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• Friendship Pediatrics, P.A.
• The Elizabeth Arcade
• 4601 North Park Avenue
• Chevy Chase, MD 20815

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Services

We provide a comprehensive medical home for our patients. Besides well-child care with age appropriate immunizations, we treat acute and chronic illnesses and manage complex conditions. Our services include, but are not limited to, behavioral problems such as attention deficit disorder, allergy and asthma care, acne treatment, foreign travel advice and vaccines, pre-adoption counseling, and minor procedures such as wart treatment. We have same day sick visits, 365 days per year.

Well-Child Care

Being a small office, we are able to provide intimate and personalized care. We schedule 30 minutes for well-child care visits in order to have the time to address behavioral and developmental concerns, as well as physical health. Families are welcome to have one doctor be their primary physician to do well visits and manage complex care. The following is the schedule of well-child care visits. Yearly checkups continue through adolescence.
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Besides a complete physical exam, to include height, weight, hearing and vision screening, the following tests and immunizations are given:

Abbreviations:

Pediarix: Diphtheria, Acellular Pertussis, Tetanus, Inactivated Polio, Hepatitis B HIB: Haemophilus Influenza Type B Prevnar 13: Pneumococcus Rotateq: Rotavirus MMR: Measles, Mumps, Rubella MCV4: Meningococcal Varivax: Chickenpox PPD:TB Test DaPT: Diphtheria, Acellular Pertussis, Tetanus for younger children Tdap: Diphtheria, Acellular Pertussis, Tetanus for older children Kinrix: DaPT, Polio HPV: Human Papilloma Virus

VISIT SCHEDULE

Age	Immunizations/Tests
3-5 days
10-14 days	Neonatal Screen
1 month
2 months	Pediarix, HIB, Prevnar 13, Rotateq
4 months	Pediarix, HIB, Prevnar 13, Rotateq
6 months	Pediarix, HIB, Prevnar 13, Rotateq
9 months
12 months	MMR, Varivax, Hepatitis A, Hemoglobin/Lead Screening, PPD
15 months	HIB, Prevnar 13, Hepatitis A
18 months	DaPT, Hepatitis A
2 years	Hepatitis A, Hemoglobin/Lead Screening
3 years
4 years	Kinrix, Varicella, MMR
5 years
6-9 years	Lipid Profile
10 years	Tdap
11-12 years	MCV4, HPV9 series
Teens	HPV series, MCV4 booster before college
	Influenza vaccine is recommended annually for all children, 6 months to 18 years old.

Learn more about immunization and vaccines from the following links:

• Center for Disease Control
• Vaccine Education Center

Hospitals

We have privileges at the following hospitals: Chidren's National Medical Center and Suburban Hospital for admission of sick children.
NOTE: If you decide you need to go to an emergency room, please be aware Sibley and GW Emergency Rooms do not have pediatricians.