Your Child's Health

Thursday, September 10, 2009 September Your Child's Health   VOLUME 6 ISSUE 7  
Think Outside the Lunchbox
Back to school also means back to lunch boxes. Even if you make sure your kids eat nutritious meals at home, it can be challenging to pack healthy yet convenient lunches that your kids will want to eat when you're not around. Read more about healthy lunches your kids will love to eat at school.
 
Children in Need Receive Health Care Thanks to PAMF Grant
This month PAMF made one of its largest single gifts in the Foundation's history when it provided a $600,000 grant to the Healthy Kids program of the Santa Clara Family Health Foundation. The grant will be used to provide 600 needy local children with essential health care and insurance. Read more...
 
Santa Cruz Remodel Creates Pediatric Dept. Built for Kids
The Pediatrics Department of the Santa Cruz Main Clinic is moving into a space built from the ground up with infants, children and adolescents in mind. Read more...
 
Pediatric Health Fair for Special Needs Children
PAMF's Center for Hearing Health is hosting a community Pediatric Health Fair for parents and their special needs children on Thursday, October 1 from 3 to 5 p.m. in the courtyard area of the Palo Alto Center. View flyer for more information or call 650-853-5374.
 
Integrated Web Site
Information about PAMF doctors, clinics and services can now be found conveniently at one newly-combined Web site site. Visit www.pamf.org to find information you need – all in one place.
 
Additional Articles
Pregnancy: Breastfeeding Help for You and Your Baby
Children: Children and the Flu Shot
Preteens: Online Safety Pledge
Teens: Asthma in Teens and Adults

 
Parent Workshop: Setting Boundaries/Making Choices
  • Find out where children act their worst...and why
  • Learn the three steps to behavior management
  • Understand why listening is more important than talking
This lecture is presented by Susan Stone-Belton of ParentsPlace and is geared toward parents of grade school children. It will be held on October 13 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Mountain View Center. Register online, or call 650-934-7380 to reserve your seat.

 
Featured Physicians

Amy Mao, M.D.
Dr. Mao is a pediatrician at PAMF's Dublin Center. She received her M.D. degree from the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences in 2005. She completed her internship and residency at Children's Hospital and Research Center in Oakland, CA. She is board eligible in pediatrics. She is fluent in Taiwanese and speaks basic Mandarin.

Ritu Gupta Ullal, M.D.

Dr. Ullal is a family medicine physician at PAMF's Palo Alto Center. She received her M.D. degree from Stanford University School of Medicine in 2004. She completed her internship and residency at the University of California, San Francisco and is board certified in family medicine. She is fluent in Hindi and Spanish, and conversational in Urdu.

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