Services & Specialties

Pre-Newborn Care

You may schedule a "meet and greet" appointment to ask any questions you have regarding the birth of your baby and what to expect.

Our pediatric providers are more than happy to meet with first time expecting parents before your child is born. This helps you and the provider to get to know one another, and to see if the pediatric provider is right for you and your baby.

Please contact our front office to schedule the "meet and greet".

Breastmilk Drop Site

Siskiyou Pediatric Clinic has the honor of being a drop site for human milk! Please contact Northwest Mother's Milk Bank to get started. Click on the image below to visit Northwest Mother's Milk Bank online.

Hospital Newborn Care

We will perform your baby's first physical exam, take care of any newborn problems that may arise, and get your baby ready for his/her first days of life at home.

Newborn care

Newborns may need 1-2 follow-up visits in the clinic in their first few weeks of life. Appointments are readily available for newborn follow-ups. Neonatal Screenings are performed in the office for your convenience.

Well-Baby / Well Child Check-Ups

During a routine well-baby checkup, your baby's height, weight, and head growth measurements will be taken. A complete physical exam will be done and anticipatory guidance provided. At your baby's 2 week check-up, a newborn screening will occur. Developmental screenings, routine vaccinations, nutrition assessment, dietary guidance, and screening blood work that is done in the office (at 9 months and 2 years of age) are also part of routine well-baby checkups.

A Healthy Future

The American Academy of Pediatrics developed a set of comprehensive health supervision guidelines for well-child care, called Bright Futures, for pediatricians to follow. The mission of Bright Futures is to promote and improve the health, education, and well-being of infants, children, adolescents, families, and communities.

"Well-child care is so important," stresses Dr. Tanner. "Taking your child to the doctor when he or she is feeling under the weather is simply not enough. The AAP recognized the need for a schedule of visits (see below) to the pediatrician because when you know a visit is approaching, you can prepare for topics of discussion. Starting the dialogue can lead to a healthier life for your child overall, and that is the ultimate goal." 

Schedule of Visits: 2 months, 4 months, 6 months, 9 months, 12 months, 15 months, 18 months, 2 years old (24 months), and once every year thereafter for an annual health supervision visit that includes a physical exam as well as a developmental, behavioral, and learning assessment.

Routine Exams and Physicals

Children and Adolescents need routine physical exams (yearly) to ensure that they are growing appropriately and practicing healthy habits, including healthy diet and exercise. Often times, these appointments are scheduled around the child's birthday or just prior to the start of the school year. The following services are provided during the routine yearly exam. 

• Height and weight measurements
  
• Routine vaccinations
  
• Complete physical exam
  
• Developmental / school performance screening
  
• Nutrition assessment and dietary guidance
  
• Anticipatory guidance
  
• Screening blood work is done in the office when indicated
  
• Hearing and Vision screening is done in the office
  
• Sports, Day Care entry, and Camp physicals are offered, when needed.

Sick Child Appointments

As we all know, children are exposed to illness very easily. We understand the importance of seeing your child as soon as possible when they do get sick in order to initiate treatment quickly. This gets them back-to-school faster! We, therefore, often have same-day appointments readily available. Below are the added services we offer in our office for our sick patients.

• Rapid diagnostics tests are done in the office, when indicated
• Breathing treatments for children with asthma
• Blood work is done in our office, when indicated. We have a result within minutes for most tests
• Certain injectable medications, when indicated
• Minor emergencies can be taken care of in our office, such as suture placement and removal, splints for broken bones, abscess drainage

Immunizations

Listed below are the immunizations that we provide at Siskiyou Pediatric Clinic:

• Quadracel (DTaP, IPV)
  
• DTaP (Diptheria, tenanus, acellular pertussis)
  
• Pentacel (DTaP, Hib, IPV) 
  
• Prevnar (Pneumococcal conjugate - PCV)
  
• Varivax (chickenpox)
  
• MMR (measles, mumps, rubella)
  
• Hepatitis A
  
• Hepatitis B
  
• ActHIB (Influenza)
  
• HPV (human papillomavirus)
  
• Influenza
  
• Menactra (meningococcal conjugate)
  
• Rotavirus 
  
• Tetanus
  
• Td (tetanus, diphtheria (Td) for persons 7 years and older)
  
• Meningococcal B
  
• Proquad (MMR, Varicella)
  
• IPV (Polio)
  
• Adacel (tetanus, diphtheria, Pertussis)

If your child needs something not on this list please contact the Health Department.

Please review, download, or print the Recommended Immunization schedule for ages Birth through 6 years of age and 7 through 18 years of age.

Pediatric Hospital Services

There may be times when your child needs to be admitted to the hospital for treatment of their illness. Our physicians are well-skilled in hospital medical management and happy to guide your child's medical care while they are in the hospital. It helps to have your child taken care of by the doctor that knows him or her best! Our physicians may be able to directly admit your child to the pediatric floor, therefore, bypassing long wait times in the ER.