Evanston
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Buffalo Grove
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April 19, 2021
With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we continue to mainly utilize telehealth for patients to be seen during our weekday walk-in office hours. We are now adding an option for patients to be seen in person. To maintain safety for patients, families and our staff, we are not allowing families to simply ‘walk in’ to the […]
Read MoreMarch 13, 2021
To my associates, colleagues, and patients: I am writing this letter to announce my retirement from my medical practice in pediatrics and genetics. I will resign from the staffs of North Suburban Pediatrics, NorthShore University Health System, Northwest Community Hospital, and Lurie Children’s Hospital. I have had the privilege of practicing medicine for over fifty […]
Read MoreFebruary 22, 2021
As more schools begin to safely reopen, North Suburban Pediatrics remains committed to meeting the needs of our patients and families throughout the pandemic. We continue to offer PCR-based COVID throat swabs, with results typically available within 48 hours of collection. COVID testing by PCR method remains the most accurate test for evaluation of COVID in […]
Read MoreJanuary 25, 2021
Dear Patient Families, We hope this email finds you and your family healthy and faring well through this winter season. New information about COVID infection and athletics: COVID-19 infection has been shown to cause myocarditis (inflammation of the heart muscle) in some mildly symptomatic or even asymptomatic children and teens. The American Academy of Pediatrics […]
Read MoreJanuary 5, 2021
Beginning November 1st, 2020, we are transitioning our weekday walk-ins to a system that uses telehealth (see instructions below). Please log on to our telehealth system between 8:00 am to 8:30am. Patients will enter into a “virtual waiting room” to wait for a doctor to initiate a visit. Telehealth walk-in visits may be transitioned to […]
Read MoreJanuary 5, 2021
We have a limited ability to conduct PCR testing in our office and are scheduling this testing over lunch and in the evening when patients having regular visits are not in the office. The swab is sent to a local lab (usually NorthShore) for testing. At the current time, we are only testing patients with […]
Read MoreJanuary 1, 2021
We hope that everyone is doing well and ready for a new year filled with promise! We wanted to share with you the latest updates from NSP. Telehealth walkins. As the COVID pandemic continues, we will continue our virtual walk-in visits which may be converted to an in-person appointment if necessary. Click here for details. […]
Read MoreSeptember 9, 2020
To our patients: We are having an OVERWHELMING response to our email reminding people to get flu shots. While we’re really excited by this because it means that people are motivated to take proper protection against influenza this fall, it also means that our staff and our phone lines are a little bit jammed up! […]
Read MoreMay 2, 2020
We are so excited to be able to provide telehealth appointments for our patients when appropriate. We are currently using doxy.me, which has been easy to use and set up. When you make your appointment for telehealth, we will e-mail or tell you a link to join your physician’s waiting room at the time of […]
Read MoreApril 19, 2020
Dear patient families, We hope you are well during these unusual and difficult times. We want to reassure you that at North Suburban Pediatrics, we are responding to the current pandemic by making changes to ensure the safety of our patients and of our community. We are fortunate that COVID-19 does not commonly affect children […]
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