PEDIATRIC HEALTH ASSOCIATES

Did you know that the U.S. has military personnel in over 100 countries?  Whether helping victims of the Nepal earthquakes, the war in Afghanistan, the relief efforts to victims of disease and pestilence, they are there providing assistance. Wars, famine, natural disasters and disease will always be with us.   Our soldiers are asked to crawl through mud, endure blazing temperatures and risk their lives in their jobs.   This Memorial Day, we remember the fallen, celebrate those who have returned and pray for those who are still overseas.   All are heroes.   Thank you for our freedom. ******** ******** ******** ******** ******** ******** ******** ******** ******** ******** ******** ******** ********                    Please Welcome Nurse Practitioner Katie Faragher Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Katie Faragher will begin seeing patients on Monday, June 8th.    Katie started ...

Next month we will be moving the Bolingbrook office to larger quarters.  We are hoping that the contractors will be finished in early June.  Once we know the official date we will post it on the blog.

Mabel Chirolla Congratulations to our West Chicago office manager, Mabel Chirolla, who is a recipient of the 2015 DuPage County Women of Distinction honor!  Mabel has worked tirelessly as a champion for low-income minority families to receive health and social services.   She was instrumental in the creation of PANNA, a autism support group for Spanish speaking families.  A board member of PHA’s non-profit, the CareLink Foundation, Mabel has overseen many CareLink programs such as car seat distribution, medical interpreters and enrollment assistance in medical programs. Mabel’s dedication to the community goes above and beyond the call of duty!  It is our privilege to have Mabel on our staff.  We are so very proud of her! 

Nurse Practitioner Kim Gubbins From the desk of Kim Gubbins, CPNP: As we know childhood obesity is on the rise and affecting many of our children. Type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol and high blood pressure are no longer adult problems but diseases that are now part of our children's risk factors. Study after study tells us we need to make changes and we need to do it now. As parents, we need to focus on daily healthy eating and daily exercise starting at young age. Babies learn hunger and satiety cues very early on. It is important for parents to notice when a baby is giving them signs that they either need more or have had enough. Sometimes parents overfeed or offer a bottle whenever a child cries (hunger or not). This alters an infant’s ability to learn hunger and satiety signs in their own little bodies. Additionally, we offer sweet treats, junk food and convenience foods (packaged/processed) at very young ages. For example, if a child is never offered a ...