Adolescent Medicine | For Parents
We look forward to seeing your child in the Adolescent Center either
at St. Louis Children's Hospital or at the Missouri Baptist Medical
Center. New patient appointments are scheduled for one and a half
hours and return visits are scheduled for 30 minutes. Your visit
time may be longer if laboratory tests or consultation with other
specialists is required. It is important that you arrive on time
for your appointment so that your child will have the benefit of the
full appointment time. If you are unable to keep your appointment,
please contact the Adolescent Center at (314) 454-2468 to cancel and/or
reschedule. Driving directions are available to either
St. Louis Children's Hospital
or the
Missouri Baptist Medical Center.
We
suggest you use our valet parking services at St. Louis Children's
Hospital; valet parking is free with validation of your parking
ticket at our registration desk.
Before your appointment, we will request that your child's medical
records be sent from your primary care physician and any specialists
your child may have seen, so that we are as up to date as possible
regarding your child's medical condition. In the Adolescent Center,
your child will be seen by an Adolescent Center attending along with
a physician associate who is training in adolescent medicine. These
physicians will interview you and your child together, and will then
speak with your child alone. At the end of the visit, your
Adolescent Center physicians will discuss plans in detail with you
and with your child, and will send a letter regarding the visit to
your primary care physician. Your child may be asked to return for
follow up visits to continue the evaluation or to monitor the
treatment plan. If you have questions in between appointments, the
Adolescent Center nurses are happy to take your calls will forward
information to your physicians.
We look forward to working with you in the Adolescent Center to make
sure that your child receives the best medical care possible.
Please do not hesitate to let us know if we can serve you better.
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