Please reach out to Wendy with any questions or concerns!
She can be reached via email at Welcome@bwaterpeds.com or call at 508-659-8525.
Welcome New Families!
We are honored that you are joining us and entrusting us with your child’s care. We have a fantastic team and we are all committed to making this a strong and positive partnership. We hope you have had a chance to explore our website.
New Patient Information
All of our providers here at Bridgewater Pediatrics are happily accepting new patients including newborns, children and adolescents. We continue to follow your child until they turn 22 years of age (last well visit will be at age 21)
We are excited that you have chosen Bridgewater Pediatrics as your child’s medical home. Your comfort and convenience are our priority, and we strive to make every visit to our office a positive experience.
Meet Our Providers!
If you would like to meet our providers, please call the office at 508-697-8116 to schedule an appointment and ask for advice on placement.
Transferring to Our Office
Here’s what we need before your first appointment:
- Insurance card
- Medical records – If you are followed by Psychiatry, we will need those records as well
- Complete a Medical Record Release Form and bring to your current pediatrician’s office. Once your records have been received by our office we will call you to let you know we received them. If you have an insurance plan that requires a PCP to be listed, please call your insurance company to change your pediatrician. In order to have your child registered with our practice we must have medical records, immunization records, and your insurance to reflect a primary care provider from our office.
- A completed New Patient Form
We can’t wait to meet you!
Insurance
Learn more about our accepted insurance carriers and payment options.
Lactation Support
Our lactation support staff is here to help families welcome babies into their homes.
Immunization Policy
For many decades, vaccination has been the most important intervention to prevent serious disease in children. At Bridgewater Pediatrics, we follow the immunization recommendations and schedule of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Vaccination, according to this schedule, is very safe and effective in preventing devastating childhood diseases.
Based on numerous, rigorous medical studies, and decades of experience, vaccines have been found to be very safe for your child, and do not cause autism or other developmental problems.
Adherence to the recommended vaccine schedule is the single most important health decision that you can make for your family. It is also the best tool to ensure a healthy childhood. Vaccination protects your child and positively impacts the health of our communities.
Given the importance of vaccines to the health of your child, your family, and our communities, we are not able to accept patients into our practice who refuse recommended immunizations.
If you have questions about the recommended vaccine schedule, the medical providers of Bridgewater Pediatrics would be happy to speak with you.
Vitamin K injection of the newborn in the hospital prevents serious bleeding and death. Since 1961, the American Academy of Pediatrics has recommended that all infants receive vitamin K injection shortly after birth. Refusal of vitamin K injection places your infant at serious risk of bleeding in the brain, and death. Because of the extreme importance of vitamin K injection, we do not accept infants into our practice who have not received this lifesaving injection.
Bridgewater Pediatrics follows the immunization guidelines recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics(AAP). For information about these vaccines, the diseases they protect against, and our typical vaccination schedule, please visit our immunization page.
Meet Wendy Benson, our New Patient Care Coordinator
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