Author: esdadmin

HAPPY LABOR DAY! Both Offices will be CLOSED Monday, September 2, 2019 REOPENING with regular hours on Tuesday, September 3, 2019 Should you have a medical emergency, please call 911. A provider will be on call to address URGENT medical needs.    

ESD PEDIATRIC GROUP strives to grow and change to meet the healthcare needs of our families. Behavioral health concerns (such as mood or behavior disturbances) often arise in childhood and can impact a child/teen's functioning. To help with these common concerns, GRETCHEN DORMAN, LISW-S, a behavioral health specialist, will join the ESD team in AUGUST…

Just like your children, here at ESD Pediatric Group, we just keep growing and growing! Join us in welcoming DIANA FILTZ, M.D., FAAP to the ESD team! Dr. Filtz grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 2007, she graduated valedictorian from Penn Trafford High School. A decorated student-athlete, in 2011 she graduated Summa Cum Laude from…

Effective July 1, 2019, after 25 years of providing the families of ESD Pediatric Group with outstanding medical care it is time for Donald Rakel, M.D. to take a permanent vacation. Dr. Rakel began his medical career 40 years ago in a multi-specialty practice in Gallipolis, Ohio. In 1994, after 10 years with Pediatric Offices,…

ESD Pediatric Group is outsourcing requests for outgoing medical records to ChartRequest.  All requests for outgoing medical records are being handled in accordance with HIPAA and state of Ohio regulations by ChartRequest. Please go to https://app.chartrequest.com/esdpeds and select Request A Record and Sign Up or Sign In to obtain your requested records OR to check…

Before you know it your child will be participating in school sports. The deadlines for submitting these sports forms varies with each school and sport.   It is important for your child's health and well being to have the sports physical performed by your child's pediatrician. If you’re the parent of a young athlete, you’re…