Top Pediatricians in Missoula, MT
Nothing I have ever encountered strikes fear into my heart like an injured or sick child. I am reasonably sure that all other parents out there feel the same way. I am sure you don’t want to just trust any doctor in Missoula, MT with your children. You also likely are not willing to go through any trial and error with one of your own children as you would be willing to go through to find your own doctor.
A pediatrician is going to have to click with you and gain your trust before they see your child and I feel exactly the same way. Unlike many of our service listings, you do not want to wait to find a pediatrician until an emergency strikes. You want to have them on speed dial long before that. So now is the perfect time to use our Missoula, MT are list of top recommended pediatricians and start interviewing them. Find the one who you would trust with your children. Don’t forget that people change over time and that can apply to not only your doctors but also your pediatricians. If any of our Missoula, MT doctors have declined in their performance, please let us know! It is vital that we keep the below list updated with only the doctors that will care for your children as if they were their own. It is also a great idea to establish a pediatrician for short term work conditions even if they last less than a year. So if you will be stationed somewhere else, start researching area pediatricians now so you are as prepared as possible.
Charlie Hastings, DO
Missoula, MT
Dr. Hastings is a primary care pediatrician with Missoula Valley Pediatrics. He cares for children from birth through adolescence to help support healthy growth and development. When necessary, he teams up with pediatric specialists at Community Children’s and Seattle Children’s to ensure children get the best care available.
Dirk R. Gottman, M.D.
Missoula, MT
Sandra Simmons, MD, FAAP
Missoula, MT
Dr. Simmons joined Missoula Valley Pediatrics in 2002. She enjoys working with all stages of the developing child and their families but given the number of years she has practiced at Missoula Valley Pediatrics she has a large adolescent patient population. It has given her much fulfillment to help navigate her patients through this challenging developmental stage both physically and psychologically.
Kathleen Rogers, M.D.
Missoula, MT
Dr. Kathleen Rogers previously worked as a Pediatrician in the USAF but she is currently part of the Western Montana Clinic where she specializes in general pediatrics. She completed her MD degree at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, ND.
Andrea Vannatta, MD
Missoula, MT
Dr. Andrea Vannatta focuses her practice on pediatrics, adolescent medicine, and childhood obesity. She attended medical school at the University of Washington School of Medicine and is currently in practice at Providence Health & Services.
Thomas Randall, MD
Missoula, MT
Dr. Randall joined Missoula Valley Pediatrics in 2002. Following residency in pediatrics at Children’s Memorial Hospital (now Lurie Children’s Hospital) at Northwestern Medical School in Chicago, he spent three years working for the Indian Health Service on the Blackfeet Reservation in Browning. Prior to moving to Missoula, he worked in the Bitterroot Valley, practicing in Stevensville and Hamilton.
Lauren Wilson, MD
Missoula, MT
Dr. Wilson practices as a pediatric hospitalist at Community Children’s at Community Medical Center. She feels it is a privilege to care for families and children while they are hospitalized, and to be able to provide support at a very stressful time in their lives. Dr. Wilson is board certified in pediatrics and a member of the Society of Hospital Medicine and a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Laurie Carter MD
Missoula, MT
Dr. Carter is a pediatric hospitalist who provides family centered care for hospitalized patients. She has a special interest in child abuse prevention and supports Camp Mak-a-Dream.
Melissa J. Kleschen, M.D.
Missoula, MT
Kon, Alexander MD, FAAP, FCCM
Missoula, MT
Dr. Kon has over 20 years of experience in the pediatric intensive care unit and healthcare ethics, and has authored or co-authored over 100 publications in leading medical journals with a focus on decision-making for critically ill patients, including international guidelines on pediatric sepsis, family support, shared decision-making, and futility. He is the president of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities and a past-chair of the Society of Critical Care Medicine’s Ethics Committee. Dr. Kon is a fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine and of the American Academy of Pediatrics, and has served in multiple national leadership positions for the U.S. military, the National Institutes of Health, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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