With a few exceptions, I welcome most families, whatever they have decided about vaccines. If your child is vaccinated on the standard schedule and you want to know what that means here, this page answers that too.
Do you accept unvaccinated patients?
With a few exceptions, yes. I welcome most families, and I care for children who are fully vaccinated, partly vaccinated and unvaccinated. The surest way to know whether your family is a fit is to ask before you book.
Do you require vaccines to join the practice?
In most cases, no. For most families, membership does not depend on a child’s vaccine record.
Will you follow a delayed or alternative vaccine schedule?
Yes. If you want to space vaccines out, or give some and decline others, we build that plan together and I follow it. I will tell you what I think of each choice and why. The decision is yours.
Do you give vaccines?
That is a conversation to have with me directly. Call or write, and I will tell you how it works for your family.
My child is fully vaccinated. Is this practice right for us?
Yes. You get what every family here gets: a pediatrician who knows your child, visits that last as long as they need to, and a direct line to me by phone, text or video. Most visits happen in your home, so your child does not sit in a waiting room with other patients.
Why this conversation usually goes wrong
A standard pediatric visit runs about ten to fifteen minutes. Into that window a physician has to fit a physical exam, growth review, developmental screening, anticipatory guidance, and whatever brought you in that day. There is no room left for a real discussion about anything, let alone one as layered as immunization.
So parents with real questions get a pamphlet and a schedule. Parents who push get labelled difficult. Many of the families who come to me on this topic asked a question somewhere else and felt dismissed.
What I bring to the discussion
Alongside my medical training I hold a Master of Arts in Bioethics. Informed consent, autonomy, the limits of parental decision-making, and how to weigh individual choice against collective risk are exactly what that degree covers. The ethical framework I bring to this conversation is one I studied formally.
The other thing I bring is time. This is a direct primary care practice with no insurance billing and no volume targets, so a conversation that needs forty-five minutes can take forty-five minutes. Nobody is watching a clock, and that is why these discussions go better here.
What I ask of you
Bring your questions. Bring the article that worried you. Bring the thing your sister-in-law said. I would far rather examine a source together than have you carry an unspoken concern for three years.
What I ask in return is that the conversation runs in both directions. I will tell you what the evidence shows, including where it is strong, where it is uncertain, and where the honest answer is that we do not fully know.
Ask before you book
If your choice of pediatrician turns on this, call or write before scheduling anything. You will get a direct answer about how this practice works, and if it is not the right fit for your family I will say so plainly.
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