On Monday July 4th, we will be closed in observance of the Holiday. If you have a medical concern and need to speak to someone, please call (925) 438-1100 and you will be connected to a UCSF after hours advice nurse or the on-call doctor. Have a fun and safe Holiday!
Learn how to get a COVID shot for your child here
East Bay Pediatrics will continue to open up more vaccine dates as we get more supply from the county. Remember that your child can get a COVID vaccine during any pre-scheduled visit. Please do not take an online spot if you already have an upcoming appointment! If your child had a COVID illness, the general consensus from our doctors and the CDC is that you can wait at least 3 months to be vaccinated after getting the disease. East Bay Pediatrics has received the Moderna COVID vaccine for children 6 months to 5 years old. Sign up starting Wednesday afternoon for the COVID shot clinic on Saturday, June 25. You will know that the sign up is live when the choice for "6 months to 5 year" is available on this link.
Patients who are already scheduled for an appointment may receive the vaccine during their appointment. Siblings can receive vaccines during those appointments as well (no sign up needed). Please make your provider aware that you want the vaccine during the visit. This is a two dose series and the second dose should be 4-8 weeks after the first dose. We wil help you schedule your second dose. Learn more here: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/17/well/children-under-five-covid-vaccine.html Our office has holiday hours only on Jun 20, 2022 in celebration of our country's first official Juneteenth holiday.
Only the Orinda location will be open from 8:00am - 12:00pm for pre-scheduled appointments. Learn more about how to celebrate Juneteenth here: Juneteenth 2022: How the Holiday Is Observed and 6 Ways You Can Celebrate It - CNET The FDA has approved COVID vaccinations for children under 5 years of age under Emergency Use Authorization (EUA). The next step is for the CDC to approve the vaccines. Then the county will release vaccines to practices like ours and documentation codes will go live so that doses can be charted with the California Immunization Registry (CAIR). We are not allowed to schedule patients for this vaccine until all these steps have occurred. Once they have, our links for signing up for COVID vaccine will have a new choice for COVID vaccine for 6 months to 5 years old. If you sign up on our website BEFORE all of these steps happen, your appointment will be CANCELED. Please continue to be patient. It is very exciting to be able to vaccinate our younger children!
Millions of children have been diagnosed with COVID and tens of thousands have been hospitalized. Vaccines help protect your child from serious illness and hospitalization from COVID.
Use this link to schedule a booster shot for your 5-11 year old: https://www.solvhealth.com/book-online/0kVOxn We are all still reeling from the number of mass shootings in recent weeks. Gun violence has worsened since the beginning of the pandemic and guns are now the number one cause of death for American children. Things you can do:
You can reach Senator Alex Padilla here and at (202) 224-3553, and Senator Dianne Feinstein here and at (202) 224-3841. You can find your state representatives here. We will be holding another COVID vaccine clinic this Saturday June 11th. This one will be at our Orinda office. The clinic will run from 9:00am to 12:30pm. Please use the link below to set an appointment.
https://www.solvhealth.com/book-online/0kVOxn Our Berkeley office is now open for Urgent Care on Saturdays from 10:30am - 11:30am starting June 4, 2022. You can pre-schedule an urgent appointment using this link or you can register when you get to the office. Check in is faster if you bring your smartphone and your insurance card. Please bear with us as we try this new system! And please remember to wear your mask while in our building.
Monday mornings or the day after a holiday between 9:00am - 11:00am are our busiest times, which results in longer wait times in the queue. We appreciate your patience as the nurses assist all incoming calls as quickly as possible. For non urgent questions please utilize the Patient Portal.
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Our DoctorsRichard Oken, MD, FAAP
Sarah Cahn Handelsman, MD, FAAP Tracy Evans-Ramsey, MD, FAAP Juliana Damon, MD, FAAP Christina S.L. Vo, MD, FAAP Jennifer Miller, MD, FAAP Courtney Pickering, MD, FAAP Lilia R. Oceguera, MD, FAAP Ted Handler, MD, MBA, MPH Lisa Asta, MD, FAAP |