FAQs

A pediatrician is a medical doctor who specializes in the care of children. Pediatricians have undergone special training in the health and illnesses of infants, teens, and young adults, and the majority of pediatricians are certified by the American Board of Pediatrics after passing a comprehensive exam.

Pediatricians provide preventive health care for children in good health and medical care for children who are acutely or chronically ill. They also provide parents with support and advice with issues such as growth and development, safety and prevention, nutrition, and emotional wellness to foster a lifetime of good health.

Your child should not only see a pediatrician for an illness. It is also important to schedule well-child-care exams regularly, beginning in infancy. Also called well-care visits or checkups, these routine examinations provide the best opportunity for the doctor to observe the progress of your child’s physical and mental growth and development; to counsel and teach parents; to detect problems through screening tests; to provide immunizations, and to get to know one another. Well-care visits are strongly recommended as part of preventive pediatric care.

Well-child visits are also a good time for parents to raise questions and concerns about a child’s development, behavior, nutrition, safety and overall well-being.

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends this schedule for routine well-care visits:

2 to 5 days

1 month

2 months

4 months

6 months

9 months

12 months

15 months

18 months

24 months

And once every year thereafter for an annual health supervision visit that includes a physical exam as well as a developmental, behavioral, and learning assessment.

You can schedule an appointment by calling our office during regular business hours.

Yes, we always welcome new patients. Contact our office for additional information or request an appointment.

Immunizations are a series of shots given to children at different ages to help ward off serious, and potentially fatal, childhood diseases. Making sure your child receives immunizations when scheduled is the best way to help protect your child from potentially fatal diseases. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, vaccinations have reduced the number of infections from vaccine-preventable diseases by more than 90%.

Please note that we at Sang Pediatrics feel strongly that vaccines protect children from many severe illnesses.

You will need to fill out a Medical-Release-Form. This authorizes us to request a copy of your past medical records from your previous pediatrician so we can have good continuity of care.

If you have an HMO insurance plan, you will need to call your insurance carrier to switch your primary care doctor to one of our pediatricians to ensure coverage.

This can be done either at our office or your present pediatrician’s office. You can stop by or call and we will be happy to provide forms for you. We also have the form on our website for you to download and fill out. Once you complete the form, please forward it to your current pediatrician, so that your record can be sent directly to our practice.

Monday – Friday: 8:30am – 5:00pm

(Closed daily for lunch 12:00pm – 1:00pm)

We are always available to take your calls. If we are away from the office, we have a 24 hour answering service. They will contact the on-call doctor for any emergencies.

You can call Medi-cal at 559-600-1377 or enroll online at home - www.mybenefitscalwin.org

The day you are discharged from the hospital call our clinic to book an appointment. We will use Mom’s insurance for 30 days. During the 30-day period, parents are responsible to enroll their child with insurance.

Please bring your child’s health insurance card and shot record. If your child is a

newborn, bring their hospital discharge paperwork and the mother's insurance ID as well.

Yes, pediatric prenatal consultations are a great way to have your medical questions answered beforehand. It will also give insight to see if our clinic’s medical values align with yours.

YYes, we administer Covid Vaccines  to the public and for adults. You can call our clinic or book an appointment through MyTurn.ca.gov

Spanish and Hmong are offered for onsite translation. We use a third-party application to provide translation for all other languages including American Sign Language.

Yes, all patients of Sang Pediatrics can go to both locations.

Yes, we are always accepting new patients. You can call us at 559-268-1737 to book an appointment.

Walk-in hours are from 8:30 AM to 11:00 AM and 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM. Please be aware that there will be a wait, as patients with scheduled appointments are given priority. We will accommodate as the schedule allows. Thank you.