The pediatric unit at John Muir Medical Center (JMMC) in Walnut Creek, CA is a 16 bed unit that admits patients from birth to 18 years of age.  The LPCH pediatric hospitalists cover this unit primarily in conjunction with community pediatricians and admit patients from the emergency department, transfers from outside hospitals, and direct admissions from various community pediatricians. We care for a variety of common diagnoses such as hyperbilirubinemia, pneumonia, asthma, bronchiolitis, and bone and soft tissue infections.  Additionally we have several LPCH affiliated medical and surgical subspecialists who admit their patients to the pediatric floor that our hospitalists co-manage.

In addition to the pediatric ward coverage, the pediatric hospitalist group also provides coverage for labor and delivery for high risk deliveries, well-babies, ED consultation for pediatric patients, and cross coverage for the level 3 NICU on evening and night shifts with back up from a staff neonatologist.

Our group at JMMC currently is comprised of ten Pediatric Hospitalists who provide the above coverage.

For more information, please contact Lynn Dos Santos lyn.dossantos@stanford.edu.