MEMORIAL PEDIATRICS

Memorial Pediatrics has two office locations. Our Long Beach office is located at 5175 Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 102. Memorial Pediatrics's Huntington Beach Office is located at 6042 Bolsa Avenue.

Phone- Huntington Beach Office

                        (714) 898-1448

                        fax: (714) 898-8864

                  Long Beach Office

                         (562) 597-9770

                         fax: (562) 597-4151

Emergency Calls (Day or Night)

Call 911 (emergency medical services) for life threatening emergencies in which your child may require resuscitation (your child is not breathing, is choking severely, is unconscious, or is having seizures, for example) For poisonings, call the poison control center at (800) 846-4766.

Calls about Sick Children During Office Hours

We see sick children by appointment only. Our office hours are 8 AM to 5 PM Monday through Friday. The telephone nurse is available to take your calls during office hours.

If your child is sick and you want the doctor to see him, call ahead for an appointment. Try to call us about sick children during early morning office hours. All medical calls are screened by a telephone nurse who has been specially trained to make decisions about which patients need to be seen by the doctor and how to provide home care for children who don't need to be seen. If the nurse can't help you, she will ask you to bring your child to the office or have your physician call you back.

If the office staff is busy and can only take a message, ask for an approximate callback time. While waiting for a call back, try to keep your line open. If your call isn't returned within 60 minutes after the predicted callback time, call again. In general, we try to return calls within 15 minutes. Keep in mind that Monday mornings are the busiest time.

Nighttime (After Hours) Calls

After office hours, call us only for emergencies or ugent problems that can't wait until morning. Calls about mild illness usually can wait. We need to keep our line open at night for urgent calls. After office hours you calls wil be received by voice mail service and transferred to your physician pr the telephone nurse who is covering your physicians calls. The doctor or nurse will usually return your call within 30 minutes. If you do not receive a callback within 1 hour in a non-emergency situation, please call again.