What is Med Peds?

Dr. Stiles is a “Med Ped” doctor. This means she is both an Internal Medicine and a Pediatric doctor. She is double board certified in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics. She completed the equivalent of both residencies of training and passed both board exams. So she is just like any Internist who takes care of Adults. She is like any Pediatrician who takes care of children. Med Peds is probably most like Family Practice but with more training. She can see any age, from newborn to elderly, the whole family. However, unlike Family Practice, she does not do prenatal pregnancy care or surgery.

The advantages of Dr. Stiles practice are many. Most of us are a part of a family unit and are affected as a whole family together. Dr. Stiles can help everyone. If your child has Strep Throat there is a good chance you might get it! Losing a family member affects everyone. As a parent develops Alzheimer’s, the children are stressed with difficult decisions, coping, and dealing with behavior issues. Dr. Stiles can treat a newborn and help his mother with breastfeeding and postpartum depression. Losing weight and quitting smoking really have to involve the patient and their significant other.

Teens really feel comfortable here. The office and practice doesn’t feel child-like. We have all the needed vaccines for teens, unlike some adult offices. We take extra time with teens to talk about some issues particular to that age. Please refer to “Teens” (LINK) to see these areas.

What is Med Peds Training?

The “Med Ped” residency training is 4 years long, longer than Family practice, Internal Medicine, and Pediatric residencies. This training takes the key rotations from both Internal Medicine and Pediatrics and combines them. This can be done because there is a lot of overlap. For example, both residencies have outpatient or ambulatory rotations. In Med Peds, we do a combined outpatient experience.

There are only a few of us special Med Peds docs practicing in town. Others include Dr. Mary Margaret Hurley, Dr. Graham Warr, and Dr.’s Gina and Ara Hannisian.