Parent Resources

Sick Child?

• **The Kids Docs is now accepting gently used books for our office.**
• Car Seat Recommendations
• Center for Disease

We invite you to take a few moments to browse our website and familiarize yourself with our practice.  We hope that it will serve as a valuable resource for you.  You'll find all of the helpful information you need about our practice including provider bios, service details, directions to our office, and new patient forms.

The Kidz Docs looks forward to walking alongside you as you guide your child along a path of optimal health and wellness.  We can assure you that you'll feel confident in our abilities to care for your child. 

CURRENT NEWS

4/12/2019 update: Fisher Price has issued a recall of all Rock and Play infant sleepers following reports of infant deaths.  We urge our families to STOP using these infant sleepers immediately and put babies on their back on a flat surface for sleeping following the Back to Sleep recommendations.

4/11/2019 update: Measles, a vaccine preventable illness, continues to cause outbreaks in the United States  There are no cases in Virginia currently, but there was a case reported in Baltimore, Maryland this past week.  If you are concerned your infant/child has been exposed to or has developed symptoms of measles, please do NOT walk into our office; please call our office ro receive further advice.

3/17/2019 update: We are happy to announce that Dr. Jenie Ferrer will be joining our practice full time starting April 15th, 2019.  Dr. Elizabeth Livingood will be joining our practice as a part time provider June 3, 2019.  You can read about them in the About Us section of the website!

2/14/2019 update: On March 1st, 2019, The Kidz Docs will be part of an organization called Trusted Doctors.  Everything about our office will be the same, including our name and all of our providers, but Trusted Doctors will be handling the billing for our office.  You will see the Trusted Doctors logo on your statements and your billing inquiries will also be directed to the Trusted Doctors billing office.  We are excited about this new partneship and this will allow us to continue to serve you in the best way possible.

As a reminder to our current patients, if you have submitted an email address to The Kidz Docs, you will now have access to our online patient portal.  You can access the portal from our website as well.  The portal provides a convenient way to:

1) Email a provider with non-urgent questions or concerns

2) Request prescription refills

3) Access and print vaccine records

4) Update your address and phone number

5) Request checkup appointments (allow 24-48 hours for a response)

You can also download the free Healow app on any smartphone to do the same tasks listed above.  Please contact our front desk if you have any issues with the patient portal!

1/8/2019 update: The Kidz Docs would like to share that two of our senior doctors will be retiring this year after practicing pediatrics for more than 30 years: Dr. Sylvia Larkin will be retiring March 1, 2019, and Dr. William Russell will be retiring July 1, 2019.  We are so grateful for the care they have provided to all of our patients.  We will be continuing our morning walk in hours from 7:30 AM-9:00 AM Monday-Friday, but we are suspending our Monday evening hours.