WELCOME TO RIGHT FROM THE START PEDIATRICS!
Daniel R Morra MD
Jaime L Becker CPNP
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EXCITING NEWS!
SECOND LOCATION NOW OPEN!
1941 Frank Scott Parkway, Suite A
In the Prudential building
next to the Goddard School
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(link here but can also use the "Topics" link to the left)
Wonderful link providing advice on common topics addressed by
pediatricians and pediatric nurse practitioners, and provided
by guests provided by the American Academy of Pediatrics!
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(link here but can also use the "Topics" link to the left)
A WEB SITE DEDICATED TO THOSE TOUCHED BY
VACCINE PREVENTABLE ILLNESSES
Each story is a reminder of how important vaccines really are,
and some examples illustrating why not vaccinating your children
could be putting your children and many others at risk.
This web site was created in November 2009 and is here as a service to our patients. Hopefully, this web site will provide you with important information about the practice, and provide a great source of pediatric educational resources to help you in the daily care of your child. The site will be updated frequently, but please let us know if you have any suggestions on changes or additions.
More than just an old TV show, my three sons provide a window into the minds of children. Jack, Nick, and Luke are three challenging little dudes sometimes, and they teach me every day that it's important to pay attention to your children...
More than just an old TV show, my three sons provide a window into the minds of children. Jack, Nick, and Luke are three challenging little dudes sometimes, and they teach me every day that it's important to pay attention to your children...
My patient care philosophy is straightforward. I am a pediatrician. I love children, and my goal is to care for them as well as I possibly can, helping the well children to stay well and the sick children to be well again.
Children and adolescents need to see me regularly, to make sure that they are growing well, reaching developmental milestones, and receiving necessary immunizations to prevent terrible illnesses. I delight in seeing well children - watching them grow and helping their parents understand the different stages of child development. Routine physical exams are important, so that I know, and the patient knows, how their normal body looks and acts.
I also need to see children when they are not well (that is, when things are "not normal"). My job sometimes involves prescribing medicine to help the children get better, but education is equally, if not more, important. If children and their parents become educated about their illness, they can often get better without my help. If a child or her parent remembers what I taught or advised about a particular illness, and can use that advice the next time that illness comes, that is just as rewarding to me. In such cases, I didn't even write a prescription, but I can (and did!) still help the patient.
For all the hard work I know it takes to raise a child (see my sons, Jack, DOB 5/6/02, Nicholas, DOB 5/13/04, and Luke, DOB 2/13/07), I also know that children are all about fun, laughter, and smiles. There's nothing better than seeing a smiling, laughing child. And even though I'm a pediatrician and kids are usually scared of me, I try to keep their experience in my office fun. I try to get them to laugh at least once when they come to see me.
If I had to come up with a motto, it would have to be, "Keep the well kids laughing, and get the sick ones laughing again." And if I can laugh with them, then so be it.
I hope to see you soon.
Children and adolescents need to see me regularly, to make sure that they are growing well, reaching developmental milestones, and receiving necessary immunizations to prevent terrible illnesses. I delight in seeing well children - watching them grow and helping their parents understand the different stages of child development. Routine physical exams are important, so that I know, and the patient knows, how their normal body looks and acts.
I also need to see children when they are not well (that is, when things are "not normal"). My job sometimes involves prescribing medicine to help the children get better, but education is equally, if not more, important. If children and their parents become educated about their illness, they can often get better without my help. If a child or her parent remembers what I taught or advised about a particular illness, and can use that advice the next time that illness comes, that is just as rewarding to me. In such cases, I didn't even write a prescription, but I can (and did!) still help the patient.
For all the hard work I know it takes to raise a child (see my sons, Jack, DOB 5/6/02, Nicholas, DOB 5/13/04, and Luke, DOB 2/13/07), I also know that children are all about fun, laughter, and smiles. There's nothing better than seeing a smiling, laughing child. And even though I'm a pediatrician and kids are usually scared of me, I try to keep their experience in my office fun. I try to get them to laugh at least once when they come to see me.
If I had to come up with a motto, it would have to be, "Keep the well kids laughing, and get the sick ones laughing again." And if I can laugh with them, then so be it.
I hope to see you soon.
Dr. Dan