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Answering Service Phone Numbers (by location)
Due to continued intermittent issues with our phone system across all offices, here are our answering service phone numbers by location: Memorial: 832-564-0950 Cypress: 832-871-3543 Katy: 832-871-3545 Woodlands: 832-548-4247 Fairfield: 832-924-7978 Greater Heights: 713-493-6945 [...]
Blue Fish Woodlands Welcomes Drs. Amanda Chan and Neha Manikonda
We are excited to announce that both Dr. Amanda Chan and Dr. Neha Manikonda have joined our Woodlands practice! Dr. Chan is accepting new patients and is seeing patients starting on Monday, September 13, [...]
Back-to-School Advice for the COVID-19 Delta Surge
Dr. Jung has some back-to-school advice for the COVID-19 Delta surge: http://peterjung.blogspot.com/2021/08/post-56-back-to-school-advice-for-covid.html
Update on COVID-19 Vaccine for Kids Under 12
At the moment, it looks like the Pfizer vaccine will be the first shot available to children under 12. The vaccine-maker expects to have enough data by the end of September to support an emergency [...]
Article: Q&A About Delta Variant and Kids
Excellent Q&A about children visiting grandparents, stores, and returning back to school in the midst of the delta variant: https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2021/07/22/covid-delta-variant-children/?fbclid=IwAR3waFLxufAEBoPnyvjI_54ST_LLcR2a0AFnBbcuVQ013u8sdRMpYx8M2nY
Excellent Back-to-School Read
We highly recommend reading the following article regarding our kids going back to school: https://www.bcm.edu/coronavirus/for-the-baylor-community/from-dr-james-mcdeavitt/school-days
Article: COVID is a Greater Risk to Young People than Vaccine
Please read the following article regarding the risk of COVID-19 vs the vaccine for young people: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/04/opinion/covid-vaccine-kids-risks.html?fbclid=IwAR2GWPmQ03RS16NPXSwuZKMPHawKbDkkAp3XjHmtGjjcfQod5KZ7QpxrS1M
Blue Fish Katy Saturday Urgent Care Begins 8/7/2021
We are pleased to announce that our Katy office will begin offering Saturday morning urgent care services for Katy patients beginning on Saturday, August 7, 2021. Saturday urgent care services are available by same [...]
Answering Service Phone Numbers (by location)
Due to continued intermittent issues with our phone system across all offices, here are our answering service phone numbers by location: Memorial: 832-564-0950 Cypress: 832-871-3543 Katy: 832-871-3545 Woodlands: 832-548-4247 Fairfield: 832-924-7978 Greater Heights: 713-493-6945 [...]
Blue Fish Woodlands Welcomes Drs. Amanda Chan and Neha Manikonda
We are excited to announce that both Dr. Amanda Chan and Dr. Neha Manikonda have joined our Woodlands practice! Dr. Chan is accepting new patients and is seeing patients starting on Monday, September 13, [...]
Blue Fish Katy Saturday Urgent Care Begins 8/7/2021
We are pleased to announce that our Katy office will begin offering Saturday morning urgent care services for Katy patients beginning on Saturday, August 7, 2021. Saturday urgent care services are available by same [...]
Blue Fish Katy Welcomes Dr. Sumith Madhavarapu
We are excited to announce that Dr. Sumith Madhavarapu has joined our Katy practice! He is accepting new patients now and he will begin seeing patients on August 2, 2021. If you would like [...]
Summer Newsletter Available!
Parents of Blue Fish Pediatrics, The 2021 summer newsletter is available to download here: 2021 Summer Newsletter Thankfully the COVID vaccine should make our summer safer this year. However, the pandemic is still on-going [...]
Blue Fish Greater Heights Welcomes Dr. Jessica Malek
We are excited to announce that Dr. Jessica Malek has joined our Blue Fish Greater Heights practice! She is accepting new patients now and she will begin seeing patients on July 6, 2021. If [...]
Blue Fish YouTube Channel Now Up!
We are excited to announce that our Blue Fish YouTube channel is now up! We currently have six videos (links below) but we will be adding more content in the near future. We have [...]
Blue Fish Sugar Land Now Open!
We are thrilled to announce the addition of another Blue Fish Pediatrics location! Blue Fish Pediatrics Sugar Land, our eighth location, will be open on Monday, October 19, 2020. This office is located on [...]
Parking at Our Woodlands Location
Dear Blue Fish Woodlands families, Due to ongoing construction, parking is limited for all patients needing access to Medical Plaza 2 (MP2), where our suite is located. If you are parking on Level Two [...]
Back-to-School Advice for the COVID-19 Delta Surge
Dr. Jung has some back-to-school advice for the COVID-19 Delta surge: http://peterjung.blogspot.com/2021/08/post-56-back-to-school-advice-for-covid.html
Update on COVID-19 Vaccine for Kids Under 12
At the moment, it looks like the Pfizer vaccine will be the first shot available to children under 12. The vaccine-maker expects to have enough data by the end of September to support an emergency [...]
Article: Q&A About Delta Variant and Kids
Excellent Q&A about children visiting grandparents, stores, and returning back to school in the midst of the delta variant: https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2021/07/22/covid-delta-variant-children/?fbclid=IwAR3waFLxufAEBoPnyvjI_54ST_LLcR2a0AFnBbcuVQ013u8sdRMpYx8M2nY
Excellent Back-to-School Read
We highly recommend reading the following article regarding our kids going back to school: https://www.bcm.edu/coronavirus/for-the-baylor-community/from-dr-james-mcdeavitt/school-days
Article: COVID is a Greater Risk to Young People than Vaccine
Please read the following article regarding the risk of COVID-19 vs the vaccine for young people: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/04/opinion/covid-vaccine-kids-risks.html?fbclid=IwAR2GWPmQ03RS16NPXSwuZKMPHawKbDkkAp3XjHmtGjjcfQod5KZ7QpxrS1M
Assessing the Risk of Activities for Unvaccinated Children
This is a helpful tool to assess the relative risk of various activities for unvaccinated children: https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/navigating-kid-related-activities
COVID-19 Vaccine: Top 7 Parental Concerns Answered
The following was created by Katelyn K. Jetelina, PhD MPH, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth)
COVID-19 Vaccine Coadministration
Per the CDC, the COVID-19 vaccine may now be coadministered with other vaccines. Please read an excerpt from the CDC article below: COVID-19 Coadministration Full article: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/covid-19/info-by-product/clinical-considerations.html#Coadministration