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Pediatrics
HealthAlliance offers a full range of comprehensive pediatric services and
referrals for children from newborns to young adults. Our staff of experts
–- pediatricians, family practice physicians and pediatric nurses –
offers the most current technologies and treatments for your child. They are
dedicated to making every child's hospitalization safe and comfortable, and
they keep families fully involved in their child's care.
As a member hospital of UMass Memorial Health Care, infants and children who
require intensive care are referred to the pediatric intensive care unit at
UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester. Our pediatricians also refer to
the broad range of pediatric specialists at UMass Memorial when such care
is needed.
Pediatric/Young Adult Services
Patient Information
Pediatric/Young
Adult Staff
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Pediatric/Young Adult
Services
The range of services available at the Leominster Campus allow area patients
to remain close to home even when they need inpatient care.
Inpatient Care
The Pediatric/Young Adult Unit is licensed for 12 inpatient beds. One parent
is invited to room in on the sleeping recliner in each room to make the patient
feel more comfortable during the hospital stay. Morning coffee available for
parents, and boarding mothers breastfeeding their child (who is a patient)
also receive meals.
Pediatric Same Day Surgery Recovery
Children undergoing same day surgery are admitted to the pediatric/young adult
unit where trained pediatric nurses look after them. The nurses prepare the
children for surgery and accompany them to the operating room. When the surgery
is completed and the patients awake in the first phase of recovery, they are
brought back to the pediatric/young adult unit to complete their recovery.
They stay on the pediatric unit until discharged. Families are encouraged
to remain on the pediatric unit with their child.
Sick Child Day Care
This service is for sick children who have common, temporary illnesses (e.g.,
flu, pink eye, tonsillitis, upper respiratory infections, diarrhea, strep
throat, ear infections) and do not have a known communicable disease (e.g.,
chicken pox, measles, mumps) or undiagnosed rashes. The service is available
for children of employees and the general public. Availability of this service
is on a first come/ first served basis and influenced by the census on the
Pediatric Unit.
Pre-registration is required. For more information or to request registration
materials, call 978-466-4160.
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Patient Information
Family members may call their child's nurse at any time about his or her condition.
To ensure safety and confidentiality, prearranged proof of identify will be
required before the nurse will give any information For information, call
978-466-4160.
Location
HealthAlliance Hospital
Leominster Campus
40 Hospital Road
Leominster, MA 01453
Directions gives detailed instruction on getting to Leominster Campus.
Visiting Hours
Parents may visit at any time. Two visitors aged 12 and older are allowed
at a time.
Regular visiting hours are from 10 am - 8:30 pm.
The rest period for young pediatric patients is from noon - 1:30 pm. Televisions
are turned off and the blinds are lowered.
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Pediatric/Young Adult Staff
For more information about the following members of our active medical staff,
please click on their names.
| Martin Feldman, MD, FAAP | Chief Pediatrician |
| Cyril Bergman, MD, FAAP | Pediatrician |
| Theresa Callahan, MD, FAAP | Pediatrician |
| Fernando Catalina, MD | Pediatrician |
| Ingrid Cruse, MD, FAAP | Pediatrician |
| Idris Dahodwala, MD, FAAP | Pediatrician |
| Imelda Garcia, MD, FAAP | Pediatrician |
| Phillip Hommes, DO, FAAP | Pediatrician |
| Daria Karos, MD, FAAP | Pediatrician |
| Janice Kennedy, MD, FAAP | Pediatrician |
| Lynette Knight, MD, FAAP | Pediatrician |
| Michael Lynons, MD, FAAP | Pediatrician |
| Bruce Man, MD,FAAP | Pediatrician |
| F. John McLaughlin, MD, FAAP | Pediatrician |
| Charles Myers, MD, FAAP | Pediatrician |
| Francisco Rubira, MD , FAAP | Pediatrician |
| Deborah Shipman, MD, FAAP | Pediatrician |
| Zbigniew Dombek, MD | Family Practice Physician |
| James Fluet, DO | Family Practice Physician |
| William Friedman, MD | Family Practice Physician |
| Beth Kurtz, MD | Family Practice Physician |
| Lydia McClure, MD | Family Practice Physician |
| Peter McConarty, MD | Family Practice Physician |
| Dean Morrell, DO | Family Practice Physician |
| Linda Preston, MD | Family Practice Physician |
| Thomas Sconavacca, Jr., DO | Family Practice Physician |
| Iris Sullivan,MD | Family Practice Physician |
| Arni Thorsteinsson, MD | Family Practice Physician |
| Audrey Tracey, MD | Family Practice Physician |
| Monica Wawszkiewicz, DO | Family Practice Physician |
| Bernard Westerling, MD | Family Practice Physician |
| John Worden, IV, MD | Family Practice Physician |
Other Web Resources
Link to UMMMC Pediatrics/ Other Web Resources.
Contact the Pediatrics/Young Adult Service
For more information, call the Director of Maternal Child Health Services at
978-466-2364 or the manager of Maternal and Child Health Services at 978-466-4275.
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