Comprehensive Pediatric Care at UCLA Health Santa Monica

UCLA Health Santa Monica Pediatrics provides comprehensive and innovative healthcare services for children from birth through age 21, focusing on each child’s unique needs. With a patient-centered approach and a wide array of services, UCLA Health aims to partner with families to help their children thrive.

A Patient-Focused Approach to Pediatric Care

UCLA Health's approach to pediatrics is built upon several key pillars:

Child-Friendly Care: Experienced specialists deliver the latest advancements in pediatric care.
Partnership: Collaboration with families is central to helping children flourish as they grow, with pediatric physicians readily available to address every need with compassion.
Convenience: Primary care is accessible through more than 25 locations throughout the greater Los Angeles region, with pediatric specialists also seeing patients in community offices to provide care close to home. Parents can also use the myUCLAhealth patient portal to ask questions, schedule appointments, and request referrals.
Coordination: Primary and specialty care pediatric teams maintain regular contact to ensure comprehensive and coordinated care. Physicians can access a child’s electronic medical record for immunization schedules, lab results, and imaging studies.
Breakthroughs: The UCLA Children’s Discovery and Innovation Institute conducts research to prevent and treat childhood diseases. Pediatricians serve as the first line of defense, with immediate care centers available for illnesses or injuries that do not require emergency attention.
Specialized Care: Specialists evaluate and provide tailored care for developmental or behavioral concerns, as well as a wide range of skin conditions. When specialized care is needed, pediatricians make referrals and partner with specialists to oversee the child’s care.

Comprehensive Services Offered

UCLA Health Santa Monica Pediatrics offers a wide range of services to address the diverse needs of children and their families:

Inpatient Pediatric Unit

The inpatient Pediatric unit at Santa Monica is a 25-bed facility providing patient-centered care to pediatric patients and their families. It is the only inpatient pediatrics unit in Santa Monica for children requiring hospital care and is staffed by faculty from UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital.

UCLA Daltrey/Townshend Teen and Young Adult Cancer Program

Located within the inpatient unit, this program provides specialized medical care and social support for adolescents with cancer. Teens benefit from peer support in a separate area of the unit, along with support groups, age-specific activities, and a dedicated lounge with computers, music, and video games.

Chase Child Life Program

Specialists from the Chase Child Life Program help ease the stress of a hospital stay through play therapy and other age-appropriate techniques for children, adolescents, and their families.

Additional Pediatric Services

UCLA Health Santa Monica Pediatrics offers a full spectrum of care for children, including:

Pediatric specialists: Cardiology, gastroenterology, nephrology, and other specialists are available for consultations during hospitalizations.
Pediatric primary care offices: Located in Santa Monica, these offices provide accessible primary care services.
Specialized Care: Skilled staff provide specialized care for chronic health conditions, including ADHD, autism, diabetes, and asthma.

Community and Advocacy

UCLA Health partners with community programs and clinics to provide medical care to vulnerable, uninsured, and underserved families and children. The Community and Advocacy Task Force collaborates with community partners, and SCAN protects children and promotes healthy families. Specially trained pediatric experts examine and counsel over 500 suspected victims of sexual or physical abuse per year.

Adolescent and Young Adult Health

UCLA Health recognizes the unique healthcare needs of teenagers and young adults. They provide resources and support to help young people take responsibility for their physical and emotional well-being. Regular seminars are hosted throughout the year to address concerns specific to parents of teens and young adults, including workshops on puberty and sexual health. The healthcare providers are here for you 365 days of the year. Same-day appointments are available.

The Importance of Primary Care

UCLA Health pediatricians and family medicine physicians provide primary care to children at multiple locations. Primary care services include:

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Well-child exams: Regular checkups to monitor growth and development.
Immunizations: Protection against preventable diseases.
Sick visits: Diagnosis and treatment of illnesses and injuries.
Management of chronic conditions: Ongoing care for conditions like asthma, diabetes, and ADHD.

Testimonials

Parents consistently praise the care and expertise of the physicians at UCLA Health Santa Monica Pediatrics, particularly highlighting the qualities of Dr. David Feazell:

Compassionate and Knowledgeable: "Dr. Feazell was efficient, compassionate, and knowledgeable as he always is in all of our visits."
Informative and Attentive: "Dr. Feazell is always exceptionally informative, answers all of our questions, and helps us address any concerns we have."
Warm and Comforting: "Very timely, informative and a general sense of warmth and comfort by the Dr."
Trusted and Respected: "We love Dr. Feazell! He is authentic, super respectful toward our kids, super respectful toward us parents. We trust him and his judgement, and it feels like he trusts us and our decisions."
Patient and Enthusiastic: "Dr. Feazell is wonderful! As newborn parents, he is patient and informative with our questions and his enthusiasm makes our visits enjoyable."
Thorough and Caring: "Dr Feazell is already very nice and patient, taking time to answer all questions and doing very thorough exams."
Friendly and Reassuring: "Dr. David Feazell was very friendly during the visit." "The usual - comforting, reassuring, matter of fact, next steps."
Great Personality: "Dr Faezell always takes the time to listen to all of our questions and gives us the best advice. He is great with our daughter and easy to talk to. Has a great personality as well."

Additional Information for Visitors

To ensure a comfortable and safe environment for all patients, UCLA Health Santa Monica Pediatrics has established visitor guidelines:

Limited Visitors: To respect the comfort and confidentiality of other patients, visitors are limited to two at a time, and noise levels should be kept to a minimum.
Overnight Visitors: Due to space constraints, patients are allowed one overnight visitor.
Children Visitors: Children under age 12 are only permitted with a supervising parent or adult and may not be left unattended.
Health Precautions: Individuals with a cold, cough, fever, the flu, or any other potentially contagious condition should not visit.
Protective Equipment: Visitors may be asked to wear personal protective equipment such as gowns, gloves, or masks to protect the health and safety of patients.
Telephone and Internet: The phone number for each room is posted. Wireless-enabled Internet service is available.

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