Our Physician Pledge

Our UMass Memorial Medical Group physicians provide you quality patient-centered care by following the guidelines of our physician pledge:

  • I will treat my patients with courtesy and respect in every interaction.
  • I will demonstrate this commitment to my patients by:
    • Introducing myself and my team and describing our roles to them
    • Providing them with my business card
    • Demonstrating hand hygiene in front of them
    • Sitting at eye level when I explain things to them
    • Involving them (and their family if they choose) in discussions and decisions about their care and asking what is important to them
    • Using words...

Patient Registration

Guidelines for Completing Your UMass Memorial Health Registration

Unless it’s an emergency, please follow these guidelines.

To complete the UMass Memorial Health registration process, ensure insurance billing is accurate, and send results to the right doctors, patients or their guardians must provide correct information during registration.

Please bring the following items:

  • Government-issued photo ID (Why we ask for this)
  • Current insurance card
  • Copayment (if required by patient's insurance company)

Referrals

Patients seeing a specialist whose health plan requires an insurance referral from their...

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Comprehensive Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Care in Central Massachusetts and Beyond

Working together with youth and their families, UMass Memorial Medical Center – Children’s Medical Center offers comprehensive inpatient and outpatient services to improve and transform the lives of young people struggling with psychiatric conditions. Our dedicated clinicians evaluate children and adolescents to offer a variety of evidence-based interventions across many conditions, including:

  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  • Autism and other developmental disabilities with behavioral features
  • An...

Pediatric Urology

Pediatric Urology in Central Massachusetts and Beyond

Urologic issues affect the urinary system, kidneys and genitals. Some begin in the womb, while others become apparent later in childhood. Our team of fellowship-trained surgeons at UMass Memorial Medical Center – Children’s Medical Center provides personalized and compassionate care close to home. Your child has access to a range of evidence-based services, including the latest surgical techniques and technologies.

Pediatric Urologic Conditions We Treat

Common pediatric urologic conditions we treat include:

Pediatric Palliative Care

A life-limiting illness in a family is difficult for everyone involved. When it is your child who has one, you need support and care to help you through the challenges. To meet your needs, UMass Memorial Medical Center – Children’s Medical Center offers pediatric palliative care services. The program offers services to meet the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of children with life-limiting illnesses and their families.

What Is a Life-limiting Illness?

A life-limiting illness is defined as an illness that can limit normal life expectancy such as:

Our...

Pediatric Neurology

UMass Memorial Medical Center – Children’s Medical Center specialists in pediatric neurology can evaluate and treat your child for neurology problems, which are disorders with the central nervous system.

Pediatric Neurology Conditions We Treat:

Our pediatric neurology team treats children up to 18 years old. Physicians have expertise in various neurological disorders including:

  • Seizures/epilepsy
  • Infectious, inflammatory and autoimmune disorders of the nervous system
  • Complicated headaches and migraines
  • Stroke
  • Tic disorders
  • Cerebral palsy
  • Brain tumors
  • Autism
  • Neurological disorders resulting from congenital...

Pediatric Nutrition

Nutritional Care for Children in Central Massachusetts and Beyond

From food allergies to digestive disorders, many factors can affect your child’s nutritional intake. At UMass Memorial Health – Children’s Medical Center, a team of pediatric registered dietitians specializes in developing tailored nutrition plans for infants, children and adolescents. We work closely with your child’s other health care providers to provide nutritional support that meets their needs.

Conditions We Treat

Our skilled team is equipped to help children with many different health challenges, including:

Pediatric Nephrology

Expert Care for Children’s Kidney Conditions in Central Massachusetts and Beyond

Pediatric nephrologists care for children with kidney, bladder and urinary tract conditions. Your child’s team may include several providers working together, including pediatric nephrologists, urologists, hematologists, endocrinologists and dietitians.

At our Children’s Medical Center, our clinicians specialize in treating young patients. We help your child feel as comfortable as possible.

Conditions We Treat

Our pediatric nephrologists have advanced training in diagnosing and treating childhood kidney issues. We...

Pediatric Immunology

Your child's immune system fights infections. If it's not working the way it should, your child may suffer from many kinds of health problems. In those cases, a pediatric immunologist has the special skills needed to treat your child.

If your child has primary (when the immune system is missing or does not work properly) or acquired (when diseases or medications cause problems with the immune system) immunodeficiency disorder, you can be confident in the care provided by pediatric immunology experts.

Immunology Disorders We Treat at UMass Memorial Medical Center – Children’s Medical Center

Immuno...

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