Pediatrician near Rockville that will go to Sibley Hospital for childbirth?

[Anonymous]

I am due in a few months and I am looking for a good pediatrician for my biracial son to see my son when he is born.
I live near Rockville so ideally I would be able to see the pediatrician near Rockville.

[Anonymous]

You really don’t need the ped to see the baby in the hospital - Sibley has house pediatricians that do exams there and then you bring the baby to your doctor very quickly after discharge. I’d pick someone you like that is convenient to where you live but not worry about hospital access.

[Anonymous]

Is this even a thing anymore? Our pediatrician practice I don't think has admitting privileges anywhere and our hospital uses their own pediatricians

[Anonymous]

My biracial son was seen by the hospitalist and it was easy and thorough.

Our strongly recommended pediatrician was an ass hat and missed a jaundice diagnosis at 1 week old to the point we were admitted through the ER with bilirubin high enough we almost had to be ambulance transferred to Children’s. I kept saying my kid shouldn’t be so orange. Worst experience of my early motherhood days.

[Anonymous]

That’s not a thing, OP.

And your race is not really relevant here?

I’ve been at Potomac Peds for a decade and while it’s not perfect, I do like it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That’s not a thing, OP.

And your race is not really relevant here?

I’ve been at Potomac Peds for a decade and while it’s not perfect, I do like it.

To the op credit lots of data on how doctors treat specific races worse and worse health outcomes so makes sense to want someone good

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That’s not a thing, OP.

And your race is not really relevant here?

I’ve been at Potomac Peds for a decade and while it’s not perfect, I do like it.

To the op credit lots of data on how doctors treat specific races worse and worse health outcomes so makes sense to want someone good

Exactly I'm a doctoral student in public health. Tons of data on this.

[Anonymous]

Never heard of that. Ped's cannot talk a half or all day to visit your child at the hospital on no notice. Most of the time they keep you 24 hours, sometimes less.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That’s not a thing, OP.

And your race is not really relevant here?

I’ve been at Potomac Peds for a decade and while it’s not perfect, I do like it.

To the op credit lots of data on how doctors treat specific races worse and worse health outcomes so makes sense to want someone good

I'm white, all doctors but one treat me pretty poorly. Some of it is race, some of it is many other factors. If she wants a race specific doctor, fine but no doctor is going to the hospital.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You really don’t need the ped to see the baby in the hospital - Sibley has house pediatricians that do exams there and then you bring the baby to your doctor very quickly after discharge. I’d pick someone you like that is convenient to where you live but not worry about hospital access.

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