Children's Services

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Pediatric Primary Care

Welcome to your child's medical home

Pediatrics is the branch of medicine that focuses on the health and medical care of infants, children, and adolescents. Pediatric care encompasses a wide range of health services ranging from preventive health care to the diagnosis and treatment of acute or chronic diseases. Pediatricians monitor physical, emotional, and social development, ensuring that children grow, healthy, through regular check-ups, immunizations, and guidance on nutrition and safety. This specialty emphasizes early detection and management of diseases to promote lifelong well-being, supporting families to provide the best care for their children.

Well Child Visits

A well child visit is a routine checkup for children from infancy through adolescence, focusing on preventive care and developmental milestones. These visits are important because they give your pediatric provider the opportunity to monitor your child's growth, development, and overall health. They can detect a potential health concern early and treat issues early on. These visits aren’t just for children – they also offer an opportunity for parents to voice concerns, ask advice, get referrals and reassurance around their child’s health and development.

What happens during a well-child visit?

After your child's first year, well-child visits with your pediatric provider will occur once every year. They offer the opportunity to raise concerns about their child's growth and development, review milestones, receive immunizations to prevent illness, and develop a relationship with your trusted provider. Here's what else you can expect during your next well-child visit:

Physical Exam
Developmental Assessment
Screening Tests
Vaccinations
Parental Guidance

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child during a well visit

Internal Medicine & Pediatrics

Internal Medicine & Pediatrics is a primary care environment where physicians are trained and board-certified in both internal medicine and pediatrics primarily in a hospital setting. They care for patients from birth through all ages. Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, commonly referred to as Med-Peds, is a good option for your children if you'd like to join a practice that can care for members of your family of all ages.

Family Medicine

Family Medicine is like Internal Medicine and Pediatrics in that physicians care for patients of all ages. Family Medicine physicians have diverse training with patients of all ages, both in routine outpatient care and hospital-based care, and care that compliments primary care including obstetrics, gynecology and psychiatry.

New Families - Meet the Pediatric Provider Events

We hold free, monthly group meetings for expectant parents and parents of new patients ages 0 - 18. Meet our pediatricians and pediatric nurse practitioners, ask questions about your child's health plan, take a tour of our offices and learn about our practice philosophies, office hours and more!

Pediatric Behavioral Health Care

The Trinity Health IHA Medical Group pediatric behavioral health care team empowers children and their families to appreciate and cope with developmental issues and challenges that contribute to healthy family growth. We will help address behavior concerns disruptive to school or home life, sleep issues, depression or anxiety, coping with stressful events such as illness, death in the family, starting or changing schools, problems with friends or bullying, divorce or remarriage, and dealing with post-traumatic experiences.

We work in collaboration with your child’s primary care physician to improve their overall health, help the family to understand the nature and status of a child or adolescent’s development, we'll assess the most effective strategies for helping your child or adolescent and provide an opportunity for parents to clarify their feelings.

Patients can be seen in person at Trinity Health IHA Medical Group, Pediatrics - Arbor Park or Trinity Health IHA Medical Group, Pediatrics - West Arbor. Video appointments are also available through all Trinity Health IHA Medical Group pediatric locations.

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Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Hospital medicine refers to the medical care you receive while in the hospital. A pediatric hospitalist is a physician who has been trained in pediatrics and has advanced expertise in caring for the complex needs of a pediatric hospitalized patient. Children and adolescents who are hospitalized usually have more acute (or urgent) healthcare needs, requiring more management than other, non-hospitalized patients.

Hospitalists oversee your medical care, working closely with other patient care staff and physicians. They also connect with your primary care physician to coordinate and manage medications, treatments, and other medical needs while hospitalized. Trinity Health IHA Medical Group Pediatric Hospital Medicine hospitalists care for children and adolescents at Trinity Health Michigan Hospitals with conditions including:

Respiratory illnesses, such as pneumonia or influenza
Infectious diseases
Recovery from injury or surgery
Problems with ongoing issues such as asthma or diabetes

Neonatology

Neonatology, or neonatal medicine, is the specialized care of newborn infants. It’s a subspecialty of pediatrics. Neonatologists usually care for premature or seriously ill infants in the special care nursery or neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). These physicians have completed three years of additional fellowship training in neonatal medicine, following their pediatrics residency. Neonatology includes treatment for:

Breathing difficulties
Birth defects
Premature births
Feeding difficulties
Care after newborn surgery

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Newborns: Your First Pediatric Appointment

When your baby arrives, call your pediatric practice and make an appointment for within 5 days of your baby’s birth. Be sure to bring all paperwork and discharge notes from the hospital.

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Pediatric Specialty Care

University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital physicians offer provide specialty care services at the Trinity Health Oakland campus. Patient calls are managed through Trinity Health IHA Medical Group.

Scheduling is now available for the following specialties:

In addition, pediatric specialists from C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital are now seamlessly integrated into inpatient care for children admitted to Trinity Health Oakland.

Trinity Health Oakland is a trusted health care leader in Oakland County, having been a part of this community for more than 90 years. The Trinity Health Oakland care teams have been recognized with numerous local and national awards for quality outcomes and clinical excellence.