Project Description
Dr. Peter Jung was born in Passaic, New Jersey. His family is originally from South Korea. He attended Memorial High School here in Houston and graduated from Rice University in 1995, where he majored in Biology. He graduated from Baylor College of Medicine in 1999 and completed his pediatric residency training at Baylor College of Medicine-affiliated hospitals (including Ben Taub General Hospital and Texas Children’s Hospital) in 2002.
In 2002, Dr. Jung became board certified in pediatrics and became a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Dr. Jung originally started private practice in partnership with his father in the summer of 2002. After his father’s retirement in 2004, Dr. Pielop joined Dr. Jung to begin Blue Fish Pediatrics.
He married his wife Christine in November of 2000. They have one beautiful daughter Ellie who was born in March of 2004 and two precious sons – Matthew, who was born in April of 2006, and Michael, who was born in February of 2008. He is active at New Life Fellowship Church, where he leads a small group and teaches classes. In his free time, he enjoys playing flag football, basketball, softball, fantasy baseball, and fishing.
Click on www.peterjung.blogspot.com to read Dr. Jung’s blog covering a potpourri of pediatric issues or follow Dr. Jung on Twitter @DrPeterJung. Dr. Jung has also written two books: “What to Know Before Seeing Your Pediatrician” and “What to Know Before Having Your Baby” available at Amazon or Barnes & Nobles.
If you would like to become a new patient at Blue Fish Pediatrics, please fill out our New Patient Application.
Blue Fish Memorial
915 Gessner, Suite 525
Houston, TX 77024
Office Phone: (713) 467-1741
Office Fax: (713) 467-0536
Email: bluefish@bluefishmd.com
Please use email for non-urgent business matters only. For all urgent and health matters please call the office to ensure a timely response.
Parking: There is free parking in Garage 3 on the Memorial Hermann Memorial City Hospital campus. The entrance to Garage 3 is easiest to find off Kingsride between Gessner and Frostwood, next to the Chase bank branch. There is usually ample parking the higher up you go in the garage. The pedestrian crosswalk is located on the 2nd floor of the garage and connects directly into 915 Gessner (our building). There is also parking on the ground floor of Garage 3, but it is intended for ER parking and costs $20 unless you are seen in the ER that day.
Additional Info
Monday-Friday: 8:30am – 5pm*
Saturday: Urgent care in 8:30am – 12 noon by same day appointment only*
Sunday: Closed
*Phone lines open at 8:30am. On weekdays for lunch, they are closed between 12:00pm and 1:30pm.
Office Manager – James Armstrong
Phone: (713) 467-1741
Fax: (713) 467-9802
Email: james@bluefishmd.com
Accounts Receivable/Patient Accounts Questions – Sandy Choi
Phone: (713) 467-1741
Fax: (713) 467-9802
Email: billing@bluefishmd.com
In the event of an emergency, dial 911 and then contact our office at (713) 467-1741. If it is after hours, the office recording will give you the number to our page operator.
If you suspect your child has swallowed medicine or poison, dial 1-800-POISON-1 and contact us at our office (713) 467-1741. If it is after hours, the office recording will give you the number to our page operator.
Sometimes, due to technical problems or the fact that the on call doctor is attending to another patient, your call may not be returned within 15 minutes. In this case please contact the page operator again and a doctor will return your call shortly.
During office hours, please call the office at (713) 467-1741 and ask to speak to a nurse.
After hours, please consult Health Topics on our website. If you have further questions or you need to contact one of our doctors, our office recording will give you the number to our page operator.
Sometimes, due to technical problems or the fact that the on call doctor is attending to another patient, your call may not be returned within 15 minutes. In this case please contact the page operator again and a doctor will return your call shortly.
If you have a non-urgent question, please call (713) 467-1741. Leave your name, telephone number, time of your call, and question and we will return your call in a timely fashion.
- Messages received in the morning during office hours (8:30 AM to 12:00 noon) will be returned by lunch time (12:00 noon to 2:00 PM).
- Messages received in the afternoon during office hours (12:00 noon to 5:00 PM) will be returned by the end of the business day (5:00 PM).
- Messages received after hours will be returned by noon the following business day.
You may also send general questions by email to:
bluefish@bluefishmd.com
(Please, no medical questions at this time. Thank you.)