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If your pediatrician has recommended that your child see a cardiologist, he or she may suspect your child’s heart is not functioning normally. Approximately 0.8 percent of children are born with congenital heart defect.

If your child has chronic behavioral problems, trouble learning or developmental delays, he or she may be referred to a child development specialist for some extra help.

A pediatric dermatologist is a doctor who specializes in diseases and conditions of the skin, hair and nails in children.

If your child has diabetes, problems with growth or early or late puberty, your pediatrician may recommend that he or she see a pediatric endocrinologist. Because children are still growing, their problems are often quite different from those commonly seen by endocrinologists who treat adults.

Pediatric gastroenterologists treat children who have conditions that affect the organs in the digestive system, including the stomach, liver, and bowel. They also help children with feeding and eating issues.

Pediatricians are trained in the specific conditions, diseases and disorders that affect children and coordinate with pediatric specialists for further care as needed.

Primary care services include:

• Well-child exams
• Immunizations
• Sports physicals
• Acute care for illness such as cold, strep throat, ear infections and flu
• Management of chronic illness in coordination with specialists

Pediatric surgeons operate on all children, from newborns to adolescents. Their expertise is essential, because a child is not a small adult. As a child grows, his or her anatomy changes, and a pediatric surgeon’s skills are needed to perform operations on delicate tissues and structures in his or her body.

Pediatric mental health is a specialty that treats children and adolescents with behavioral, emotional and psychiatric disorders. The pediatric mental health team includes child psychiatrists, psychologists and professional counselors.

Pediatric nephrologists are doctors who treat children with kidney disorders, complicated chemical imbalances, bone metabolism disorders and high blood pressure.

When a pediatric neurologist exhausts treatment methods to successfully treat a child with a neurological disease, it may become necessary to consult a pediatric neurosurgeon to assess the child’s condition and create a surgical treatment plan.

Also called ear, nose, and throat (ENT) specialists, pediatric otolaryngologists treat disease and disorders that affect most of the senses, including your child’s ability to hear, smell, touch and taste.

Pediatric plastic and reconstructive surgery focuses on the diagnosis, treatment and long-term management of a spectrum of pediatric physical deformities, which may be present at birth, caused by trauma or result from an acquired disease.

Pediatric podiatry focuses on caring for a child’s growing feet. Specialists are trained to diagnose and treat conditions related to normal and abnormal development of the feet and ankles.

Pediatric rheumatologists treat children with joint and connective tissue disease and musculoskeletal conditions that affect the muscles and bones. Rheumatologists also treat autoimmune disorders.

Our pediatric urgent care specialist is available seven days a week to provide immediate care to non-emergency conditions (don't require an ER visit), including:

• Allergies
• Broken bones
• Cold and flu
• Cuts and abrasions
• Dehydration
• Earache
• Headaches and migraines
• Infections
• Muscle and joint pain
• Nausea
• Nose bleeds
• Skin rashes/lesions
• Sore throat
• Sprains and strains
• Sexually transmitted diseases
• Stomach aches
• Urinary tract infection

Please call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room (do not drive yourself) if you are experiencing a medical emergency, including:

• Chest pain
• Difficulty breathing
• Overdose
• Stroke
• Seizures

A pediatric urologist treats the urinary system, including the kidneys and bladder; in males, the genitals are included. Urinary conditions range from birth defects and difficulty urinating to infections and, less commonly, urinary stones that form in the bladder.