Abington Memorial Hospital-Pediatrician Recs.

MuckDiva

I need to pick my pediatrician for my hospital registration by the end of this month.  DH and I know we will be moving within a year but we stil need to pick someone in the area we live in now.  I wanted to know how everyone has gone about picking their doctor and what questions you asked (if any) prior to selecting that particular doctor.  I would like to select a doctor that works with Abington Memorial since that is where I am delivering.

Thank you!

di0607

We love our pedi. Im not sure if he is affiliated with Abington, you can call them and find out. We see Dr. Jaffe at Tri-county peds. They are also affiliated with CHOP and St. Chris which was important to me. They have 5 or 6 offices that the doctors rotate at. We go to the Southampton location. We have dealt with 4 of the doctors and loved them, however we had a very bad experience with the nurse practicioner (spelling?). Dr. Jaffe is amazing with my little guy!

J-fo

UGH! I am doing it too. Why do you have to pick by the end of this week? I am 26 weeks along and still haven't sent in the pre-registration paperwork. I'm putting it off because I want to find a ped. that is supportive of altered immunization schedules.

MuckDiva

J-fo:

UGH! I am doing it too. Why do you have to pick by the end of this week? I am 26 weeks along and still haven't sent in the pre-registration paperwork. I'm putting it off because I want to find a ped. that is supportive of altered immunization schedules.

I thought the pre-reg forms were due 5 months prior to the due date.  Even if it is 4 months I still need to pick sooner or later.  I am working on my last semester at Rider and I need to focus on finishing that right now so I am trying to pick my ped before things get crazy with school.

kat523

I love, love, love Dr. Sharon Corcoran with Kid's First Flourtown. If you decide to use Kid's First, there are tons of locations - even down the shore.  They are the CHOP pediatrics offices, so you have the benefit of being in that system (worked out well the other day when I needed to take Jack to CHOP dermatology and needed an appt. asap).  she is also very good with my delayed/alternative vaccination schedule.  Good luck!

J-fo

MuckDiva, I asked the OB if it was a problem if I got the pre-reg. paperwork in late and they said I could wait as long as I wanted. It is great that you are getting it in as soon as you can. Good luck with school! Also, I checked and Kids First that Kat mentioned is on the list of Dr's that are affiliated with Abington too!

 Kat, Thank you for the recommendation!

MAprincess

We LOVE Abington Pediatrics- all of the doctors are great, the phone nurses are awesome.  We love everything about them.

Geekchick921

DD"s pedi is Pediatric Care Group.  They have privileges at AMH and Holy Redeemer.  Their office is right near Old York and Township Line.  I really like Dr. Carrier.  Dr. Mahoney is also very nice.  I saw Dr. Mundell in the hospital and she said something to me that really offended me and will not see her again if I can avoid it (she told me DD looked like she was "starving" at 3 days old).

www.pcgkids.com

GiselaElizabeth

FYI...you can always change your pediatrician info or ANY other info before admission. And the admission paperwork can be sent in the month before you're set to deliver. (That's what I ended up doing, because I was such a procrastinator!)