that connects the old

office to the new

 

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We'll be breaking thru the back wall
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PHA Happenings

If you've called the Plainfield or West Chicago offices recently you may have been surprised to be speaking to someone at the Naperville office instead. In an effort to improve service to our families we have instituted a call center.  The call center is designed to have more staff available to handle incoming calls and reduce wait times.

If you are calling to make an appointment, please make sure you tell the staff which office you want your child to be seen at.   Your time is precious and the price of gas is high so if you are unsure where your appointment is at please call the office to double check.


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We are all anxiously awaiting the birth of Dr. Tina Smith's baby! Dr. Smith is now completing her tenure with us and will be moving to Michigan in the near future.

We wish her the best of luck and want to say thank you for the wonderful and compassionate care she provided to our patients. She will be missed!


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Our summer appointment schedule is filling up quickly for school physicals.  To beat the rush consider having your child's school physical done now.   The paperwork will be accepted when your child goes back to school in the fall.   If your child is planning on Spring sports next year then we advise you wait until winter to schedule your appointment.
 
With Dr. Smith's absence our schedule will be tighter than usual.  Book early to get an appointment that fits your schedule!

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Dr. Smith is relocating

Tina Smith, M.D.

Dr. Tina Smith has many exciting changes going on in her life. As many of our families know, she is expecting her second child shortly! Her husband will be finishing his fellowship at Rush University in plastic surgery soon and has accepted a job offer in Michigan. They will be moving there not too long after the baby arrives.

We anticipate that Dr. Smith will be seeing patients until mid-April unless the baby has a different timeline!

If your insurance carrier requires you to choose a PCP and you have Dr. Smith listed, you will need to contact them and choose another physician.

If you would like to continue with Pediatric Health Associates, all physicians are open for new patients with all insurance plans we are contracted with.

We are very happy for Tina and her hubby and wish them all the best! She has been a delight to work with and we will certainly miss her. Thank you Tina for your hard work and for being a blessing to our practice!

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PHA welcomes Dr. Shelly Flais to the practice!

Pediatric Health Associates welcomes Shelly Flais, M.D. to our practice! She is the accomplished and award winning author of the book �Raising Twins� published by the American Academy of Pediatrics. Dr. Flais has appeared on television and radio programs such as WGN Midday News and Doctor Radio. She has been interviewed by numerous magazines and newspapers including Parents Magazine, Parenting, and Fit Pregnancy.

Dr. Flais received her medical degree from Northwestern University School of Medicine and completed her residency at Children�s Memorial Hospital.

The mother of four children, Dr. Flais has an 8 year old, twins that are 7 years old and a 5 year old. We know our parents of multiples will enjoy talking with her about the joys and challenges of raising
twins, triplets, quads, etc.!


Dr. Flais will beginning seeing patients on Monday February 28th. 

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Happenings at PHA

This Tuesday, February 15th, we will be switching to a new electronic medical records system. We will experience a little slower data entry while we get accustomed to inputting information into the new software. Your patience is greatly appreciated!

One reason we are moving to a new software is to give our families a faster method of communicating with us. For things such as requesting forms, records and refills, you will in the next few months be able to go on your computer and enter a �secure web portal� to make these requests and they will be sent back to you through this portal. No more having to stop by the office to pick things up (with the exception of refills for certain medications).

 

Our Naperville office will be expanding in the next few months as well! We will be enlarging the waiting room and adding more exam rooms. We think you�ll like our new look!

As always, we are humbled by the trust you place in us and grateful for the opportunity to build wonderful relationships with our families.

Spring is right around the corner!  We are currently scheduling spring/summer sports physicals along with school physicals for the fall.   Summer appointments always fill up quickly!  Beat the rush and schedule your appointment today!

 

Soccer ball courtesy of: http://www.wpclipart.com/toys/balls/soccer_ball.png.html

Baby on computer image courtesy of: http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/view-image.php?image=6884&picture=child-with-laptop&large=1#large

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PHA is proud to welcome Kim Gubbins CPNP  to our practice!  Kim received her BS from Purdue University and her MSN, CPNP from Rush University. Kim has a special interest in childhood obesity, nutrition and asthma.   Kim will begin seeing patients starting at the end of January.

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Dr. Uselding had her baby!

PHA congratulates Dr. Laura Uselding on the birth of her son, Zachary Thomas.  Born Tuesday, November 30th, both mom and son are doing terrific!  

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Update on West Chicago office

Welcome to PHA!

Effective Friday afternoon November 12th at 1 p.m., the new West Chicago office will be open for business.

Our new address is:

Pediatric Health Associates

946 N. Neltnor Blvd.

Suite 120

West Chicago, Il. 60185

630-876-4460

(located between Aldi's and Family Video at Tower Station on Route 59)

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From inside an exam room

We are very excited about our new place and hope you will be too!

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An outside view

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        We  look forward to 
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Sunday Hours Reopening

Pediatric Health will resume �sick only� Sunday mornings from 9 am till 12:30 pm starting September 12th at the Naperville office. We will be available every Sunday except holiday weekends.

You must call the office for an appointment that morning. Our answering service will assist you in getting your child in to be seen. Appointments fill up quickly so please call early! Please call the main office number at 630-717-2300.

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