Annapolis Pediatricians

Looking through choices for Annapolis Pediatricians? Below are answers to frequently asked questions that you may ask when searching for a new pediatrician. This article was written during the coronavirus. You will find updated practices in red that reflect additional safety measures in place during the pandemic.

Annapolis Pediatrics

One of the first things I noticed about Annapolis Pediatrics was how thorough the information was on their website. I also loved that they offer supporting events for different parenting needs. Some events that they hold are prenatal open houses, breast feeding support, parenting school aged kids, breastfeeding, and baby basics. This is such a helpful way to serve patients not only through medical needs but also all around parenting aspects. Out of all my recommended Annapolis pediatricians, they offer the most educational support.

30 physicians and nurse practitioners
5 locations: Annapolis, Crofton, Edgewater, Severna Park, and Kent Island
Office hours:

Can I get a walk in appointment? Walk-in patients (no appointment needed) are seen Monday through Friday, 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM in the Annapolis office only. This service is for Annapolis Pediatrics patients only. We have reserved this time for our ill children with simple conditions who require a very brief visit, such as an ear or throat check. Please note, currently due to Covid, walk in appointments are not available. (January 2021)

All five Annapolis Pediatrics offices are open by appointment only. Walk-ins are CLOSED. We continue to have weekend and evening hours, all by appointment.To keep our patients and staff safe, things may look a little different in our offices. Our waiting rooms remain closed and we have changed our check-in procedures.

Covid Precautions:

When you arrive for a scheduled appointment, remain in your car, and please call 410-263-6363. Select option #9 to check-in from your car.
A nurse will then call you when we are ready for you and will meet you at our office entrance.
All in-office visits will be pre-screened and all patients and parents will have their temperatures checked before entering the office.
Most of your pre-visit forms can be completed online by clicking on the “forms” button at the top of our website.
All adults are required to wear a face mask for the duration of their time in our office. We ask that any children over the age of 3 also wear a mask (as tolerated). – Please wear your masks during your entire visit in our office.
To limit the number of people in the office, only one parent will be permitted to enter our office per child.
(Please do not walk into any of our offices without being pre-screened by a nurse over the phone.)
In order to keep our patients healthy, we will be scheduling some of our sick patients towards the end of the day to keep them separate from our well patients. Virtual visits are still available throughout the day.

Can my sick child usually be seen the same day? Yes

At this time, all sick visits will first be a virtual visit. Virtual visits are available 7 days a week, as well as evenings and weekends. If your virtual visit provider determines that an in-office visit is needed after the virtual visit, then an appointment will be scheduled.

Do you offer interviews for expecting parents who are considering using you as a pediatrician? Parents of newborns who are considering joining Annapolis Pediatrics are welcome to join us at one of our prenatal group sessions. Sessions take place monthly with one of our providers.

Do you follow the CDC vaccine schedule? Yes

Is there a charge for after hours calls? There is a charge for non-urgent after hour medical calls. The call charge of $15.00 will be billed directly to the parent. Only calls that are true emergencies, meaning calls in which the nurse or provider refers you directly to the Emergency Room or a visit to our office the next day, will be exempt from charge. Also, we will not charge for calls on questions relating to an office visit that occurred within the previous seven days. Our after hours service can not schedule appointments or call in routine prescription refills.

Bayside Pediatrics

One of the most unique things about Bayside Pediatrics is the convenient online appointment scheduling. It is very user friendly and allows you to see all the physicians and their available times across one page. They also have 4 lactation consultants between their two locations.

7 physicians and nurse practitioners, 4 certified lactation consultants at both locations
2 locations: Annapolis, Fulton
Office hours:

Covid Precautions: Virtually check in curbside and taken into room ASAP to avoid multiple patients in the waiting room. One provider is specifically scheduled for seeing well visit patients, while a different provider will be seeing sick patients. Sick visits are being scheduled virtually first. They also have a sealed off area for sick visits.

Can I get a walk in appointment? No.

Can my sick child usually be seen the same day? Yes

Do you offer interviews for expecting parents who are considering using you as a pediatrician? Yes, we hold an open house the 2nd Saturday of the month. During covid, virtual provider interviews are being held. Call to set up an appointment.

Do you follow the CDC vaccine schedule? Yes. We do not see patients who do not adhere to the CDC vaccine schedule.

Is there a charge for after hours calls? No.

Chesapeake Pediatrics

Two things stood out to me about this practice. First, during the covid pandemic, they are offering 3 appointment options with one being outdoor, curbside visits. The second notable thing about Chesapeake Pediatrics is one of the Nurse Practitioners, Lindsay Ward, is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant. This is definitely a plus when an expecting mom is browsing through Annapolis pediatricians.

5 physicians and nurse practitioners
Office Hours: Monday-Friday: 8am-5pm, Appointments: 9am-5pm, Morning Walk-ins: 8am-9am

Pandemic update on hours:
We are temporarily not offering walk-in hour appointments due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Scheduled appointments will start at 8:30.

Covid Precautions:

We are available to you for three different types of appointments: Curbside visits, Office visits, and Telemedicine visits.

Curbside visits are in our private outdoor area if you prefer to be seen outside. For curbside visits, we will require that you remain in your car and call for check-in. We will maintain the one parent only during a visit at our curbside area.

For appointments inside of the office, once you arrive to the parking lot, you will call the front desk to check in while you remain in your car. When you are ready to be seen for your appointment, the front desk will call back your phone to have you enter the building. You will be escorted directly to an exam room or our new indoor “curbside” room by the nurse. We are allowing only one parent inside the building during the visit.

Telemedicine visits are via FACETIME, WHATSAPP or DOXIMITY. If you choose to make a televisit via one of these platforms, you will still need to call the front desk to make an appointment and you will be given an appointment time.

Can I get a walk in appointment? Yes, typically walk-ins are taken between 8am-9am each morning. However due to covid, walk-ins are not offered currently (Jan 2021)

Can my sick child usually be seen the same day? Yes

Do you offer interviews for expecting parents who are considering using you as a pediatrician? Yes

Do you follow the CDC vaccine schedule? Yes. As of December 20th, 2019 Chesapeake Pediatrics will no longer be accepting new patients who do not follow the Center for Disease Control’s (CDC) Vaccination Schedule

There are several great choices when it comes to Annapolis pediatricians. Go in for an interview with your top choices and make sure you feel like you have a good feeling when you leave. Trust your mom gut! Prepare a list of questions before you go and figure out what is important to you. Here are a few things you may want to consider: