Welcome to Valley Stream Pediatrics

Infancy, childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood are delicate periods for a child. Well visits are an essential part to live a healthy life. It is important to keep up-to-date with your child’s visits and immunizations.

Routine Well Visits

Our pediatricians monitor your child’s growth to ensure they meet all milestones and benchmarks. We provide easy-to-follow care schedules for your child based on age, medical history, and other essential factors.

Well visits include:

• General screenings
• Immunizations
• Lab work
• Physicals

Sick Visits

When your child experiences a common illness, our pediatricians are available to treat your sick child as soon as possible in a compassionate, friendly environment. Patients can also access specialty clinicians should an illness require advanced diagnostic attention or care.

Immunizations

Immunizations and vaccinations are important to shield your little one against preventable diseases, such as whooping cough (pertussis) and measles, which can be extremely dangerous to your children. It is important to stay on top of your child’s immunization schedule by attending all your child’s well visits.

Minor Injury Care

Much like sickness, injuries tend to occur suddenly and without warning. If your child suffers a minor injury and requires medical attention, our pediatricians can apply the treatments needed for proper healing.

It can be challenging to pinpoint the root cause of behavioral problems. Our behavioral health specialists will work closely with you to help provide personalized care.

Our physicians will consult on care for a wide range of behaviors, including:

• Anxiety
• Depression
• ADHD
• ADD
• Sleep disorders
• Enuresis
• Behavioral problems vs. disorders
• Learning problems
• Eating problems

No matter where you are, you can rely on us for dependable pediatric care using our telehealth services. Our physicians consult with you via video conferencing to evaluate conditions, manage symptoms, and advise you on proper care—no office visit required!

How Does Pediatric Telehealth Work?

Patients can connect with their doctor using an iOS or Android device. Similar to a FaceTime, Skype, or Zoom call, simply use the AnyTime Pediatrics App on your smartphone or tablet to successfully consult with us.

You will need to input our Telehealth practice code.

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What Can My Pediatrician Evaluate Through Telehealth?

What Can My Pediatrician Evaluate:

• Acne
• Allergies
• Asthma control education
• Behavioral health
• Breastfeeding support
• Colds and other minor illnesses
• Constipation, diarrhea, or vomiting
• COVID-19 (coronavirus symptoms)
• Fever
• Minor trauma screening (cuts, abrasions, animal bites)
• Nutrition support
• Pink eye
• Rash

And much more!

The Pediatric Telehealth Process

Step One – Open or download the AnyTime Pediatrics App

Step Two – Request a Consultation

Log into the app on your device and click on the patient icon. Select the patient who will be seen and choose “Request a Visit.” You should see our practice listed.

If we are grayed out, then our office is not open to walk-in telemedicine visits at this time. However, you may be able to schedule a visit still. In these circumstances, please contact our office to schedule.

Step Three – Consult with Your Doctor

You will enter the virtual waiting room. You may receive chat notifications from the admin to gather important information once you enter the practice’s virtual waiting room. Otherwise, you will be routed to the next available clinician.

Step Four – End the Call

Once your consultation is complete, you may return to your daily activity without disruption.

Telehealth Hours

Daytime Visits: Monday – Friday 8:00 am to 6:30 pm

After-Hour Visits: Seven Days a Week 6:30 pm to 10:30 pm

For new patients, please call 833-269-2444 and enter practice code 2444.

After-Hours Telehealth Visits

After-hours telehealth visits are available seven nights a week with an Allied pediatrician from 6:30 pm to 10:30 pm. For technical issues or concerns, you can speak with a telehealth coordinator at 833-269-2444 any time after 6:30 pm.

To request an after-hours telehealth visit, click here.

Ear piercing can be separated into two categories – infancy and “when they are old enough to ask for it.”

Infancy – Ear piercing during infancy is best done between 3 and 10 months.  Before 3 months they are too young and after 10 months they are more active making the actual piercing more difficult.

Older children – Ear piercing after 10 months of age may be slightly more complex. Not only does the child have to ask for the piercing, but they have to sit still for the piercing as well. After 10 months we recommend 3-year-olds being the youngest. However, we can assess on a child-by-child basis depending on the individual.

Ear piercing is not covered by insurance.

We solely pierce ear lobes. We do not pierce the cartilage higher up on the ear as the risk of infection is too great.  We do not pierce any other body parts.

We use the patented Medi-System which is only available in a physician’s office.  The earring goes in and the backing goes on at the time of the piercing.  The tiny “diamond” stud is surrounded by 24-karat gold and the only metal touching your child’s skin is titanium. This inert metal is the least likely to cause any kind of allergic reaction at the site of the piercing.