THE PEDIATRICIAN

The pediatrician is a child's physician who provides:

• preventive health maintenance for healthy children.
• medical care for children who are acutely or chronically ill.

Pediatricians manage the physical, mental, and emotional well-being of their patients, in every stage of development -- in good health or in illness.

• reduce infant and child mortality
• control infectious disease
• foster healthy lifestyles
• ease the difficulties of children and adolescents with chronic conditions

Pediatricians diagnose and treat:

• infections
• injuries
• genetic defects
• malignancies
• organic diseases and dysfunctions

But, pediatricians are concerned with more than physical well-being. They also are involved with the prevention, early detection, and management of other problems that affect children and adolescents, including:

• behavioral difficulties
• developmental disorders
• functional problems
• social stresses
• depression or anxiety disorders

Pediatrics is a collaborative specialty -- pediatricians work with other medical specialists and healthcare professionals to provide for the health and emotional needs of children.

Education
Following graduation from medical school, primary care pediatricians complete three years of education in an accredited pediatric residency program.

Pediatric residency training emphasizes care of the whole infant, child, adolescent, and young adult. Following the pediatric residency, the pediatrician is eligible for board certification by the American Board of Pediatrics with successful completion of a comprehensive written examination. Recertification is required every seven years.

Although nearly 60 percent of pediatricians are involved in the provision of primary care for their patients, many others choose to continue their education in pediatric subspecialties.

Here is a roster of the Marshfield Clinic pediatricians who are on staff at Saint Joseph's Hospital in Marshfield, WI:

• Lee B. Cody, M.D.
  Specialty: Pediatrics
  Marshfield Clinic - Marshfield Center
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• Adrienne M. Cruz, M.D.
  Specialty: Pediatrics
  Marshfield Clinic - Marshfield Center
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• Edna DeVries, M.D.
  Specialty: Pediatrics
  Marshfield Clinic - Marshfield Center
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• Jonathon Forncrook, D.O.
  Specialty: Pediatrics
  Marshfield Clinic - Marshfield Center
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• Amy Herbst, M.D.
  Specialty: Pediatrics
  Marshfield Clinic - Marshfield Center
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• Elizabeth Hilbelink, M.D.
  Specialty: Pediatrics
  Marshfield Clinic - Marshfield Center
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• James Meyer, M.D.
  Specialty: Pediatrics
  Marshfield Clinic - Marshfield Center
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• Carolyn Nash, M.D., MPH
  Specialty: Pediatrics
  Marshfield Clinic - Marshfield Center
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• James Thompson, M.D.
  Specialty: Pediatrics
  Marshfield Clinic - Marshfield Center
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• Alice Thompson, M.D.
  Specialty: Pediatrics
  Marshfield Clinic - Marshfield Center
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• Alayne Van Erem, M.D.
  Specialty: Pediatrics
  Marshfield Clinc - Marshfield Center
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• Victoria Viegut, M.D.
  Specialty: Pediatrics
  Marshfield Clinic - Marshfield Center
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• Suzanne Wright, M.D.
  Specialty: Pediatrics
  Marshfield Clinic - Marshfield Center
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