Harbor Pediatrics

An article we noticed this week. We have been particularly worried that our asthamtics/wheezers would really get sick from COVID19 - maybe not. If your child is asthmatic, we don't think this means your child is less likely to get COVID19, but this hints that they may not be at increased risk. We'll keep seeing if further research supports this observation. In the meantime, stay healthy and safe!

Good Afternoon. We hope this letter finds you and your family well. We wanted to provide an interim update, as best as we understand it here at Harbor Pediatrics. Office Operations As a reminder, we have altered the office’s work and patient flow in order to adjust for the COVID19 pandemic. Currently, well visits are first in the morning. After all well visits are concluded for the day, we will begin to see sick patients. Additionally, our check-in practice has chang...Continue reading

We wanted to further expand on Harbor Pediatric’s telemedicine plans. Please bear with us as this is constantly in flux, as are most things these days. We have traditionally not embraced telemedicine because we believe that sitting with you and your child, listening to their medical problem, observing them, and then performing a directed physical exam is the best way to deliver medical care. We still believe seeing a patient in the office is the best type of medicine. We will...Continue reading

Dear Parents, we hope everyone is staying healthy during these times. At Harbor Pediatrics, we are undertaking a series of adjustments to try to ensure that we can continue to provide quality care to everyone. These changes are similar to many of our pediatric colleagues and represent what we think are the best ways to keep everyone as healthy as possible. 1. Guests - We are a pediatric practice, and we understand that many families have more than one child. At this time, we ...Continue reading

Kids will be kids. If your child happens to get a laceration, the last place you want to go to is the ER. Dr Jonathan Zelkin is a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon who has offered to help provide his office services for lacerations and trauma repair - avoid the ER. If you are in need of his services, please call (949)432-4730 for an appointment.

Late Saturday night saw the first confirmed case of the new Coronavirus in Orange County, the 3rd overall case in the US. At this time, we have no further details about this patient. Since there is still so much unknown about this virus, it is a bit unsettling to have it in our backyard. We will strive to update this link with any information as it becomes available. For now, please review the current US Centers for Disease Control factsheet about this new viral illness. And we can never emphasize enough - hand washing.

We have recently been receiving alerts and bulletins from CDC, OC County Health, and this afternoon Hoag sent a memo about Measles. Although we are not aware of any cases in the OC, the flurry of notices clearly hints that there may be trouble on the horizon. To Be Clear- we do not know of any cases. That being said, if your child has somehow missed their MMR vaccine (sick that day, forgot to schedule a physical, etc), we would strongly suggest calling and getting protected now before trouble hits our region. Please remember that getting the vaccine does not confer instantaneous immunity. Plan ahead.

This just came across our emails, especially timely since everyone seems to be ill right now. Again, please note that this is for INFANT ibuprofen - Not Children's ibuprofen.

Many of you were probably aware of this situation, but it’s in our proverbial backyard so it’s worth reposting...

We hope everyone’s having a great Summer thus far. Please be aware of today’s heat wave. It is supposed to reach 90’s at the beaches, 110+ inland. Make sure you’re kids are sunscreen’ed, hydrated, and frankly, somewhere cool. These high temps can be outright dangerous. If you’re heading for the beach (or Jr Guards) please also be aware of the high surf advisory. Stay cool and have a great weekend.

Happy Holidays from all of us at Harbor Pediatrics. Whether you are close to home or afar on an adventure, we hope the season remains safe and festive. For Christmas- We will be open tomorrow - Sat AM. However, we will be closed Monday. We will reopen on Tues 12/26 for a regular day. For New Years- we will be open Friday as usual. We will have Sat AM hours on 12/30. We will be closed on Mon, Jan 1 and reopen on Tuesday, 2018. If you have any issues, questions, etc over the holidays, please call the office and speak with our answering service. Dr Chen is on call this weekend and Dr Michelis is covering for New Years. Happy holidays from all of us!!!

Interesting stats to ponder...although the irony is that we're using Facebook to distribute this information to you.

This is a sad reminder that influenza can be a really serious illness. We continue to give influenza vaccines (flu shots) at the office, on most weekdays and some Saturdays. Call the office to set up a time if you are interested in having your child vaccinated - it is not too late.