Duke provides skilled and compassionate primary care for all your baby’s routine health care needs -- from newborns to 12 months.

Well-Baby Visits

Well-baby visits evaluate your infant’s general medical and developmental health, as well as the overall health of the family, and address age-appropriate issues like immunizations.

Your newborn should be seen the first week after birth -- or during for the first week at home, if he or she spent time in the hospital after delivery.

Well-baby visits should then be scheduled at one, two, four, six, nine, and 12 months.

Sick-Baby Care

If your baby is sick, and you’re not sure whether he or she should be seen by a doctor, call your primary care provider for assistance:

• Duke Children's Primary Care Nurse Advice Line: 919-620-5333
• Durham Pediatrics Triage Nurse Line: 919-220-4000

In an emergency, dial 911.

Same-day appointments are usually available to those who call early in the day.

Immunizations

Childhood immunizations are a critical part of lifelong wellness.

All Duke primary care sites provide a full complement of immunizations for infants, children, and adolescents. Parents are provided with copies of the immunization record.

If you have questions about the immunizations necessary for your child, refer to the Centers for Disease Control's immunization schedule.

Lactation Services

After delivery, some families have difficulties with breastfeeding. When the baby's primary care doctor sees that there are feeding problems, a referral to a lactation consultant should be made.

Outpatient lactation consultants take a thorough history and assessment and spend the time necessary to ensure that babies breastfeed well. Educating parents about their special situation in a calm, relaxed setting, as well as helping with any special treatments or necessary equipment is the goal of Duke lactation consultants.

After a breastfeeding family comes in for a lactation consultation, a report is sent back to the referring doctor to ensure collaboration and consistency of care.

Read about Duke's inpatient lactation services.

Referrals to Specialists

If your baby needs specialized care, we can refer you to experts at Duke.

To see more details about the specialties to which we refer, visit dukechildrens.org.

Appointments

To find a physician or get a referral, call 888-ASK-DUKE (888-275-3853).

Nurse Practitioners

• Matheson, Elaine C.
  Duke University Affiliated Physicians / Durham Pediatrics

Physicians

Physicians offering this service include:

• Aldridge, Barbara D.
  • Community and Family Medicine / Family Medicine - General
• Armstrong, Sarah C.
  • Pediatrics / Pediatrics-Primary Care
• Bailey, Michelle L.
  • Pediatrics / Pediatrics-Primary Care
• Baker, Jeffrey P.
  • Pediatrics / Pediatrics-Primary Care
• Band, Joanne F.
  • Pediatrics / Pediatrics-Primary Care
• Barbour, Meredith F.
  • Community and Family Medicine / Family Medicine - General
• Barnes-Durity, Monica D.
  • Community and Family Medicine / Family Medicine - General
• Best, Debra L.
  • Pediatrics / Pediatrics-Primary Care
• Burk, Carol D.
  • Pediatrics / Pediatrics-Community Programs
• Chung, Aimee B.
  • Pediatrics / Med-Pediatrics
  • Medicine / General Internal Medicine
• Clark, Douglas W.
  • Pediatrics / Pediatrics-Community Programs
• Clements, Dennis A.
  • Pediatrics / Pediatrics-Primary Care
  • Community and Family Medicine / Comm & Family Medicine-General
  • Medicine / Medicine-Infectious Diseases
• Deimling, Melissa A.
  • Pediatrics / Pediatrics-Primary Care
• Diaz, Denis M.
  • Pediatrics / Pediatrics-Primary Care
• Dolinsky, Diana H.
  • Pediatrics / Pediatrics-Primary Care
• Edwards, Ann Marie H.
  • Pediatrics / Pediatrics-Community Programs
• Eichner, Brian H.
  • Pediatrics / Pediatrics-Primary Care
• Evans, Edward
  • Pediatrics / Med-Pediatrics
  • Medicine / General Internal Medicine
• Ferrari, Lisa
  • Pediatrics / Pediatrics-Community Programs
• Gagliano, Martha E.
  • Pediatrics / Pediatrics-Community Programs
• Greene, Jeffrey D.
  • Pediatrics / Pediatrics-Community Programs
• Jackson, Joseph A.
  • Pediatrics / Pediatrics-Primary Care
• Jordan, Kenneth W.
  • Pediatrics / Pediatrics-Primary Care
• Kemper, Alex R.
  • Pediatrics / Pediatrics-Primary Care
  • Community and Family Medicine
• Landolfo, Elizabeth
  • Pediatrics / Pediatrics-Primary Care
• Lawson, Jennifer M.
  • Pediatrics / Pediatrics-Primary Care
• Mangarelli, Caren
  • Pediatrics / Pediatrics-Primary Care
• Maradiaga Panayotti, Gabriela M.
  • Pediatrics / Pediatrics-Primary Care
• Miner, Dean S.
  • Pediatrics / Med-Pediatrics
  • Medicine / General Internal Medicine
• Morris, Beatriz B.
  • Pediatrics / Pediatrics-Primary Care
• Moses, John W. Jr.
  • Pediatrics / Pediatrics-Primary Care
• Ostrovsky, Daniel A.
  • Pediatrics / Med-Pediatrics
  • Medicine / General Internal Medicine
• Owens, Susan E.
  • Pediatrics / Pediatrics-Primary Care
• Owens, Thomas A.
  • Medicine / Medicine - Hospitalists
  • Pediatrics / Med-Pediatrics
• Rayala, Christopher Z.
  • Community and Family Medicine / Family Medicine - General
• Robert, Sara P.
  • Pediatrics / Pediatrics-Primary Care
• Schmit, Kristine M.
  • Community and Family Medicine / Family Medicine - General
• Slowik, May K.
  • Pediatrics / Pediatrics-Primary Care
• Snyder, Martha A.
  • Pediatrics / Pediatrics-Primary Care
• Squire, Deborah L.
  • Orthopaedics
  • Community and Family Medicine
  • Pediatrics / Pediatrics-Primary Care
• St. Claire, Karen S.
  • Pediatrics / Pediatrics-Child Abuse and Neglect Servi
• Staples, Betty B.
  • Pediatrics / Pediatrics-Primary Care
• Trinh, Jane V.
  • Pediatrics / Med-Pediatrics
  • Medicine / General Internal Medicine
• Troutman, James M.
  • Pediatrics / Pediatrics-Community Programs
• Walter, Emmanuel B.
  • Pediatrics / Pediatrics-Primary Care
• Woods, Suzanne K.
  • Pediatrics / Med-Pediatrics
  • Medicine / General Internal Medicine
• Wylie, Lindsay A.
  • Pediatrics / Pediatrics-Primary Care

Locations

This service is available at:

• Duke Children's Primary Care Pickett Road
  3024 Pickett Road, Durham, NC 27705
• Duke Children's Primary Care Southpoint
  6301 Herndon Road, Durham, NC 27713
• Duke Health Center at Roxboro Street
  4020 North Roxboro Street, Durham, NC 27704
• Durham Pediatrics at Highgate Drive
  5315 Highgate Drive, Suite 103, Durham, NC 27713
• Durham Pediatrics at North Duke Street
  2609 North Duke Street, Suite 1000, Durham, NC 27704