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Dr. Luke Bonnett:<\/strong><\/p>\n So when a child is delivered by the OB, all the care is provided for the mother – and the Neonatologist, basically the pediatrician in the hospital, tends to the baby while in the hospital.<\/p>\n Most often a child’s health care needs are met here in the office. Every now and then there are concerns that a child does need to see a specialist and would need a referral. It could be an ear, nose, and throat doctor; it could be a pulmonologist, a cardiologist, etcetera. We view referrals as an extension of us. We do not send our patients to places we would not want our own children to go to. It’s just very important that a parent understands that when a child is going to see one of these specialists, that concern is then managed by them — of course we’re in direct communication with the specialists. Sometimes they call us; otherwise they send us office notes – so there’s no lack of communication in that regard.[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image source=”featured_image” img_size=”full”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Most often a child’s health care needs are met here in the office. Every now and then there are concerns that a child does need to see a specialist and would need a referral.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2960,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39,38],"tags":[44,42,45,43,41,58,57,59],"yoast_head":"\n