Pediatrics at May Center for Mount Sinai Doctors
The highly trained team at Pediatrics at May Center for Mount Sinai Doctors provides comprehensive pediatric care to our patients.
Our office provides care to your child from birth through age 18. We are committed to providing a full range of pediatric services—including routine well-child/preventative visits, complex care for children with multiple medical issues, sick care, guidance on development and nutrition, lactation, and parenting tips and resources.
We pride ourselves on getting to know all our patients and their families, allowing for individualized attention and personalized care. Our team works in association with the pediatric experts throughout the Mount Sinai Health System, to bring the most advanced and compassionate care to our community. Our goal is to involve you in decisions about your child’s health care to develop a stronger relationship with you and your family.
Prenatal Consultation
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends all parents-to-be visit a pediatrician during the third trimester of pregnancy as an important first step in establishing a trusting and supportive relationship between the family and their pediatrician. This visit allows parents to prepare for the baby’s birth and what to expect in the first weeks of the baby’s life.
If your newborn will be delivered at Mount Sinai our pediatricians can see the baby during his/her stay at the well-baby nursery. Please inform your obstetrician the pediatrician you have chosen for your baby.
Call 212-241-4242 to request your Prenatal Consultation.
Lactation Visits
For families that need breastfeeding support and guidance, Tessa Scripps, MD and Mary Weng, MD are Certified Lactation Counselors (CLCs) and are able to schedule visits focused on lactation support and concerns. Please call 212-241-4242 to request a lactation consultation.
Well Child Visits
These are routine visits that allow our physicians to check on the well-being of the child and his/her family. Regular visits create strong, trustworthy relationships between pediatricians, parents and children. At all well visits we will discuss about growth, nutrition and development as well as school performance and mental health for school aged children and teenagers.
Learn more about routine well visits
Learn more about developmental milestones
Vaccines will be given at many of the well visits, according to the schedule recommended by the CDC: Vaccines are commonly given at ages two months, four months, six months, 12 months, 15 month, 18 months, four years, and at various visits between 9-18 years old. We recommend yearly vaccination against influenza.
Bloodwork is routinely done at ages 9-12 months and two years to screen for anemia and exposure to lead, and at ages 9-11 years to screen for elevated cholesterol.
Sick Child Visits
If your child has signs of an acute illness, we will be happy to accommodate a same day visit called an urgent visit. You can call as early as 8am Monday through Friday to schedule this type of visit. Please call 212-241-4242 to make an appointment.
Telehealth Visits
We offer telehealth visits for certain acute concerns and for follow up visits that do not require an in-person physical exam. We recommend coming for in-person encounters for all well child visits and most urgent visits. Please call 212-241-4242 for more information.
New Patients
Please call 212-241-4242 to request an initial visit. If your child is transferring from another pediatrician’s practice, please ask the office to send your child’s medical and immunization records to us (email: pedsfpaforms@mssm.edu or fax to 212-360-6714) before your appointment so we can review the records prior to the initial visit.
After Hours Care
If your child is having a medical emergency please call 911 immediately.
One of our physicians is on call after office hours for urgent issues only. Please call 212-241-4242 to send a message to the on-call provider who will call you back.
For all other routine and non-urgent matters, please call during weekday business hours: Monday to Friday from 8am to 5pm.
MyMountSinai App Communications
Our physicians are happy to answer non-urgent questions and concerns via the MyMountSinai platform. Please allow two-three business days for a response. If you require a response sooner please call 212-241-4242.
Office Policies
Camp, School, and Sport Physicals
We are happy to provide school and camp forms when requested. Please review the following information:
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Forms can be completed only if your child has had a well visit within the last 12 months. If it has been more than 12 months, please call our office at 212-241-4242 to schedule an appointment for a Well Child Visit referenced above.
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There is a $10 dollar administrative fee for all camp and school forms to be completed within 10 business days.
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There is a $20 dollar administrative fee for expedited forms. Please allow two business days to be completed.
Please submit the forms to us in person at the front desk, by emailing it to pedsfpaforms@mssm.edu.
When submitting the form, please complete all the sections designated for the parent/guardian. Please note on your request if there have been changes in the medical history since the last visit and if a medication form is needed. Failure to complete all pertinent parts of the form will delay its processing.
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Forms for completion can be found here:
Please do not send form request to your doctor via email or My Mount Sinai App as this will only delay the processing times.
Late arrival
In order to allow all patients to be seen at their scheduled time, we strictly enforce the late arrival policy. Please arrive 5-10 minutes prior to your scheduled appointment to allow time for elevator, check in process, etc. If you arrive 15 minutes or more after your scheduled appointment, we will consider you a “no show” and your doctor may not be able to see you.
Cancellations
If you need to cancel an appointment, please do so at least 24 hours in advance. You may incur a charge if you cancel an appointment without 24-hour notice.
Telephone/My Mount Sinai App/After hour encounters
When medical advice is given over the phone or via My Mount Sinai app, the provider is required to create an encounter for the purposes of documentation and billing. Depending on your insurance plan, these encounters may incur a charge or copay. The charge is determined by each plan and carrier, not by our providers nor our office. We encourage you to call your insurance to verify if these types of encounters will be covered.
Vaccinations
We follow the immunization schedule recommended by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and the Prevention Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP). We will make every effort to accommodate your family needs and concerns regarding vaccines, but it is our office policy to have all of our patients vaccinated by two years old as per the following schedule.
- Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics
- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Developmental Follow-Up Clinic
- Pediatric Allergy & Immunology
- Pediatric Gastroenterology – Digestive Diseases
- Pediatric Hepatology – Liver Diseases
- Pediatric Nephrology & Hypertension – Kidney Diseases
- Pediatric Neurology
- Pediatric Pulmonology
- Neurosurgery
- Orthopedics
- Pediatric (General) Surgery
- Pediatric Urology
- Plastic Surgery
- Transplantation