Practice News

Winter Illnesses

We are excited to welcome Dr. Debra Lee who will be joining our team in January 2023!

The physicians at HocoPeds have reached their full capacity of patients at this time.  To best accommodate our current patients, we have decided to suspend accepting new patients to the practice.  We are only accepting newborns of families who are established patients.   We will continue to assess our schedules and hope to be able to accept new patients again in the future.  
 
In addition, we will only be seeing patients under 19 years of age.  No new appointments will be made after February 28th, 2023 and we will honor all appointments already on the schedule through that time. Those of our patients who are 19 years and older will need to transition to an adult primary care doctor.  We will do all we can to help make this a smooth transition for you and your young adult child.  Below is a list of adult primary care providers who our physicians have referred to over the years.
https://hocopeds.com/getattachment/Resources/Recommended-Specialists/Adult-Primary-Care-Providers-(4).pdf.aspx?lang=en-US
 
We understand that these are big changes, and we thank you for your understanding!

This page contains COVID-19-19 related info regarding recommendations from national experts, changes in office procedures, and details on testing and vaccination.

Basic information regarding Monkeypox infection

This is a link for parents to pay for flu vaccines

Help your chlld in their transition back to school.

This page provides information on the Test to Treat (T2T) process for COVID-19.

This article contains important information for parents regarding the infant formula shortage associated with the recent formula recall during the COVID-19 pandemic

UPDATED:  Please read if your child is scheduled for an appointment to assess illness symptoms.

UPDATED: This page outlines the approach or doctors will take when asked to "clear" a patient to return to daycare, school, work, or other public activities.

This page contains COVID-19-19 related info regarding recommendations from national experts, changes in office procedures, and details on testing and vaccination.

This article provides information on how to best engage with our office during the pandemic.
 

UPDATED: The page provides an update on our testing procedures and describes the most common COVID-19 scenarios prompting questions to our office.  

Policy on requests for mask exemption

We have started giving the COVID vaccine in our office.

Meet our two newest additions!

Highlights of the upcoming changes to our physician group

Pfizer Coronavirus Vaccine For Adolescents 12-15 Years Of Age

Updated Information about Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine

Impending changes to our physician staff

Dr. Patty Liszewski Retiring in July 2021

Continually updated information on flu vaccinations in our office

View updated info on our new OP Patient Portal by Intelichart

This is Dr. May's announcement of his upcoming retirement in July 2021.

Information of COVID testing in the state of Maryland

In our continued efforts to provide appropriate medical care during the COVID-19 pandemic, we continually review and update our operation and procedures.

This news item contains links to valuable sources of information on the novel 2019 Coronavirus outbreak.

Please see the FDA Information page providing information about the recently announced full recall of Ranitidine products. If your child is taking ranitidine, either over the counter or prescription, then please contact our office to obtain a prescription for an appropriate alternative. 

This a precautionary measure from the FDA in order to reduce the risk of exposure to potentially toxic substances.  Other than changing to a different medication, there is no additional recommendation for screening, testing, or treatment.

Cleaning And Disinfecting Your Home... Everyday Steps and Extra Steps When Someone Is Sick

Until further notice, all visits to our office must be scheduled.

The next topic in an ongoing series of parenting talks to help the families in our community

The next topic in an ongoing series of parenting talks to help the families in our community

Our Winter Express Morning Walk-Ins will begin Monday, December 2nd. A limited number of walk-in appointments will be available Monday-Friday 8-9 am through Friday, March 27, 2020, 

Our Afternoon Access will continue to be available Monday-Friday 3:00 pm - 4:45 pm.  

The next topic in an ongoing series of parenting talks to help the families in our community

Make you child's Halloween as safe as possible...

An ongoiing series of parenting talks to help the families in our community

Help your chlld in their transition back to school.

Important vaccination Information for parents

Important July 4th safety information

See the full article for things you should know before you travel with children.

Our office will be open today on time, as per our normal schedule, including Winter Express Walk-In at 8 am (for new acute problems only)

How to get your news from HoCo Peds

Stay Safe at Halloween

Preventing Screening Practices May Not Be Covered by Your Insurance.

In office Quest Lab closed on.June 15th.