Thomas Pediatrics

03/17/2023

Happy St. Patrick's Day to our wonderful community! 🍀 May your day be filled with lots of green, laughter, and joy. From everyone at Thomas Pediatrics, we wish you and your little ones a healthy and safe celebration! 🌈

11/03/2022

Please contact the office so you can be included in our first Virtual Cooking class with our Nutritionist, Bianca.

Zoom link to be posted next Thursday!

Hope to see you there!

05/19/2022

Quick Tip: The 5-2-1-0 Rule for losing weight.

Visit https://thomaspediatrics.com/portfolios/nutrition-and-lifestyle-education/ to learn more

04/28/2022

Hey Staten Island,

My name is Dr. Usha Thomas, MD. I am one of the few Physicians in the country who is board-certified in Obesity Medicine, and I am committed to helping children and their families make healthy lifestyle choices.

I am happy to announce that the Nutritional And Lifestyle Modification Program for children and young adults is off to a great start. Our first group of patients who completed the 12-week program loved it and say it helped them TREMENDOUSLY!

In this program, your children/teenager will meet weekly with our compassionate and friendly team of professionals, who are trained to address their personal and individualized needs.
The program is a 12-week commitment that will give both you and your child the tools to make healthy choices and manage their weight for the rest of their lives!

We are conveniently located at 175 Guyon Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10306.

Please call our office at 718 987 4303, or click the link to fill out a form on our website and we will reach out to you!

Yours truly,
Dr. Usha Thomas, MD
& the team at Thomas Pediatrics

11/20/2021

Excited to be able to protect children against Covid with the Pfizer vaccine that has now been approved for children 5-11yrs old.

As per the American Academy of Pediatrics. “Sharing this life-saving vaccine with our children is a huge step forward and provides us all with more confidence and optimism about the future,”

01/16/2021

Listen to Dr Fauci answering the most frequently asked questions about the Covid vaccine. I encourage you to listen to the experts in the field and please get vaccinated.

01/14/2021

COVID-19 UPDATES

In an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19 while providing the best care to our patients, Thomas Pediatrics is changing how office visits run. The health and well-being of our patients and families is important to us. For now, here are few things you need to know. We will continue to provide you with updates as they become available.

If your child is sick, please call the office as usual and speak to our staff to discuss whether you should come into the office. We will decide on a case to case basis if you need to bring your child in. Please inform the staff if you have traveled out of the country or have come in contact with anyone who has the COVID-19 virus infection.

Please call the office for well child visits, as some of them may be temporarily postponed. However, as we do not want to delay providing life-saving vaccines to certain age groups of children, we will schedule these well visits during fixed times of the day. The office staff will be able to schedule them for your child.

We ask that only one parent/guardian accompany the child during the visit. If you have other children, it would be best to leave them with someone at home or have them stay with an adult in the car during the office visit. This will help us to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

If you need to see the doctor, but cannot be seen in person, we now offer a Telemedicine service where you can speak to Dr. Thomas via video chat. This service will only be available for mild symptoms, so please call the office and we will provide you with the details if deemed clinically appropriate.

With the current information/data made available to us, COVID-19 is thought to cause milder symptoms in healthy children. There is no approved treatment that is currently available to treat the disease. Please check the CDC website for the latest information and updates.

Visit our website to learn more:
https://thomaspediatrics.com/

Call now:
(718) 987-4303

12/23/2020

I took the Covid 19 vaccine today! Happy to be part of this global effort against Covid 19 and grateful to get the vaccine, ending this very difficult year on a positive note! We hope and pray for a better 2021 and many more great years after that! I encourage everyone to take the vaccine when it does become available to you.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

12/08/2020

Getting the Flu vaccine is the best way to protect yourself and your family from getting the Flu. Please call the office today to schedule an appointment

Flu season may bring out dishonest sellers hawking fraudulent products that claim to prevent, treat, or cure influenza.

12/07/2020

Four “Cs” to remember as we celebrate the Holidays!
AVOID....
1) CLOSED spaces
2) CROWDED places
3) CLOSE Contact
And Most importantly don’t forget the fourth “C”
4)COVER your nose and mouth with a face mask!

Wishing you all a Happy and Safe Holiday Season!

10/16/2020

https://www.idsociety.org/news--publications-new/articles/2020/herd-immunity-is-not-an-answer-to-a-pandemic/

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